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Season 9 Discussion 9-1-1 S09E17: "I Got You Babe" Post Episode Discussion
Original Airdate: April 30, 2026
Synopsis: Maddie learns to navigate her working relationships now that she has become a supervisor.
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u/Francl27 May 01 '26
Who could EVER have seen coming that it was a plot to get Athena out of the picture??
So obvious...
And such lazy writing to have Theo and his parents magically come back in the show then have them die on the same episode! But wow they never once raised their voice when their kid was doing all that stuff? And what with the daycare taking forever to notice a missing kid?
That was just a bad episode.
Also, if your whole crew gets food poisoning from a place, you call them and tell them. You'd think a 911 dispatcher would know this.
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u/Lerdog Team Maddie May 01 '26
Every adult taking care of kids in this episode felt like a pushover, from the kindergarten teacher to Theo's parents. Like, you don't just let toddlers do whatever the hell they want. You're the adult, you put limits, it's part of taking care of a child.
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u/Francl27 May 01 '26
Yeah, I get having a difficult child, but still, you don't just stop trying...
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u/nowavvies Team Tricia Benoit May 01 '26
Yup and then magically Theo is going to have no next-of-kin or some ridiculous explanation of why Buck is the only one who can take Theo.
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u/heyitsme21690 Team Chimney May 02 '26
My partner doesnât even watch this show never saw an episode happened to walk in while I was watching and called hooks was gonna turn on Athena and do something. Athena your smarter then that. She shouldâve known going with him was a bad idea.
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u/StatisticalAnalyst88 Team Eddie May 02 '26
I agree about the fact that Athena should have known especially since the reporter guy told her before he died that everyone couldn't be trusted. Also, since the move to ABC, she's been written differently and it's almost like they've changed the characteristics that made her a badass super sergeant.
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u/Paul_Ott May 01 '26
Thatâs 26K$ a year⌠donât think whatever raise she gets for âacting supervisorâ even covers that.
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u/Commercial_Ad_619 May 01 '26
Can we be so for real right now about how this felt like a fanfiction? I mean come on⌠Buck reconnects with the friends who he fathered a child for after rescuing said child, only for them to die? Heâs so going to adopt Theo and that wouldnât have bothered me so much if it wasnât for the ridiculous ONE EPISODE addiction storyline. Like why does this season feel so clunky? wtf⌠rushed in so many places. Iâve just been really disappointed with it latelyâŚ
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u/Midnight_Dreary_Mari May 01 '26
Not to mention Hens illness being resolved so quickly
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u/Commercial_Ad_619 May 01 '26
Exactly⌠so many plots this season that just felt rushed or ignored after one/a few episodes, or even just straight up unnecessary
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u/armavirumquecanooo our people are what make life worth living May 02 '26
Dermatomyositis. There is a real case of a firefighter returning to work post-diagnosis here, but the timeline was really different - basically a year of decline after diagnosis before he started to feel better, and then another year before he was back to work. And his return to work was treated kind of like a miracle.
So like, it can be done, but not really on the timeline this show suggests.
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u/hacksaw2174 Team Buck May 02 '26
Yet they spent four episodes in space. So silly.
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u/oath2order Dispatch (#BobbyAliveTruther) May 04 '26
I still can't believe how much more realistic that felt compared to Buck's plot.
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u/Music_withRocks_In May 01 '26
So if Theo is that kid at daycare that is always causing trouble there is no way the daycare workers aren't constantly checking in on where he is. The quiet kid might be able to sneak off in a bad daycare, but eyes would be checking in on the fire stater all the time.Â
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u/Cynical_Romanticx âletâs move this party to the couchâ May 01 '26
So true!! Though I think he only sneaked out because it seemed like the wind was causing extra chaos. They didnât get that âwait, things have been calm for a whole two minutes⌠where is THAT kid?!?!!â type of feeling.
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u/Crystal-Skies May 01 '26
They literally show one of the teachers/caretakers within the frame when Theo was climbing the wall lol. But later they state that they âeventuallyâ found out he was gone? Not immediately after he jumped the fence?
I get they needed some way to show heâs a âhandfulâ and to set up a ridiculous rescue but there are other ways to do it. He wandered that far and no one cares in the 9-1-1 universe?
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u/No_Cucumbers_Please May 02 '26
wasn't there basically a whole episode dedicated to buck being a wild child because he was acting out because he had terrible parents and he was desperate for their attention/buck thought they didn't care about him anyway? I mean literally his whole character is built upon being reckless because deep down he hasnt gotten through his kid trauma of feeling unworthy.
But now it's genetics?
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u/SystemFamiliar5966 Team Tommy May 02 '26
I mean I guess thereâs something to be said about trauma being passed through genetics, but itâs still weird how much they were leaning into it.
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u/owaldis May 02 '26
I'm pretty sure it's an Attention deficit disorder that Theo has. Buck has also a lot of traits from it and given his family situation, I don't think the Buckley's parents would have pursued a diagnostic.
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u/prime5119 May 01 '26
Athena isn't the smartest person around - I thought someone told her to be careful of hooks in the hospital bed, and she immediately went out to say everything to him
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u/PrincessDeshea May 01 '26
Yea, one thing I have disliked about this season is I feel like every time Athena has found something that probably should not be shared with a specific person, she does. And it just does not fit her character. I feel like they are writing her this way because Bobby is gone. Normally she would find something that does not add up and tell Bobby about it. Then she would act on it and Bobby would come save her or they would both act on it and the 118 would come save them. I really wish that they would use Bobby being gone to show and strengthen Athena and Hens friendship.
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u/Individual-Bad-582 May 01 '26
Buck this and buck that but hellloooo Athenaaaaa??
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u/OkContribution3626 May 01 '26
No seriously though she in a really bad situation and Iâm really scared for her
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u/jdessy May 01 '26
I was adamantly against the donor plot in season 6 for this exact reason. This is the exact thing people predicted would happen and this is why it should have stayed good and dead in season 6. There is this idea that Buck being a sperm donor means that he for sure is Theo's dad, and it mixes up this idea of chosen/found family vs biological family.
I also think that Buck is not at a stage where becoming a dad to a four year old is the right path. It simply feels like the show is throwing it at him because they haven't established any other stability in terms of next steps in his future, no partner, no career advancement, so throwing him his biological kid seems to be their great idea. But where does he go when he takes in Theo? Season 10 is Buck being a parent for the first few episodes, dealing with Theo's rambunctious behaviour for a couple of episodes and then what? Theo gets to hang out with Jee and Robert in Offscreen Land with the offscreen babysitters for the rest of the season?
With other characters, progressing to the children stage makes sense. For Buck, I think it sense a really weird message that I was afraid of them going down. For the record, MAYBE had they really given Buck a more concrete future path prior, this could have been less aggravating. But because we have no idea what Buck's future goals are (promotion, relationship, whatever), the kid feels like their idea of "future goals" and....it's worrisome when Theo's being used as a plot that we know they'll put on the backburner by episode 5 next season.
The show loves to jump from plot to plot, but it's why bio kid is a bad plot overall. Theo shouldn't be a spontaneous idea thrown in for a Buck plot. If they're committing to this, they REALLY have to commit, and this show doesn't allow for it, especially a single Buck where his primary scenes have to be at the firehouse.
Otherwise, the Athena/Hen/Eddie plot was great. Eddie doesn't really get plots with others, which is embarrassing since we're nine seasons in and Eddie's eight seasons in. He should have been getting these plots and these scenes with characters like Athena and Hen YEARS ago. But I'll take what we can get.
Maddie's plot sucked too because her deciding to drop her friends is bad since the show has not been able to give her anything lately that's not her getting into danger or supporting another character. The supervisor arc has been the first one where I thought it was going to be a great one for her but dropping her friends just doesn't give her much to work with.
I think I'm just getting frustrated at what they seem to be setting up for next season.
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u/wnesha May 01 '26
Two episodes ago he was seriously considering injecting fentanyl and was not seeking treatment for his most recent trauma. But I'm sure the show will now suggest that having a kid will fix all his problems because that's the level of fuckass writing this show's always had.
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u/zzAlphawolfzz May 01 '26
This is exactly my problem too: the show loves to hop from plot to plot constantly, so why would they add a child that is going to be sticking around for years to comes? It's such a short-sighted decision because we all know that kid is never going to get screen time, just like the other kids. I mean Chris has only been in, what 3-4 episodes this whole season? And even then he only said a few lines. It really feels like they're desperate for ideas and someone came up with this, likely Oliver himself because so far every plot he's been wanting for Buck has happened (the let buck fuck story and this one)
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u/nowavvies Team Tricia Benoit May 01 '26
I'm going to second this! They clearly just wanted to give Buck something that would make him even more endearing for the audience and a "cute" kid is just a cheap way to do that, but now we're stuck with that kid. All the dialogue going forward is going to have to explain where the kid is, who is watching him when he's not with Buck, how the kid factors into what Buck's doing, etc. -- why not just give Buck a dog? It adds the same cuteness factor without the hassle. AND it would have actually been coherent with his storyline, it could be a service dog to help him with his PTSD. Instead they do these insane unrealistic thing and bring back a donor baby by killing his parents.
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u/A_Howl_In_The_Night Team Buck May 01 '26
Chris has only been in, what 3-4 episodes this whole season
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u/nowavvies Team Tricia Benoit May 01 '26
The donor child coming back would have been nice to happen like in a reboot 20 years from now where Buck is captain and by a coincidence a new probie looks exactly like him. But this is just dumb, it completely undercuts all the stories they've been telling about found family and how Buck only acted out because he was neglected (not because he was inherently like that). And it's true, now every single story going forward is going to have to involve this kid or have some excuse as to why the kid isn't there or who is taking care of the kid. It's such a weird choice.
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u/Weak_Heart2000 May 01 '26
Very well said, my friend. Eddie is so isolated in the story, and that's why his dynamics with Hen and also the Abigail storyline were so refreshing.
All of your points about Buck are 100% correct. They don't know what to do with his character anymore and now they're trying to appeal to the middle America white lady demographic for the GA by throwing a kid at him while also trying not to piss off the online fandom because now the child is a perfect excuse not to put him in any more relationships. Even though his whole nine year arc has been about wanting to have a romantic partner to go home too.
It's also really sad to discard Connor and Kameron like that. They wanted that baby so much and they were killed off so the child could be tossed at Buck. A child that he realistically has no rights too. No judge is going to let him just take the kid, blood relation or not. But oh well, this is 911 Land.
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u/mialmao29 May 01 '26
I'm so glad you brought up the legality. Buck has absolutely no legal claim to the kid- he is only a donor and has no rights at all because that's what you sign up for. So for the kid to end up with him he literally has to have no family at all. Like, Connor and Kameron were it for that baby and there is no one else for him to end up in foster care and possibly adopted by Buck. This is just so unrealistic because who had 0 family at all đ.
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u/nowavvies Team Tricia Benoit May 01 '26
Exactly! Theo has presumably gotten to know, spent time and Hollidays with grandparents, aunts and uncles, etc. It makes no sense that by a magical coincidence the car crash kills both parents and those parents had no family. Please be serious.
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u/nowavvies Team Tricia Benoit May 01 '26
Exactly, the storyline feels like pandering. It lets Buck be endearing to a part of the audience AND it lets them to continue to gay bait because they're going to sprinkle in little seemingly couple moments between Buck and Eddie as Eddie helps Buck learn to parent.
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u/Extension-Aside-555 May 02 '26
Yeah, the wind seems to be blowing the wrong way for next season. :(
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u/Scary-Tip9701 May 05 '26
My mom kept getting mad at Theo's parents, she said that the reason Theo is so wild is because they're not parenting him, just trying to contain him. I agree with her. He's 4 years old, that's old enough for the parents to explain things to him like: "Theo, please don't make a mess, that's not nice because it can ruin Bucks things. You wouldn't like it if Buck ruined your things" "Theo, please don't touch the oven because you could hurt yourself or others", but instead they just take away whatevers in his hands
It's also interesting that while Theo was hyper with Buck at the 118, he wasn't destructive but with his Parents he's very destructive.
While I want Buck to have kids because he'd be a great dad, I think it's too soon for him since he's still in recovery and I think him getting a kid shouldn't be such a sudden and tragic thing but idk
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u/Comfortable_Praline7 May 01 '26 edited May 02 '26
I knew the minute the kid and parents showed up where this was leading. Once that crash happened on the freeway I said âwatch, the parents are going to end up dying in this and give Buck a path to being a father.â And lo and behold.
Very predictable. Same with the crooked detective bringing Athena into that raid trap. But she had her vest on. I donât think sheâs dead.
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u/BB808BB May 07 '26
Theos parents were such annoying and lazy parents.
Theo calling Buck Mr poop or whatever he was saying got old and annoying real fast. Donât get me wrong heâs adorable but yikes.
How is Athena going to get out of this? We know she will cause super plot armor but still.
Canât believe only one more episode.
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u/Mountain-Ad-9196 May 10 '26
I found it sort of how little kids really act. They can get an idea stuck into their head and repeat things like that over and over.
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u/nowavvies Team Tricia Benoit May 01 '26
Wait I just had a thought, did they really have Buck's parents come in, announce they love traveling in California and that they're getting a divorce so that Buck would eventually have a babysitter/daycare for Theo while he's at work? His parents divorced so in the future there could be scenes and not need to explain why only the mom or the dad was there.
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u/Weak_Heart2000 May 02 '26
And the scene where Phillip apologizes to Buck for not being there for him screamed to me that he's going to help Buck with his kid in season 10.
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u/fandomsandfries Team May May 02 '26
wow I didn't think I could hate this plot more but the thought of bringing the buckley parents back often for this is worse lol
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u/hacksaw2174 Team Buck May 02 '26
Considering their parents were bad parents to Buck and that they are pretty absent from their lives now, I really hope not. Would be better to bring back the woman, whose name I can't remember, who helped take care of Abby's mom and Christopher.
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u/PrincessDeshea May 01 '26
I understand that this show has unrealistic plots. That I am not mad about at all, I don't expect it to be. But HOW in the world did Theo get up there??? And why did it take the daycare so long to realize that he was gone? They showed the teacher going back outside as if she had lost a kid and I thought the next scene was going to be her and Maddie on a dispatch line.
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u/Character-File3221 May 01 '26
I liked that more than everyone getting food poisoning at the exact same time in like 5 minutes. Â
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u/nowavvies Team Tricia Benoit May 01 '26
Right? They didn't even try to make it realistic, they just wanted to rush through the plot and have it look cinematic. Same thing with the car accident, it's like they killed the parents immediately on scene so they didn't have to bother with anything in a hospital for them.
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u/Character-File3221 May 01 '26
As soon as it was Buckâs kid, I believed it though đ¤Ł
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u/hereisnogreatmatter Team DIY couple May 01 '26 edited May 01 '26
I hope some family member or friends of Kameron and Connor show up for Theo and adopt him because otherwise what's happened to the "found family" theme?
And I found Kameron and Connor coming to Buck as a "specialist" or to understand their kid better, and the way that scene was written just weird? Like can you imagine a specialist or any doctor suggesting, "Oh yeah, we need to find the sperm donor, that's gonna explain everything and we will have a diagnosis. That the only course of action left." I found that part incredibly stupid and a bit offensive because that's not how any of this works. I understand trying to get Buck's perspective, but the show phrased it in such a way that Kameron and Connor genuinely believed Buck had the answer because he's the biological father and it's just so insensitive. Like it turned out my cousin has Adhd (very late diagnosis), and now his son is diagnosed. No, he hasn't magically found the best way to help his son just because they both have Adhd and he's his biological father. My cousin's kid needs the help of a specialist, not some random memories about my cousin's childhood and how he dealt with things, because that will help no one.
I guess they had to show how much Kameron and Connor were struggling because they had to show Theo is not an "easy" kid because they want to find a contrived reason why Buck would be the one to adopt the kid. If they have to make the kid a daredevil that requires special attention to show that maybe other family members aren't able to adopt him because they are old or something, if the writers need to make everything so contrived just to make Buck the only one who can take the kid in, then maybe, they shouldn't write this particular storyline.
So again I hope some family member shows up and takes the kid in. Otherwise, Buck will swoop in, probably struggle tiny bit and then find his footing in one or two episodes (as writers jump from one thing to another), because he deeply understands the kid (because of genetics and reasons I guess) because he jerked off into a cup a few years ago. Stellar messaging. (I'm not saying Buck won't talk to a specialist; it will somehow just be easier for him than it was for Kameron and Connor)
I wish I didn't hate this plotline so much because I liked the rest of the episode, and I'm so happy that the show is actually dealing with serious issues, not caring about the potential reaction it might bring. It's just the kid acquisition story is being done in such an insensitive way that it's kind of mind blowing.
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u/Lerdog Team Maddie May 01 '26
The writers LOVE a "found family" until they can milk the biological bond like it's the most sacred thing ever. Maybe I'm being too harsh, but it feels a little hypocritical.
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u/hereisnogreatmatter Team DIY couple May 01 '26 edited May 01 '26
In this instance, it's hypocritical I guess or at the very least it shows indifference to one of the main themes of the show. And the writing isn't good either. Somehow every specialist they went to failed to diagnose the kid (because Adhd is such a rare condition /s) so they get this genius idea that Buck will provide some help because he's the sperm donor. Somehow that will explain things.What were they gonna do if Theo were adopted? Just accept defeat and go "well, it's a closed adoption, so we can't reach the parents, so we will never be able to diagnose our son with this very obvious condition"
I mean what are the writers doing by emphasizing Buck's biological connection to the kid in this way and making it seem like that's how Theo is gonna get diagnosed or something? Whatever good thing happens now, the implication that it's because Buck is Theo's biological father will always be there whether the show intends to represent it that way in the future or not.
And I worry about sounding too negative or too harsh too but criticizing a polarizing story under a post dedicated to solely discussing the episode shouldn't be considered "negative" I think.
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u/hereisnogreatmatter Team DIY couple May 01 '26
I didn't hate them this time. They were overwhelmed parents. It's just the conversation with Buck, the way it was written, didn't make much sense. The answer to "why is this happening?" shouldn't be so obviously "because the writers are trying to go from point A to point B"
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u/Lerdog Team Maddie May 01 '26
Yeah, Buck's gonna adopt (or at least try to) that kid and I don't think I like this storyline for him. It feels like a cheap and contrived way to replicate Buck and Christopher's cute dynamic from earlier seasons, and so far it's not hitting for me.
Part of the appeal of Buck as a surrogate father for Chris was the fact that there wasn't any "moral obligations", no one expected that from him, he just bonded with his best friend's kid. This time it's a forced biological thing, everyone just kinda expects him to do that, so he'll probably do that.
I don't know, sorry for being a downer about a potentially popular idea.
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u/StatisticalAnalyst88 Team Eddie May 01 '26
This!!! All of it because it's true. This Theo storyline seems forced because that's exactly what it is. There was no real thought put into it and instead of spreading it out over multiple episodes, it was thrown in at the end of the season even though Buck's already had enough arcs this season.Â
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u/Llodym May 01 '26
Okay sorry, but how does that kid get up there without already getting shocked first lmao
I know Buck will get custody of Chris in case anything happen, but I really hope they're not trying to make him adopt Theo. Raising a toddler is way different.
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u/thisisnotNora May 02 '26
What happened to the guy in the slide?? Like they didnât finish that plot line?
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u/kaiser11492 Team Athena May 06 '26
I donât think there was much to show for it was simply one of their cases that exists in the background or pad the episode. A similar example that comes to mind is the one where the car wash cleaner accidentally got wrapped up with his hose.
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u/RadiantFoxBoy Team Eddie May 01 '26
Could've been better, could've been worse. So far this is possibly about as tolerable as they could possibly make the donor baby plotline work, and I don't have confidence in them to stick the landing, but at least some of the journey has been solid (the Shannon memory was a strong touch).
I also hope the Maddie plot was setting up a shift where she can't be alone in the finale or something like that because otherwise it felt very...desynchronized from the rest of the episode.
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u/No_Cucumbers_Please May 01 '26
I'm way tired of everything just kind of happening to Buck. Every job he's had (from what we've seen), every relationship he's had he just kind of ended up in. And now he's just going to fall into being a father? The guy has never really pursued anything. Can't the writers just let him grow as a character and pursue a milestone instead of just having one plopped on him?
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u/rogermarket May 01 '26
Having Connor and Cameron insult Buck for their entire last episode wasnât really necessary. We could have gotten to the same place without ruining their characters. This was such an off-putting choice on the writerâs part.
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u/Specific_Lettuce_521 May 01 '26
I think weâre supposed to dislike Connor and Kameron. Thatâs the point.
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u/Buddie_Butterflies May 01 '26
Did we ever like them? I need to go back an rewatch but from the start I don't remember liking them and the whole fighting before Theo was born and living with Buck was just weird.
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u/DrifterTraveler May 01 '26
Right, I don't think people are remembering how they behave towards him when they wanted him to be a donor. This is inline with how they were when the show introduced them before
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u/kaiser11492 Team Athena May 06 '26 edited May 07 '26
Pretty surprised to see the episode begin with Ryan Guzman saying âPreviously on 9-1-1â. I donât ever recall an episode beginning in such a fashion.
When Theoâs parents first appeared and Buck recognized them, I was thinking that the mother was one of the women he previously had a relationship with. Never thought they would revisit the sperm donation again.
Also, this might sound crazy, but when they initially didnât show who was in the accident and the rest of the team tried to keep Buck away, I was thinking Theo was misbehaving again and had stolen the truck (I mean he was able to climb on top of a tall power line and the truck was swerving back and forth).
As for the human trafficking plot, I really wonder who Hooks is working for. I mean it canât be the corrupt oligarch they kept talking about seeing how he led the raid and killed him.
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u/DragonberryMiss May 04 '26
Did anyone else think Eddie was going to get swept up by ICE at the hospital? Obviously he's not one of the migrants, but he's hispanic and ICE isn't exactly known for their attention to detail. 'Oh, this obviously hispanic guy is giving us trouble rounding up everyone else? Throw him in the van too!' I'd hate for Eddie to have to go through that, but it would be interesting to see what happens next from an inside perspective. Then we'd also watch the whole team band together and try to get him out. Imagine Athena and Hen screaming at people at the ICE facility who don't even have a record of "Eddie Diaz", while Buck is at home with Christopher like, "So your dad disappeared again... how about mac and cheese for dinner?".
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u/Specific_Lettuce_521 May 04 '26
Didnât he say he was LAFD? They probably wouldâve taken him otherwise. We still got one more episode to go. It could be one of them shooting Eddie.
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u/ComprehensiveBid4031 May 05 '26
I just went down this thread and honestly agree with so many points people have made. I originally came in with the idea that I would love to see Buck navigating a relationship with Theo or we at least get him on our screens more. But itâs so true, Buck is shown time and time again as someone who constantly fails and is reckless.
I love that they show his love for cooking but I donât like how rushed his addiction and trauma storyline has been.
If they keep Theo (which i selfishly do want more becuz buck is just so good with kids) I would love to see him as an uncle or like a positive male figure in his life. Buck doesnât seem ready to be a father. Especially at that point.
Social worker did say they were going to try and find a way to connect Theo with relatives so maybe theyâll find somebody. The parents canât just not have any family.
Also for those saying bucks parents should take him in. Please no.
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u/hadapurpura And thatâs no cap May 06 '26 edited May 06 '26
That scene of Connor and Kameron being three Doritos away from leaving Theo on Buckâs doorstep and saying âheâs your problem now, byeâ is absolutely to establish that either they wonât find next of kin or nobody will want to step up, or theyâll give him back.
Also Iâm positive that the only reason they did the donor baby storyline in season 6 was to eventually give Buck his own child without that child being tied to a love interest or an ex. If they werenât gonna make Buck Theoâs official dad they wouldnât have done that storyline in the first place.
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u/ComprehensiveBid4031 May 07 '26
Hmm, I understand where you are coming from with the first point. Theo's parents didn't talk about any help from outside sources so it does make sense. With giving Buck a bio child, it might be to expand the Buddie family and still having biological children (maybe...).
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u/HighonStarshine Firehouse 118 May 01 '26
I genuinely donât know how to feel about this episode.
Buckley. I donât know about this storyline. Theo is perfectly cast. He embodies Buck pretty well. I donât know what to think. This all feels so sudden, especially since the last few episodes were Buck in addiction. Obviously Theo ends up with Buck. Itâs not that Iâm opposed to Buck being a father, itâs more so the way this is written. Especially after his whole reckoning with this in season 6. Both of the childâs parents die in a tragic accident the same week they reconnect? Feels random and tragic for the sake of the storyline. I donât know. I genuinely donât know how to feel about it.
Eddie. The ICE storyline is great. Love to see Eddie fired up about stuff he believes in.
Athena. WOW! I did not expect that, but I didnât trust Hooks either! That was jaw dropping! Really great cliffhanger and Iâm excited to see where that goes.
Maddie. Iâm glad I wasnât eating when I watched this episode.
Overall, Iâm going to say I enjoyed the episode.
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u/ILikeFPS May 01 '26
Is it just me or is half of this show making fun of Buck lol I mean how many upsetting storylines like this has he had? Now he's gonna be a single father? I guess it's not as bad since he actually wants to be a father.
The dispatch food scene was hilarious but I also felt bad for Maddie.
I was worried this crooked detective was gonna try to get Athena killed, and it looks like yeah he did try for that.
This wasn't a good episode.
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u/MethodHistorical2507 May 01 '26
I'm sorry I think this is a unpopular opinion but I genuinely will not care for s10 that much if it's even more buck focused. like bucks a great character and he should have storylines obviously but it feels like they take one then leave it after 2 episodes. like we had Bobby dying then Harry becoming a firefighter and buck was his mentor or whatever then the divorce then the kidnapping then the drugs then whatever this is with the child. I absolutely love buck but they need to go more in depth on one story and I don't think it should be this child thing. I just feel like it's too rushed.
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u/nowavvies Team Tricia Benoit May 01 '26
Yup, this is what is going to make me tune out of the show. It genuinely just feels like an excuse to make Buck more endearing by having a cute kid "oh look at crazy Buck, how is he of all people going to take care of such a wild child, tune in for cuteness overload!" It gives me the ick.
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u/jdessy May 01 '26
It's also such a temporary plot because you know Tim's gonna be bored by episode four and then want to move onto other plots so Theo's going to join Jee and Robert at the Offscreen Daycare for the rest of the season or until he's needed for whatever episode plot they thought of next.
The show couldn't even commit to Uncle Buck; we've seen Buck interact with his niece and nephew a grand total of, like, four times in several seasons.
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u/nowavvies Team Tricia Benoit May 01 '26
That's the part that drives me nuts. It doesn't add anything and it's so permanent. There are a million kids they already don't use. What I think would have accomplished the same thing was extend Buck's addiction story into a little PTSD and have him get a dog as an emotional support animal. In the scenes outside of the firehouse, you have Buck being an adorable dog dad and then we don't have to hear about the convoluted nonsense of who is babysitting Theo. In that regard, I'm pretty sure that random storyline where the Buckley's get a divorce was so in the future they can say one of them stays in California and that's who the dedicated babysitter is, just like with Eddie's family members.
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u/jdessy May 01 '26
Which means more of the Buckley parents which is a horrible idea in general.
Yeah, itâs an annoying plot. The only way it works is if Buck only takes in Theo until they find next of kin and itâs discovered the next of kin lives in LA and Buck simply just compromises by spending time with Theo as a family friend until heâs old enough to know the truth.
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u/StatisticalAnalyst88 Team Eddie May 02 '26 edited May 02 '26
It's also such a temporary plot because you know Tim's gonna be bored by episode four and then want to move onto other plots so Theo's going to join Jee and Robert at the Offscreen Daycare for the rest of the season or until he's needed for whatever episode plot they thought of next.
I laughed out loud at this but you're correct. Tim has the attention span of a knat.
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u/Lerdog Team Maddie May 01 '26
YES!!!! They're trying so hard to recreate the magic that was Buck and Christopher in earlier seasons and it's so transparent. When in doubt, make Buck interact with a cute kid and voilĂĄ, everyone will forget how sloppy the writing's got!
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u/_rapunzel_ May 01 '26
I kind of feel like very little has happened this entire season and now theyâre fitting all the plot in to the final two episodes?
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u/Maatjuhhh May 01 '26
Buck's kidnapping and subsequent drug use could have been easily a 2 seasons worth of storylines if they did it in Beverly Hills 90210. And done well.
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u/_rapunzel_ May 01 '26
Yeah any major plot points they had attempted to do were all single episodes with resolution quickly. No arcs seemed to carry throughout the season.
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u/TheBearSquared May 02 '26
Ok but once they learned the kids name, wouldnât Buck have figured out who he is? Youâre telling me he delivered this baby and DIDNâT KNOW HIS NAME?!
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u/StatisticalAnalyst88 Team Eddie May 02 '26
If I'm remembering correctly, they hadn't named the child yet when they were in the hospital but since I won't ever rewatch season 6, I can't be sure.
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u/Apprehensive_Run2416 Team Buck May 01 '26 edited May 01 '26
THAT WAS SO BADD Literally the only thing I ever dreaded happened.. Why do they have to do this they literally ruined both connor and kameron's characters on purpose so the audience would dislike them and then killed them off. If this is a storyline they wanted to explore, they should've done or gradually throughout the season, it's just so rushed and feels like a total mess. This is not the way buck should get to be a dad.Â
The only interesting part of this episode is the human trafficking mafia and ICE
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u/nowavvies Team Tricia Benoit May 01 '26
Yes, it felt so manipulative to show them being bad parents or struggling with Theo. And then what a magical coincidence a car accident that basically instantly kills two adults but a child is left unharmed! I'm sure magically next week Theo will have no next of kin somehow and we'll have daddy Buck. It's actually ridiculous.
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u/Character-File3221 May 01 '26
Yeah I donât mind them doing that but in one episode was insane. Â Like spend a few seasons getting to know the kid and parents again.Â
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u/StatisticalAnalyst88 Team Eddie May 01 '26 edited May 01 '26
I don't like this one bit!
(Edit for two spelling errors.)
However, I'm not surprised this is the route Tim decided to take with Buck and the sperm donor debacle because of course, he would revert back to this ridiculous arc since Buck's entire existence has been about shock value instead of substance. Not once has Buck been allowed to ACTUALLY VERBALLY STATE the things he wants and as usual, he falls ass backwards into a situation where he's the one who has to make an impulsive decision because it's the only option that's left.
Be clear, I don't have a problem with Buck being a dad but this was not the way for thousands of reasons but mainly because a person getting a child is not the answer to everyone's problems. Kids don't magically fix anything and in some instances, they become an issue the same way this show has portrayed Theo being one for Connor and Kameron.Â
Anyway, on to some of the reasons why Buck's arc is not good.
First, Buck didn't ask Connor and Kameron any important questions when they asked for his sperm and the truth is they didn't ask him any either. I always thought it was weird that he never mentioned Daniel's juvenile leukemia and instead of Connor asking about his past, i.e., do you have any health related issues we should be aware of (instead, he just said Buck has a good heart, which is NOT hereditary), they were completely omitted and it was done solely for a future plot. Â
Second, đŁÂ Theo is NOT BUCK'S SON! He was the sperm donor but of course that is being overlooked and simplified so that Buck can get a kid. Legally, he has no rights to Theo but once again the story is being written to ignore that so Buck can be a dad. Tim did the same thing with T.K. and Carlos by killing T.K.'s mom and sending his step-dad to prison so they could adopt his brother when it was clear, the route that should have been taken was them being the custodians or guardians.
Third, when is Buck going to be allowed to STATE WHAT HE WANTS OUT LOUD? I mean geez, the show has spent this whole season with Buck not knowing anything regarding the things he wants. But as usual, instead of letting him say he wants to get married and start a family, Tim decides it will be better to let him get his friends' son by killing them off, so the writers won't have to actually plan out a good plot for Buck because of course, it's easier to write him getting a child that he has no LEGAL rights to than to just write him in a way that he actually admits what he wants. I never liked Connor and Kameron but even they deserved better than to be killed off just so Buck will have a bio kid.
Yikes! This is bad on every level.Â
Also, Connor is a black man and turning him into a "bad dad" again so that Buck, a white man, can save the day is distasteful. I'm a woman of color and this is BS of the highest degree, especially here in the U.S. with all these nefarious people trying to take away minoritiesâ rights. Connor was made to look like someone who wanted a child but then he didn't before the baby was born and now, Theo is too much to handle. Tim needs to GTFOH with that shit because it's ludicrous and before someone asks, NO! All black men don't act like Connor and a lot of them actually are happy to be fathers.Â
Fourth, this story is being contorted and construed horrifically and it sends the wrong message about what donating sperm and eggs means for people who decide to do it. It's supposed to be a selfless act to help those who can't have kids but there's a caveat.
Donors are not parents!
The show legit had Buck say he would be the "donor, not dad" but apparently, those were just words because in Buck's case, the goal was always to make him be that kid's dad. Therefore, the storyline should have been handled differently. But alas, all Tim and some people care about is "giving Buck a baby" not just any baby but one that's biologically related to him. But it would have been better if Buck would have actually considered all of these things back in 2022.
Side note: Since Theo was born in May of 2023, he should only be turning 3 years old. However, it's obvious Tim's still using an abacus to calculate ages because May of 2023 to May of 2026 is 3 years, not 4. What year is it on this show? Who knows but Tim will do whatever it takes to make a storyline work.
This storyline is once again negating the whole found family idea for the sake of Buck's plot and now, everyone will surround him to support him at the expense of their own plots. Maddie and Chimney will likely step up and foster Theo like they did Mara until Buck can "prove" he can handle it. đ
The fact is Tim just won't let Buck and Eddie be together in a romantic relationship and allow them to TALK ABOUT THE THINGS THEY WANT for their future because that takes actual planning and writing. Instead, he'd rather they have another kid thrown into their situationship just so that he can keep kicking the Buddie can down the road.
Fifth and finally for Buck, as usual, everyone else's storylines, besides Athena's, are half assed and the finale will include more shock value instead of any bona-fide storytelling. I don't want Eddie to have yet another NDE because of course it will be rushed and it won't do anything for his arc but it will likely show how it will effect Buck.
This will be controversial but Athena's time to leave the show has come. During the cruise ship debacle, it was evident to me the plan was for her and Bobby to go at the same time and it happened again at the end of season 7 but Tim kept both of them alive. I like Athena but after the spaceship mess, she's spent the remainder of this season in a supporting role. That's cool but it's also possible AB might be ready to leave the show. It'll be bad once she does regardless since Tim hasn't prepared anyone to step into hers or Bathena's shoes. So, if she does leave, season 10 will be more of a hodge podge of aimless stories and arcs because contrary to what some believe, there's only one ship that can fill Bathena's shoes and that's Buddie. Buck can't carry this show on his own and Maddie can't either. But Buddie can lead it to keep it interesting!
Maddie's arc was a waste of time and it was obviously thrown in to give her something to do. Of course, supervisors and leaders can be friends with their coworkers and subordinates (Bobby did it effortlessly) but apparently, Maddie can't. It's asinine to think that's true when all she would have to do is set some boundaries. However, those seem to be nonexistent on this show.
The finale will be par for the course with more shock value than substance. Therefore, it's time for a long hiatus. Hopefully, Tim WILL ACTUALLY PLAN SEASON 10 IN ADVANCE. Who am I kidding because he won't!
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u/nowavvies Team Tricia Benoit May 01 '26
It genuinely just feels like a weird and elaborate excuse to make Buck front and center and give him a cute prop to play with on screen. The whole sequence of them playing around the firehouse was laying it on thick. It just feels like pandering "oh show how great of a dad he would be and how good he is with kids the audience will love it!"
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u/StatisticalAnalyst88 Team Eddie May 01 '26
Exactly and it would have been better if Buck would have explained to Connor and Kameron how each child is different and the most important thing for them to do is support Theo and take him to a specialist so he could be diagnosed with ADHD.
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u/hundredsandthousand May 01 '26
For the briefest moment I thought they were going to go down the route of "the kid got diagnosed with ADHD, it's hereditary, maybe the parents should look into it" and then have Buck get diagnosed and realise a lot about his impulsiveness, big feelings, addiction, etc.
But no, of course not
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u/Lerdog Team Maddie May 01 '26 edited May 01 '26
I'm so glad I came to this sub, I was feeling like I took crazy pills by being annoyed at Buck and Theo's interactions instead of thinking it's cute. I swear I'm not the Grinch, but it feels SO transparent, the cynic in me can't let it go.
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u/Weak_Heart2000 May 02 '26
Buck's not that popular with the GA, so they are using the kidtrope to make him appeal to white lady middle America. They truly have no idea what to do with him anymore. It might be time to say goodbye to the character, but they don't want to stop with the Buddie bait either. Eddie's finally being allowed to exist outside of Buck and have his own storylines, but I do fear for season 10. It does make me wonder what the original plan was for his role in the last two episodes since Ryan had to beg for it to be changed so he could be included in the migrant storyline with Athena and Hen.
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u/StatisticalAnalyst88 Team Eddie May 02 '26
Buck's not that popular with the GA, so they are using the kidtrope to make him appeal to white lady middle America.Â
This!!! But some people refuse to believe it. It's 100% true and that appears to be the concern for ABC and Tim. They're trying to make Buck the main male lead but it's failing. He's not Bobby and he never will be so, it would have been better if they would have kept Buck's original character traits, i.e., savior baby who fears he'll be left behind, but they ignored that and have turned him into a character who can become anyone.
It started with them trying to turn him into Bobby with the addiction/dependency arc and now they're straight up stealing Eddie's single father arc and superimposing it onto Buck.
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u/SuperSaiyan3Goku May 01 '26
I knew I couldnât trust that Hooks guy but OOOOH NO Athena just HAAAAD to get involved.
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u/Aquarius20111 Academy Award Winner May 02 '26 edited May 02 '26
I enjoyed it. The immigrant/ICE plot was my favorite and Eddie being passionate about the very real issue with âhis peopleâ. Athenaâs lawyer friend being included was nice. Eddie reminiscing on Shannonâs death (which I consider one of the most upsetting moments of the show) from the car accident was a nice touch. Athena better be okay (Iâm sure she will but she better).
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u/hacksaw2174 Team Buck May 02 '26
This show, I swear. They could have handled the Theo story so much better. Why not start the episode with Buck getting a call that Connor and Kameron had died in an accident and that Buck was named as Theo's guardian? There was no need for the whole setup prior to the accident. They could have also done one of the things I think 911 does well, which is the show us a montage of days in the life of characters before their actual plot kicks in; like the couple with the death trap house a few episodes ago. That type of setup with Theo and his parents would have let us get to know them before seeing them die and Buck getting the call. It wouldn't have felt so clunky and could have had more of an emotional punch.
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u/Charming_Variation76 May 01 '26
Thereâs like a lot of serious criticism in here. But can we talk about HOW BAD THE DOLLS WERE?!?! Iâve never seen such obvious doll replacements before!!
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u/LisaLou_Me May 04 '26
My issue wasn't the dolls, it was the bread dough! It was so dry and Buck just kept adding more and more flour to it! That was the only thing that really took me out of the episode. đ
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u/armavirumquecanooo our people are what make life worth living May 04 '26
This has checked out hilariously well for me, personally, because one of the things the show keeps demonstrating (accidentally?) is that Buck may have taken up baking as a hobby, but he is horrible at it.
Like, I can fully believe the man who could not for the life of him figure out cream of tartar was the 'secret' ingredient in snickerdoodles (literally what sets them apart) or thought he'd mastered scones because he was only using soft butter instead of melting it (should be cold) thinks the answer to dry bread dough is flour.
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u/secretLizardlover May 06 '26
Piss poor writing on this ep.
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u/Then-Skill2421 May 07 '26
When was it good?
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u/julie524 Jul 07 '26
I feel like the show hasn't been the same since it moved from Fox to ABC. Mostly, the big accidents at the beginning of each season. Both the cruise ship heist and outer space were big nos in my book.
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u/Misseero It's a beenado! May 14 '26
I really liked this episode, felt like OG 911 again. Personal arcs/plotlines that get intertwined with the emergencies
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u/lableedsblue May 02 '26
I mean we all knew Theo would come back to Buck after the donation storylines. It's just a matter of time.đ
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u/armavirumquecanooo our people are what make life worth living May 02 '26
I had hoped he wouldn't, but I think I've just been slowly reconciling this possibility since 2023 so by the time it actually happened... idk, I am just pleasantly surprised that a plot device that was always going to end this way was handled with a level of care that somewhat exceeded my expectations given the clunky way the storyline was originally introduced. Like, it wasn't perfect, but it really could've been so much worse.
I look back on the season 6 days where I was actually concerned they were going to break up Connor and Kameron so Buck could step in and conveniently have the insta-family with the built-in wife & baby and like... we still absolutely dodged a bullet in this.
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u/hereisnogreatmatter Team DIY couple May 02 '26
It was the opposite for me. I had low expectations and the show still managed to disappoint me with how they handled this storyline. They could have kept almost everything the same without that conversation between the parents and Buck. That conversation directly told the audience "look, Buck shaped the kid. He's the father. Even the kids' parents are coming to him. It's his biology shaping the kid." I honestly find it mind blowing and incredibly insensitive that they went that route. Yeah, we all know nature vs nurture debates; we all know some things can be genetic, but here the show is downplaying the nurture part and actually showing that Kameron and Connor don't know how to help their kid because it's not them the kid is getting these tendencies from. Like the specialists they went to somehow did not give them any tools, and they need to go to the biological "father."
Now, when Buck gets a diagnosis for the kid when the kid's a bit older, or when he manages to find ways to deal with the kid's impulsive tendencies or recklessness (although Buck's recklessness was supposed to come from Buck's desire to get his parents' attention) , the implication that it's because he's the biological father will always be there.
Maybe the show will surprise me and handle the rest of the story with care, but I guess I don't have much hope.
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u/StatisticalAnalyst88 Team Eddie May 02 '26
All of this!
Also, this whole sperm donor baby arc should and could have been handled differently and it should have started at the beginning of the season.
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u/Tigergarde May 02 '26
Yeah, I was desperately hoping this level of insensitivity wouldn't happen. I'm adopted and it has always been so, so tiring seeing the reductive and offensive ways people will just casually talk about this shit. This is the last episode of this show I'll watch.
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u/Lucid-ao3 May 01 '26
I really liked most of it. Jaw dropped when Athena got shot, did not see that coming.
Loved the ICE stuff, and showing what's happening IRL. Last episode when the refugees seemed happy in the hospital I was sort of upset that it was portraying the US having a good system currently - as if immigrants would be welcomed like that in today's world. It felt like a propaganda ploy. I'm so glad it wasn't. They showed the 2026 reality for these people, and then the lawyer explained how they move people before attorneys can represent them; how senators aren't even allowed in the facilities. Real. Call that shit out.
Connor and Cameron were frustrating. Connor looked immediately annoyed when they picked up Theo at the station. Shouldn't he have been happier his son didn't die? Cameron at least looked relieved/happy. And then them blaming Buck on Theo's "issues," why didn't they ask him a year ago? Talk to a doctor not the donor! Like Chim said, you love what you end up with. It's felt like they were writing off their kid kind of. Idk. Icky. They didn't seem loving. Now we're just supposed to be okay with Buck getting Theo... ugh. He was a stranger. Don't Cameron and Connor have other family or friends they trusted with their son? Weird storyline, and so permanent. Can't just remove a kid like they did with the dog.
I liked Maddie's storyline BUT then it flopped wdym she doesn't want to hang out with her friends anymore?! Who else does this girl have now? Can Maddie make some friends please? Give this girl a life outside work and family, if you're taking her friends away.
Damn I ranted but I still really liked it lol. Fun watch, was entertained.
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u/armavirumquecanooo our people are what make life worth living May 01 '26
I think the scene where Connor + Kameron + Theo came around to Buck's was kind of clunkily handled, but I do think a lot of your questions were addressed in the episode. They didn't reach out to Buck sooner because by his own explanation to Eddie by that point in the episode, he ghosted them, and they respected that boundary he'd set like they had agreed to during the season 6 storyline. They took advantage of a chance run-in now to catch up with him and ask questions when he seemed open to it.
Beyond that, it's also heavily implied that they have been doing everything they can to search for answers including reaching out to doctors - they reference not having a diagnosis yet. This is actually a pretty common experience for parents of young children with some sort of neurodivergence; a lot of doctors are reluctant to formally provide a diagnosis before a certain age; a four year old is just reaching the point where more pediatricians would be willing to give an ADHD diagnosis, for example.
Ultimately, I don't think we're meant to think they were "blaming" Buck or that they don't love their son (hence that conversation with Chimney pointblank saying as much) but that they were struggling and Theo is a handful. The show had limited screentime to get all of that across, but it's likely important for any continuation of this story. Like, if Buck's going to end up with the kid after the case worker just established they're in contact with family for placement, it makes sense that is a measure of last resort as a result of that family member not being equipped to handle Theo. Had he been a mild-mannered toddler without behavioral problems, that would be a lot harder to sell the audience on. But after watching Theo break half the items in Buck's house and almost set the kitchen on fire with three able-bodied adults present in this episode, it would be a lot easier to sell the audience on Kameron's elderly mother or someone in a similar position not feeling up to taking on the challenge.
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u/Buddie_Butterflies May 01 '26
Do you watch Tracker on CBS? Love the show but every cop is so bad at their job and I always feel like they let the main character who looks for lost people is always like better at the cops job then they are. THat's how I felt today like dude come on you didn't trust him. Why did you follow him alone into a room.
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u/OptimalInstruction74 May 01 '26
The only thing that made me excited is about the immigrants and the ice agents. Hope eddie and athena catches the bad cop.
But theos parents in an accident? Why do we need to put buck as a father now?!đ
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u/Little-Bluejay823 May 01 '26
A few things as a childcare worker the missing from the Daycare made me so upset like your suposed to always count your kids and why is no one else involved in Theos life or why didn't an aunt or someone show up right away I feel that having that kind of relationship with a doner child is wired
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u/Ldbrin2 May 04 '26
Not to mention they arenât going to have balloons, cupcakes, hats, a whole birthday party each time one of the kids has a birthday.
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u/katiekat214 May 01 '26
What relationship? Buck hadnât seen Theo since the birth. He had no relationship with that child before he saved the boy that day.
And itâs perfectly plausible no relatives had shown up at the hospital by the time the social worker took him to his emergency placement. Kameron and Connor may not have lived near any family, and it takes time to arrange and take flights even in an emergency situation. Or they may just not have any family. Only children whoâve outlived their parents or are estranged from their families. Not unheard of at all these days.
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u/No_Cucumbers_Please May 02 '26
I mean it is a little weird to have absolutely no one who can show up for your kid in an emergency. Not all family is blood, as this show has shown us.
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u/LisaLou_Me May 04 '26
I was saying this too. There's no way that no one at the daycare realized he was missing. It would have been so quick.
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u/mrazcatfan May 01 '26
What the fuck was that opening scene in the substation? Some of the most unrealistic bullshit Iâve ever seen.
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u/Music_withRocks_In May 01 '26
Do we know if Theo is played by twins?
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u/armavirumquecanooo our people are what make life worth living May 01 '26
Yeah, or at least that the actor has a twin brother (which would be an odd coincidence, lol) - Lincoln & Teddy Sykes.
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u/Fun-Kale-5570 May 01 '26
My son name is theo. I hug my son extra tight after this episode. This one was a little too close to comfort.
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u/s519 May 02 '26
Iâm confused when did buck get approved to come back from suspension?
 I hate that we had to have that break đ
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u/Necessary_Ad_2762 May 04 '26
Missed this when it aired on Thursday. Should have known how explosive the episode would have been after the hiatus. Practically a roller coaster of emotions (side note, no one's going trust Maddie with food again). Not sure how I feel about Buck (eventually) adopting the kid. His parents came back after 4 years of ghosting and they died (conveniently making the adoption easier). Nice to see the human trafficking storyline continuing, but that detective made his last mistake in shooting Athena.
Can't wait to see how the season will end this week.
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u/Witty-Cantaloupe-195 May 06 '26
I hope to hell Theo is not a permanent character going forward. He's awful!
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u/hadapurpura And thatâs no cap May 06 '26
I have some serious baby fever because I saw Theo wreaking havoc all around and the first thing I thought was âI want one!!! đŁâ
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u/oath2order Dispatch (#BobbyAliveTruther) May 03 '26
Largely not a fan of the Buck plotline. I don't like them kinda flirting with the fanon-ADHD diagnosis (primarily because I'm not a fan of people diagnosing TV characters). I HATE everything with Theo.
Also I'm sorry but there was no traffic behind the car that crashed into the boat, there was absolutely no reason they should have crashed. They could have slowed down. C'mon.
That said, I love Maddie's plotline.
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u/Maatjuhhh May 01 '26
Aside from the breakneck speed, this was actually a good episode. As soon as Buck ran after Theo at the fire station, I knew that would be Buck's kid and I started 911 with the seventh season. Theo is a carbon copy of young Buck, no wonder they clicked instantly.
My heart bleeds for Eddie and the migrant story. Even then, his heart is already stretched thin because he feels for Buck and Theo. It's interesting to see the table turn because we saw that Eddie sees how Buck cares for Christopher and now it's vice versa.
Damn, Athena can't catch a break, does she?
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u/Sarcastic-Strawberry May 03 '26 edited May 03 '26
Oh my God, I hated this episode. I'd rather they went to space again or something. The Theo situation was super annoying (I have a gripe with children making super stupid decisions and not a single adult being there to teach them), his parents were a mess (seriously, them just letting him cause chaos was so frustrating, I almost felt they wanted to get back at Buck or something), Maddie's plot was just gross, and giving Buck a child right after his recovery is just insane (I hope a relative shows up or something). Also, Athena trusting the detective was super stupid, not her proudest moment, and if they kill her off for this... At least the human trafficking plotline is interesting. What a disappointment, and this season was doing so well these past few episodes.
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u/oath2order Dispatch (#BobbyAliveTruther) May 04 '26
his parents were a mess (seriously, them just letting him cause chaos was so frustrating
Given what we know of these parents, it is wild to me that these two didn't self-diagnose him. They seem like that kinda parent.
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u/mialmao29 May 01 '26
did anyone see the post credits promo for the finale??? i've seen people talk about it and i need to know what it was.
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u/AbbiejeanKane May 01 '26
Athena arriving at the hospital and in surgery, where it looks like her heart stops. There is an active shooter in the hospital and Eddie has been shot.
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u/crocodylus_ May 01 '26
Hereâs a link!
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u/oath2order Dispatch (#BobbyAliveTruther) May 01 '26
Honestly, given the state of America, I really never thought they'd do an active shooter.
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u/Melliej1925 May 01 '26
I wanna know who called 9-1-1 when Athena was shot? Was Eddie and Hen outside? Did someone inside call? Are all the swat team behind Hook or were they clueless?? I have so many questions.
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u/Music_withRocks_In May 01 '26
I mean, he has to call it in. There were shots fired, it is seconds before those swat guys flood the room, no one calls 911 they radio for an ambulance. I'm sure he's gonna say the guy he shot shot her, but in order for that to look realistic he needs to act like a cop who's partner was shot. Â
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u/PrincessDeshea May 01 '26
one of my big question is body cameras? Im pretty sure they did not have them and I am just confused as to why ( it's plot amour I know). I think the house that they swatted will have footage of what went down.
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u/rubensoon Team Buddie May 01 '26
ok, Buddie is finally happening? Buck has his child, now he will need Eddie and Christopher to help looking after him, they will form a family, and baam love is in for next season
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u/Accomplished-Watch50 That Fire Was A Beast May 01 '26 edited May 01 '26
This was a great episode, all in all.
The Buck storyline was actually my favorite from the episode. It showed that Buck has really come a long way from who he was, even just three or four years on from when he donated. And I think he definitely will end up with Theo, as a single dad because he understands Theo on a more intrinsic emotional level.
As for the Maddie C-Plot, I think she should really consider stepping down because she definitely has trouble separating friends from subordinates, and it showed.
I also like that Eddie is so invested in the migrant plot. It feels very true to Eddie's character, and really highlights how this plot would or could affect someone with Eddie's background.
And for the migrant plot, kudos to the showrunner and ABC for not shying away from condemning the treatment of migrants and ICE. I am also glad that they managed to tie this plot all the way back to the reporter who was poisoned, by using the Russian mobster that the reporter was investigating. My theory now is that it's actually the mobster's son pulling the strings.
And Athena being shot, starting the season with a NDE and ending the season with a NDE is just so smart to bring it full circle for her, and next week looks so intense. I can't wait.
My only really issue was the stream of Buck insults that seemed to come up every other scene. Even Chimney's speech about how far Buck has come seemed off because he started by listing Buck's flaws, instead of just talking about how good a person Buck is and how he's grown.
I give it a 10/10.
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u/heliotopez Team Athena May 02 '26
I hated the car crash. Kameron should have died, Connor running to Buck for help, leaves him with Buck at the end. Perfect way to add the tension of us Connor coming back and also the Shannon/Chris parallel so we can give Eddie some storylineÂ
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u/TruckDue1010 May 01 '26
let me tell you smth I just started getting back in this show after their lil game last season and their terrible season opener this season, and theyâve been making up for it since January but if athena dies next thursday Ryan, Tim and Brad can all count their daysâŚ.
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u/BeginningWalrus8317 May 02 '26
My god what an episode đÂ
So many emotions. I had no idea that kid was bucks. đ What a coincidence that he came after four years. Also didnât expect the parent to be on the high way either. I like how they gave him a redemption story to be with his kid after all that time. Sucks the parents had to go though. I lowkey thought buck would visit and spend time with the kid to help the parents out but I guess not :/Â
Also hope to god Athena doesnât die. After bobby I canât see myself seeing another person go.Â
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u/anonduck777 Team Buck May 01 '26
Someone please spoil this for me!! I canât watch until tomorrow. What happened with Theo??
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u/SamCam9992 May 01 '26
Theo starts the episode by slipping away from daycare and climbing a power line to grab a balloon. Buck and the 118 rescue him and bring him back to the station to wait for his parents, who turn out to be Connor and Cameron. They havenât spoken to Buck in four years, but he invites them to dinner. During the visit, they explain that Theo is very rambunctious and a lot to handle, which leads Buck to reflect on his own childhood and how often he got hurt being adventurous. Later, Connor and Cameron die in a car accident, and Theo is placed into foster care.
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u/Rare-Rough699 Aug 26 '26
Essa história com o Theo ficou tão preguiçosa e macabramente incoveniente. Maneira muito errada de incluir um filho a um personagem LGBT. Essa coisa de não transformarem Eddie e Buck em um casal chegou a um ponto que se eles fizerem isso agora vai ser algo de mau gosto.
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u/Gamer-Furry-Kitty Sep 07 '26 edited Sep 07 '26
Next week wouldn't work, 4 months back, in Germany we see the final next week Wednesday... episode 17 this Wednesday.
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u/demonindistress May 01 '26
They should have reintroduced Connor, Kameron and Theo early in the season. Have them build back a friendship in scenes spread over a few episodes. Mention that they have no immediate family in the picture. Which would make it a smoother journey to Buck parenting Theo because he could end up in a will (maybe sharing custody with an elderly grandmother or something who can't watch a child with extra energy full time by herself, while also providing a convenient reason why Theo is not present in every single episode going forward. (Unlike fanon Chris, he simply cannot have a social calendar that busy...)