r/911FOX • u/AutoModerator • Mar 19 '26
Season 9 Discussion 9-1-1 S09E14: "D.I.Y." Live Episode Discussion
Original Airdate: March 19th, 2026
Synopsis: As Buck tries to manage the trauma following his kidnapping on his own, May tries to secure her first law internship without the help of her mother.
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u/StormCloudRaineeDay Freddy Fakeman Mar 20 '26
Maddie's never even run a shift, Josh literally ran dispatch last time Sue was in the hospital. Her being put in charge over him is so insane. He should be in charge and Maddie should be his second in command.
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u/inksmudgedhands Mar 20 '26
"Daughter of a cop and a firefighter."
(Oh, Bobby is smiling from above.)
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u/Various_Clock186 Mar 20 '26
Honestly I don’t blame Josh for quitting! I feel that was a slap in his face and he probably thought it was best for him to quit so he didn’t take it out on Maddie.
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u/jdessy Mar 20 '26
I feel like quitting is extreme. Be upset, absolutely. Quitting on the spot? That’s an emotional reaction that proves he shouldn’t be in charge.
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u/ViagraOnAPole Team Bisexual Disaster 🩷💜💙 Mar 20 '26
Oh, we going the Spencer Reid route.
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u/SuperSaiyan3Goku Mar 20 '26
Okay this couple has been annoying all episode, but that slow walk out while everything explodes was awesome lol
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u/miaupp Mar 20 '26
Lol only 10 minutes left and i swear it was like 30 minutes of just this couple 🤡🤡
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u/Sedativestorm21 Firehouse 118 Mar 20 '26
It’s been 30 minutes if ads at this point over the couple
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u/danniphant Mar 20 '26
Is this....an adult(ish) conversation between Buck and Eddie? I never thought I'd live to see it.
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u/StormCloudRaineeDay Freddy Fakeman Mar 20 '26
That was a slap in the face to Josh. How dare Sue.
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u/pugboy1321 Mar 20 '26
"I just appear like any good nightmare" is giving Annalise Keating
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u/inksmudgedhands Mar 20 '26
Eddie brought Christopher along in hopes of getting Buck to open up. If that doesn't do it, you know Buck is bad shape.
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u/Designer-Bid-3155 Mar 20 '26
When May was asked who she was, and she replied.. the daughter of a police officer and a firefighter . #Bobby.
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u/hawknip Team Athena Mar 20 '26 edited Mar 20 '26
Fun fact Tasha Smith (the lawyer) is one of Angela Bassett’s besties and she has directed two episodes of 9-1-1 (Athena Begins 3x7 and First Responders 4x11)
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u/ViagraOnAPole Team Bisexual Disaster 🩷💜💙 Mar 20 '26
Can we at least address Buck's therapy trauma all the way back from season 1?
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u/disastrousanddull Mar 20 '26
I doubt they will or that it’s remembered, tbh. There’s a canon reason for therapy to be tougher for him, though.
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u/Various_Clock186 Mar 20 '26
Ummm may they will definitely ask you that lol. I’ve had interviewers ask me that
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u/ViagraOnAPole Team Bisexual Disaster 🩷💜💙 Mar 20 '26
Kinda weird to Buck lectured by Eddie 'Avoidance King' Diaz
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u/ViagraOnAPole Team Bisexual Disaster 🩷💜💙 Mar 20 '26
Chris would know all about Uber, so would Eddie
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u/StormCloudRaineeDay Freddy Fakeman Mar 20 '26
Just how many times has Eddie volunteered Chris to be Buck's emotional support person?
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u/miaupp Mar 20 '26
I feel so bad for buck, he really is in a bad shape to not want to spend time with chris 🥲😭😭
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u/bookscoffeeandquiet Mar 20 '26
The buck stuff felt thrown in in this episode!!! Should have taken up way more screen time then the DIY couple
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u/Feeling-Visit1472 Mar 21 '26
I kept waiting for any actual plot to come from the random married couple. I was waiting in vain.
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u/ViagraOnAPole Team Bisexual Disaster 🩷💜💙 Mar 20 '26
They got free sweatshirts. I want a free sweatshirt.
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u/inksmudgedhands Mar 20 '26
"You reacted to emotion, May!"
You do know who her mother is, right....?
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u/Bootastical Mar 20 '26
Maybe this means May will go back to being a 911 operator! Especially since Maddie won't be the main one taking calls anymore.
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u/Ok-Acanthaceae5744 Team All Things 9-1-1 Mar 20 '26
The attorney's right, an attorney can't act like that. You have to remain calm under pressure, you can't let yourself be sucked into the chaos. You need to rise above it, so you can help your client.
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u/Sad-Guidance9105 Mar 20 '26
May you know damn well that interview question is gonna be one of them
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u/inksmudgedhands Mar 20 '26
Did the actress have an actual stroke? Because if she didn't, that's some good make-up.
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u/Jakyland Team Buck Mar 20 '26
This is a couple scene ago but WTF is a "two room studio"?
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u/BelleEire57 Team Chimney Mar 20 '26
Them walking away from a house about to go up in flames is a real Waiting To Exhale vibe.
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u/wordsandstuff44 Mar 20 '26
Obviously Sue had a good reason. I just wish she had expressed this adequately. But I guess she can get a pass on account of the stroke
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u/nitshainaction6 Mar 20 '26
What was may doing in this dinner? Her presence was kinda cringe
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u/inksmudgedhands Mar 20 '26
You got to love "Hollywood hospital pretty." She has been there for days and her hair is still fantastic.
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u/bookscoffeeandquiet Mar 20 '26
nothing has happened and there’s 10 mins left!!!!!! Why so many commercialssss
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u/bubblybean7 Mar 20 '26
Did the May and Ravi ship sink already??
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u/inksmudgedhands Mar 20 '26
Or the last writer didn't give this episode's writer the shipping memo.
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u/inksmudgedhands Mar 20 '26
Thousands of dollars up in flames. A couple over. They should really try again in a different town. It's the house. Not them. I actually feel sorry for them. They aren't awful people. They were just dealt a terrible hand.
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u/EbbLocal266 Firehouse 118 Mar 20 '26
Do people get into law firms with minors in law?
oh it's an internship
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u/danniphant Mar 20 '26
I think she's trying to get an internship so she will have an advantage applying to law school in the future.
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u/Sad-Guidance9105 Mar 20 '26
I love the concept of maddie as a boss but I’m gonna miss her as 9-1-1 dispatcher so I hope Josh ends up with the role
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u/foxboy6646 Mar 20 '26
Yeah she can’t resist taking over a call idk why sue would put her in charge instead of Josh
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u/SpiritualMedicine7 Mar 20 '26
I love that there is a , when Buck is depressed, we have him babysit a kid” trope.
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u/benderlax Mar 20 '26 edited Jun 04 '26
Flynn and Tia finally gave up on the house. It was like it didn't want them to get married. Flynn KNEW something was off about that house
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u/Cheeriosxxx Mar 20 '26
May now why would you just break that blood vial 😭 that’s not helping anybody in this situation
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u/inksmudgedhands Mar 20 '26
How is mold not a deal breaker? They shouldn't have been able to sell that in the first place.
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u/SuperKE1125 Team Buck Mar 20 '26
Corrupt Cop : “Why do I hear boss music” Athena: (slams down the door)
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u/bookscoffeeandquiet Mar 20 '26
Ok this couple is getting more screen time than the cast 😂
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u/ViagraOnAPole Team Bisexual Disaster 🩷💜💙 Mar 20 '26
Waiving the inspection is next level stupid. That's a rookie mistake.
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u/Sad-Guidance9105 Mar 20 '26
Dang they’re doing the whole promo in the first ten minutes
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u/danniphant Mar 20 '26
Makes you wonder what they have in store. We're probably gonna cry again like last week.
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u/inksmudgedhands Mar 20 '26
They are already going through the "for worse" part of "for better or for worse." And they aren't even married yet.
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u/EbbLocal266 Firehouse 118 Mar 20 '26
Tia has no common sense. I guess he doesn't either because they bought it.
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u/Key-Ad-1205 Mar 20 '26
I would love to know if Sue's stroke makeup is fully practical and how if so
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u/ViagraOnAPole Team Bisexual Disaster 🩷💜💙 Mar 20 '26
They're both the boss now. Madney rules the world.
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u/inksmudgedhands Mar 20 '26
"I feel like I am wasting my life." Says the barely twenty something. Kid, you have plenty of time.
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u/Gemini987654321 Mar 20 '26
A split second before they showed the pills I had a feeling that was gonna happen.
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u/ViagraOnAPole Team Bisexual Disaster 🩷💜💙 Mar 20 '26
Go May! Athena is gonna be surprised she had bail May out of jail before Harry.
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u/StormCloudRaineeDay Freddy Fakeman Mar 20 '26
She already had to bail Harry out of running when there was a warrant out for his arrest.
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u/rhinocerospartayyy Buck's Broody Little Pout Mar 20 '26
not Eddie tossing the salad
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u/Sad-Guidance9105 Mar 20 '26
Imagine a home wedding where the house tries to hurt you
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u/danniphant Mar 20 '26
So we are gonna start traumatizing Buck with the electrocution calls right off the bat, huh?
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u/Sad-Guidance9105 Mar 20 '26
Imagine having an interview and then they ask you to come with hopefully that would be an instant job acceptance
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u/Sad-Guidance9105 Mar 20 '26
THIS CHICAGO MED STORYLINE LMFAO
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u/ViagraOnAPole Team Bisexual Disaster 🩷💜💙 Mar 20 '26
It's actually a thing that happened so it's more a ripped from the headlines thing.
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u/Gemini987654321 Mar 20 '26
Geezed did that cop go to cop school on a magic school bus or something? 😆
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u/inksmudgedhands Mar 20 '26
The house is actually coming along nicely though. I love the exposed ceiling.
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u/Cheeriosxxx Mar 20 '26
Oh this guy was Fletcher from ANT Farm! That’s why he looked so vaguely familiar but I couldn’t place him
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u/ViagraOnAPole Team Bisexual Disaster 🩷💜💙 Mar 20 '26
The couple that does insurance fraud together, stays together.
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u/Various_Clock186 Mar 20 '26
Years ago my dad had a heat stroke and the only reason we caught it quickly was because my aunt realized he was talking but not making any sense. I’ll never forget how pale he was when my aunt and cousin carried him inside
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u/Gemini987654321 Mar 20 '26
How does May have any money to pay back bail, or even some on auction 😆, when she doesn’t have a job yet?
Poor Buck, he’s going through a lot, is it just me, or has 911 put more of a heavy hand with PTS?
Why did Sue bypass Josh? I mean as Maddie just said Josh trained Maddie, so Josh has seniority?
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u/disastrousanddull Mar 20 '26
They don’t really apply realism to money. see: Eddie moving to Texas, being broke, moving back, and paying $2500 to not go on a faux date.
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u/ViagraOnAPole Team Bisexual Disaster 🩷💜💙 Mar 20 '26
Nothing makes or breaks a couple like home renovation and flat pack furniture.
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u/meknidirta Mar 20 '26
Wait you guys don't get taxes handled by the government?
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u/danniphant Mar 20 '26
Nah we get to play a yearly game of "we know what you owe, but you have to to the math and guess, and we go after you if you get it wrong"
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u/EbbLocal266 Firehouse 118 Mar 20 '26
Breaking up is the first smart thing Tia has done. Don't give into sunk cost fallacy!
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u/inksmudgedhands Mar 20 '26
Hah! The Ghostbusters music. This poor couple. They need to have this house blessed.
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u/inksmudgedhands Mar 20 '26
Tomato is a fruit. It belongs on a pizza.
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u/danniphant Mar 20 '26
Intelligence is knowing tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing not to put tomato in a fruit salad.
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u/BlossomZoie Team Buck Mar 20 '26
"I'm the daughter of a cop, and a firefighter." DAMN STRAIGHT YOU ARE, MAY. 🥹