Spoilers ahead!
The latest episode of 9-1-1 was something special, a real roller coaster ride. We had an unusual kidnapping, a woman stole her mother-in-law’s ashes, a man sneezed and gutted her, and finally, a little boy was rescued from a hole with the help of his brother. We also get a lot of confessions and reveals about desire, pregnancy, and old relationships.
Let’s start with the first confession: Maddie (Jennifer Love Hewitt) suggests having a second child to Chimney (Kenneth Choi). After Marla (Askel Bell) comes to live with them, she believes the siblings would be good companions for their daughter. Chimney was hesitant at first, given the obstacles of a first pregnancy. But after an emergency in which a child helped save his brother, Chimney changed his mind. While they had some rules in place that were supposed to make the experience of a second pregnancy less painful, Maddie admitted to Chimney that she was pregnant, which was how she found out without being too shocking.
“Confession” – 9-1-1. Pictured: Kenneth Choi as Chimney and Jennifer Love Hewitt as Maddie. Photo: Ray Mickshaw/ABC © 2024 Disney. all rights reserved.
Confession No. 2: While celebrating their six-month relationship, Tommy (Lou Ferrigno Jr.) revealed that he once had a relationship with Buck’s (Oliver Stark) ex-boyfriend Abby (former regular star Connie Britton) is engaged. Buck begins to struggle and turns to Maddie and Josh (Brian Safi) for advice. Tommy lies to Abby about his true sexual orientation, which makes him uncomfortable. However, at the end of the episode, he tells Tommy about their shared bond in Abby and asks Tommy to move in with him. However, Tommy believed he was destined to be Buck’s first man, not his last, and broke up with him.
Additionally, after decades away from the confessional, Eddie (Ryan Guzman) confesses to Father Brian (Gavin Stenhouse) that leads Christopher (Gavin McHugh) to move to Everything about Texas and how he lied to Chris, Buck and his ex-girlfriend. He refused to accept the austerities suggested by his father and refused to let the pain go away. Later, Father Brian meets Eddie in public, and they have an interesting conversation about disguises (the beard being a part of it), guilt, and incorporating joy into your life. This leads to the most shocking (but also coolest and funniest) scene: Eddie dances around his house half-naked after shaving off his beard, risky business style. He was interrupted by the recently dumped Buck, and they drank beer in silence, comfortably sharing their company while handling their things.
“Confession” – 9-1-1. Pictured: Ryan Guzman as Eddie. Photo: Ray Mickshaw/ABC © 2024 Disney. all rights reserved.
Well, there’s a lot to unpack here. Starting with Medney’s second pregnancy: I’m glad they finally have another plot, this time a lighter one (at least for now). I’m curious as to how they’re going to make this dramatic and painful in the end (at this point, we all know that’s how it goes) 9-1-1.) But sticking with this episode, I’m so proud of these two as a couple, with their healthy communication and cute moments.
When it comes to Tommy breaking up with Buck, I think it makes sense. The show never developed much with Tommy, as he barely appeared on screen, and his brief time with Buck was almost entirely about Eddie. So his whole journey so far feels like the show is telling us that he was Buck’s first queer experience and taught him to be comfortable with his queer identity, but it’s also telling us that Buck was in a previous relationship Relationship problems didn’t go away as Buck dated a man. So in 8.05, “mask”, we see that they are far apart from each other, Tommy doesn’t know much about Buck’s life, and he is always seen as an outsider, unable to be a part of his boyfriend’s circle of friends and life in general.
“Confession” – 9-1-1. Pictured: Lou Ferrigno Jr. as Tommy and Oliver Stark as Buck. Photo: Ray Mickshaw/ABC © 2024 Disney. all rights reserved.
This is still true in 8.06″repent“–They were celebrating their 6-month wedding anniversary, but Buck didn’t buy Tommy anything, but Tommy bought him tickets to a basketball game. But Buck didn’t like basketball–The whole basketball incident in 7.04 It’s all about Buck after Tommy… or Eddie… or both… I don’t know if he still understands that, but I think it’s fitting that their relationship is so deep. , has been troubled by Eddie from the beginning, and anyway, I think what Tommy really meant when he said “I’m your first, not your last” is that while Buck seemed happy to deepen their relationship, But he didn’t know how. They rarely speak, they know very little about each other…and that’s the buckiest thing Buck can do, is fail to recognize how much he’s invested in the relationship, trying to protect it rather than actually enjoying it The relationship itself works harder.
In the end, Eddie releases his pain (at least temporarily) and embraces his joy, and it looks so good. This is truly Ryan Guzman’s moment to shine. I can’t wait to be surprised by what else Eddie’s storyline has to offer. The character has always been a prime example of queer coding in narrative, and while I can never be sure what’s going on in this show, Eddie’s narrative has been more queer-coded this year than ever before. That little Buddy moment at the end was great too, showing us once again that they will always have each other’s backs, that what they have will remain, and no boyfriend or girlfriend can change that. As mentioned, this was a wild episode and I can’t wait to see what else this season has in store for us.
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