You know, actually, I kind of love that they placed the breakup where they did. Because every time Buck's had a relationship end so far has been at the end of a season. We've never seen him have to actually process and deal with his feelings and confront the reality of what he needs to be happy. We just always jump right over it. The closest I think we got to that was with Abby when he finally started to accept the reality that she had left him behind and it was over. And actually, as frustrated as I am with the way they brought Abby's ghost back for a variety of reasons, it does actually make a lot of sense in the way it might force him into confronting just how little has changed about how desperately he's searching for something he hasn't even managed to name. He needs to break out of this shell he keeps using to protect himself from having to confront all the parts of himself he tries to hide (from everyone else, but also from himself). And I think actually taking the time to let him process a breakup might be a great way to actually show some development with Buck's character for once.
Instead of pretending like forcing him into another dead-end relationship and acting like it's the one that's going to fix him, maybe forcing him to confront the reality of why his relationships keep ending and letting him process that could really be the turning point for him.
