#911 speculation

[trickygreyarea]

Been thinking how interesting the intersection is between Madney revisiting the joy theme re: new baby at the same time Eddie is deciding to let himself feel and reach for things that bring him joy...

I very much believe the theory that Baby Buckley Han #2 will be named Joy. And now I'm thinking that the Madney baby arrival/naming scene is going to segue directly into Buddie canon in some way.

I'm not sure when the baby is due, but that seems like a season finale kind of moment. I don't want to have to wait for the finale for Buddie...but it does seem pretty perfect to have Madney making heart eyes at each other over their baby's head as they sigh "Joy" in unison, only for the next scene to be Buddie getting together.

And like I said, I don't want to wait that long. However, Oliver's comments about loving a slow burn and wanting the audience longing along with the characters make me think that is definitely the next stage on the horizon for Buddie. If true, that means some (potentially significant) number of episodes before they actually get together, so the timing could work.

(Not to panic anyone - I truly think they're getting there and it will be clear from the longing far in advance that they're getting there, even if the writing tries to make it suspenseful.)

I feel a lot of things when I'm with you.

[lazyturtlehottub]

8x08 prediction based on semi-coherent logic and delusional hope

Eddie goes back to Texas indefinitely to get Chris back (if there’s a time jump then Ryan may only be gone for a little bit)

Buck and Tommy talk via text

Big Bathena scene 🤞

Hen and Chimney A+ banter

prediction based on the mess unfolding on twitter

Eddie dies

Buck and Tommy fuck on screen for 40 consecutive minutes

[thisshitisridiculous]

i've seen lots of talk about the emergency in the s8e8 promo and the possible buddie connections right. we're got a bomb like their first episode, a car crash like shannon's death, drowning like the tsunami

but i haven't seen any mention of the fact that the main thing being shown is a car crashed on a fire hydrant

and when was the last time we saw a car crashed on a fire hydrant?

and you know when this happen? this is the accident right after the grocery store fight. the fight that kick started what is lovingly referred to as buddie's divorce era

[deluweil]

I'm sorry, I am still here 👀👀👀

[aringofsalt]

something something high hopes low expectations

[lover-of-mine]

Living in a pipe dream where Eddie slips up and tells Buck "okay, let's go get our kid" and I love it here so bad. Tim Minear, I know you're here, make it real.

[cinematics123]

I don’t think 911 writers will do this, but I think it would be very, very funny:

Eddie and Buck get together, but at first it’s because they HAVE to get together. Say, Chris comes back from Texas and Bobby finds out about the Will and Bobby advises Eddie that, especially given Chris has asked to live with his grandparents before, that the Will is probably not very water tight. And if he wants Buck to look after Chris, he would probably need to do something else (by which, as viewer, Bobby tries making it clear Eddie needs to talk to Chris and his parents about it).

Instead Eddie asks Hen out of the blue how things worked with Mara with the custody fight and Hen drops that they were registered but that it’s easier to adopt as a married couple (Hen thinks this is about her adoption process, only the viewers realize Eddie is talking about Chris).

So Eddie invites Buck out to dinner (note: without Chris) and tells him that he got some information about the Will and has been advised that it’s not very solid and it would only be solid for the person Eddie is married to (Eddie makes it sound like it was a LAWYER he talked to, not just Hen and Bobby).

Buck is still in his “I have been broken up with” mood and said that he’s old now and no one will ever marry him. So if Eddie wants, Buck will marry him officially so that the Will will be fine. Eddie (kind of saying no homo) accepts.

Buck and Eddie just go to City Hall and start signing up their marriage certificate but the judge says how cute they look and gets a photographer to take their picture and it’s clear a BUNCH of strangers in the city hall are all congratulating them. It’s the first real hint that this is not just an on paper thing.

More under the cut

Next episode? Buck’s apartment building catches fire. Guess who’s homeless and ends up at Eddie’s? Buck says he will sleep on the couch, but Eddie jokes that they’re married so he might as well just crash in the same bed. Queue pining roommates era. They all quickly cosy up - and Eddie ends up going to confession again. Only for the priest to remind Eddie that he hasn’t done anything wrong.

Buck starts by saying he’ll start looking for a new place, but quickly admits to Maddie that he hasn’t really been looking, he’s been spending too much time just hanging out with his boys. And we get a shot of all three of them passed out napping with a movie still playing on the couch.

Buck is now basically Chris’ other dad and Buck and Eddie are literally married and pining over each other - and Eddie has even confessed his feelings for Buck to the priest, but both are too scared to cross that line. They both get caught in a floor cave in and end of confessing to each other and kissing - finally crossing that (by this time very blurred) line.

So then finally their relationship ends up going public and the 118 is like “ahhh that’s so great - when did it become official?” And Buck or Eddie says “oh probably back when we got married” and the whole 118 is like 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️, “you didn’t know to make the first move, but you were secretly married, wtf”.

[stolenkissesdiaz]

buck and eddie putting pictures of them and chris where they spend the most time together in their houses respectively. buck on his fridge. in the kitchen. eddie on top of the fireplace. in the living room. movie nights and family dinners…something something heart of the house….

[bewilderedbuckley]

It would be a nice touch if the last scene would be buck at his loft, his phone is ringing and he picks it up and goes 'tommy?'

[nqueso-emergency]

You know what's so funny about all of the besties losing their minds all over IG and Twitter? They're not getting buddie. Ryan has said multiple times that Eddie is straight and will eventually seek his happy ending with "a good woman." Buck and Tommy are in the middle of whatever Rom-Com is playing in Tim's head. My prediction is we see Lou sometime in 8B, and they make up in time for the season finale. I truly enjoy your blog and come for all of the receipts and the bitchiness.

100%

I feel like my bitchiness is lacking lately so thank you 😅❤️

[paracozmistari]

Its interesting how we only get stills from the emergency in the promo... some shit will def go down

8x08 Stills (2/2)

[sunflowerdigs]

The one thing I'm worried about is that all of Eddie's time this season is going to be dedicated to getting Chris back, rather than to his development as a character. We've gotten almost nothing about Eddie's own journey so far. I'm afraid they're going to speed run through Eddie finding joy and discovering his sexuality in order to spend all of his time on wrestling Chris back from Helena.

[mischiefbuckley]

I know they said that episode 8 wouldn’t end on a cliffhanger but now with the whole the office getting mentioned by a few tv journalists in regards to episode 8 what if we do get a pam and jim parallel with buck and eddie and that’s confirmation towards what’s gonna happen in the second half of season 8 with buddie because jim is the one that is shown to have feelings for pam right away in season 1 when we are introduced to them, but pam is in a relationship so that could be paralleled as buck knowing and acknowledging his feelings towards eddie, but eddie being pam in the sense of he is still figuring himself out and the other parallel I thought they could do is if the team goes out for drinks and there’s an accidental first kiss that occurs between buck and eddie because they are drunk like in season 2 episode 1 of the office “the dundies” where pam is drunk and she accidentally kisses jim so I’m intrigued by the mentioning of the office from journalists so let’s see what happens on Thursday night

[lover-of-mine]

Anyway loft as a symbol of failed relationships remains right, Buck moving out when he's ready to go home stronger than ever.

[starstruckbyacomet]

"What kind of psychopath...?"

You said it yourself. A psychopath. Exactly that.

Someone who took glee when he successfully outsmarted everybody else.

Someone who only thought about how much free promotion he'd get from fans who'd cry their hearts out on internet*, because the thought of fans could get hurt and brokenhearted had never crossed his mind.

*Especially when he needed to raise the rating/viewership of the OG show to promote the new spin-off 🙄.

OK BUT WHAT KIND OF PSYCHOPATH gives an interview quote like "They'll have to decide if the relationship is worth fighting for" WHEN THE ANSWER IS "NO."

You give that quote when the answer is YES and only then.

am i wrong about this. am i delulu.

[starstruckbyacomet]

Come to think of it, this interview is clearly a DAMAGE CONTROL after the backlash.

Buck is still nursing his broken heart. It makes sense that Oliver Stark was sent to the interview. But Hen has no outstanding problem on the last episode (8x07 "Hotshots"). It will be more reasonable if they sent Ryan Guzman, the handsome crowd-pleaser, whose character is still having an ongoing major issue (Chris is still not coming back). Or if they sent Jennifer Love Hewitt/Kenneth Choi to talk about Madney's next baby.

They sent Aisha Hinds because they mishandled the bisexual representation so bad. Sending Aisha and Oliver is a reminder towards audience:

"We still have TWO TOKEN QUEER REPRESENTATIVES among the main characters. So please keep watching us ☺️"

Do they think we can't read their strategy?🙄🤦