#911 s1e2

[ramblingroommate]

Part 3 (part 1 & part 2)

Only his fourth month on the job? Oh he’s new new, that’s interesting! And explains why he’s taking this so bad, poor baby

I have to say this also puts that whole stealing the truck thing in a different context. From the way they were talking I was under the impression he had a long history of doing things like that (like he had been working with them for a year or two), but he just started working there so it probably was the first time he did something so dumb. He fucked up once Bobby let it slide, he did it a second time he fired him. Oh my god he got fired after four months on the job

It was deserved but still. It also makes sense that he was so sorry about everything and said he realized in that moment how much he cared for the job.

Oh baby no don’t say that. Yikes.

He’s taking the guy’s death so hard and it’s clear he’s angry because he wishes he could have saved him, but going to his funeral and telling his sister it’s his own fault he died that’s just… oof

Yeaaah, that’s pretty much what I expected after what Buck said. Still hurts tho

This episode has been brutal on Buck

I LOVE how Bobby handled this. He knew immediately what was off but didn’t address it while on the job and with a person’s life on the line. Too often this kind of shows do exactly that to up the tension, but it always takes me out. This reaction just feels more realistic to me.

And now they address it! Love it.

Also “I know I let you down”? They really want me to feel for Buck, huh? Cause it’s working

LOVE this scene where they communicate without talking. I’m actually really liking this episode in general! It already feels like a step up from the first one.

It probably has to do with the much more realistic calls and discussions they are having, they’re more my cup of tea

Buck tried out for the Navy SEALs, interesting tidbit of backstory. I like when info get sprinkled in like this, instead of being dumped all at the same time when a storyline requires it.

Also really liked the explanation of something as horrifically tough as the navy seals giving him trouble not for the physical torture of it all but because of the emotional repression required

If Buck is one thing it is a caring person who takes things at heart. Makes sense he dropped out because he couldn’t be just a machine

This is Buck’s character in a nutshell. Wanting to be cool and tough yes, but most of all wanting to help.

I have to say it’s interesting to see which characters they are focusing on and developing more in these first two episode. Bobby is probably number one, closely followed by Buck and Abby. Maybe it’s all those Bs in their names lol

Talking about going to therapy after a traumatic event? In a tv drama? IS THIS A FUCKING MIRACLE?

I’m shocked, these shows -almost every show actually- usually pretend they’ve never heard of therapy so they can keep their characters traumatized and the tension high

You and most men, honey. It’s cultural upbringing

Also, that’s an extremely attractive therapist… are they going to get together later down the line? I hope not

Wait what? We just… cut away?

Alright, I get it. They’re going back and forth between Buck’s therapy and Athena and her husband’s.

I got really confused there for a moment lol

So her main grievance is that Michael made her feel like a fool and not that he lied to her for decades.

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Actually, I love that lol. It makes sense with her character: as a proud black woman on the force, she probably has had to use her confidence as a shield for quite a long time. The last thing she wants is show everyone that she was blindsided and “fooled” by her own husband

Oww that’s actually really sweet. When she’s out of her uniform she shows a much more compassionate side. I like that the show is drawing this difference very clearly

It also makes the whole “I always knew you were gay” trope (which I usually hate) a little bit better in this case

And we’re back with Buck! I have to say I’m not loving this back and forth, I forget what they were talking about by the time we switch back. The talks on their own are really well done which is why I don’t want to lose any pieces

This also makes more sense: they have lost people since Buck joined but it was more along the lines of “we got there and there was nothing we could do”. Now that I think about it didn’t a woman jump in the first episode? But in that case Buck wasn’t directly involved. This was the first time they got there in time, he got involved, did everything right and the guy still died. It probably feels very unfair (like “I did everything right, why didn’t he do his part?”)

Okay Michael has my attention now! I didn’t really care about him in the first episode, I don’t know why. He just felt kinda… off? His behavior just came off as weird to me. Too forcefully happy and positive. It’s okay to be happy because you finally feel comfortable enough coming out, but you’re also an adult and know this change won’t be easy on your children right away and might take some time getting used to. He was acting like he expected everyone to be over the moon for him and celebrate right away (I understand wanting to be accepted but you’re basically telling your children their parents are getting a divorce, pump the brakes).

This conversation makes me like him a lot more tho, peels back that mask of forced optimism and reveals some of his hardships

Also he has a boyfriend!!! Things get spicy

I was wondering when we would get here! Buck definitely blames him which is a natural response/defense mechanism to that kind of traumatic event. It’s also true that there may be a million different reasons why that guy decided to let go and we’ll never truly know. Sometimes not knowing is what makes us get stuck, prevents us from moving on. But we do need to move on anyway. I wonder how they’ll go about this

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This is not what I was expecting

And now they’re having sex… why do you do this to me? It was going so well, I actually let myself hope they wouldn’t do this. It was an empty dream, if there is a young attractive woman in a show then she’s going to have sex, no matter how unprofessional

“I feel so much better” yeah because you used sex to feel better in the moment and avoid taking a deeper look at the underlying problem.

Is this trying to hint again at Buck being a possible sex addict? I’m still confused about that

Is the rope attached to the guy in the show or is that for the stunt and was left in?

It’s not present in the next scene so definitely a stunt rope that wasn’t hidden! I like when I can catch small mistakes in shows

Also this whole scene was hilarious

I love Bobby’s approach to the whole situation. The first time he noticed Buck’s hesitation he didn’t push, talked to him privately and gently, recommended he talk to a therapist and now he starts to push him (still gently) to get over his fear. Loving Bobby’s character so far

Aaaaand I need to make a part 4 because I reached the pics limit 🥲

Will definitely need to change some things around for next episode so I don’t do so many parts

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Don’t pressure your friends to do things they are scared of kids

[howtosingit]

911: LONE STAR | S1 E2 | “Yee-Haw” CARLOS REYES EDIT [PART 2 OF 2] |  ALL CARLOS EDITS

[goforbuck]

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911: Lone Star Rewatch -> Favorite Moments | Paul doing a Thing in S1E2: Yee-Haw

[captainblake]

owen and michelle, 911 lone star S1E2 promo

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I’ve seen some people talk about this and I am just curious your thoughts. Do you think Buck has a bad therapist or do you think he just doesn’t open up to her so that they can actual dig to the root of things he might not feel comfortable addressing yet? I swear this isn’t meant to start some sort of drama I just love hearing your thoughts on anything 911 related. If you don’t want to answer that’s fine I’m just curious. Because when I saw some people talked about this I was was like wow that’s interesting to think about because I’d never thought about this before, you know? I do think Buck is very open and looking to grow and stuff as he said when he said ‘very Buck 3.0’ but I still think there’s some things he’s not talking about in therapy and I mean that’s normal I don’t expect him to dump all his shit and be sobbing over different things every session but you get what I mean, right? I think if we see him in therapy next season (he needs it- ALL the characters do, really) then he might open up about different things that we might not have seen him do with his (current) therapist before, given everything that happened last season

ahhh thank you for asking me!!

I think his current therapist, Dr. Copeland, is probably a good therapist (I can't say for sure since we've only seen her the once and after that it was all in passing), but I do think he probably has difficulty opening up to her about some things due to his past experiences with therapists (s1e2 everybody?). I do think therapy is good for him and helping him, but bc of what happened then he sometimes has a hard time talking about things so he keeps them hidden. I think he probably wants to bring certain things up, but is afraid of the reaction he's gonna get bc that time in s1 keeps coming back to him. I know that with my own therapist, there are things I haven't brought up with her bc I'm not ready to address them yet, I think Buck is probably the same way. He's very open and caring, but he's also got abandonment issues and probably on some level is afraid his therapist is gonna drop him, that he'll be deemed too fucked up by her and be transferred to someone else who can "handle" him. which, is something he should be talking about in therapy, but I digress. I think there's big things he knows he SHOULD talk about and things he NEEDS to talk about for his own mental health but he's just not ready to address yet bc he sees it as another broken piece of himself instead of something to be processed and work through and he's just so tired of feeling broken. overall, I think his therapist is probably good and he's just holding some things back due to his own trauma (which is completely understandable).

[ramblingroommate]

911 s1e2 Part 4 (previous part and part 1)

Poor girl, I feel for her 💔 She’s obviously hurting so much and mourning but she decided to track down this firefighter she was mean to (not without cause, ‘cause Buck was pretty tactless) to apologize. And also to explain the situation to him, I wonder if she noticed he was also feeling guilty about what happened

Okay this is really interesting. Because the therapy session ended when it did, Buck got to the heart of the problem but they didn’t really talk about how to move on. Realizing you have a problem and what exactly that is is just the first step, overcoming it is a completely different ball game. It doesn’t just come naturally!

But I like how they went about this: he struggled, talked to his friends (and a therapist) about his issue, listened to their perspectives and then took from them what he found most useful. Abby’s words clearly had the biggest impact on him and helped him the most (which makes sense because it was really good advice)

I also like that he made the biggest progress when talking to someone else who was struggling. Dealing with someone else’s fears and thoughts is much easier than dealing with our own. Seeing the sister feeling guilty for her brother’s death made him realize that there was nothing she could do which in turn meant there was nothing he could do

Really well done

Mmmh I’m a bit torn on this one. On one hand I’m loving Carla’s energy and attitude and what she’s doing for Abby (taking her out, encouraging her, convincing her to call a cute guy), but on the other I’m not feeling this Abby-Buck thing at all. I can’t really put my finger on why tho

I also think Abby SHOULD think more about herself and have fun and go out with a guy if that’s what she wants, but does it have to be Buck?

I don’t know, I liked Buck’s kind words to Abby in the first episode and Abby’s advice to Buck and how that played out here but can’t we just leave it at that?

Why? You don’t know her

Maybe this is part of the reason why I feel weird about this? Buck doesn’t know her so there’s no reason for him to act so differently with her. “I won’t meet you because you’re special and I don’t want to ruin this” YOU BARELY KNOW EACH OTHER

I think this feels like… how do I say this? If I were to ask the writers “where is this coming from, why is this happening?”, the answer would be “because we said so” and not a word more

I’ve barely seen them interact tho so maybe that will change… they’re not even together or going out so maybe I’m getting ahead of myself

This scene is so cute! I may not have liked the lead up but this scene was worth it.

Abby being so happy she had the nerve to call Buck regardless of his answer, Buck’s answer actually being mature and kind, Abby understanding the rejection with no drama… this is really really cute and a good message

HOW FHE FUCK DID WE GET HERE WE WERE HAVJNG SUCH A CUTE MIMENT WHAT

THIS IS ONLY EPISODE THREE

What the fuck guys, like for real. In three episodes -THREE EPISODES- we’ve had one of our main guys being fired, hints at Bobby’s tragic backstory, and now one of our main character’s daughter doing this? I would expect this kind of heavy storyline from a season 3 or 4 not episode fucking three of season 1

And of course it’s a cliffhanger

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We didn’t even make it out of the second episode before they started having the emergencies happen to the main characters

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[ramblingroommate]

911 s1e2 part 2 (part 1 here)

Oh no poor Abby, things always happen when she has to go to work :(

Also poor Patricia, she sounds so lost and confused. The actress is doing a phenomenal job switching between being more lucid and witty (clearly her personality coming through) and then becoming disoriented and weak-sounding.

I have to say, I really want to see more of these parts with Abby and her mom

A different nurse! I’m so happy Abby decided to change the nurse!!!

Hi Carla, you already sound better than the last one

And she’s so good and kind and competent! Oh my god I’m so happy they changed the nurse. I thought it was going to be part of Abby’s storyline that the only help she has is actually useless but no! They didn’t even make a big deal of Abby struggling with the decision… she did it off screen lol

Carla I know I’m going to like you ヽ( ´ ∇ ｀ )ノ

That’s such a cop reaction, Athena lol

This hasn’t been the most interesting storyline so far but I do wonder how they’re going to develop the kids and their reaction to their father coming out. The little boy (Henry? Harry?) seems pretty unperturbed, but May is clearly struggling.

Also WHY is Athena driving her car to the no scrubs song omg I haven’t heard this in so long

Why are the dogs so aggressive? Are they illegal fight dogs or something?

Okay Chimney MUST HAVE a storyline where it gets explored why he’s afraid of everything, right? They’ve brought it up way too many times in these first two episodes not to. Or at least an arc where he learns how to get over it. I hope it won’t just stay as an inconsequential “ahah so quirky” character trait

Also the man was a burglar that’s why the dogs were so aggressive… i honestly forgot about the dogs’ weird behavior as soon as that man started flirting with Athena I’m so dumb lol

Okay I LOVE Carla already! So much wisdom, so much care, and such needed reassurance. Listen to her Abby!

Of course Abby immediately recognizes that something is wrong with Buck

… please tell he’s not about to answer the phone while he’s LITERALLY PUTTING OUT A FIRE

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I- I don’t even know what to say. That’s just weird man, please don’t do that

And of course Buck find it cute :|

This is actually the first good conversation Buck has about the topic. Abby nailed the point and it clearly helped him

CRINGE HELP

I have trouble with second hand embarrassment and the actress unfortunately played the awkwardness of the scene perfectly lol

At least Abby was also aware she was cringe and that makes it less (?) cringe for me

Also I need to split this into a part 3 again 🥲

[ramblingroommate]

9-1-1 season 1 ep. 2 “Let Go”

I’m not dead! I know it took me a while to post this second episode but real life has been hard (had my hands full with work). I’ve actually seen quite a few episodes since I last posted but haven’t been able to write a comment until now. Fortunately I take notes when I watch the episodes so I don’t forget my thoughts. Let’s go with Let Go (plz don’t leave).

Poor guy :(

I feel so bad for him, he’s clearly uncomfortable. Also I’m watching 911 so I KNOW it’s not gonna end well for him :(((

What the fuck. Such awful cgi. What?

I think I’m taken aback because the stunts were really great in the first episode and this… is not.

*sigh* Yeah Buck we know. Also I shouldn’t feel so fond and long-suffering for Buck already. This is the second episode for god’s sake.

Shit they have a protocol for that. I mean, of course they do but that’s so awful to think about… pretend someone’s not dead so others won’t panic.

WHY DO WE HAVE TO START THE EPISODE LIKE THIS, THIS CALL IS BREAKING MY FUCKING HEART 💔💔💔

He could die any second and is more worried about the humiliation that will follow him everywhere after people post those videos… ouch 🥲

Shit… he’s not gonna make it, is he?

He let go 😢

Guess I know why that’s the title of the episode now

Sometimes it’s not that easy buddy. Sometimes that’s the hardest part

But it makes sense that Buck would react badly. It’s pretty obvious that doing a dangerous job excites him and overcoming impossibile obstacles makes him feel important. In the first episode they make it clear that he’s competent and gets results even if he’s reckless so that would reinforce that kind of mentality. Someone like that would have trouble understanding that for other people it could be the opposite (kinda like… if I can thrive under pressure and hardships then so can everyone else).

What’s that famous quote? “The same hot water that softens the potato hardens the egg” or something like that. The same external input can yield opposite results depending on what/who it’s been used on

Yeah basically this, not everyone reacts the same way. Although that didn’t really seem to be the guy’s specific case… he didn’t freeze up, he let go. The same concept still applies tho

Well… that sucks. I was wondering if that was the case considering his reaction but I thought that would have been improbable considering their job. I don’t really know how long he’s been a firefighter for tho

I’m really curious how they’re going to tackle this

Chimney’s perspective is not wrong but it’s a bit… cold or distant? Which makes it realistic, people in this line of work can’t fall apart every time things go wrong or they’d never be able to DO the job. But it also feels like the wrong thing to say to Buck when he’s clearly feeling shaken about what happened. Telling someone to not take it personally doesn’t work when the person has already taken it personally. He should be helped to process his current feelings and then they can work on not taking it personally next time.

Hen and Athena! So they are closer friends than I originally thought! Hen even feels comfortable inviting her to eat together at her workplace (can they do that? Invite a cop on duty -or anyone for that matter- to eat at the fire station? Well she is a cop so it’s probably fine… right?)

Also I love that she took the first step to bury the hatchet with Buck! She’s a hardass but so far she’s not unnecessarily mean or harsh.

To be recognized by the public.

Hey that’s the answer Buck gives too! “So people can easily identify us”

Chimney’s answer of course is “for the sex appeal”. I mean……….. he’s not wrong lol

Athena’s answer is not the first that came to mind but is soo true “when we take the uniform off at the end of the day, it symbolizes letting go of all the sad, crazy, inhumane things we’ve seen that day”.

It makes sense to bring it up considering this is a show about first responders and their struggles. That speech in ep.1 about needing alcohol/drugs/sex to cope with the job also comes to mind. I like how they’re talking about this topic, hope they’ll keep exploring it in future episodes.

Also I clearly have too much to say about these episodes so I’ll split this comment too. I hope it’s not gonna be more than two parts this time. Oh well, here’s part 2.

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