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S08.E12: Disconnected

Snazzy Daisy

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Cloud9Shopper

Cloud9Shopper

I’m so tired of Maddie trauma plots and her crying. I get it, she’s been through a lot and I once liked her, but I just rolled my eyes at her arc this week, especially since she ended up being cured by the end of the episode. I didn’t feel any sympathy for her.

I was honestly excited to see the live episodes once I got caught up on Hulu, but the second part of S8 has been a bit of a letdown. I feel like with the promo next week that they’re trying to turn into Law and Order or The Rookie (which I’ve admittedly never seen) or some other crime-focused show. 

 

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Whodunnit

Whodunnit

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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.

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agathapenny

agathapenny

I didn't completely hate Maddie's plot? And I enjoyed both Eddie taking Uber driver advice from the 20-something and the idiot driving half off the parking garage. 

But this show just isn't that much fun anymore, most of the time. You know, I had someone tell me once that they expected me to move to town and stay there for a while before they would even consider hiring me. I treated it like the complete BS it was, since apparently I was just supposed to hang around jobless in the meantime until they had arbitrarily decided I'd passed some kind of residence test. Who can afford that? Only people who don't actually need jobs. No, I was planning to move to wherever I could find gainful employment, which is what I did.

Anyway, apparently Eddie's move was even more stupid than I initially thought — he hadn't even lined up a job! And who is writing this nonsense? Are we really supposed to believe that Eddie can afford his mortgage, fixing up his house, and paying the rest of his bills while giving some for Christopher on an Uber paycheque? It was more believable when he was working three jobs to make ends meet before he moved to LA! God this whole plot is dumb. At least we got to see Buck and Eddie talking (I'll take any silver lining at this point), and Chris wasn't a complete sullen brat.

In terms of Maddie's plot, at least they didn't just pretend that nothing happened to her and it had no effect on her at all. It was also less weepy than I expected, so there was that. And I don't at all mind that it was wrapped up in the hour. I don't need ongoing soap opera. 

Whoever filmed this week seemed to hate the actors marginally less.

But there are just so few 911 calls and rescues now. Why can't they see that the lack of them is killing the show? Why am I still watching, since at this point I don't think they're going to correct course (or even recognize that they need to)?

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Irlandesa

Irlandesa

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41 minutes ago, agathapenny said:

But there are just so few 911 calls and rescues now. Why can't they see that the lack of them is killing the show? Why am I still watching, since at this point I don't think they're going to correct course (or even recognize that they need to)?

I don't think it's as simple as realizing they need to change something.

This is an expensive show.  I imagine filming rescues and calls is more expensive than filming on a soundstage. Fewer rescues means a cheaper production cost.  I don't see them easily fixing that, especially when this show is still one of ABC's top performers, if not its top performer. 

I do wish they'd move away from their big three part rescues like in the premieres.  Maybe fewer of those could lead to spreading the cost around.  But maybe not.

 

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agathapenny

agathapenny

24 minutes ago, Irlandesa said:

I do wish they'd move away from their big three part rescues like in the premieres.  Maybe fewer of those could lead to spreading the cost around.  But maybe not.

 

I would agree, except then I'm worried we won't see any rescues at all (or they just completely half-ass them like the pet shelter fire from a couple episodes ago). Also, probably the only episodes I have any desire to rewatch from this season are the plane almost crash (I don't care how ridiculous it was, it felt like how this show used to feel on the regular).

I'm just also not convinced it's about expense. If you look at Lone Star, they never did as many rescues on that show, it was always more soapy, right from the start (though it was exponentially better in the early seasons than it was in this last season, which was a caricature). And the less said about Doctor Odyssey the better. Which is to say that the show's creator seems to have moved squarely into nighttime soap, rather than the unique mix that this show used to be. 

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CoyoteBlue

CoyoteBlue

6 hours ago, gonzosgirrl said:

Also, why would Athena park her vehicle directly under the car hanging off the parking garage? So stupid.

She didn't. Hers was probably the one Ozzie walked past just around the corner. The crushed one belonged to the dismayed cop who walked up after and she said "Really? There?" to.

Still don't give a shit about Eddie's melodrama and his shitty parents. Mom is just sabotaging their relationship any chance she gets. "Wow, honey. isn't your new house a shithole? We can't have Chris living there! What ever you want, Chris, of course, but you run so hot...."

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Snazzy Daisy

Snazzy Daisy

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Eddie and his bad choices:

  • Bought a house in Texas without seeing it.
  • Moved there without a job lined up.
  • Unnecessarily spent money on PS5 and Amazon Prime to buy Christopher’s affection.
  • Traded his fancy truck for an economical car to become a Rideshare driver.

Poor Ryan Guzman for having to endure the shitty storylines written for him for a couple of seasons now.

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gonzosgirrl

gonzosgirrl

4 hours ago, CoyoteBlue said:

She didn't. Hers was probably the one Ozzie walked past just around the corner. The crushed one belonged to the dismayed cop who walked up after and she said "Really? There?" to.

I admit I only half-watch these days, but I completely missed that. Thanks! It was odd, because even though they make her do foolish things at time, they rarely make her do anything dumb.

I really, REALLY do not need a whole separate show happening in Texas with characters I don't care about. I swear they are just testing the waters before either writing Eddie & Co out altogether, or having he and Buck finally live together. (But there was only one bed!!!!)

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agathapenny

agathapenny

7 hours ago, CoyoteBlue said:

Still don't give a shit about Eddie's melodrama and his shitty parents. Mom is just sabotaging their relationship any chance she gets. "Wow, honey. isn't your new house a shithole? We can't have Chris living there! What ever you want, Chris, of course, but you run so hot...."

I had to restrain myself from commenting on Eddie's parents, since I've ranted at length in other threads. Suffice to say, I don't think I misjudged them. It continues to be baffling how little they even seem to like Eddie (their actual son) let alone care about him, while doting on his son. Such an unhealthy dynamic.

 

5 hours ago, Snazzy Daisy said:

Eddie and his bad choices:

  • Bought a house in Texas without seeing it.
  • Moved there without a job lined up.
  • Unnecessarily spent money on PS5 and Amazon Prime to buy Christopher’s affection.
  • Traded his fancy truck for an economical car to become a Rideshare driver.

Poor Ryan Guzman for having to endure the shitty storylines written for him for a couple of seasons now.

This times a million. Eddie's storylines are just the absolute worst for the last two seasons, and that's saying something. To a large degree because they just won't die. All starting from the doppelgänger story that was the worst and most unbelievable plot this show has ever, ever come up with. Also, I know there are people who hate the character, and I'm not one of them, and as someone who likes Eddie, I have to say, the whole move to Texas with no practical planning is out of character.

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BooksRule

BooksRule

11 hours ago, buttersister said:

Who gave him a mortgage when he already has one mortgage and no job??

I thought a couple of episodes ago when he was showing the house to people that he was 'subletting' it. So that would make him a renter without a mortgage.  But I might be wrong.

I wonder how long it will be before Maddie's throat scar totally vanishes?  Chim's 'rebar through the forehead' scar stayed around for a season or two, but gradually I think it faded away. 

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tennisgurl

tennisgurl

I really used to like Eddie, but the show has given him the absolute worst plots for two seasons now, and every one of them has him making terrible stupid choices. Didn't all of Eddie's issues with Christopher and his awful parents begin because he was keeping secrets because he couldn't handle his own stuff? The only job he could find was really Uber? He moved to another state without even securing a job? How did he get a mortgage on his house? All of this happens and he lies to his family, yet again? How is Christopher ever going to trust Eddie when he's always hiding stuff from him because Eddie doesn't want to have an even mildly difficult conversation? 

Eddie's parents continue to suck and I am still annoyed that Eddie didn't put his foot down and bring Christopher back to LA, he's his son not his parents replacement son. The passive aggression from mom was hard to watch. Oh, its up to you Christopher, but why would you want to live in a place where the roof leaks and all of your stuff is here, but its all up to you. When is Eddie going to call them out? I do at least enjoy that when Eddie is spiraling Buck usually becomes the voice of reason, Buck is an immature mess (who I love) but he is good when shit is going down. 

Eddie trauma dumping and making things awkward in his Uber was kind of funny, I have definitely had a few Uber drivers that were going through it and seemed like they were driving just so they could vent to strangers. 

We had two rescues at least, one serious and one wacky, and that's at least better than what we have gotten the last few seasons. More of that and less crying and near death experiences please. 

I know its not funny, but Maddie's doctor being like "...yeah that'll do it" when he hears why Maddie has gone mute was hilarious, that's probably not one he hears a lot. I am glad that they followed up with Maddie I guess, I think this whole plot is dumb but if we did it we have to commit, but of course its all wrapped up by the end of the episode because Maddie lost sight of her daughter for a second. 

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Cloud9Shopper

Cloud9Shopper

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14 hours ago, buttersister said:

 

 I may have to record this show in the future—so I can ff through the Maddie cries stuff. Sorry, I’m out with that.

I’m sure Maddie will have some kind of childbirth emergency this time around too, probably an early labor or a placental abruption or needing an emergency C-section due to the baby’s heart rate being too low or any other myriad of emergencies that can happen in childbirth. (This is all just speculation and guessing on my end, but I wouldn’t be surprised, as I’ve watched too many other shows where childbirth goes bad or the pregnant female main character has some kind of medical crisis.) And it’ll be hyped as a very special don’t miss episode of 9-1-1. And we can watch her cry and make her sad face and have even more trauma. There can even be a cheesy musical montage alternating between Maddie and Chim in the OR and Buck anxiously waiting in the waiting area (they can take a page out of ER and use “Slow Motion” by David Gray for ultimate trauma porn!) And then she’ll probably try to go back to work three days after the birth so she can “feel normal” or something. 🤣

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gonzosgirrl

gonzosgirrl

1 hour ago, Cloud9Shopper said:

And it’ll be hyped as a very special don’t miss episode of 9-1-1. And we can watch her cry and make her sad face and have even more trauma.

Maybe the tears will wash off whatever god-awful painted-on mess she has going on with her eyebrows. When her face was screwed up with tears/relief over finding Jee, they looked almost cartoonish.

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fastiller

fastiller

2 hours ago, tennisgurl said:

I know its not funny, but Maddie's doctor being like "...yeah that'll do it" when he hears why Maddie has gone mute was hilarious, that's probably not one he hears a lot. I am glad that they followed up with Maddie I guess, I think this whole plot is dumb but if we did it we have to commit, but of course its all wrapped up by the end of the episode because Maddie lost sight of her daughter for a second. 

Seriously.  Add to this the events with her ex and she really needs therapy.  Like long term therapy.

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Cloud9Shopper

Cloud9Shopper

1 hour ago, fastiller said:

Seriously.  Add to this the events with her ex and she really needs therapy.  Like long term therapy.

And maybe to consider a less traumatic and triggering job. I know that pretty much every procedural has a doctor/nurse/first responder with some sort of life trauma but if Maddie is so worked up that she can’t speak at work when she needs to help save lives, she shouldn’t be working until she fixes those issues. What if Josh hadn’t been nearby to take over that call? 

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CoyoteBlue

CoyoteBlue

7 hours ago, tennisgurl said:

Didn't all of Eddie's issues with Christopher and his awful parents begin because he was keeping secrets because he couldn't handle his own stuff?

Eddie has NEVER been good at handling his own stuff. From sleeping with Shannon while refusing to let her see their son, to almost killing a man because he decided Fight Club is better than therapy for his issues, to buying that giant ego truck in the first place, to the doppelganger issue and then just letting Chris run away instead of them dealing with it together in family therapy and letting his parents alienate his affection.

Dude's been a hot mess for a while.

7 hours ago, tennisgurl said:

when Eddie is spiraling Buck usually becomes the voice of reason, Buck is an immature mess (who I love) but he is good when shit is going down.

At least Buck has kept growing and dealing with his shit in therapy. He's really not as immature as he used to be, the 'Eddie leaving' response not withstanding.

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Kel Varnsen

Kel Varnsen

So I have never been to El Paso (at least as an adult), but one thing I always notice, when driving through the US (at least compared to Canada) is how close all the cities and towns are to each other. Like if you drive 20 minutes outside of a city you are already in a new town. So it makes me wonder like if the El Paso fire department isn't hiring, is there not another city or town in driving distance that might be? Or is there really not another job he might be qualified for that would pay better than Uber? He is a firefighter/medic who is also a former soldier who did dispatch for awhile. Even on stupid 9-1-1 Lone Star Judd stopped being a fire guy and was looking into being a trucker.

 

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Irlandesa

Irlandesa

11 hours ago, BooksRule said:

I thought a couple of episodes ago when he was showing the house to people that he was 'subletting' it. So that would make him a renter without a mortgage.  But I might be wrong.

That was his LA house.  He was renting that and needed to find a subletter since he had about a year left on his lease. 

He bought the TX house and has a mortgage on it.  The insane part about it is that he didn't just go to El Paso for a brief time to repair issues with his son.  It's that he bought a house before he even sublet his LA house, and didn't even have a job to pay that mortgage. 

I prefer Eddie as a side character as opposed to the stories focused on him but I actually don't mind this Eddie in El Paso story. After the events of last season and Christopher wanting to go away, this is a much more logical progression to the story than what happened in the first half of the season.  I just wish it didn't rely on Eddie doing so many stupid things. 

58 minutes ago, Diana Berry said:

I like Eddie.  When is he going to be coming back to LA and get it over?

No one knows for sure if he's coming back or staying in TX.  No one knows if the actor is leaving or if he's staying. 

The only thing that's known is that he is

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 in the next episode and that's when he and his parents get into it based on the episode description.

 

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Kel Varnsen

Kel Varnsen

20 hours ago, tennisgurl said:

Eddie's parents continue to suck and I am still annoyed that Eddie didn't put his foot down and bring Christopher back to LA, he's his son not his parents replacement son. The passive aggression from mom was hard to watch. Oh, its up to you Christopher, but why would you want to live in a place where the roof leaks and all of your stuff is here, but its all up to you. 

I really wish when the mom was being annoying about the PS5 and where Chris would live, that Eddie just calmly said that he was in Texas now, with a livable home, and that Chris and the PS5 would be there and the parents options would be to be cool with that, to not see Chris anymore.

 

Also I am surprised that at the end Chris didn't make some corny speech about how Eddie didn't lie and that he will always be a firefighter since it's not just a job, it's who he is.

On 3/28/2025 at 8:33 AM, gonzosgirrl said:

I really, REALLY do not need a whole separate show happening in Texas with characters I don't care about. 

You would think the producers would have realized there already was a separate 911 show set in Texas and it wasn't very good and got cancelled.

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