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This is my favorite episode of the season (so far). I love this side of Buck so much. It's hard to find words to describe how much I loved this episode, it left me speechless, literally. I love this show when they're writing meaningful shit for the characters instead of: almost killing a main character in every episode, throwing every awful thing in their way, giving them the worst type of cancers etc.

Eddie is a grown up man with a hard life behind him. Buck is a nearly 30 year old man with the mentality of a teenage boy. I feel like Eddie has much more in common with the other characters. I also enjoy that there are varying degrees of closeness between them (Hen and Chimney's friendship 😍 ) but Eddie came into the show later and it would be nice if they let him hang out with the other characters too.

I agree with the last part, i commented before that Bobby, Hen and Chimney all act like dumb bystanders in that scene, like Buck is the only person who cares about Eddie being dead. They want to show us how close Buck and Eddie are but making the other characters look like heartless idiots is not the way to do it. I like Eddie and his storyline but I'm not thrilled with how the team dynamics changed since he arrived to the show.

They seem to completely forget that Buck was friends with the other firefighters before Eddie came into the picture. In S3 everything he does somehow revolves around Eddie and his family. The tsunami storyline - it was fine, except for that cheap cliffhanger. The lawsuit storyline - Buck hurt all of his team members but he was fighting for forgiveness from Eddie. Did he ever tell Bobby: Hey sorry i told the lawyer that you're a recovering alcoholic...? He takes Eddie's problems to heart and apologised for not being there for him when he was cage fighting - again, where's his apology to his other team members? it's not really a problem for me that Eddie is a big part of Buck's storyline, but i feel like his relationship with the other characters changed because of this. Fast forward to 3x15. Eddie almost dies and Hen, Chim and Bobby act like dumb bystanders while poor widowed Buck is trying to dig him out with his bare hands. He might be dead but the other team members barely react to what's happening, thank god Buck is there to put them in their place WE HAVE TO DIG BY HAND WAIT YOU DON'T THINK HE'S DEAD. It's not like they almost lost a friend/team member too. I don't think the writers even know what the term Team means anymore. None of these things are really offensive and yay for a close male friendship. But the way their relationship is portrayed changed the dynamics of the team and changed the whole show for me.

Yea, I said it was a jerk move from the actor or writers, but i was way too harsh on them. i don't really blame anyone, but i hate that they made it look like Eddie means more to Buck than his other team members. The idea that someone's life matters more than another leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Lets just agree to disagree on this one. No, IMO, he shouldn't have more of a reaction to Eddie potentially dying over Hen and Chim. I don't think anyone sees my point here or why it's frustrating to me but it's ok. You can say it was logical for Buck to react to Eddie's near death experience so differently compared to how he reacted when his other team members were in danger but for me, there's no logic. All I see is bias. Next time Hen almost dies he better throw himself on the ground and start sobbing and screaming for her. Sounds crazy, right? i never said he should've been hysterical over maddie being in danger again last week. It's just maddie, right? She's always kidnapped and held hostage somewhere. As for the other THEY KIDNAPPED MADDIE episode, I guess we all see things differently. I don't want to rewatch the episode but i don't feel like Buck was HYSTERICAL when she went missing. Emotional -yes, he was blaming himself because he told her to stay in LA and i remember that he was shouting her name and searching for her but he was much more collected then the Buck we saw in 3x15 and he made up somewhat logical plans to save her (like stealing Chimney's phone and unlocking it with his finger while he was unconscious.). It was a different reaction than what we saw from him in Eddie Begins. EDDIE EDDIE EDDIE MUH HUSBAND *SOB* *SOB* *SOB* WE NEED TO DIG BY HAND while the other characters stare at him sympathically like he just lost his spouse and they didn't just potentially lose a friend and team member. Eddie made him feel worthwhile? How? By telling him that he shouldn't feel sorry for himself because Chritopher doesn't feel sorry for himself? By telling him [in 3x05] to suck it up? I agree, Christopher helped him through that dark phase but i think the audience gives Eddie too much credit. Imagine if any other character told Buck to suck it up. Bobby was made out to be the bad guy because he wanted to protect Buck and didn't want him to come back to work while he was on blood thinners. While Eddie had a meltdown and told him that everyone has their own problems etc. and Buddie shippers were like 'ah the sexual tension between these 2'. Some viewers [not you] have horribly biased viewpoints of the characters. I'm not trying to attack your opinion, i can see why you feel like Eddie made him feel worthwhile after his accident, but i have mixed emotions about the whole thing since Bobby was attacked for trying to protect him but most people overlook the fact that Eddie was really a jerk to him during that time. Yeah, it might look like i'm angry at Eddie. Strangely enough, I like Eddie a lot, I like his storyline, his child is adorable and i want to see more of them. But let me be dramatic for a minute, Bobby, Hen, Chim and Buck didn't go through so much in s1 together just for the shippers to claim that Buck's bond with Eddie is stronger than the bond they have. And i might be alone with this, but i'd like to see Eddie intereact with Bobby more, they both lost their wives. I feel like he has so much in common with the other characters but we only see him with Buck. It's a damn shame. So much wasted potential. They don't know how to a write a show for 7 main characters and the unbalanced character dynamics also have a negative impact on the audience. Some fans are competetive and toxic and I came across way too many hateful posts on social media. The shippers are really cheering over the fact that Eddie is more important to Buck than the other characters. Imagine disregarding the bond of the team like this to satisfy their shipping. I know i look like a maniac making a mile long post about a tv show and I come across as angry and bitter. But IMO they went too far with the queerbaiting and it ended up hurting the show.

They ruined everything with the Reid/JJ crap and I would be sad about it if I was still invested in the show. I can only imagine how sad those fans are who loved the show til the end.

oh god, tell me about it... First of all, the episode was sad, don't get me wrong and i liked Eddie's backstory. He's a complex, interesting character. That reaction from Buck, though. I know the situation was serious and i'm not saying he shouldn't be emotional over losing his best friend but why wasn't he crying when Chimney got a rebar through his head? Why wasn't he screaming when Hen got trapped during the earthquake? Am i being overly sensitive because i think it was a jerk move from the actor or the writers to make Buck react so differently to Eddie being in danger compared to when his other team members were in danger? I'm seeing comparisations on twitter about the situations, because for young people it's so fun to compare near death experiences in tv shows and claim that someone's life matters more than another's. (i'm considered young at 23 but i'm way too old for this shit). You can say it's not that serious, but I feel like these scenes ended up unintentionally hurting the other characters and changed the way the viewers see the team. Also, when Eddie's life flashed before his eyes more than half of the most important moments in his life were scenes with Buck when we just learned that his character has a life other than hanging out with Buck. I'm not gonna complain about a healthy friendship (or whatever they have) between 2 male characters but i keep wondering when/how they become such close friends. In the first season it was Hen, Chim, Buck and Bobby. Now it's Eddie and Buck and their pals. I never missed an episode and i still don't understand why they're so close to each other compared to the other characters and how that close relationship between them formed. In s2 they were good pals working together, at the beginning of s3 Eddie tells Buck that there's nobody in this world he trusts with his son more than him (Why him? is Carla dead or what? No, she isn't.) Now Eddie got hurt and Buck reacted like his husband just died, meanwhile Chimney had a rebar through his head and Buck was like "Nah, man [the car's not a total loss]. You can probably buff most of that out." (i loved that scene but still...) I won't even mention his sister in the previous episode and how the 911 call center hostage situation was half drama and half comedy. They just can't seem to stick to one theme. One serious situation is being handled as a joke while the next episode has a very harrowing theme and the storyline is taken very seriously. Long story short, the blatant pandering to Buck and Eddie shippers is very obvious and i would laugh at it, if it wasn't hurting the other characters. Hang in there Hen and Chim, your life might not matter that much to Buck but I love you. LOL

if everyone dislikes her then maybe, just maybe she's the problem and not them?? Maybe Hewitt should buy herself a good mirror and take a long look at herself. And maybe, her lovers and the people who "don't have a problem with her" gotta learn how to respect other people’s opinions and stop attacking them for rightfully voicing it.

Chimney will be better off without her. I hate to say this, but the show would be better without her. She takes away screentime from the characters we love. Other than that I’m not sure what purpose she serves in the show.

Last year the mid season finale was all about her. I wouldn't have thought she had the nerve to make yet another mid season finale all about herself. Well, I was wrong. It makes me sad because Oliver/Buck, Aisha/Hen and Ryan/Eddie have been breathtaking this season. They deserved a chance to shine before the break... but unfortunately, she took that away from them.

check out Oliver's twitter bio . "not eye herpes" lmao

uhm.. are you talking about his eye herpes birthmark?

he was a good guy, I bet he's dead.

wow that's a good theory! I hope something like this happens. Poor Hen, either way. I just don't want her to lose her family. I think if her child got hurt/killed she would be with him, holding him so the theory of a stranger dying "because of her" makes sense. Also, the synopsis says there's an accident involving a self-driving car. Maybe it turns out later that the accident wasn't her fault at all.

Big spoiler