#2x08 buck actually

[aladygrieve]

Made, not Found: Buck and Queer Love

I've been doing a just-the-highlights bi!Buck rewatch and I know we all heard Oliver talk about how there have been "crumbs for years," but I wanted to turn everyone's attention back to one in particular: Thomas and Mitchell from 2x08 Buck, Actually.

They've been together for probably 50+ years. We get a gorgeous extended montage of all their adventures, from marching at Pride in their 20s to finally getting married as two elderly gentlemen. Thomas describes Mitchell as "my heart, my everything."

When Mitchell is crushed by his car, Buck is the one to bond with Thomas:

Buck is often the one to bond with queer people on calls. It's not for nothing that he feels a sense of community and connection whenever he's around them. But keep in mind, this is right at the beginning of the Buck 2.0 arc. He's finally moved out of Abby's apartment, he's dating again, and he's experiencing a lot of insecurity and self-doubt about his ability to hold down a loving long-term relationship, worrying that he's going to backslide.

Buck isn't just respectful of Thomas and Michell's relationship, he's downright envious. He wants something like it for himself, and he knows it.

When Thomas dies hand-in-hand with the love of his life despite Buck's frantic attempts to save him, Buck deeply feels this lesson:

I think it's interesting that all the way back in Season 2, in a time of great vulnerability and introspection for Buck where they wanted to show him a model of the exact kind of relationship he's looking for, this is what they went with. To make Buck understand what love really means to him, they showed him two men who've been in love their entire lives.

[meep-meep-richie]

i guess i can only hope to find something that good

[xofemeraldstars]

GODDDDDD the invisible string 🧵 of "buck, actually" lola & norman coming back in s7 and being part of the cause why the ship lost contact and capsized, which results in hen trying to steal a chopper and chimney calling tommy to help them, tommy whose favorite movie is "love actually" who then causes buck's bisexual awakening....... speechless that this wasn't planned like this 🤯

[twopercentboy]

buck actually tears me to shreds 😭 thomas and mitchell make me cry every single time, like wdym they loved each other so much that they died together bc one couldn't live without the other? wdym they literally fought side by side to be able to marry each other? what do you mean they were old happy gay men who lived so much life together? I never stop thinking about them and they never stop making me cry

[inferno-ontherocks]

2x08 Buck, Actually | 6x12 Recovery

[princessfbi]

“I’m sure you get ignored all the time.”

—Lines that continue to make me feral.

[gregmarriage]

having the shannon/eddie kiss, right before buck decides to break up with abby was…. certainly a choice™️

[buckdefencesquad]

Me and mum are SOBBING at Mitchell and Thomas dying. She is very much loving Chim and Maddie. (She’s worried about when the ex shows up. I just keep saying….. soon)

[jacobglaser]

GOD crying like a baby again at the montage of the old gay couple just for them to kill them both immediately, this fucking show!!!

[unnecessarilygrandiose]

oh my god it's buck, actually

[lover-of-mine]

2x08 “Buck, Actually” -> 7x10 “All Fall Down”

Inspired by @caroandcats

[sunglassesmish]

EVAN BUCKLEY ↳ 2x08 - BUCK, ACTUALLY

[xofemeraldstars]

OH YOU MEAN—

[callmebrycelee]

2x08

The episode "Buck, Actually" is severely underrated. There's so many pivotal moments in this episode that unintentionally foreshadow things to come.

The episode title "Buck, Actually" is based on the film Love, Actually; this film is Tommy Kinard's favorite movie

Buck hooks up with Taylor for the first time in this episode; the first time he met Taylor was when her helicopter crashed; Tommy flies a helicopter

On a call involving one half of an elderly gay couple getting crushed to death, Buck speaks with the other half of the couple whose name happens to be Thomas; Tommy's full name is Thomas

Maddie and Chimney sing "Islands in the Streams" by Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers; a cover of the song by Jennifer Love Hewitt plays during Maddie and Chimney's wedding ceremony; Buck introduces Tommy to his 118 family and actual family

[drnathanielheywood]

Buck, Actually 2x08 & Ashes, Ashes 7x09

[loveemeanyway]

BUCK IN EVERY EPISODE 18/?

2x08 "Buck, Actually"