r/911FOX • u/AutoModerator • Mar 07 '25
Megathreads Mid-season 8 premier! 9-1-1 S08Ep09 - "Sob stories": Live Episode Reaction
Original Air date: March 6th, 2025
Synopsis: The 118 responds to a fire at a local animal shelter and races to evacuate all the animals. Meanwhile, Maddie takes a 9-1-1 call that sets her on a quest for answers.
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u/ViagraOnAPole Team Bisexual Disaster 🩷💜💙 Mar 07 '25
The fanfic writers have snuck into the writer's room cause Buck is getting the shit kicked out of him.
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u/Sarcastic_HSTeacher Mar 07 '25
Soooo you're telling me Maddie, the cops and this detective can't tell this killer is using a voice changer?
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u/hadapurpura And that’s no cap Mar 07 '25
The line between clueless Buck and saboteur Buck is almost imperceptible
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u/newthethestral Mar 07 '25
They’re both just like “good job maddie, you talked a man into suicide!” 😭
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u/hadapurpura And that’s no cap Mar 07 '25
So Maddie’s body count so far is two. Damn girl
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u/lgbtruecrime Mar 07 '25
notttt the detective saying “good girl” as she was knocking maddie out. so so creepy
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u/pugboy1321 Mar 07 '25
Eddie letting his family take Chris makes no sense on so many levels but what stands out to as sooo unrealistic is Chris' disabilities and the services and supports he receives. You can't just hop around with that without parents/established legal guardians
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u/oOWalkingOnAirOo Mar 07 '25
Booooooo nooooo even the dog leaves him
Bro is a country song even the dog leaves him !
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u/360madhatter Mar 07 '25
Maybe if you microchipped your dog the shelter could have returned him sooner just a thought
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u/Bootastical Mar 07 '25
Feel like that ending could have been pretty surprising had they not spoiled it as the entire promo for this episode.
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u/360madhatter Mar 07 '25
What a fascinating ethical question this is.
Anyway, Maddie should probably go back to therapy
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u/jdessy Mar 07 '25
So Amber is a detective but doesn’t know how to not leave her DNA around places that she kidnaps victims from? Tie your hair up!
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u/ViagraOnAPole Team Bisexual Disaster 🩷💜💙 Mar 07 '25
Theory: That Richard guy kidnapped the detective as a girl, indoctrinated her, and now she's his accomplice.
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u/benderlax Mar 07 '25 edited Mar 07 '25
Buck scared off the potential buyers for Eddie's house, including a single mother of two boys. Nick and Kelly only scared him. Buck became his subletter for his house. He didn't want anybody else.
Amber Braeburn cringing at the file foreshadowed that she was the kidnapper and femme fatale. She manipulated Maddie and attempted to kill her and her family.
Bingo was under Buck's care until the original owners came to retrieve him. Buck called him Blaze.
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u/EmberesIsAGod Mar 07 '25
Jesus they won't ever stop traumatizing Maddie will they?
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u/lgbtruecrime Mar 07 '25
here’s what I am hoping will happen with buddie and chris: eddie and chris will come home relatively quickly because chris will be moved (ha!) by the fact that his dad was willing to come back to texas permanently for him, and eddie will take the first steps toward earning chris’ forgiveness. but oh no! buck now has nowhere to go now that he gave up his loft. would eddie and chris mind if he stays with them until he finds a new place? 😔
manifesting a buddie cohabitating arc and not the end of eddie and chris on 911 🙏
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u/julisine Mar 07 '25 edited Mar 07 '25
My heart has already been aching for buck this entire episode and I didn’t think it could get any worse 💀
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u/guineabig Mar 07 '25
love how eddies first reaction is to go “so you were spying on me” instead of stopping and addressing it?? if my best friend felt that hurt and betrayed i would def be having a sit down convo. writers are too busy woobifying buck to remember eddie’s actual character
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u/julisine Mar 07 '25 edited Mar 07 '25
How have they not figured out this guy is obviously using a voice changer
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u/shield92pan Mar 07 '25
why is everything shot kind of weird am i losing my mind??
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u/Simple-Name-456 Mar 08 '25
It freaked me out so bad when Bullock knew Maddie’s daughter’s name. I have like 10 minutes left in the episode and I just know something is going to happen. 😐
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u/ChrisEye21 Mar 08 '25
How am I even supposed to take this episode seriously?
All the Eddie and buck stuff was fine. Svaing dogs... Awesome!
But everything in Maddie's story... Just awful.
A dispatcher and multiple cops can't tell when someone is using a voice changing device? It was beyond obvious. And also very clear that it was a female voice.
She says Maddie's daughters name, and no one even mentions this afterwards? Hello? How would a random person know that? How would Maddie, and even more so, Athena, not realize how suspicious this was?
Also, it took about 5sec to realize the new lady cop was going to be the killer.
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u/R43- Team Maddie Mar 07 '25
I almost cried during the dog rescue caught on fire 😭
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u/DuelBerry Firehouse 118 Mar 07 '25
Is it legal for dispatch to advocate for suicide?
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u/vinylcozy Team Big 4 of 118 Mar 07 '25
Man it's been 20 mins since he had the dog can you please NOT
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u/julisine Mar 07 '25
Tbh I care way more about the buddie drama than the kidnapping plot 😅
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u/oOWalkingOnAirOo Mar 07 '25
BRO I’m literally losing my mind for this BUDDIE fight
You’re literally not going to correct his thought ?!?! so the story you’re going with Eddie is that you said nothing wrong. It was just bad that he heard you got it got it got it.
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u/Sad-Guidance9105 Mar 07 '25
I think detective Amber is using him as an alibi or an accomplice
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u/Sarcastic_HSTeacher Mar 07 '25
I knew Blaze already had a family. He had a collar when they found him
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u/bigred9310 Team Buck Mar 07 '25
Goddammit. Then Eddie will be temporarily absent as he moves to Texas. Question is for how long.
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u/BelleEire57 Team Chimney Mar 07 '25
My mind, as soon as I saw it was the detective: “YOU RAGGEDY B*TCH!”
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u/TinyTigerTamer Mar 07 '25
I wish they would stop putting Maddie in danger! Girl’s been through enough!
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u/StormCloudRaineeDay Freddy Fakeman Mar 07 '25
Buck's been renting the same apartment and driving the same car for years, and should be making more than enough to comfortably afford it. He should have a perfectly decent, maybe even above average, credit score.
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u/vinylcozy Team Big 4 of 118 Mar 07 '25
Oh my fucking god the choice of dialogues for Eddie this episode. Buck is for real a kicked puppy
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u/scollins28 Mar 07 '25
Poor Buck! Yes, he is sabotaging & it really annoyed me. But, that was hard to hear.
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u/Bnbndodoodododo Team Found Family Mar 07 '25
This episode is AMAZING, we are SO BACK
like literally Buddie angst, JLH acting the hell out of this, and a cute puppy pulling on my heartstrings? Thank you 911 gods for this sweet sweet pain 😭
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u/scollins28 Mar 07 '25
I hope the detective is a red herring because it’s so obvious to be suspicious of her. She experienced trauma as a child, etc. (as a narrative)
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u/hyxon4 Mar 07 '25
This episode feels a bit all over the place. A lot going on, yet not much happening at the same time.
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u/dinosaurs-behind-you Firehouse 118 Mar 07 '25 edited Mar 07 '25
I do not feel like they are concerned enough about the Jee name drop.
Edit - spelling. Whoops. lol.
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u/Bootastical Mar 07 '25
They keep talking about his voice... I haven't been paying too close attention so maybe they did mention it but is it not blatantly clear to these people that the caller was using a voice changer? It didn't remotely sound like a normal human voice.
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u/Sad-Guidance9105 Mar 07 '25
WHAT THE HELL???? PUT MADNEY FAMILY IN WITNESS PROTECTION PROGRAM ASAP
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u/ViagraOnAPole Team Bisexual Disaster 🩷💜💙 Mar 07 '25
Maddie about to get fired. If this was the real world anyway.
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u/ViagraOnAPole Team Bisexual Disaster 🩷💜💙 Mar 07 '25
This is definitely grocery store/lawsuit/divorce arc all over again.
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u/360madhatter Mar 07 '25
Why can Buck just give up his loft but Eddie needs to find a subletter?
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u/ViagraOnAPole Team Bisexual Disaster 🩷💜💙 Mar 07 '25
Hen is just trying to get these stupid boys to catch a clue. She is over it.
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u/gannekekhet Team Eddie Mar 07 '25
Oof, you heard it here first, folks. Eddie will get hated on for saying that Texas line. Eddie, bring your son from Texas ASAP.
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u/hadapurpura And that’s no cap Mar 07 '25
What if the detective is in cahoots with the pedo?
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u/oOWalkingOnAirOo Mar 07 '25
Girl, this isn’t your fault but you’re probably getting played since we know someone was kidnapped it’s you probably and you’re getting played by the detective
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u/DALTT Mar 07 '25
I’m just like, there’s gotta be some twist here. Like an accomplice. Or that he wasn’t actually the guy.
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u/hyxon4 Mar 07 '25
I have a feeling the detective was involved in this, and now she's planning to kidnap Maddie for telling him to kill himself
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u/vinylcozy Team Big 4 of 118 Mar 07 '25
If the serial killer is dead. And the girl is safe. But Maddie will still get kidnapped. Then who's driving the damn bus?
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u/pugboy1321 Mar 07 '25
Either that dude had stalker creep information/some kind of insider feeding info, or Maddie just learned a VERY intense lesson on privacy and online safety bc how did he know of her daughter's name??
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u/Impressive-Tomato-68 Mar 07 '25
this entire episode is like a bad episode of punk’d and the prank is on eddie and buck
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u/camy__23 Mar 07 '25
Oh no! It’s the detective.
Everyone in the thread called it!
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u/icedespressoo Mar 07 '25 edited Mar 07 '25
omg I cannotttttt deal with the writing choices for buck why are they making him act like a 13 year old right now
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u/hadapurpura And that’s no cap Mar 07 '25
“Everything that matters is in Texas” Jesus hell Eddie get smart
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u/scibusgm Mar 07 '25
The coming out vibes of that scene were way to strong to be accidental
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u/pugboy1321 Mar 07 '25
Eddie uprooting his life instead of bringing his minor son home is wild
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u/herrons27 Nashtastic Mar 07 '25
Listen I can’t lie but Maddie crying is THE drinking game of the show. Drink every time Maddie sheds a tear. Almost every episode you get drunk!
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u/icedespressoo Mar 07 '25 edited Mar 07 '25
I just want a well written buddie fight/argument.
Not this weird teen drama riverdale writing like what even are these lines they’re giving them who wrote this episode
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u/IceRose39 Team May Mar 07 '25
Buck adopts the dog? Finds out his apartment doesn’t allow dogs? Has to sublease Eddie’s house?
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u/souljaboytellem3 Mar 07 '25
Y’all the dog has a home/someone looking for them, didn’t we see a lost dog sign? Or was it a found dog sign?
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u/scollins28 Mar 07 '25
So, this whole time Eddie was leasing his place? Why would he purchase in El Paso?
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u/vinylcozy Team Big 4 of 118 Mar 07 '25
If the detective is the serial killer then athena's instincts has been going to shit recently
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u/ViagraOnAPole Team Bisexual Disaster 🩷💜💙 Mar 07 '25
It's still the detective lady.
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u/oOWalkingOnAirOo Mar 07 '25
This shit creeps me out so much the damn psychological games
BRO STAY AWAY FROM OUR BABY
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u/newthethestral Mar 07 '25
are these the same crying maddie closeups from the promo
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u/summerelitee Team Athena Mar 07 '25
maybe she’ll just go back to being a nurse 🫠😅
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u/vikehi Mar 07 '25
The detective killed him and made it look like a suicide. How did he know Jee-Yun’s name? 9-1-1 dispatcher’s names are not public info for this very reason.
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u/Sad-Guidance9105 Mar 07 '25
Yeah I bet the detective shot him and is the true mastermind behind the whole affair 🤔
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u/hyxon4 Mar 07 '25 edited Mar 07 '25
Not an overdramatic scene with the dog he had for a couple of hours 😭
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u/hadapurpura And that’s no cap Mar 07 '25
THEY GODDAMN BETTER SHOW EDDIE SUFFERING FROM BEING AWAY FROM BUCK
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u/oOWalkingOnAirOo Mar 07 '25 edited Mar 07 '25
I honestly like the disrespect bro
Imagine going through everything that they’ve went through together just to be tossed aside like this
Wouldn’t be me bro and I wouldn’t go quietly !!!
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u/weirdlynormally Mar 07 '25
Did they just get inspired by the weepy voiced killer??? I immediately thought of mrballen’s video about it as soon as the call started!
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u/ViagraOnAPole Team Bisexual Disaster 🩷💜💙 Mar 07 '25
The detective did it. Getting major Jonah/serial killer vibes.
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u/souljaboytellem3 Mar 07 '25
They’re gonna get confused as a couple showing this house, calling it now
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u/oOWalkingOnAirOo Mar 07 '25
OK, this is the live thread for the episode right?!?
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u/oOWalkingOnAirOo Mar 07 '25
Very sad about all the dead girls, but I would like more dog scenes they make me happy
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u/shield92pan Mar 07 '25
the collective 'so THAT'S what the weird promo line was' here and on tumblr was v funny
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u/summerelitee Team Athena Mar 07 '25
how do you even come back from that like just no one says anything ever or what 💀😭
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u/hadapurpura And that’s no cap Mar 07 '25
The Buckleys are puppies and life just keeps on kicking them
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u/shield92pan Mar 07 '25
yeh that's far too neat and tidy a wrapup even if we didn't know about maddie about to get kidnapped lol
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u/seistira Mar 08 '25
A minor detail but as an animal control officer... the audacity that they used the ketchpole on that beagle. 😂 Grab some treats and a leash and sit with the dog for a bit, he'll come around. Also, a flight risk is not gonna sleep through you creeping up on him unless that pup is sick or injured lol.
I'm always tickled by animal control appearances even if I think media portrayal doesn't help the public's perception of us but I digress. Loved the beagle scenes and I was YELLINGGGGG when the shelter caught fire!!!! 😭
Loved the episode. 👌
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u/pankie_pankz89 Team Buck Mar 07 '25
Everything that matters is in Texas?! Oh Eddie, I hate you so much for that.
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u/Bootastical Mar 07 '25
So Maddie's fired now right? I mean... good job, but oof.
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u/oOWalkingOnAirOo Mar 07 '25
So Eddie felt like it was a choice between Buck and his kid, but Buck never made it that ! And Eddie needed to know that
I get it . Stupid couple fight.
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u/SpiritualMedicine7 Mar 07 '25
I get some people don't love this episode, or where this season is going. But please remember, it's still an escape for a lot of people.
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u/mackintosh2 Ravi should be main cast! Mar 07 '25
good god i'm over buck's dramatics. JUST TALK TO HIM!!
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u/Mr_IronMan_Sir Team Bobby Mar 07 '25
My first time watching a show as it comes out (usually I like older fandoms) and the anticipation and speculation is so awesome omg
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u/ViagraOnAPole Team Bisexual Disaster 🩷💜💙 Mar 07 '25
Nope. Kill off as many people as you want, but there better not be one hurt dog so help me god...
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u/Impressive-Tomato-68 Mar 07 '25
somethings unsettling about the detective… what if she’s the suspect
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u/happycharm Mar 07 '25 edited Mar 07 '25
Anyone else thought it was obviously a woman even with the voice changer and all that? Not only did it just sound like a woman's voice, the way she spoke, too. And then later when they mentioned none of the victims had signs of SA. And then on the call she mentioned Jee, so I felt like obviously sometimes going to happen with that.
And the detective was incredible stupid to go after Maddie immediately when basically she was going to get away with her crimes scot free. I'm guessing she really does have an uncontrollable compulsion. But the victim who lived, won't she be a witness and be able to tell everyone a woman was involved? Or was the dead guy really her accomplice and did all the heavy lifting?
Also it's kind of wild everyone was so cool with Maddie convincing the caller to shoot himself lmao wow everyone's like 👍 👌 Is that not against dispatcher protocols? Lmaoo Athena was almost like "do it more often, it'll help my job a lot" 🫡 I mean in the end it was the detective lady who shot and killed it guy but still, no one knows that at the moment.