#and Bobby on the verge of losing someone important to him who is work family?

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Sometimes this show really is just a contest of who has more trauma, huh

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Buck & Eddie: Buck Breaks

Buck could be having flashbacks while he’s doing chest compressions on that victim in the season 6 trailer that’s causing him to break.

Based on the newly released trailer for season 6, it appears that Buck is on the verge of having a breakdown which has been predicted by the “Buck Breakdown Era Truthers” since season 5 started and he stopped going to therapy (read blog post: “Buck & Eddie: Before Buck’s Breakdown” for more on Buck’s possible breakdown in season 6).  He’s been carrying a lot of emotional weight and if the person he’s doing chest compressions on in the season 6 trailer dies, he will take it hard because they all take it hard whenever they lose a victim in the field.

Losing anyone is hard for everyone

In 2x17 “Careful What You Wish For”, when Eddie’s estranged wife died, the team took it hard and they all grieved with him.  

Also in 5x4 “Home and Away” when one of the two cheerleaders died both Hen and Eddie took it hard.  

All of the 118 took it hard when the mother of those three girls died in 5x15 “FOMO”.

Athena took it hard in 5x14 “Dumb Luck” when one of the teenage boys who had been stealing stop signs almost died after he was hit by a car. They all take it hard whenever they feel like they can’t save someone and Hen’s comment during the season 6 trailer regarding how hard it is to lose someone in the field applies to any person they can’t rescue after they’ve tried their best to revive them and keep them alive.

The person Buck is doing compressions on in the trailer is wearing a white or light blue shirt and based on the walls that are behind Buck’s head, it appears he’s working on a patient who probably attended the game at the stadium.  Due to all of the trauma Buck has experienced but hasn’t dealt with, it’s definitely likely that he could be experiencing flashbacks about all of the people he believed he had lost over the years including Eddie, Maddie, Bobby and Chimney.  They are all his family and he hasn’t dealt with any of his feelings of abandonment since he stopped talking to Dr. Copeland before The Shooting.

Bobby

Bobby is Buck’s pseudo dad and Buck told him in 3x10 “Christmas Spirit” that he was one of the most important people in his life and that he didn’t know what he would do if he lost him after Bobby almost died in 3x9 “Fallout” from a Cobalt chemical spill.  

He almost lost Bobby again in 5x16 “May Day” and Buck was on the verge of having a breakdown when he believed Bobby had been hurt by the roof that fell on top of him and May during the Dispatch Center fire.

Chimney

Chimney is not only Buck’s co-worker, when he and Maddie get married, he will also be Buck’s brother-in-law and Chimney is also the father of Buck’s niece Jee-Yun Buckley-Han.  Chimney was stabbed by Doug before Doug took Maddie in 2x13 “Fight or Flight” and Buck was the one who found Chimney laying on the ground in front of Maddie’s apartment.  

Also Buck is still carrying all the guilt he felt after Chimney left in 5x4 “Home and Away” because he wouldn’t break Maddie’s trust and tell him where she went. Chimney punched Buck in the face so he’s probably still carrying the weight of receiving a black eye for protecting his sister.

Maddie

Maddie is Buck’s sister and she almost died in 2x13 “Fight or Flight” when Doug, her estranged husband tried to kill her and Buck went with Athena to find her.  

She tried to kill herself by walking into the ocean in 5x12 “Boston” after she left and even though she told Buck she was leaving that time, he still felt like it was his fault.  Therefore he could also be having flashbacks to the two times he almost lost his sister: (1) when her husband tried to kill her and (2) when she was depressed and struggled with PPD.

Eddie

Eddie is Buck’s everything, the love of his life and the person he wants to spend the rest of his life with and since Buck has almost lost Eddie more times than he would like to remember, the weight he’s carrying around because of the times he thought Eddie had died, is extremely heavy.  Buck’s panic level continues to rise every time he believed Eddie was dead and the last time it was practically past 100 and he’s still paranoid that he could lose him.

Bobby had to drag Buck away from digging and clawing at the earth with his bare hands at The Well in 3x15 “Eddie Begins” after it collapsed on top of Eddie.  Buck screamed and cried for him because the other half of his heart and soul was in that well.

He was in shock after The Shooting in 4x13 “Suspicion” and 4x14 “Survivors” and he was leaning over Eddie’s body the entire time they were inside of the firetruck trying to stop the bleeding and worrying if Eddie was going to live or die.  He thought that was it and he couldn’t fathom the idea of losing Eddie.

The Hostage Situation in 5x6 “Brawl in Cell Block 9-1-1” with those escaped convicts didn’t help Buck’s panic either especially since Buck thought Eddie had been shot again.  Buck ran towards the gunfire instead of away from it like everyone else did.

Eddie’s breakdown in 5x13 “Fear-O-Phobia” was the worst one of all for Buck because he thought Eddie had killed himself.  Eddie’s locked bedroom door and his lack of responses to both Christopher’s and Buck’s calls for him were scary for both of them.  Buck was trying to mentally prepare himself to see Eddie’s lifeless body.

These are just a few of the things that could be leading to Buck breaking and having a mental breakdown after he’s done doing chest compressions on that victim since he’s been carrying the weight of the world on his shoulders. He finally got rid of the woman who was making him miserable and stealing all of his joy during season 5 but he still hasn’t dealt with any of the things that have happened since he stopped going to therapy before The Shooting.  Will he have a breakdown or experience flashbacks during season 6? Only the writers, showrunners and producers know the answer to that question.