#9 1 1 6x11

[neptune-scythe]

[jackwhiteprophetic]

Do you guys ever think about Buck and Eddie and when they were each separately being crushed beneath the weight of somehow being able to live without the other?

Personally I'm never getting over this (I don't expect they will either)

[labombera-911]

*ed sheeran was right loving can hurt sometimes

[charmedslayer]

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER (1997-2003)

[1doesnotsimplyhavejust1fandam]

Something that I’ve thought about several times since the lightning episode is the fact that Eddie only yelled out for Buck. He never said Evan. In fact, I never even considered that he might have used Evan, not even when I first saw the promo they released of basically just Eddie yelling for Buck (still such an insane promo). And it’s both easy and kinda difficult to explain why I think Eddie didn’t shout “Evan”.

The easy part: if Eddie actually had used Evan, I think it would have confused even dedicated fans of the show. He’s only ever used Evan once before, and nobody would’ve thought it was a normal occurrence, even for a horrifying situation like the lightning strike. I actually appreciate that they didn’t have Eddie (or anybody) call Buck “Evan” during the lightning strike, because it helped drive home the familial love point of the coma. I think he was full named by coma!Bobby, and irl!Athena, but he gets called Evan by his parents and Daniel while in the coma. And it’s meant to be a reminder that Evan is for the people who don’t know Buck. Daniel because he died, but his parents because they simply didn’t care to make the effort. Maddie and his fire family did make the effort. And so none of them call him Evan in this episode.

The hard part: the reason Eddie used Evan in the Will scene was to grab and hold Buck’s attention. To tell him that what he is saying is one of, if not the, most important things he could tell Buck. He says it to make Buck listen, to make sure Buck actually hears what he has to say. I don’t think we’ll see Eddie use Evan without that type of justification. And storming up the ladder with an unconscious or dead Buck is not enough for Eddie to need Buck to listen. This is especially significant because it also means that Eddie using Evan will be a sign for the audience to listen to Eddie too. Buck couldn’t hear Eddie use “Evan” while he was dead, and Eddie isn’t in the habit of mincing his words when it comes to telling his best friend the important things.

This post is meant to break down my thoughts about the lack of “Evan” shouting by Eddie, but also to get excited about the very distinct possibility of Eddie calling Buck “Evan” during a love confession! Even though there has only been one incidence of Eddie calling him Evan, it is clear that the meaning changes when in Eddie’s mouth. And I can’t wait to see how the meaning develops if and when it’s used during the love confession.

[buddiehasmyheart]

Just had a random theory thought that might be completely stupid but I’ve moved on to watch 6x10 and maddie was stressing over her and bucks parents coming over to the new house, afraid that they were going to judge it because it’s not finished etc. then they turned up and was as nice as ever, complimenting it etc. WHAT IF that was a foreshadowing for 6x11 the coma episode where they were ‘the best parents’ to buck and maddie etc ???? Does that make sense or have I lost my mind?

I’m also a firm believer that the Buckley parents shouldn’t have been forgiven so quickly

[mattzerella-sticks]

I might have joked about it when it aired but Buck's subconscious's choice not to include Eddie in this alternate dream world of the s6 coma, to 'send him away', and - when given the opportunity TO see him through 'helping Chris find his dad' he promptly, sadly, ran away from Chris - was absolutely his brain suppressing his true feelings for Eddie as he wasn't ready to deal with them then AND if he HAD seen Eddie, and heard Eddie tell Buck he didn't know him, and hear THIS Eddie’s opinion of his relationship with Buck after having Buck explain it, having Buck actually think about who they are to each other, etc., it would work against him in his fighting for survival.

[tvuniverse]

9-1-1 -> 5x14 // 6x11 // 8x05

requested by anon

[neptune-scythe]

the 118 is gonna show up at hotshots set and start having war flashbacks and flipping out and Buck is just gonna be like what's going on guys I don't get it

[jackwhiteprophetic]

Buck and Eddie having a fun time with lightning:

Did this as a fun end to the day GUYS I GOT INTO MEDICINE AT UNI YAYYYY!!!!!!! I'M SO SO HAPPY and also this was so fun!

Lmk if you're nearish the UK and would like me to send you one because I have sooo many of these and I think 9-1-1 penpals could be fun and silly!!!

[alexisrosemullens]

9-1-1 6x11 | In Another Life 7x10 | All Fall Down

[inferno-ontherocks]

9-1-1 | 7x01 Abandon Ships | 6x11 In Another Life

[divine-victory]

I’m going to add my two cents to this because I HAD SO MANY THOUGHT WHEN I WATCHED THIS LAST NIGHT and I simply cannot.

I don’t think the Buckleys were redeemed in the episode necessarily. I don’t think that’s what happened there. Because the coma episode is primarily about Buck. Buck said it in the comma world he said they don’t have to ‘make it up to him’ and that he knows they did their best and he will love them forever. Because Buck is good at doing as he preaches.

The whole dream is about Buck learning his worth beyond what other people see in him. Arguably his whole character arc is learning who he is beyond what people want from him. But in this episode Buck is fighting against his own insecurities and learned behavior. He tells Bobby how he saved him by being Buck. And that was Enough.

As you said Bobby has shaped Buck in more important ways than his parents ever did which is why he has an actual conversation with Bobby. A back and forth that makes him realize that being Buck is enough. That’s the big part. The important growth that shapes him. And from that he is able to make the choices that safe his life. He tells Chris that he can’t help him, not because he wouldn’t literally die to help Chris. But because he knows that helping Chris in this specific scenario where he isn’t real will be detrimental to Buck and it won’t help Chris. It shows that Buck is learning that helping at the cost of his own well being isn’t the right answer. He talks to his parents and tells them he loves them anyway. And they did the best they could. Not because his parents have earned his forgiveness, or because he is redeeming them. But because he deserves to forgive them. It isn’t about redeeming them. It is about allowing Buck to heal from how they hurt him. It’s Buck letting go of the hurt and that expectation of love and validation because he doesn’t need it from them anymore.

Buck can’t change how his parents behave, or treat him or how they might or might not feel about him. He has spent his entire life trying to do that and it has been painful and damaging to him. But he has grown a lot since joining the 118 and meeting his real family. The people that love him, accept him and validate him just for being Buck. So when Buck tells his dream parents, the ones in his head. The ones he created for himself that he doesn’t need them anymore. He is telling himself that his parents’ validation isn’t something he needs anymore.

He does the same to Daniel, he tells Daniel it isn’t his fault that Daniel dies and when Daniel starts fighting Buck and Buck realizes that he is fighting a version of himself. The version of him that blames him for ‘failing’ that tells him his family doesn’t care for him that he is worthless. He is fighting his own insecurities, and he wins against them. Because he has grown. Because he has true unconditional love. Because he saw Bobby take out the rosary beads.

I agree that Bobby and Athena are Buck’s parents in a way the Buckleys won’t ever be. But the thing is the Buckleys are still people Buck loves. Throughout the previous episode they parallel The Buckleys to the Hans. Chimney has a similar relationship to his Dad than Buck to his parents. Chimney realizes that he is building a family of his own and that he doesn’t want to make the same mistakes as his Dad- allowing his hurt and pride to keep him from his family. Similarly Buck learns that while he can’t go back and change how his parents treated him or saw him he can learn to accept what they can offer him now. It can be enough. Not because his parents deserve to be redeemed but because he wants a relationship with them.

When the whole Daniel thing came to light his mom told him that looking at him was a reminder of the son they lost. That raising him had been hard and she asked what he wanted them to do. Buck responded that he wanted them to love him anyway. So he won’t make the same mistake. He knows they can’t give him that unconditional, love and support a parent is supposed to. But he already has that. He has Bobby and Athena in his corner already. So he won’t ask that of them. He can love them as they are because they are trying. Maybe one day they’ll get to the point where they are good parents, maybe they will always be too loss in their grief to reach that but Buck is going to love them anyway. Because that’s what he has always wanted from other people. Because that’s what Bobby has taught him. That sometimes if you love people through their bad they will get better on their own. Because he has.

Now me? Personally? I would have put them in a home and never looked back. But Buck is a better person than me.

i think my roman empire is how it feels like the buckley parents' redemption isn't supposed to be in the whole coma storyline. buck's desire to stay in the coma world being fundamentally rooted in how there he had that classic nuclear family growing up with parents who love him implies that he still doesn't have that in the real world. at the end of the episode, he says that his family isn't in the coma world, and makes the deliberate choice to step away from this perfect family he always wanted and toward the 118 family he already has. but if we take the redemption (specifically how the show framed the simplicity of their redemption) seriously, they are actually around and buck has a great relationship with them, discounting their role in buck's coma. i'm not saying the buckleys being around completely contradicts what buck went through and realized in the coma i actually really love the arc! family is much more nuanced than there/not there so buck's desire to have parents who always showed their love for him rather than parents who showed up after 29 years, even if they are trying now, does actually make a lot of sense! but the weight the episode puts on how the buckleys are magically fixed and buck instantly brings them back into his life.

in the thematic core of the episode as well as the show as a whole, bobby (and athena too) has a much larger role than the buckleys in shaping buck, helping him find the way out, showing him that he's wanted. buck realizes his own importance through his relationship with bobby, and how even when they fought he still cared about him and his actions were able to change both of their lives for the better. it's not simple, it's not always positive, but there's always this unconditional aspect that they keep fighting back to. and yet the episode still ends with the buckleys back in buck's life, without much of a fight to reach a common ground of conversation. yeah, they may not have ever been around before but now they're offering to redecorate his house 👍 all's good here problem solved

it's a truly fascinating contrast between bobby and buck's hard-fought growth and connection over the course of the series culminating in this ep, and the buckleys' past issues with buck largely ignored in favor of easy, clean resolution because "well, they're trying this time". one of these feels deeply connected to the themes of the show and the progression of its characters, and the other sticks out from the show's narrative like a sore thumb.

tldr fuck the buckley parents all my homies hate the buckley parents happy belated father's day bobby nash <3

[aceofwhump]

Do you have list of top episodes with where the whumpee ends up in the hospital. Doesn't matter the reason. I'm just on a hospital kick

Ooooh yeah I can def share my favs. So many good hospital scenes.

Gotta start with Hawaii Five-0 10x22 because that whole thing is truly amazing (also it occurs to me that I have no giffed the HELL out of this episode on this blog and I think I need to rectify that)

Graceland 3x01 is an easy second choice

Followed by Graceland 1x09

9-1-1 6x11 is sooo good. Love coma episodes

Heroes 1x12

9-1-1 Lone Star 1x08

Almost Paradise 1x10

Broadchurch 1x07

Burn Notice 4x13

Chicago PD 7x10

Bones 1x15

The Mentalist 1x16 and 6x07

Hudson & Rex 2x16

Supernatural 2x01

General Hospital, June 2nd, 2021

Teen Wolf 3x19 and 3x01

Grimm 1x08

NCIS LA 2x17

NCIS 2x22

Stargate SG-1 4x18

[911verse]

Buck & Maddie 9-1-1 | 6x11 “In Another Life”

[buddie2024rewatch]

Buddie 2024 Rewatch!

Hello, everyone! Welcome to the Buddie 2024 Rewatch to spread some positivity!! The goal is to rewatch important episodes for both Buck and Eddie and their relationship and spread some love while we wait for season 8. I'm guessing the show will come back mid-October (mostly because I can't narrow the list down more) which would give us 15 weeks if we start right now, with 2 episodes. This is the list I came down to, this could be altered when we get an official airing date.

Week 1: 2x01 Under Pressure, 2x04 Stuck

Week 2: 2x08 Buck, Actually, 2x10 Merry Ex-Mas

Week 3: 2x18 This Life We Choose, 3x03 The Searchers

Week 4: 3x05 Rage, 3x06 Monsters

Week 5: 3x09 Fallout, 3x15 Eddie Begins

Week 6: 3x18 What's Next?, 4x03 Future Tense

Week 7: 4x08 Breaking Point, 4x12 Treasure Hunt

Week 8: 4x13 Suspicion, 4x14 Survivors

Week 9: 4x06 Brawl in Cell Block 9-1-1, 5x11 Outside Looking In

Week 10: 5x13 Fear-o-Phobia, 5x14 Dumb Luck

Week 11: 5x16 May Day, 6x10 In a Flash, 6x11 In Another Life*

Week 12: 6x12 Recovery, 6x13 Mixed Feelings

Week 13: 6x15 Death and Taxes, 7x01 Abandon Ships

Week 14: 7x04 Buck, Bothered and Bewildered, 7x05 You Don't Know Me

Week 15: 7x09 Ashes, Ashes, 7x10 All Fall Down

I'm setting up an Instagram account too, also @/buddie2024rewatch, since the idea is also to share stuff where the actors can see, so post stuff using the tag #buddie2024rewatch here and over there and I will try to reblog/share as many posts as I see!

*in another life is marked because Eddie isn't in a lot, so it's more of an optional thing, because 610 and 611 do go together.