#911 data

[jackwhiteprophetic]

apologies for the delay. had to make a whole new graph to extend the y-axis because buck will never stop saying this man's name.

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[alexisrosemullens]

I was inspired by @epiaphany tags to compare how many times Buck says "Eddie" vs "Tommy". Interesting data if you ask me. For more data, check out @jackwhiteprophetic data on Buck and Eddie saying each other's names.

[thatdisasterauthor]

Data analysis makes brain go brrrrr.

[stagefoureddiediaz]

Ok Buck and his two watch theory - I’m still percolating but here’s what I have so far!!

The second ‘watch’ is a fitness band - it’s a whoop band - top of the market biometrics tracking band that monitors your heath and fitness and offers you custom suggestions on how to improve things - sleep, fitness, weight etc etc.

This is not the first time we’ve seen buck go on a health kick - he’s done it periodically - the interest g tho g is when he’s gone on these health kicks! The first time we get health kick buck is in 201 - which is obviously when Eddie arrives on the scene at the 118. Now obviously we could tie it in to Eddie and buck feeling threatened by this hot new guy with a silver star - except that’s not what it is because he is already on his health kick (dhx scan!) before he knows of Eddie’s existence. Abby left Buck at the end of season 1 and this health kick is in gear in the immediate aftermath of that - almost as if he thinks that improving his body fat percentage and getting fitter, stronger, leaner etc will bring Abby back to him - that that is why she hadn’t returned - that he’s not good enough.

The second time we see a health kick is after Ali leaves him at the end of season 2 - we get buck determined to get back to work at the beginning of season 3 and therefore pushing himself harder than he should - which leads to his blood clots occurring. Buck has placed his worth in his job and therefore needs to be fitter stronger - healed - as fast as possible so he still has the one thing he has left - his job - because both of his relationships have been connected to his work so if he’s better able to do his job he’ll be more attractive to someone and then they’ll stay!

The third time is once again connected to the end of a relationship but it’s not so much about his physical health as it is his mental health - but buck did the breaking up this time instead of being broken up with. He splits with Taylor at the end of season 5 - he is the one to end the relationship. At the start of season six instead of placing his worth in his job and being fitter and stronger etc we get Buck deciding to take a different tack and he starts a year of yes, after reading a book, which does end up becoming about his physical health when he says yes to becoming a sperm donor - abstinence and alfalfa smoothie anyone?!

The sort of anomaly is his break up with Tommy - firstly because it happens in the middle of a season rather than at the end (it’s not even a mid season finale break up either) and secondly because he starts baking instead of going on a health kick. Baking is still about improving oneself - but it’s much more about learning a new skill rather than getting fitter etc. in someways it’s a continuation of the previous breakup coping tactic - in that it’s about mental improvement rather than physical and we haven’t seen it become about physical health. And before anyone tries to point out that the new fitness band is it becoming about physical heath - after they hook up in 811, reply with - the start of the fitness band wearing stems back to Eddie telling buck he’s moving back to El Paso - that he’s leaving him.

The Eddie leaving to go back to El Paso did happen at the mid season finale and we’ve returned to buck wearing a fitness band. They haven’t outright stated or even clearly shown why he’s wearing the fitness band, but this upcoming episode has it on full display so I’m hoping we’ll get to find out the reason for its existence (give me the exposition). My feeling is that it’s Buck once more trying to improve himself through his fitness and health, but unlike all of the other attempts this one has something much more permanently tangible - that band is always on him.

So whereas before all his breakups were connected to fad health and fitness regimes or as a way of improving himself through things that had a fixed date attached to them or something that is generally connected to poor health (baking as it’s cakes and breads are not really healthy) - a dhx scan is a one off thing not something you do all the time, the same for getting fit from you injury so you can get back to work and the year of yes and alfalfa smoothies have fixed time periods attached to them as well. These all speak of bucks abandonment issues being central to why he’s cycling through this behaviour pattern - in the same way getting injured as a child got his parents attention - temporarily and in an unhealthy way, these attempts to fix himself in the hope people won’t abandon him.

This time though there is no fixed time period attached to this potential health kick - the band is always on you and will feed back suggestions on improvements Buck can make on a regular basis.

The implication is that this self improvement kick is a genuinely healthy more sustained one and that it will therefore bring Eddie back to buck because he’s finally growing in a sustained way rather than a faddy way as a coping mechanism for being left or having to leave.

This is all purely speculation around a possible explanation for why the whoop band has appeared - there are all plenty of possibilities for it’s appearance on bucks wrist, including that they’re going to use the biometrics tracker as a way to have buck taking a sick day next episode when there’s nothing wrong with him - false data being provided by the tracker - which would also fit into the lying and fake theme we seem to be getting this season, especially because it’s collecting biometric data when we are seemingly going to get a biohazard incident of some kind in 814. Or it’s possible that it’s connected to the reverse - that the data buck is collecting on his biometrics helps provide information that helps put an end to the biohazard - although this seems very unlikely. It could also be an even longer game - and that it’s in some way connected to bobby and his impending death and resurrection - because a fitness tracker will only collect data if someone wearing it is alive - it can’t collect heart rate etc when there isn’t one. So if buck gets bobby involved in wearing a tracker for some reason it could either prove bobby is alive because it’s still getting data, or it could lead them to where bobby is located!

Only time will tell why we’ve now got buck wearing a fitness tracker and if I’m correct in any of my theories and speculation!!

[littlespoonevan]

**I’m aware some of these are vastly different genres and are not necessarily comparable (eg some people value drama more than comedy and vice versa) and they all also have very different stakes in terms of the overall story they’re trying to tell so let that sway you if you want! These are legit just the seasons of shows that have made me go 10/10 no notes 👏 both from a storytelling pov and in terms of my own personal enjoyment

[ironworked]

Given the reasons behind 911's move from FOX to ABC (x, x), its ratings and viewers for this season so far, the currently developing spin-off, its year to year evolution, 911 vs its timeslot rivals and other ABC shows (shown below), and this ranking of this year's broadcast shows so far

911 year-to-year evolution:

vs ABC shows (this season):

vs timeslot rivals:

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[iphyslitterator]

Fascinating phenomenon that the Buddie fandom is leaning toward Bobby-alive while the Bucktommy fandom is leaning toward Bobby-dead. I have my own thoughts but would love to hear other people's theories.

[cringefaildiaz]

alrighty folks i've been ignoring a lot of the interviews in an attempt to stave off the delulu but have seen SO many takes on my dash, what's the consensus

[dickgreyson]

one of my essays from back when i studied philosophy is being put into a good answers guide at my university<3 not one of my good ones but

[jackwhiteprophetic]

Eddie's 100th episode will be 8x04, right?

I actually made a graph about this in March/April, but I haven't had the chance to make it neater yet (I tracked which characters were in which episodes) and actually I got different results to some of the other numbers out there, because there is ambiguity over whether Buck and Eddie are actually in Hen begins. This is because they appear in a flashback montage at the start, so if you're counting that (which I kind of do???) then:

Buck is at 102 episodes, with his 100th episode having been 7x07.

Eddie is at 89 episodes, so his 100th episode would be 8x11 (118 backwards!!!) as long as Eddie appears in every episode up to this point in season 8.

If you're not counting the flashback (I think this is what the @911bts episode count did) then:

Buck is at 101 episodes, so his 100th episode was 7x09.

Eddie is at 88 episodes, so his 100th episode would be 8x12 (the 118th episode of the entire series, again assuming Eddie is in all of S8 up to this).

Once my exams are done I'll probably format the entire graph better (I have data on the main cast, most love interests and recurring characters like family and dispatch)

[iwasraisedfromperdition]

smiling like a maniac in the train no one look at me i just finished 817

[dead-generations]

I have a very strong suspicion that basically all conversation about crime rates is based on impossibly flawed and nearly worthless methodology. especially when people say "the data shows crime rates have not increased" I have a really, really strong suspicion that there are a few flaws that would render the conversation untenable.

But I really do not have the time to dig into the how/why/who. I fritter away enough of my time on other intellectual and academic curiosities without getting involved in a complicated conversation in a way that could not possibly move the needle. well, another such conversation at least....

[em-likes-poetry]

Athena Grant Stats

I have logged every time that the characters in 9-1-1 have addressed each other (with names and without (i.e. man, Cap, buddy, etc.)) and with that I bring you this, complete through season 7:

Top 5 Athena episodes (by percentage of interactions in episode involving her):

Season 3 Episode 7 - Athena Begins [56%]

Season 6 Episode 3 - The Devil You Know [55%]

Season 5 Episode 3 - Desperate Measures [35%]

Season 7 Episode 2 - Rock the Boat [33%]

Season 3 Episode 17 - Powerless [33%]

Top 5 episodes Athena addresses other people (by instances):

Season 1 Episode 3 - Next of Kin [16 instances]

Season 5 Episode 3 - Desperate Measures [15 instances]

Season 1 Episode 2 - Let Go [13 instances]

Season 5 Episode 2 - Desperate Times [12 instances]

Season 3 Episode 2 - Sink or Swim [11 instances]

Top 7 episodes Athena is addressed (by instances):

Season 7 Episode 9 - Ashes, Ashes [11 instances]

Season 3 Episode 17 - Powerless [9 instances]

Season 4 Episode 2 - Alone Together [9 instances]

Season 5 Episode 3 - Desperate Measures [9 instances]

Season 1 Episode 8 - Karma's a Bitch [8 instances]

Season 3 Episode 7 - Athena Begins [8 instances]

Season 5 Episode 2 - Desperate Times [8 instances]

Top 5 characters Athena addresses:

Bobby [81 instances]

May [65 instances]

Michael [42 instances]

Harry [22 instances]

Hen [17 instances]

Top 5 characters who address Buck:

Bobby [245 instances]

Chimney [88 instances]

Hen [68 instances]

Eddie [63 instances]

Maddie [35 instances]

She's called "Athena" 56.6% of the time and "Mom" 16.3% of the time!

[waywardbuckley]

I hate that I have no wifi and a shitty data plan. Means I won't be able to watch 912 or Lonestar until half the seasons are over I bet

[trkstrnd]

six seasons and one episode of 911 in and we still have not referenced our true form: soap opera bitches