#Amir Casey

[mattoidmeerkat]

Dennis Jenkins and Bobby Nash carrying it with them for the rest of their lives

+ mementos of the lives they've built while carrying it

[dindjarism]

#new favourite dynamic unlocked 9-1-1 | 7.08 Step Nine

[tvuniverse]

BOBBY NASH and AMIR CASEY | 9-1-1 → 7x08 Step Nine

[tevanactually]

I really appreciated that tonight's episode portrayed how complicated taking accountability truly is. Bobby is a good man , he cares, he's put the work into bettering himself and making the world a better place. And that still doesn't mean Amir is obligated to forgive him. It doesn't erase the harm that was caused to Amir and everyone else involved in the Minnesota tragedy. But Bobby's worth is not defined by one man's opinion of him, while Amir's character is not defined by his in/ability to forgive the man he holds responsible for his trauma. Both of them are survivors with their own relationships to grief and I am grateful that they depicted the complexity of that

[watchyourbuck]

911 s7 ep10 stills — incorrect quotes

[thefrsers]

requested by: @skatingthinandice: 7.02 + 7.08 "don't deserve a second chance" parallel

[henwilsons]

every time i walk through those hospital doors… i'm just trying to save my wife. and i can't help but wonder… who it is you've been trying to save, captain?

[sur-fine-whatever]

You know you can't quit, right?

S07E10 - All Fall Down

[exhuastedpigeon]

The amount of religious symbolism in Step 9 was off the fucking charts and not just biblical imagery, but imagery of how (for Bobby) religion has been a life raft, has been something he has been able to cling to when he felt like he had nothing else. When he actually had nothing else.

Let's start with Amir leaving civilization to spend a month in the desert doing aid work. The way he gave up stability and safety to care for people. So reminiscent of John the Baptist who left his home when he was old enough to preach in the desert.

Then let's look at the migrant couple wandering in the desert trying to find a space place. Let's look at the pregnant woman and her injured partner who jumped out of a moving vehicle so she wouldn't be alone.

Then let's talk about Bobby wandering the desert trying to atone for his sins. Let's talk about him literally dragging 'his cross' (Amir, the guilt of the lives his inadvertently took, the lives of the survivors that are forever changed) through the desert trying to find safety, trying to find redemption that he doesn't think he deserves. He thought he was dragging that cross to his own death.

He was willing to die trying to make amends for his sins. He didn't have to wander the desert for 40 days like Jesus though. Instead the aid workers found him and got him and Amir safely to the hospital.

The cross he bears might be his alone, but he doesn't have to carry it alone. A major theme of Bobby's life post-fire has been the fact that he doesn't think he deserves to be alive, he doesn't think he deserves to be happy, he doesn't think he deserves help.

But that isn't how life works. It isn't always about deserves. It's about the kindness of other people and about sometimes we work so hard to be better that we can't see how far we've come - how the kindness of strangers can be a reflection of the kindness in ourselves.

Not to get too religious in a post about religion and religious symbolism and imagery, but the fifth beatitude really rings true for Bobby in general, but especially in this last episode.

Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.

Mercy that Bobby doesn't think he deserves, and maybe he doesn't. But mercy isn't something you get to decide you get or not, it's something other people can give you.

[dawntainbobbynash]

You know, when you lose everything, including yourself, when you are at your absolute lowest, the easiest thing to do is to stay down. But you didn't. You climbed out, you rebuilt, and you did better.

[tommystummy]

*I am defining “side character” here as recurring characters that aren’t guaranteed to show up at least once next season, so I excluded any of the 118’s kids, Ravi, Ortiz, Deidre, and Tommy.

[xofemeraldstars]

9-1-1 -> 7x10 ❝ all fall down ❞ — requested by anon

[dindjarism]

— Ayana Casey. 34 years. Only child of Martha and Jamal Harris. Beloved wife of Amir Casey. The 57th person to die in that fire because of me. 9-1-1 | 7.08 Step Nine

[mattoidmeerkat]

Athena seeing it in Bobby's face in 7x09

+ Athena checking Bobby's face again in 7x10

[aladygrieve]

so that was the best episode...possibly ever. Certainly of the last few seasons. It was SO well-written, and beautifully acted by like. Everyone. ESPECIALLY Peter and Angela (I know, I know, what else is new, but you can't tell me they didn't bring their S-tier game on this one).

Not every episode of 911 is an across-the-board hit. Sometimes there are arcs I'm less enthused about, characters I don't care for, calls that get a little silly for even for my taste, or acting choices that are a bit too big. But when this show shines, it fucking shines. I was RIVETED for every second of this one. The massive emotional payoffs - for Bobby and Athena, Bobby and the 118 in general, Hen and Karen, Eddie and Kim, Amir - they all sang. A few standout moments:

Athena's voice when she said "Too late" Broke MeTM.

Ditto Christopher saying "Mom?"

Bobby openly accepting Tommy and passing the cooking torch to Buck. I know he's good for you because we haven't had to talk about it. That is his DAD.

I know we all joke about fun it was to see Eddie let loose earlier this season and how Fox only cared about him when he was traumatized, but MAN that boy can suffer so beautifully. I am SO here for how deliciously fucked up he and Kim are.

Speaking of, they let Kim be a real person?? And she's great? I mean, she's a little fucked up too, but she's INTERESTING about it.

Let Mara Live 2k24

Am I right in thinking that Bobby giving Athena CPR at the end is the ONLY direct mouth-to-mouth we've seen in the entire show that didn't use the airbag? Because I have feelings about that.

I think it says something that one of the few episodes (if not the only one?) with functionally zero 118 calls is in my opinion the best they've ever done. Not that the calls aren't fun, but it proves - as if we needed proof - that the characters are the heart of the show.

I am counting the sleeps until next week because godDAMN.

[kinxrd]

There's something deeply special about the way Bobby chose not to tell Amir about losing his own wife, his own kids. He could have, and honestly it could have opened up a conversation between them where they understand that kind of loss and are sorry for each other (without necessarily forgiving/being forgiven for it.) But he didn't.

And it's so....Bobby. It's such a Bobby thing to do and I love it I love that they chose not to go that way