Whodunnit

In this final episode Chimney, who is clearly fed up, gave a big speech that basically amounted to telling everyone to get over themselves. But as well intentioned as his speech was, grief isn't something you can just get over. It takes effort to maintain friendships especially after something so life-changing as the death of a loved one. I feel like in the last few episodes they have focused a lot on the drama and no where near enough on realistic resolution. I guess it doesn't make for good TV. It takes time to find and move into a place especially since we know Buck has bad credit. He can look all he wants it doesn't guarantee that he'll find a place on his meager salary in LA. (I looked it up, a firefighter's salary is less than half of the amount needed to live comfortably in California.)

I feel like this show is trying to do way too much. They want to have an ensemble cast, but zero in on a few characters. They want to be funny and wacky and full of action, but then create a situation where the characters would all need to take time off to grieve and process and feel their emotions properly. Then they have a character (Eddie) act as an audience avatar by saying in the meanest way possible that the characters shouldn't or don't have time to grieve (which goes against the advice of real world psychologists.) And like, I get it, we don't want to watch them grieve because it isn't fun and this show was supposed to be fun but realistically the characters would need time to grieve. Of course, being TV they could just put up a little sign that says "five weeks later" or whatever and move on to the fun stuff. But they won't because the writers mistakenly believe that we want drama. We don't. Please end this stupid awful story arc quickly and move on.

I'm so tired of them drawing out Buck and Eddie's fight. Not what I watch the show for. Apparently Chris's adorableness fixes everything. Interesting callbacks. Why can't Hen be the boss? Oh, Yeah. Go away Gerard. Athena is sad and mad.

Sigh. I miss the fun show this used to be. Gerard was there. Yuck. Eddie showed up after 5 days. No Chris. Said he should have been there in front of Ravi. Tommy was in the background. Was Maddie even at the funeral? Did she volunteer to watch the kids or something? Chimney was feeling guilty/drunk. There was a case that allowed Athena to procrastinate, but the kid was dead so that was a downer too. Hen gave Athena the reality check/excuse to break down. Nice huggy scene between Athena and her kids in the house that's being built. Solemn but pretty procession. I guess we know where the budget went.

I know I've complained about Maddie's near death but I never wanted them to start killing off the cast, I just found the increasingly frequent and increasingly ridiculous near deaths annoying.

In a show with plot armor you're not supposed to kill off the main cast, instead, you introduce a red shirt at the start of the season and kill them off at the finale. That way, you still get the funeral procession that the show's writers decided was worth killing their ratings over.

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.