#episode study

[badly-drawn-doflamingo]

This is one of my favorite scenes because of its layers and I’d like to share it with everyone!

The symbolism for every character here is rough.

The tangerine trees and flag weep as Nami and Chopper stand around Brook and Carrot.

Bellemere, with her beloved trees, and the pirate flag Hiriluk loved so fondly; they cry for they died in a similar way, and now they’ve lost another.

Brook. Has lost another. Carrot, lost a brother.

She doesn’t move, drawn in on herself as she knows the news and is handling it the best way she can as a child, however Brook does something very, very different.

He THROWS himself violently to the floor, and in a rage we NEVER see him in, not like this, he curses himself, and apologizes to the air about him, a mantra of sorts.

I don’t think it’s just an apology to Pedro, no, but to the Rumbars he failed in the EXACT same way.

To Brook, who was acting captain, those men died due to a mistake on his part, an error he didn’t think about or prepare for, and they were butchered, one after another like ants under a stronger man’s boot. The left overs and rotten remains hung about him for 50 years, and he knew he failed Yorki entirely.

He believes in this moment, that he, after being given power by Luffy, has failed Pedro ALONE entirely, just like he did before.

“If only I.”

Chopper was there with him. It was a we if anything but no, not to Brook.

“If only I was stronger,”

A chant he probably already has said before many, many times during the nights and days and hoary mornings and fantasy moments of the dusk alone and with others; if only he had been stronger, maybe those men would have made it to live like he’s been blessed to now.

Jinbe speaks up, giving advice just like Fisher would have, and now we see TWO Vice-captains, one disabled, throwing his beloved hair into the dirt, forgetting his own promise to a little boy who waits beside an aging tired man, and a man who’s lead strong since his mentor died. Brook is the embodiment of sticking to grief while as Jinbe is the tide that carries you forward. He is the helmsman who leads them through the storm, and it is a grand scene of his actions.

It’s such a wonderful scene of morals, and reactions, and grief and loss and even PTSD.

Oh Brook,, it’s not your fault. Never was, but, will he ever forgive himself?

[kyhemis]

1. I'm addicted to Jennifer Love Hewitt's acting.

All of Maddie's expressions always convey so much emotion and feeling. You can tell what she's feeling. How she feels. And all of the anguish is always so visible that it hurts.

I'm joking, but I'm not, Maddie is one of the strongest women in any series or movie I've ever seen.

That nightmare was incredible. The construction of it and how it related to the future. Her not being able to speak when they need her help and remembering Braeburn. Her losing sight of Jee and not being able to call her and feeling helpless. I hate that this also connects with Doug. And I love that they don't ignore the characters' traumas. 

Chimney is the best husband, again.

Him helping her get her voice back.

Maddie is, technically, a final girl.

2. Ravi;

I will always give him an honorable mention, always. 

My princess!!!

Buck and Ravi - right this time

I love you Ravi.

That's it, basically it. He serves perfection in every scene of his.

3. That call with the pizza delivery guy (Oswald Smith? );

I swore was some kind of commercial when it started in court. Because the scene started right after the commercials and I wasn't paying that much attention.

Also. That delivery guy looks just like Chuck from Supernatural, I really thought it was the same actor.

That call is very deja vu from S4 when they get that bus that got stuck in the building. Before the shot, with the dam breaking.

And I hoped the car would come down and pull Ravi along, just because of the trauma, but that he would survive unharmed, obviously. A while in the hospital, he would come back, family, happiness. I love this segment of events.

It hurts and comforts.

4. I love (ironically) the inconsistency of the facts in this series.

When Maddie got pregnant with Jee, she and Athena talked. Athena saying that May's pregnancy had been incredible, because it had been calm, with a great mood, and very little nausea, I don't remember everything correctly. And then she, now with Maddie pregnant with a baby again, commenting that it seemed like May was throwing a party (in a matter of guessing.)

So, either May was bipolar in her mother's belly or 911 just throws facts and whatever without really caring much.

Yes, I know.

— I'm not you.

— Girl, nobody is.

Big deja vu of the second season. I love all of Maddie's interactions with Athena for several reasons (supreme milfs and the strongest women I know) but I always think of mother and daughter. We consider Bathena as Buck's parents and I love when we include Maddie in the family too. Basically, two daughters (M&M) and two sons (H.B).

Also, yes. Athena is someone who I don't know how she's alive, but at the same time she's basically immortal. Like Maddie.

And I'm going to ignore that this brought back memories of the spoilers about Bobby's possible death.

5. Eddie + Others

— I just got off the horn with your former captain, couldn’t have been more glowing.

Bobby and Eddie. Not much talked about, very important. They are basically father and son too. They support each other completely. It’s like your father complimenting you in your job interview, kind of nepo baby, but still. Bobby, supporting, even from afar.

— I’m single.

he doesn’t know his best friend’s boyfriend broke up with him because of Him. And that he’s going to discover that he’s in love with his best friend and they’ll be happy together.

Eddie’s father and mother. (OH MY GOD). My God, how I hate them. Eddie’s father was more acceptable than I expected. But the mother? Holy shit.

She couldn’t be a mother to her son so she’s going to try with her grandson. It’s horrible. And she managed to change, to be good, with her grandson but not with her son and what does her son think? Wasn’t I worth it? She's literally acting like this with Eddie's ideas, making it very obvious that she doesn't want Eddie to take Chris with him. She's not a good mother. Being a 'good grandmother' doesn't make up for anything. Does she know that? And there's no reason behind her actions, like, none. Eddie is a good father, he's great, so why would she want to keep him away from his son?

Eddie trying with Chris. I love them, my god.

I thought it was kind of like buying love with the PS5, but I understand that he had to start somewhere and this was, well, buying love with things that Chris likes and not actually talking to him.

He hearing, in real life, Chris calling him dad after so long. Deja vu of him saving that cheerleader kid and being mistaken for his father.

Did he miss being called that by his real son?

I said It fuck. I said. They talk to each other by phone. It's obvious that they do.

Including Eddie wanting to back out and go back to LA. With the parents he has, I don't blame him.

— I won't kick you out of the house. I may need your couch though. 

So Buck's couch would be your couch, right? Has the theory changed? Now Buck has the right couch, in the right house and will have the right company? The love of his life and their son.

Eddie trading in the truck he bought with the money from illegal fights so he could have money and work as an Uber driver. My god, how traumatizing.

He really is working as an Uber driver. I found it kind of embarrassing to see, he's not very good at it. So those scenes of him talking more and more and the passengers not giving a fuck were pretty embarrassing.

— I'm not usually a driver.

passenger princess eddie diaz.

What I hated about this was Eddie lying to Chris again. Something much lighter than the last lie, but still. You don't try to rebuild a relationship broken by lies with more lies. That's not how it works.

Fuck you Eddie, you're not going to lie to your son again, are you? Sure, about different jobs, but still.

—  You're a life saver.

  when literally...

My train of thought when everything was going well, he was getting a good job, was literally:

Something's going to go wrong, he can't be that happy. And I was right, again.

Chris literally finding out that he works as an Uber driver because he went out with his friend and who is the Uber driver? Eddie. Embarrassment. So much embarrassment. The way Chris's face changed when he realized that the one who was going to take him and his friend was his own father. And it wasn't embarrassment, it was simply, he lied. Again. And it wasn't disappointment about the job, because Chris is the best kid and doesn't give a shit, but my god. I need something focused on his view of events.

He was hiding the photo of the younger Chris so he wouldn't see it. Pain, just pain.

I told it, he couldn't be so happy. Something had to happen.

Yes, you should stop lying to your son.

— Got caught in another lie.

— Appreciate you, Buck.

*Screams* *lots of screams* anything Buddie, this season is awesome. Anything. Especially after the last episode.

Chris is the BEST kid in the WORLD.

Their position when they're talking is the same as when they were arguing about his lies when Chris was grounded. Eddie at the table, Chris on the couch.

Oh God, I love this family. OH GOD I LOVE THIS FAMILY. 

— I am proud of you.

— Can I hug you?

— Yeah.

— I love you, son.

— I love you, dad.

I cried. I literally cried.

The fact that Chris's concern was about his father and that he shouldn't spend money on games.

I'm emotional. They're healing. From everything. They're going to be happy.

This is the first I love you that Eddie has heard from his son in months. And his depression before was agonizing. And he came back to his son and they're healing and they're going to be happy.

Chris said he was proud of him. After all the lies, after everything, he still loves and is proud of the father who left his dream team for him, who went to another state for him.

I love their relationship.

And I can't think (that's why I should have done this 'analysis' shit before)

[ziggysgender]

episode study: Dagger of the Mind

[kyhemis]

It's been a long time since I did an "episode study" of 911, but holy shit I have to go back just because of everything that happened in this one.

[kyhemis]

First. Finally this thing with the councilwoman is over, I hated that woman. Like, you lost a son, I understand, but then you're going to punish a child and people who have nothing to do with it for a choice HE made?

Second. Gerrard, I never hated you (lie).

Third. I was right, I knew that this exchange of Bobby coming home and Gerrard as a consultant for the show was going to happen.

Fourth. Now that Brad won't be appearing anymore (I liked him), does that mean we're going to get more of Ravi? Because I want at least one episode begin with him.

Fifth. "Your son almost died and you weren't there." Tsunami? The surgeries he missed? (I think he missed them, I don't remember if those 3 he mentions in season two happen after he goes with Eddie, but I think it was before). The earthquake? And in the opposite direction, that Eddie almost died so many times and if that had happened he wouldn't be there for his own son. I loved that he admitted his guilt (and the mention of his mustache in that scene with Bobby, even though I like his mustache) and I hope so much to see more scenes with Chris, who has every right to walk away but I hate not seeing them as a happy family.

Sixth. I don't care if the endgame is Tommy with Buck, because I actually like him, but I'm still going to wait for Buddie until the end, ABC has already made one of our dreams come true, they can make another one.

Seventh. I also loved the comedy in this episode, Chim shooting, "and he touches me" + "no, not like that" and that Mara finally got back to her family (I miss Nia).

Eighth. I loved that there were mentions of Eddie's time in the army, even if they were minimal, and I need more. Maybe a situation where he is forced to literally fight for his life or someone else's (maybe Buck's? Here comes Buddie), or maybe he gets hurt and Chris only finds out after he leaves the hospital because Eddie's parents didn't say anything (I know these two are adding fuel to the fire for Chris's separation from Eddie, I just know) and decides he wants to get back together even though everything isn't resolved yet.

Ninth. I'm dying for that episode whose title references the mask. I don't remember exactly.

I love doing these "episode studies" even if no one gives a damn.

Now I need to find the new Doctor Odyssey EP to watch it too.

[kyhemis]

First, Brad Torrence.

He's a more complex character than he seems. The news of him being a father and having distanced himself from his son to try to pursue this pilot thing is in a way like Eddie. Who ran away to the army. The scene of the guy wanting to kill himself and him having that conversation and in the end actually managing to save him, compared to the conversation he had with Eddie also shows that he's more sensitive about his own importance than he acts with that superiority (like in that scene with the attendant).

Second, Eddie Diaz.

(I won't go into as much detail as I want because I plan on making another post, it's too much trauma for just one).

Starting with his relationship with Chris and how it's going downhill, his distance and how he probably doesn't want to become like his own parents, leaving his son to raise himself alone, hating his father (which is fair, but come home, honey). I read about Ryan's possible exit and although this thing about him moving to Texas to create the perfect exit doesn't make sense either. Since the second season he has been a main character, and him leaving the series would mean sending him to Texas and ignoring anything involving what will happen there in his relationship with his parents and also with Chris. I would love to see him go to El Paso and return with his son, to their house, to their Buck. I would love him going to El Paso and being recognized as "Hotshot's #1 hot nurse" and it also serving as an opening for some guy (maybe a blue-eyed blond) to flirt with him and Eddie having an Oh.

Third, let's talk about the couch teory and kitchen.

The look on Buck's face when he sat down on the couch and truly realized what was about to happen, it wasn't him helping his best friend pick out a new house, it was him helping his partner pick out a new house in another state. And that he would never go back to that couch - his safe place - or to that house after Eddie leaves and that he will never truly see his best friend again after this, nor his son (because that's what Chris is). We have, for the first time, two scenes of them together on that couch, technically one, but considering. Post-breakup Buck + finding happiness again Eddie, Post-breakup relapse Buck + going after happiness (son) Eddie. Buck, abandonment issues in bold capital letters and underlined on his forehead, picking out a house where his best friend is going to try to reconnect with the son they both lost. Do you think he blames Eddie for a moment? I lost what I considered a son and now I'm going to lose you because of it. He went and you're going to follow and they're going to leave me here. About the kitchen, it's basically how important it is. We talked about how Buck feels comfortable showing up at his house out of nowhere, walking in and going straight to the kitchen and the cabinets. We talked about "your own privacy, but not with me", and how the signs are there.

"Do you wanna go for the title?"

"It's Eddie's house, I'm not really a guest"

"Do you remember anything about the shooting?"

"Eddie, who's Kim?"

"Aren't these homes out of your budget in LA?".

Their kiss itself has to be there, or on the couch.

Fourth, if Buddie doesn't happen, it will either be because the producers are afraid or because the characters are afraid.

Something along the lines of "I can't be his first because then I won't be his last." Tommy left and Eddie leaves for completely different reasons, but this is Buck. And "why do I feel worse about you leaving than I do about my boyfriend?" and we know it will be like that. He liked Tommy, of course, and they were a couple, but 6 months of dating and dating is nothing compared to the years of mutual trust and family development that Eddie and Buck have had, it's a slow burn in which they built this (non)platonic partnership of theirs, in which they both feel so comfortable in each other's homes. And I don't doubt for a second that it's entirely possible for a scene like that to happen, if the show goes down a path for Buddie, in true 911 style that will either be super emotional and traumatic or comedic and cute. If you go down the path where both have feelings but don't become a couple because of fear, it would be for that reason for Buck + "I can't lose my best friend" and for Eddie the baggage of Catholic guilt he has plus the repressed homosexuality boiling in Texas

Fifth, Graham Keye and Athena Grant.

I thought their scenes were so cute. Graham seemed like a bit of a pain in the ass with the little cars, on the one hand it's okay to demand things be done the right way, on the other hand people just want to go home after a purchase. Leaving aside the plot of the culprit being Ira (or whatever his real name is), we see the difference between Athena's treatment of Sparks and him. Her calling him a baby in the hospital scene cured mommy issues all over the world, because his family doesn't even know he's in the hospital and almost died, because she was honest about him not being able to be a cop and that she presented him with an opportunity, something that probably (due to the person he is, and the context of the story presented) shouldn't have happened before. The culprit not being that big guy in plaid was pretty satisfying because it would be so obvious and boring if it were, so they go there and put the old man who Graham was trying to kind of help in his own way

Sixth, 118 and Hotshot's.

Chimney as a doctor was hot as hell, but thinking about it now, what would Maddie's reaction be? Considering that her abusive ex-husband was a doctor, but Chim is the cutest and perfect man for her. Eddie and Buck as nurses and their uniforms match perfectly, Buck's uniform showing off his muscles, Eddie clumsy on the set, Henrietta being a queen as always, and Brad going by what she said. Because I love that they did this "this wouldn't happen in real life" thing and I keep thinking, the things you guys do probably wouldn't happen in real life either. The scene at the beginning, them watching the show and giving their opinions and how Eddie automatically brought Buck into it with the F word and Buck's super expressive reaction to it, plus Hen and Chim being passive

"I liked the song"

"It's a good show"

(I don't remember Chim's line )

Seventh, Buddie again.

How Buck realized so quickly that Eddie was hiding the tablet and going on an ordeal that seems so flirtatious, and how Eddie can't lie to him. Even if 911 doesn't bring it up that often, Eddie was trained in the army, he enlisted twice and came back alive both times. From what I know about the US military (basically just from the series), he should be able to lie even under torture and yet he opens his mouth whenever Buck asks him to.

Eighth, the next episode.

According to the plot, we have a serial killer who will go after Maddie. And she is pregnant, and this will probably generate more trauma depending on whether she knew the person because "she could have hurt our child and it would be my fault", and she probably does. You can see in a scene from the preview that the person who took Maddie is a woman, who knows where she lives and who managed to get into her house. A woman with medium-long brown hair. We will know if she shows up earlier and why in the next episode, but still. Is it because of Chim? Because of the son? A random choice? I want to see the reaction, especially from her husband and her brother. Mainly from the brother actually, because Chim is her husband and they have a daughter but he was in the hospital recovering the first time this happened (not disregarding what he felt during Maddie's kidnapping by Doug, but he had been stabbed and probably slept most of it). Buck had to deal with going after her and worrying about Chim, and Doug, and everything that happened. And now it's happening again and it's maybe worse, because it's a serial killer, someone who doesn't just want Maddie for himself but wants murder and has experience in that. And I want a comfort scene with Buck and Chim, them bonding even more and a recreation of the hospital scene when Eddie comes to talk to Buck after Athena puts him in "hospital jail" for trying to unlock Chim's phone. I want Maddie to be okay, as well as the baby, and I want to see how they're going to deal with Jee.

[kyhemis]

First, Queer Week.

It's interesting that they brought this representation to the show, both in terms of probably pink money or maybe even for the story.

Which brings me to, Second, The drag queen and Tristan.

I loved their conversation and the fact that Tristan really doesn't know. He's not black or a drag queen, he doesn't know what she went through and I loved the fact that she tried to make him understand that with their conversation, even though it was really a venting about what had happened to her and how it affected her because it was her image, her femininity, not just a wig. I confess, I wanted more of their conversation, but it makes sense that it happened the way it did. And I loved the scene of her coming back at the end being her without a wig and just her. (I'm referring to him with female pronouns, I don't know if I should but it's how I think the character would like to be called, I don't remember the episode or if she referred to herself with him in character, so if I'm wrong and it sounds disrespectful, it wasn't my intention.)

Third, Tristan and his whole vibe. He's not straight.

In the entire episode there was more than one scene of him preening himself under the gaze of the queer men on the cruise, like how he told Avery that "I was going to say amazing" and how the conversation with Avery came after Max admitted he wanted to marry a woman. Speaking of him, I really feel like he has a repressed bisexuality (or pan, or maybe even demi aro, I think it's unlikely, but point made), the way he acted only reinforced that point, as far as being looked at, receiving attention and being liked by both genders as maybe being looked at. Besides him calling himself a Twunk (slang for a young, thin but muscular gay or queer man - according to Google)

Fourth, the Trisal.

Avery tries to get the three of them back together even if it's just for sex and can't. She wants to. Max came up with this thing about being a traditionalist. He runs away to the middle of the sea, gets involved with the employee and then again with two employees (the sex scene was left for the picture, but even if Max and Tristan didn't touch each other it's still considered involvement) and says the thing "I want to marry the woman/person I love, have children" but being so open to another Trisal. A traditionalist wouldn't have gotten involved in a threesome, or would support another, or would be so open to living with queers for a week (or in other situations. I may be following stereotypes regarding traditionalist people, but at least that's the context I see with him saying that in that scene in that way).

Fifth, Avery's conversation with Tristan.

(Being a brazilian with half-assed English, I confess that I didn't understand much of what he was saying in relation to UK potatoes, so I'll go by the context). The issue of sharing Avery's love for her and his saying "it makes me sick" (I loved the acting and the intonation) is already a whole step towards the fact that this could again become a triangle, or simply generate a lot of anguish. In Tristan's view, it would be him and her and Max and Avery, and not all three together (assumptions) and that would be sharing the person he loves.

Sixth, their chemistry as a poly relationship is incredible and it would be such a missed opportunity to turn it into a triangle and end with a couple (2), in addition to missing the opportunity for unusual representation in series like these. It would drive away the homophobes, but as seen with 911 they don't give a damn, so why miss the chance to bring them all together? to put a kiss between Max and Tristan on screen?

Seventh, Captain and his brother + threesome. Even though he's old, "traditionalist?", he's still open-minded and learns community slang and tries to get involved in his brother's relationship. I thought their threesome was cute, and how even though the couple had met before, they seemed connected and how in the end it didn't end with them breaking up because of any movement or with a bad relationship between brothers regarding alcoholism and the sugar thing that caused it.

Eighth, about the next episode (which I haven't seen yet, so I'm anxious to know if I'm right in my thinking).

Avery getting pregnant and how it almost doesn't make sense considering she had sex with a doctor and a nurse who know very well how babies are made (where did you put the condom?). I don't think that if this pregnancy was real and not just a test error or something, she'll keep the baby. She dreams of being a doctor, studying medicine and working in the field and having a baby would only delay that as well as her future, why a child and college? Sure, she has the chance to deliver the baby and put it up for adoption. I think her decision will be the same regardless of who the father is (Max is the obvious choice, so maybe they'll cast Tristan, but probably Max). Of course this will affect the father differently, Max worse because he dreams of having children probably more than Tristan (having had a wife, which was highlighted in the last episode) and because there's a power difference in his relationship with his employee.

Ninth, accident. From what the preview showed, a patient and Max and Avery looking worried, I'm hoping something went wrong with Tristan, because I honestly want more focus on him and him as part of the threesome and the team. The show focuses a lot on Max and Avery, and I love them, but mommy issues would be perfect and fit so well with ABC (Hello, is this Evan Buckley? Maddie Buckley-Han? Eddie Diaz? Athena Grant? Henrietta Wilson?). In this case, it would open up so many opportunities for a conversation between Max and Tristan (not leaving Avery out, but creating development outside of her, you know) about how he was afraid of losing Tristan not only because he was a friend/employee, but as something more romantic. It would probably also affect Avery's decisions regarding the baby if the accident happened after she found out and if it really is Tristan, because the chances of it not being Tristan are 99.99%.

[kyhemis]

First,

Sparks.

I liked him at first, he seemed cute and really cool, his adoration for Athena (God knows she's amazing and deserves it), but then she said she was wary of him, and he never makes mistakes, so the feeling changed. And I understand wanting to feel powerful with a bad childhood, but he crossed the line. Even if his intentions weren't that, he crossed the line. He became unnecessarily aggressive with that woman, he shot her in front of her daughter and traumatized a child because he was hot-headed and because he wasn't prepared or made for the streets. I don't want and I don't care if he appears on screen again, but I think this statement is unnecessary.

Second,

Brad.

I said the first time he showed up that there was something strange, and then I started to like him, but he's a jerk? I don't know what's going on, but yes, that rudeness to the attendant and then not even an apology was completely unnecessary. Addendum, he really has something going on with Bobby and not just appreciation.

Third,

Maddie. Maddie and Chim. Maddie and Buck. All of them.

How careful they are this time and I imagine how Chim would be so much more alert compared to how he was when Jee was pregnant. And that this is sad but cute and that I want Jee as a big sister and all those family feelings. Since Buck knows his own sister and since the three of them (and Jee, obviously) are already a family like that, I loved their hug and I need Uncle Buck to be even more concerned.

Fourth,

Gerrard.

My god, he was so miserable in this episode and I loved it. "The first job I'm happy with" and how it's almost atonement. He's a giant fucking asshole and that's it, Brad is his karma, which he deserves. Him begging and hugging Bobby? And crying? My sadistic side loved it, but I don't want the focus on him, or this, or their feelings or the boss because that would bring more complications that would take up screen time for more important things.

Fifth,

Everything.

Eddie and Hen's cute banter with Buck at the station. Eddie's smile, and how I still haven't gotten used to him without his mustache. Buck as a cook and Jee being the best girl to him because he's such a girl dad and the best uncle. The really cool thing with the little thief guy there who looked like a hacker and how the beginning reminded me a lot of S.W.A.T (the one with Sherman Moore). Athena looking amazing arresting those goons and then running after the boss.

Sixth,

the romance.

Buck being attached and wanting to talk to Tommy is cute, that whole doubt thing and "should I talk to him?" and "he wanted to talk to me!?", but it passed. I don't know if Tommy's texting was something that will pass or if it's intentional for the next episode (I'm pretty sure it's not) but I'm afraid it won't go as far as I want it to. Buddie. As a fan, who has endured eight seasons, I'm not going to give up now, especially with such strong signs. "Maybe the universe will bring you someone special"/"It's like the universe is screaming at you and you don't hear it" and all the other episodes, hopes are higher than ever, but what if? It's the last season, I want them to work on Eddie's Catholic guilt, and the fact that they are like Michael and David. M/C meeting in the elevator, the look at each other and the smile reminds me of the elevator scene with Buck and Eddie "well, at least it's not a tsunami" because the look is the same. 911 is a great show, but with how unpredictable it is, with these conversations coming straight from ao3, I don't even know what to expect regarding Buddie. Will they accidentally get together and get married in Vegas? Will Chris be like "you didn't get with a woman because you already have Buck"? Because of Bobby? Because I feel like a lot could happen because of Maddie and Chim.

Seventh,

Hen and Athena.

Their scenes are always amazing, and how Hen always encourages her to follow her instincts and how best friends they are.

Eighth,

Not about this episode in particular, but where the hell is Ravi? Looking back, they bring in a half-baked Hollywood actor with a sort of Pavlov crush on Bobby and the problematic LAPD rookie, but not Ravi? Not the guy who appeared in the family scenes in the 118? Not after the whole Chim being sent to the academy to bring their boy home? Not about how he's already part of the family? About how he was accepted so much more quickly and naturally into the family compared to Jonah (and what a terrible ending) or, even saying, Lucy? I don't know why Anirudh didn't come back for this season, but I want him. For the love of god, he was at Maddie and Chim's wedding, THEY ARE FAMILY, in one analysis he is a younger brother to Chim, much more emotionally stable than the Han's or Buckley's and still, with a past involving cancer, and living in a hospital, and probably racial issues, and that headcanon I saw on tiktok of him switching shifts so as not to get so attached because he lived in the hospital and probably lost several friends to cancer. He was at the bachelor party, he was at the awards, he has the people, we want him back, so Ryan, where is he? Where is fireman Panikkar who certainly thinks Bobby is Buck's father (we ignore the existence of Margareth and Philipe)? Who must think Eddie and Buck have already divorced, and that he didn't know who Tommy is and that now he will be confused because how come Tommy has already left? And how come Eddie played Freddy Mercury? He totally would have dressed up as something scary in the Halloween episode, he definitely would have gone all out with the Billy Bubbles thing, he definitely passes along every bit of gossip to every shift about every shift because he's their King. So where's our King?

And why do I always fall in love with characters who get no screen time but angst?

Ninth,

I feel like ABC is doing something. We started with a plane (season 1/8), then we had the well (season 3), the man hanging from a rope on the ladder truck (season 6), and the preview for the next episode shows us car accidents (season 2/4) and the person drowning in the car that only reminds me of the tsunami - and now a little bit of Maddie's attempt (season 3/5). We're reliving important points for the characters, especially Buddie, and if we go in that order there's still a long way to go. There was a scene in this episode, on a street, that reminded me a lot of the one with the gunshot (season 4). If we go by that, we're missing 5, which I think would involve Maddie's pregnancy or Eddie's breakdown. If it's Eddie's, it also opens up for Buck discovering himself in 7 because Eddie has this whole Catholic thing, so discovering he's gay and freaking out is just like him. I don't know if it's intentional, but with 911 you never know.