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The most recent episode of 9-1-1 was one thing wildly particular, a real rollercoaster. We had an uncommon abduction by which a lady steals her mother-in-law’s ashes, a person sneezing his guts out, and at last, a younger boy rescued from a gap together with his older brother’s assist. We additionally had many confessions and revelations about wishes, pregnancies, and previous relationships.
Let’s begin with the primary confession: Maddie (Jennifer Love Hewitt) suggests a second little one to Chimney (Kenneth Choi). After the time Mara (Askyler Bell) spent residing with them, she believes a sibling can be companion to their daughter. Chimney is hesitant at first, given the hurdles of the primary being pregnant. However after the emergency by which a baby helps to save lots of his brother, Chimney adjustments his thoughts. And whereas they set up some guidelines that ought to make this second being pregnant a much less traumatic expertise, Maddie confesses to Chimney that she’s already pregnant, and that was the best way she discovered to disclose with out being too stunning.
“Confessions” – 9-1-1. Pictured: Kenneth Choi as Chimney, Jennifer Love Hewitt as Maddie. Photograph: Ray Mickshaw/ABC © 2024 Disney. All rights reserved.
The second confession: whereas celebrating their 6-month relationship, Tommy (Lou Ferrigno Jr.) reveals he was as soon as engaged to Buck’s (Oliver Stark) ex, Abby (former common star Connie Britton). Buck begins spiraling then, looking for Maddie and Josh (Bryan Safi) for recommendation. He’s troubled by the concept of Tommy having lied to Abby about his true sexuality. By the tip of the episode, nonetheless, he tells Tommy about their shared bond over Abby, and he asks Tommy to maneuver in with him. Tommy, nonetheless, believes he’s destined to be Buck’s first man, not final, after which breaks up with him.
Additionally, after a long time away from the confessional sales space, Eddie (Ryan Guzman) confesses to Father Brian (Gavin Stenhouse) every part that led Christopher (Gavin McHugh) to maneuver to Texas, and the way he lied to Chris, Buck, and his ex-girlfriend within the course of. He doesn’t settle for the penances instructed by the Father, refusing to let the ache go. Later, Father Brian runs into Eddie in public, and so they have an attention-grabbing dialog about disguises (the mustache being part of one), guilt, and permitting pleasure into life. That results in probably the most stunning (but in addition the good, funniest) scene: after shaving the mustache, Eddie dances round his home half-naked, Dangerous Enterprise model. He’s interrupted by a lately dumped Buck, and so they drink their beers in silence, comfortably sharing their firm whereas they undergo their stuff.
“Confessions” – 9-1-1. Pictured: Ryan Guzman as Eddie. Photograph: Ray Mickshaw/ABC © 2024 Disney. All rights reserved.
Okay, there’s lots to unpack right here. Beginning with the second Madney being pregnant: I’m so completely satisfied they had been lastly given one other plot, this time a lighter one (at the very least for now). I’m interested in how they’re going to make this dramatic and traumatic ultimately (at this level, everyone knows that’s how issues work on 9-1-1.) However sticking to this episode, I’m pleased with these two as a pair, with their wholesome communication and cute moments.
In terms of Tommy breaking apart with Buck, it is smart to me. This present by no means developed Tommy that a lot, as he barely appeared on-screen and his few moments with Buck had been virtually totally associated to Eddie someway. So his complete journey to this point felt just like the present telling us that he’s Buck’s first queer expertise, the one who teaches him to really feel snug about his queerness, but in addition present us that the issues Buck had in earlier relationships aren’t gone as a result of Buck’s courting a person. So in 8.05, “Masks”, we see them so distant from one another on body, and Tommy doesn’t know lots about Buck’s life, and he’s all the time trying from the skin, unable to be part of his boyfriend’s circles of pals and life on the whole.
“Confessions” – 9-1-1. Pictured: Lou Ferrigno Jr. as Tommy, Oliver Stark as Buck. Photograph: Ray Mickshaw/ABC © 2024 Disney. All rights reserved.
This stays true in 8.06 “Confessions” — they’re celebrating their 6 month anniversary, however Buck doesn’t purchase Tommy something, whereas Tommy buys him tickets to a basketball sport. However Buck doesn’t like basketball — the entire basketball factor in 7.04 was all about Buck going after Tommy… Or Eddie… Or each… I don’t know if he has nonetheless figured that out. Additionally, it’s value noticing that at this second Tommy jokes about Buck taking Eddie as a substitute of him to the basketball sport, and I feel this fits their relationship a lot, haunted by Eddie from the beginning. Anyway, what I feel Tommy actually meant when he stated “I’m your first, not your final” is that whereas Buck appears excited to deepen their relationship, he’s not conscious of how little they speak, how little they learn about one another… And that’s probably the most Buck factor Buck may do, to be unable to acknowledge how little he’s invested on this relationship, making an attempt more durable as a substitute of breaking apart.
Lastly, Eddie letting the ache go (at the very least for a second) and embracing pleasure was so lovely to observe. This was actually Ryan Guzman’s second to shine. I can’t wait to be stunned by what else Eddie’s storyline has to supply. This character has all the time been a chief instance of queercoding in narratives, and whereas I can by no means say for positive what’s taking place on this present, Eddie’s narratives this yr have been extra queercoded than ever. That little Buddie second on the finish was superior as nicely, displaying us as soon as once more that they’ll all the time be there for one another, and what they’ve will stay, and no boyfriend or girlfriend will be capable of change that. Wild episode, as said earlier, and I can’t wait to find what else this season has for us.
Now inform me what you concentrate on this episode, or hit the feedback with theories, please! Thanks for studying!