Whodunnit

After some people forgot my birthday one year I got into the habit of reminding them two weeks in advance by mentioning what I'm planning to do for my birthday or mentioning that I'm a Libra. The info is also on Facebook and the calendar. I can't believe her wife and kids forgot. I think Chimney needs to grovel too. Isn't he like her bestie?

Maybe Mexico is hiring? The largest really close city to El Paso is Ciudad Juarez. Really though, as others have pointed out getting hired should not be that hard with Eddie's skills and resume. And employers are usually more willing to take the chance since Texas is a state where they can fire you at the drop of a hat if things go awry.

Another character centric episode with just 2 simple rescues. I've been wondering if Chris is like my nephew (he has one close school friend and the rest are online) If that was true and Chris had a falling out with his school friend (or never had one) then that might explain why it was so easy to settle into El Paso where he made a bunch of school friends right away. Since Chris clearly wants to stay, Eddie has 3 options: 1) He can stay in El Paso with Chris and maybe still be a firefighter. (If they decide to hire him.) He'll probably fight with his parents over his dangerous and time consuming job. 2) He can stay in El Paso and be a broke Uber Driver and probably fight with his parents over money. 3) He can go back to the 118 without Chris after his parents fight with him over custody. Edited to Clarify that I was talking about Chris.

Buck is not a narcissist. A narcissist would have never been able to date Abby--their ego wouldn't have allowed it. Buck went with the flow for the entirety of that relationship always doing things she wanted and listening to her problems and being a sympathetic ear. In addition he will at the drop of a hat go and babysit or feed a friend who is a terrible cook or go donate blood because someone asked him to. What Buck is, however, is a person who's had a lot of things happen to him lately that triggered his abandonment issues and he is coping with it very poorly. I also remain convinced that he has ADHD, and behaviors that seem selfish are the result of distractibility. ADHD also impacts the ability to regulate emotions.

Wanna know what I find funny? The same week this aired, another show had a coroner comment that it wasn't like the murder victim who'd had his throat slit could just walk away.

I also wanted to say that Blaze is the spitting image of Skittles (RIP) my next door neighbor's dog. So seeing the dog put a big smile on my face.

I agree but he needs a house with a backyard for a dog and he works long hours. Maybe a bird instead? I really really miss those smaller (but still wacky) rescues. Here's some ideas just off the top of my head: Have two people with piercings get stuck in a compromising position, maybe someone is stuck inside of an industrial refrigerator because they were dared to pick the ice, maybe someone is surrounded by cockatoos that won't leave then alone, crash a truck full of flowers near a wedding, have a drag queen or two with their wig on fire run out into the rain and then witness a double rainbow...

I agree. I think Buck needs to go back to therapy with Dr. Copeland and discuss his abandonment issues. I also think he should consider going on ADHD meds for the ADHD he obviously has. Speaking from experience they help you not to act like a ten year old (but only for up to 10-12 hours of your day because the meds need to wear off before bedtime or cause insomnia. Some people use smaller doses two or three times a day during peak performance hours). I do think that Eddie was being overly critical (calling someone exhausting is really hurtful). But I guess that was for the drama?

One of the things that I learned from both Ally and the Taylor relationship is that only a first responder could make Buck happy. He seems to need someone who understands that firefighting is a priority for him.

On another note, sending one kid after another was absolutely begging for a lawsuit and not something that would ever happen in the real world for that reason. But it's clear that it was done for plot reasons so that Chimney could *Learn A Very Important Lesson.™

It's true, Taylor did try to move in with him. I should not have talked in absolutes, because there is that one exception and life rarely gives us absolutes. My bad. I don't think Tommy is a boring person. Very clearly Buck didn't think so either. And sure, after the rush of that early experience things can fade a bit. However, because relationships are always evolving and people are complex creatures, plenty of people (particularly the ones with creative minds) find enough novel content within their relationships to never get bored and then grow resentful out of FOMO (i.e. Tommy's fear). That said, some people are inclined to cheat no matter what. I don't know whether Tommy knows about what happened with Taylor and Lucy; that is, whether a drunken kiss from several years ago colored his perception of the possibility of Buck cheating. If he did it might explain some of his behavior. Unfortunately, a lot of their relationship happened off screen because this is an ensemble show with lots of characters so we are required to intuit a lot.

I really hope that this doesn't lead to a backslide and Buck going on random hookups on Grindr or whatever.

Buck once told Ravi that women run from him. The truth is that none of the women he's dated seemed to have been interested in something long term with him--treating him like a himbo--which is sad. I don't understand how you can be with someone for months doing all of the coupley things and fail to understand that your significant other is interested in officially deepening the relationship. And really, this is a relationship where their second date was Buck's sister's wedding--there's nothing casual about that.

What's with all the downer episodes today? On this show we had a break up, on another a drug relapse, and on a third there was a suicide. Yikes! Also this is the second time in as many days where a character in a show was literally spilling their guts out (This is called a prolapse, I had a pet go through that and it was a terrifying experience but she survived!)

Not only that, the EpiPen I use comes in a set of two. Did she use one recently? Either way, I bet she'll carry two from now on. Show of Hands: Did anyone else already know the trick for calming bees with smoke from playing Minecraft? 😅