Can someone explain why in the beginning of 911 Abby was all sad that she never gets to know what happened after the caller hangs up and she’s always calling Buck on his phone to know what’s going on when in the the other seasons dispatch is always in constant contact with the entire team until the emergency is done.
What was the point of that. Was that just Abby? Did the the police and firefighters not like her?
We see Maddie, Josh, May, and any dispatcher telling the team more information if they need it. And like the team would inform dispatch if things were good.
(Don’t know if I’m misremembering, I’m not gonna watch season 1 anytime soon)
Before I rewatched the pilot, my memory of Buck in s1 was that he was the kind of guy that slept with girls once, then left them hanging. So it was a big surprise to me to rewatch those scenes.
Because the first time we see Buck hook up with another girl, we also see him ask her if she wants to do it again some time. And she says no.
The very first time we see him hook up with someone, he’s the one who wants more from it, and she’s the one who rejects him.
I’m not here pretending that he desperately wanted a serious relationship with her, I just think that that’s a really interesting thing to point out, especially given the hindsight we have when rewatching it.
And then it’s only what, episode 2? 3? Before Abby asks Abby out. And Buck literally jumps at the chance. Like he says ‘no’, but only because he wants to get it right. Abby’s the first person we’ve ever seen properly take an interest in Buck, and he takes hold of that chance with both hands.
I know they never say it but…….. it’s the same Tommy, right? We can all agree that the Tommy who is currently dating Buck is probably the same Tommy that dated Abby for over two years and then dumped her?? Because I personally think that would be god damn hilarious conversation
That awkward moment your boyfriend shows you a pic of your ex wife on his phone revealing that he knew her after you mentioned her at your last date cause you were with her until you came out as a gay man; your boyfriend then tells you to continue scrolling to then slowly reveal that he not only knew your ex wife but dated her; not only dated her but is the 20 yr younger rebound guy she hooked up with until her Mom died that you complained about and called a "Himbo"; and now your boyfriend is calling himself a "Himbo" in relation to your previous statements when you didn't know you were complaining about and talking shit about him to his face because why would you assume that your recently discovered bi boyfriend was your ex wife's ex boyfriend after you came out of the closet, and now you gotta break up with him cause you know that while he enjoys being with you he's actually in love with his best friend who he thinks is straight but actually hasn't realized he gay yet and who you were trying to date but accidentally made your now boyfriend jealous; but he was so caught up in his inability to realize he's in love with his 7 yr bff that he actually came to you claiming to be jealous of his best friend spending time with you instead of him spending time with you which left you to just take it as "well I gotta get something out of this failed attempt to date a closeted man who is so far in the closet he thinks Narnia is reality", but you still respect him enough to not out him to your boyfriend so you think it's just better to tell him that you know you're his first but not gonna be his last so you can break up with him before you get too attached.
Why the BuckTommy break-up fell flat narratively...
Disclaimer: I am not defending this ship. I hate it and I'm glad it's dead.
1. Prior to the break-up, he made a jab at Abby for dating a guy half her age and riding Buck off as "a himbo." Even though he's literally doing the same exact thing.
That, kids, is what we call "hypocrisy."
2. Tommy said that he "knows how the relationship ends."
Sir, if you know how it ends, why did you go for it in the first place? This just gives off that he was only dating Buck either for a good time or because Eddie wasn't showing any signs of interest, so he just settled for his bestie.
3. Tommy tries to pawn off the catalyst of the relationship ending on Buck, saying that he would "break his heart."
Even though HE was the one doing all the heart-breaking shit to BUCK throughout the entire goddamn relationship.
4. Josh's dumbass advice.
Okay, that's not fair. Josh's advice wasn't dumb per-say, but it was completely irrelevant to Buck's issue. I know that he probably doesn't really know who Tommy is, but making him sound like he was this gay pioneer who led the charge at Stonewall and that his scars should be respected?
Absolute nope.
It ended up making Buck's move-in proposal feel like he was doing it out of obligation because Tommy's been out longer than he has, so why shouldn't he ask him to move in with him?
And on that topic...
5. The return of the hamster wheel
You would think that after dumping Taylor the way he did, Buck would remember that he doesn't necessarily have to hold on to relationships that aren't working and he can just cut it loose, right?
Wrong.
Instead, they have Buck actually take Josh's advice and pull a Taylor 2.0 by asking Tommy to move in with him. This show continues to leave Buck on that fucking hamster wheel instead of letting him get off and it's working my nerve. Even if this was just the show's way of showing that Buck's toxic relationship tendencies don't change because he's with someone of the same sex, it's still redundant and annoying.
6. Buck.
The first and only time Tommy chooses to refer to Buck by his preferred name is when he's dropping him like a baked potato.
And the show never even gave Buck the chance to tell him off about it.
The fucking audacity.
And finally,
7. TOMMY KINARD HIMSELF
This whole scene, the narrative tries to paint Tommy out to be this sympathetic character all throughout, making him look all sad and talking about how "he knew the parking spot was too good to be true" and citing Buck to be the one who would break his heart.
Despite the fact that he literally broke Buck's again just seconds ago.
I'll never understand why the show decided to take this route with Tommy's character for the episode even though in past episodes, he's been canonically depicted to be insensitive at best and flat out bigoted at worse. And throughout the entirety of his and Buck's relationship, he has said and done things that have hurt Buck and he never even apologized for it. And if he did apologize, he gave a lame apology as to why he did do.
*cough* first date *cough cough*
And it definitely doesn't help matters that the show made the active choice not to bring up his past actions within the relationship or for Buck to even know about it. Instead, they made Abby the catalyst for the break up when it could've been Tommy himself being the catalyst.
Obviously, there were a million ways the show could've given the BuckTommy break-up a major impact and there were definitely ways they could've made the break-up solid with the Abby revelation.
All in all, the break-up could've been executed better, but at least the ship is dead.
do you think the "boyfriend tommy" Abby was talking about in episode one is the same tommy we know? you think she was his last attempted girlfriend or something?
