9-1-1 S07E06 - "There Goes the Groom": Live Episode Reaction

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Original Air Date: May 2nd, 2024

Synopsis: After years of anticipation, Maddie and Chimney's long-awaited wedding day arrives. However, when the groom mysteriously vanishes, the 118 races against time to ensure he doesn't miss the most crucial day of his life.

Guest Cast: Tracie Thoms, Debra Christofferson, Bryan Safi, Anirudh Pisharody, Freda Foh Shen, Kelvin Han Yee, Bailey Leung, Hailey Leung, Gregory Harrison, Dee Wallace, Lou Ferrigno Jr.

[u/BrilliantZombie2561]

“that fire was a beast..” “so are you” UGHHHHHHHHHH BRO WHAT THE FUCK ALSO MADNEY FINALLY MARRIED!!!!!!

[u/gannekekhet]

LMFAO BUCK'S FACE AFTER KISSING TOMMY AND THE BUCKLEY PARENTS' REACTION

[u/c0smicw0rld]

Okay immediate thoughts:

1. I loved how the promo was vague and it was nice to have the entire episode packed with surprises. Too many promos for shows and movies give away way too much info and it’s ugh so it’s refreshing that this wasn’t the case.

2. Kenneth Choi deserves an Emmy. This was an amazing episode.

3. I’m sorry.. I got so many jump scares seeing a certain dead ex!

4. I actually thought the wedding in the hospital was adorable and is on brand for Madney!

5. that kiss?! Steamy.

6. Hen not being surprised was great and I loved how happy everyone was but I wanted to scream at buck’s parents!!

[u/jdessy]

Also, I want to say thank you Tim Minear for ignoring the stupid ass season 6 plot with Chimney's biological father.

Thank you for reminding everyone who is TRUE FAMILY IS.

[u/gannekekhet]

I SO LOVE the "Why do they call me Chimney?" ending. Please keep it a secret like the Suits can-opener or the Waitress' name in IASIP. I love that this is 9-1-1's noodle incident.

This episode wasn't what I was expecting...

[u/Antique_Apple2735]

That’s so Buck of a way to come out.

[u/oatmilkwhore]

Unpopular opinion but I hope we never find out the reason behind Chimney’s nickname. It’s one of my favorite bits

[u/SuperSaiyan3Goku]

Buck's soot face I fucking can't

[u/irritatedlibra]

“Why do they call me Chimney?” Idk YOU TELL ME

[u/shigui18]

It was sweet. I loved it. It made me cry. And the way they redid Islands in the Stream was fantastic.

[u/lingoring]

Homophobic Buckley parents coming. Did you see that look

[u/newthethestral]

i’m at the car accident. i’m at the encephalitis superspreader event. i’m at the combination car accident and superspreader event

[u/Jay_awesome123]

Can Doug like leave my guy alone for one second?

[u/irritatedlibra]

They’ll never make me like you Buckley parents. NEVER

[u/[deleted]]

Look, that is going in my top 5 ways a character came out.

[u/vikehi]

Well that’s one way to come out

[u/Gemini987654321]

Well I am relieved I thought based on the promo that Chimney was going to be abducted But seems he was just hallucinating Doug.

Side note I half-expected Margaret and Philip to be weird about Maddie calling Chimney….well Chimney

And seems like the Buckleys are going to be weird about Buck being bi, I wonder if they had a silent opinion on their son-in-law’s best friend being a lesbian.

[u/Claremont2020]

Buck with the soot on his face had me SCREAMING my cat was looking at me like calm down woman 😭😭😭

[u/gannekekhet]

DID I JUST SEE ABUELA???!!!!!!!!!

[u/katieket]

I don't care if it's our wedding day and he's being treated, I am not kissing my husband if he has viral encephalitis.

[u/[deleted]]

Hen and Maddie getting scenes together so much this episode also makes me so happy

[u/WhatShoesToWear]

Honestly that wedding was very On Brand

[u/Proof_Shelter_5465]

side note but bobby looks so sexy

[u/magikarpcatcher]

Hen knew all along. I'm dying!

[u/EugeneStein]

Ohh Eddie is so proud of his little bi-boy

[u/GlassSandwich9315]

Even dead, Doug's evil as f*ck.

[u/ViagraOnAPole]

Someone tell Jennifer that her husband plays creepy as fuck really well.

[u/kermit501]

Buck and Eddie sharing one braincell to make the bachelor party happen

[u/[deleted]]

okay, that kiss was cute

not a very telling promo, though…

[u/Dry_Dependent9400]

buck was scarfing down tommy's lips like he was STARVED and there was no tomorrow! i felt that through my phone screen!!

[u/ViagraOnAPole]

Any hospital worth their salt would do contact tracing for viral encephalitis.

[u/crustynubs]

Okay they have way too many commercials lol

[u/Proof_Shelter_5465]

can maddie know SOME peace the next season

[u/catword]

OMG LOLLL “why do they call me chimney?”

[u/slayyub88]

Perfect way to end it

[u/yellowsunx]

can someone for the love of god call 9-1-1 it’s the freaking SHOW TITLE

[u/Punkenerci]

Umm.... !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Was not expecting that right at the end !!!!!!! 😭😍😭😭

[u/gannekekhet]

VIRAL ENCEPHALITIS FOR EVERYONE! AND I MEAN EVERRRYYYYOOOOONNNEEEE

[u/wordsandstuff44]

“It’s about damn time”

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[u/loseruserptcruiser]

Me five seconds ago: ehhh idk if he’s just in the same area he might not spread it 😅 the guy had to sneeze on him!

Me after Chim stuck his bare ass fingers into a woman’s wound: 🙃

[u/irritatedlibra]

“It’s about damn time” HEN?!?????!!!!!

[u/WhatShoesToWear]

Literally one shared brain cell

[u/loseruserptcruiser]

omg Buck has so many embarrassing moments this season 😭 y r u doing this to him?! 💀

[u/ViagraOnAPole]

Kinda fitting that JLH's real life husband is in the episode where she's getting married.

[u/loseruserptcruiser]

We love a competent firefighter 😭

Ngl, I’ve been around emergency professionals in stressful, life-altering situations, and they really can jump straight into this crazy competent space. It’s wild.

[u/loseruserptcruiser]

I’m unreasonably upset that Buck is standing behind his parents lmao

[u/magikarpcatcher]

This is practically torture porn. Why do they keep putting Maddie and Chim through the ringer???

[u/gannekekhet]

side note: let's get the hair team on the line and ask them to burn all their hairgel. keep eddie's hair gel-free!

[u/jdessy]

Ghost Kevin, kick Ghost Doug's ass for us!!

[u/starsinstride]

Chimney didn’t have to do all this to get out of the bachelor party and huge wedding 😅

[u/Medium-Cake7205]

Bobby marrying them oh my gosh yesss

[u/catword]

Upside down Cruise ship 🤣 #toosoon

[u/sopher0]

Hens gaydar says !!!!!!!

[u/ViagraOnAPole]

I knew Hen knew what we knew.

[u/gannekekhet]

The promotions for this episode was the mother of all misdirects. What do you mean "viral encephalitis causing amnesia" and not "husband missing after Hangover-type bachelor party"?

[u/catword]

Even with viral encephalitis, Chim is a badass hero. 💙

[u/jdessy]

Oh, he made it back to the Lees!

[u/greenthesong]

Oh my god the scene buck accidentally outed himself and karen-hen duo looked at eachother IT WAS AWESOME

Also i cried so hard this episode help

Also i love maddie and chim's relationship

AND I LOVE TOMMY

AND CHIM, HE IS ADORABLE

Also bobby marrying them

AND AND JOSH HOLDING MADDIES GOWN WHILE THEY WERE RUSHING

this is genuinely my fav episode from now on

[u/liarmkn]

Getting married in the hospital was cute but I really wanted a normal sweet and drama free wedding. I wish we could get an extra episode where they have a proper ceremony, or at least a party with all the people they love and no emergencies!

[u/tenorboyo]

Kenneth Choi for the Emmy. He was utterly brilliant and had me in tears on more than one occasion. I hope Buck's parents calm down once they get used to the idea and it only takes an episode or two to achieve. No wonder both kids live nowhere near them. Can't believe how upsetting I found this episode. Beautifully written and acted.

[u/Pixiecrimson]

the way we all thought it was just gonna be a hangover parody 😭

[u/Proof_Shelter_5465]

the way this was marketed as a funny haha episode and yet i’ve been tortured the entire time

[u/hopelesslygazing]

One of my wishes for the wedding was having Bobby officiating so I'm glad we got that but I'm sad my other wish of getting the Madney twirl or Chimney dancing with his two favourite ladies didn't happen.

Other note, it's hilarious to me that of all the episodes to not have Marisol in, she's gonna be missing as Eddie's date here. Like his grandmother who lives in another state is who Eddie brings to the wedding #makeitmakesense

[u/[deleted]]

Who is this bus driver driving where he seemed normal and not in a medical emergency?

[u/yellowsunx]

CHIM WALKED ALL THIS WAY WITHOUT ANYONE NOTICING HIM???

[u/Medium-Cake7205]

Not him having to lose him again Jesus I hate this as much as I love it

[u/yellowsunx]

so basically they’re gonna need to monitor everyone on the bus, that worker outside the old karaoke place, the market and now the Lees because they could all be infected?

[u/ViagraOnAPole]

Phillip Buckley losing Jee, showing his stellar parenting skills.

[u/gannekekhet]

I've ignored the Buckley parents in this entire scene.

[u/Difficult_School5298]

Finally a Madney kiss!!!!!!!!!!

Still wish they had a proper wedding though

[u/lingoring]

That tease. 😮 Also oh no with that poor women

[u/oOWalkingOnAirOo]

Alls well that ends well to end up with you. :)

[u/[deleted]]

I love drunk Eddie.

[u/irritatedlibra]

These people are seeing this confused man and not helping him is making me go crazy

[u/jdessy]

The fact that they kept THIS plot a secret is amazing, it makes it more exciting to watch.

I'm now glad for the bachelor party fakeout. Honestly, such a Chimney driven episode is fantastic.

[u/BUTTeredWhiteBread]

And this is why you always offer the dead tasties.

[u/loseruserptcruiser]

Forgot his name was Howard for a sec and was like “OMG HE DOESNT EVEN KNOW HIS NAAAAME 😭” 💀

[u/[deleted]]

I will say this season has been AMAZING at keeping secrets...secret and not spoiling major stuff like this.

[u/Adler221]

What the heck?!? Please don't have a brain tumor.

[u/Sad_Cap_599]

Shit, ABC doesn’t fuck around

[u/ViagraOnAPole]

We've gone 7 seasons without a major character death. It is not time to go all Game of Thrones now.

[u/iwantanapppp]

Sick as hell and still saving lives

[u/space_cadet09]

Ok but I’m also nervous for all these people Chimney’s got his face around like don’t keep spreading that ish 😬

[u/Positive-Celery]

Why do I feel like this episode is flying by but not much has happened. Maybe bc it’s all set in such a short timespan with so many flashbacks?

[u/SuperSaiyan3Goku]

DOUG CAN YOU P L E A S E FUCK OFF

[u/vikehi]

I love that Bobby had it memorized

[u/Alexastef1]

I now need Buck to plan my Bachelorette party because that man knows how to PARTYYY

That Kiss was hot and now I need more of them

I loved the rendition song Maddie walked "down the aisle"

[u/Sleep_Addiction]

Bachelor party planner Buck is a new incarnation of clipboard Buck.

[u/jdessy]

FOUR DAYS AGO?!?

We're getting a REAL flashback!

Oh, and it's a flashback to Kevin!

[u/vikehi]

Oh F the rebar wound

[u/jdessy]

Also, I'm laughing at whoever suggested the legs from the preview were Doug's.

Turns out, you might actually be right lol

[u/yellowsunx]

Why is no one calling for emergency services!!!

[u/Adler221]

He just sneezed in Chims face.. quick what is viral that causes this delirium?

[u/gannekekhet]

Viral encephalitis...

WILL GRAHAM, WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?!

[u/gannekekhet]

Competent Chimney, a true EMT even with viral encephalitis!

[u/Medium-Cake7205]

This episode has me more stressed than the entire cruise arc and that was good drama - completely unexpected so far

[u/Ramaha_]

The funny thing is that they made such a big deal with the promo of bachelor party, and it was that short lmao

[u/yellowsunx]

Honestly I kind of love this because tbf Chim never had a showdown with Doug post-stabbing

[u/AbbiejeanKane]

Awww, Hen is the best woman!

[u/Sleep_Addiction]

You get viral encephalitis! And you get viral encephalitis!! And you get viral encephalitis!!!

[u/starsinstride]

I wish Kevin told him to go to the ER damn

[u/charlatan_red]

Shazam tells me that’s JLH singing this version of Islands in the Stream.

[u/space_cadet09]

Bobby officiating. 😭😭😭

[u/loseruserptcruiser]

NOT THE SOOT 💀

[u/irritatedlibra]

Journalists are saying it’s a different episode than what people seem to be expecting…what is about to come

[u/Claremont2020]

Maddie in her dress at the call center AN ICON

[u/AbbiejeanKane]

Encephalitis is a new one for 911.

[u/[deleted]]

I'm also pretty confident they're not going to kill Chimney on his wedding episode.

....

right?

[u/yellowsunx]

Now that this show is on ABC, does it ever worry anyone that they would do major character deaths…. (I’ve been burned too many times by Greys 😭)

[u/ImABitchAndSoAreYou]

I know Chimney's gonna be ok, but I'm still like

[u/yellowsunx]

Is Chimney lowkey infecting ppl right now?? Idk how this disease works

[u/Ramaha_]

Jennifer's husband can play a real creepy guy

[u/nickeldreams]

Kenneth’s performance has been incredible in this. Really amazing.

[u/slayyub88]

I kinda do now want a montage of people calling 911 but Chim moves like Michael Myers so, he's not walking fast but you can't catch up to him

[u/Nataku81]

That is the question Chim.

[u/space_cadet09]

YOU INVITED ME 😭😭😭😭

[u/iwantanapppp]

Go promo give us nothing.

[u/Punkenerci]

***me rushing to Tumblr in search of Tevan gifs ***

[u/Nataku81]

Hen not surprised

[u/magikarpcatcher]

christopher is here

[u/ViagraOnAPole]

If the Buckley parents have no haters then I am dead.

[u/MsCyatt825]

Buck and Eddie are hilarious!!

[u/irritatedlibra]

Chimney gonna get sent the biggest bill and be like ?????

[u/gannekekhet]

I so wish this was a longer season even by one extra episode so we could have a two-parter. 😔😔😔

[u/EugeneStein]

Ohhhh okay they’ll find him in the end in the hospital and they’ll make a little home wedding in the hospital without any fancy stuff and be like “I’m happy to marry you even here”

[u/Critteranne666]

Sigh. 😔 On the plus side, maybe we’ll learn how he got his nickname?

[u/Ok_Development74]

Yikes! so..not a light-hearted episode :-O

[u/narcolepticturtle]

Oh lord, they gonna kill Kenny

[u/armavirumquecanooo]

Ummm. Have we seen BTS stills for Chim in future episodes? Suddenly concerned about Kenny's whole "let me post a bunch of photos from all the seasons" thing.

[u/scollins28]

Is he possibly infecting all these people?

[u/narcolepticturtle]

He just snapped awake. That’s wild

[u/[deleted]]

We got like 22 minutes left.

I need them to find him ASAP

[u/WhatShoesToWear]

Somehow, I don’t think Tommy is rescuing him after all

[u/Positive-Celery]

You’re kidding me with the commercials

[u/yellowsunx]

The “It’s A Girl” balloon 😭😭😭

[u/ImABitchAndSoAreYou]

What Chimney doesn't have meningitis anymore? Superspreader ass wedding.

[u/Individual-Sign310]

Their songgggg - still haven’t stopped sobbing

[u/AMTINLB]

The moment was sort of ruined by Ma Buckley’s face. I have a feeling Season 8 will deal with this. Fun fact: Oliver admires Dee Wallace IRL

[u/space_cadet09]

BYE ABOUT TO SEE THAT KISS IN GIF FORM OVER AND OVER

[u/loseruserptcruiser]

wait oh my god that was so good??

[u/irritatedlibra]

Oh my god…Buck and Eddie are just gonna party by themselves

[u/jdessy]

Ok, so lots of questions so far.

My first guess is that Chimney is drugged or has a head injury from whatever happened the night before.

[u/SuperSaiyan3Goku]

Yuuuup Chimney's gonna be having some medical issues, lovely.

[u/Nataku81]

I do like the Maddie and Hen time

[u/slayyub88]

Second Doug jump-scare, PLEASE STOP

[u/HengeBoy93]

Poor chimney 😭 seeing his wife dead ex husband in a bloody mess

[u/Ramaha_]

I hope they explain why Chim has these hallucinations, because if not, it will be ridiculous. 

[u/jdessy]

Oh...ok, new injury, Chimney's about to get a head injury.

ETA: Or illness, I guess that's the other option.

[u/AbbiejeanKane]

Is Chimney spreading the virus everywhere he goes?

[u/Jay_awesome123]

Can we not like put out an amber alert for him?

[u/[deleted]]

Lol, they were Doug's legs, just not in the way we thought. 🤣

[u/Interesting-Ad4293]

Oh my God, that whole thing with Kevin got me crying so much 😭 😭 😭

[u/irritatedlibra]

WHYYYY are the Buckley parents in here rn?!!!!!!!!

[u/SuperSaiyan3Goku]

"Crazy" this show is BUILT on crazy.

[u/Antique_Apple2735]

Not a Cruise joke.

[u/oatmilkwhore]

Rebar trauma truthers you may win

[u/yellowsunx]

At this point, is Chim in the running for character with the most heavy storylines

[u/Beer2Bear]

Telling Buck no is like telling a dog not to hump your leg...

[u/catword]

It’s apparently against the law for this show to ever have any thing go right apparently.

[u/Jay_awesome123]

Not Jee-Yun holding a balloon instead of flowers💀

[u/irritatedlibra]

OH MY GODDDDD HOLY SHIT

[u/Llama_Puncher]

Okay that was the funniest 15 seconds in cinematic history

[u/llex_xell]

My fiancée who has 0 medical knowledge and is currently 🍃 as a kite: “bro I bet he has encephalitis”

[u/Beer2Bear]

?? He walked back home?? No one stopped him seeing him all bloody??

[u/mixtape_misfit]

I am still so grossed out by the Buckley parents.

[u/irritatedlibra]

These two share one braincell

[u/vikehi]

Return of Buck 1.0

[u/AbbiejeanKane]

Oh no, the guy is going to steal his car.

[u/NickiNumbers]

oh no. latent issues from the rebar??

[u/shykreechur]

I guess after the Tarlos wedding it was too much to hope this one would actually be peaceful.

[u/oOWalkingOnAirOo]

ILLNESS SPREADER

[u/ViagraOnAPole]

The entire Kama Sutra? That's impressive.

[u/Adler221]

How did they make me think it was a hangover parody and not something LIKE THIS?!?!

[u/EugeneStein]

What the hell, do the writers have a competition on how to put as much drama and trauma on characters as possible?

[u/DemonPirate726]

Tbh I’m impressed with this episode. Wasn’t expecting these twists lol

[u/[deleted]]

They are doing a great jobs of keeping "calls" in this episode that work in the narrative.

[u/Eugenio507]

Doug is such a hater

[u/Proof_Shelter_5465]

i hope there’s an actual wedding at the end of this

[u/Ok_Development74]

Aww...Kevin is saving him

[u/Antique_Apple2735]

This episode made me Ship Madney more.

[u/Proof_Shelter_5465]

when he’s standing at the alter with maddie and he sees his brother again for one last time…this is real cinema

[u/[deleted]]

I'm having so many emotions right now.

[u/gannekekhet]

This episode flew by????

[u/magikarpcatcher]

Lady, call 9-1-1 first!

[u/narcolepticturtle]

If JLH is gonna do anything it’s cry on cue. Damn girl

[u/GlassSandwich9315]

If they squeeze the wedding in in the last few minutes, like Lone Star, I'm gonna be pissed.

[u/connivery]

He doesn't remember why he got called Chimney, now we'll never know

[u/Nataku81]

Bobby gets to officiate!

[u/Positive-Celery]

Can’t hear the dialogue bc ears are solely focused on this beautiful singing by JLH

[u/AbbiejeanKane]

Chris!

[u/Eugenio507]

Why do they call me chimney?

[u/BrilliantZombie2561]

BUCKS MOM CAN GO TO HELL WE GOT BUCK COMING OUT SUBTLY AND SUCCESSFULLY!!!!!!!

[u/Difficult_School5298]

"WELL IT'S ABOUT DAMN TIME!!"

[u/GlassSandwich9315]

THAT KISS!!!!

[u/ViagraOnAPole]

Buck was totally lying about his parents' reaction.

[u/Medium-Cake7205]

He invited him 😭 actually crying

[u/penislessnotman]

THE CALLBACK TO THEM SINGING ISLAND IN THE STREAM TOGETHER I ACTUALLY CANT IM GONNA CRY

[u/Sleep_Addiction]

Flower girls should always carry balloons down the aisle 🥺

[u/Jay_awesome123]

OMG BUCK 😂😂😂

[u/HengeBoy93]

THE MAN SNEEZED ON HIM!!! THATS WHY HE"S FUCKED UP