Watching the first episode of the new season (I don't know or care which one it is), I think Buddy has a narcotics problem. One minute he is utterly not-understandable and then the next time you see him, he's talking like a normal person. In the scenes when he's talking through a mouth full of marbles, he's not making sense AT ALL! I'm kinda surprised no one around him has noticed something is horribly wrong with him health-wise. If it's not drugs, then he has a health issue that needs to be addressed sooner than later.