Join us in covering one of 9-1-1's most harrowing sagas, Maddie's kidnapping and subsequent final showdown with abusive ex-husband Doug. A taut and effective thriller of an episode from GOOD writer Kristen Reidel! Plus hear a little tangent on why we abandoned ABC's Doctor Odyssey at 7:14. And we somehow still find a way to tie it back to hating Tommy Kinard by the end.

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Content warning: This episode includes some mild talk of suicide, including a reference in our opening bit. It's all related to the content of 8x09, but if you haven't seen said episode or don't want to relive it, be aware!

Enjoy this already obsolete bonus discussion of 9-1-1 season 8 episodes 9 and 10. Fair warning, this is a bit of a cynical episode in which we air a lot of grievances with season 8 and the general direction of the show. If you were expecting a high-spirits buddiemaxxing episode, this might not be the one for you! We covered a lot of topics, so here are timestamps:

00:00 Intro

6:55 Is Buddie queerbait?/Ryan Guzman opinions

28:11 Buddie in 8x09 and 8x10

48:25 Season 8 in general, the show's declining quality

1:05:06 The Maddie stuff/Why won't the show take risks?

1:27:29 Advice to Tim Minear/Who we would kill off

1:40:36 Miscellaneous joking around

1:44:09 Maddie goaded a guy into killing himself

1:50:36 Closing thoughts

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In this week's episode, everything's coming up CHIMNEYYYYY!! Except back in his 2005-set backstory episode, he was still just Howie Han, ambitious but unsuccessful jack of all trades. Little did poor Howie know, if he had just pitched the Snuggie about 5 years later, he would've been rich! Unfortunately, he had to go seek his fortune at the most racist firehouse in southern California instead.

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In this week's episode, we discuss 9-1-1's Lifetime movie-esque season 2 mid-season premiere, New Beginnings! Buck says congrats Maddie on her sassy new lob! We talk about Flight Risk (2025) a little! Jane doesn't know how firetrucks work apparently! Baby, there's a shark on the freeway!

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This week we cover 9-1-1 season 2's midseason finale- also our first Christmas episode! Happy Christmas in March, and a merry Krampusnacht to all! Anybody in this thread seen McBain (1991)?

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We've hit our first 'Begins' episode! Let us take you through the backstory of one strong female firefighter Henrietta Wilson. This is kind of a slow burn episode where we gradually realize what we thought was a well-written episode may not have been so well-written after all. As this comes to us from the same writer as season 1, episode 9, TRAPPED, we have no choice to conclude that perhaps writer Aristotle Kousakis, and not S1E9 story credit Adam Glass, was in fact to blame.

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This week we're joined by a VERY special guest, self-described niche internet microcelebrity Justin Gross! Justin was a contestant on gay reality dating show For the Love of DILFs, and if you haven't heard of it, trust that it's about to change your life. Luckily, Justin was happy to take part in our copaganda complaining, fake wine analysis, and Taylor Kelly stan-a-thon. We did go on some longer tangents than usual at the beginning of this episode, so have some timestamps:

00:00 - Getting to know Justin/For the Love of DILFs discussion

10:31 - Justin's 9-1-1 journey

15:34 - Copaganda discussion

23:05 - Episode discussion

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Join us for a long, chaotic, partially late-night discussion of 9-1-1's first Halloween episode! Just in time for Valentine's day! There's nothing more romantic than pulling the plug on your estranged father, finally moving on from your long-distance situationship, rekindling your toxic trauma-bonded lavender marriage, and a GHOST calling 9-1-1!

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Both Ryan and Jane felt a little off during this recording (a one-day something in retrograde perhaps) and it contributed to a rather cynical, chaotic atmosphere. Hear us sing the praises of mean girl icon Taylor Kelly, argue very intensely about whether the lsd-laced dessert eaten by the 118 was fudge or brownies, and educate about the importance of attentive driving while listening to First Respodcast.

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It's AWFUL nice to see you, listeners. Today's episode opens with a discussion of mostly-forgotten entries in the Great American Songbook and closes with a discussion of the various cons of potentially killing off Bobby Nash. Enjoy, you awful people!

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