We’re sorry, Shannon can’t come to the phone right now. Why? Oh, cus’ she’s dead!

This week, hosts Han, Cil, and Rachel bid farewell to Shannon Diaz and say hello to Eddie’s rose-colored glasses. “I guess she was the love of your life.” “I guess she was?” Oh, we’re so sure.

Get in losers, we’re discussing Season 2 Episode 17 of 9-1-1, “Careful What You Wish For” and unpacking the tangled web of relationships, expectations, and the harsh realities of life that hit harder than a runaway vehicle at a crosswalk. 

This episode explores how characters cope with tragedy while navigating their own emotional inner worlds, showing us that amidst life’s unpredictability, friendship and support are what truly matters and sometimes, it’s okay to not have all the answers.

We dive deep into Eddie’s avoidance of what he truly wants, instead he’s focusing on his perceived responsibilities to Christopher and Shannon. We’re not sure Eddie has ever actually asked himself what he wants or prioritized himself.

Meanwhile, Maddie is grappling with the unfinished aspects of her job at dispatch and missing being able to see that she’s making a difference. Things come full circle when Josh and Sue organize the sweetest (and possibly illegal) intervention, helping her to see her job from a new perspective. 

For our scene dissection we look at the 118’s visit to Bobby for Therapy Hour to gripe and groan about Chim’s leadership and deal with the temporary loss of Bobby in their professional lives.

We pit Buddie against Bobby & Athena, Maddie & Chimney, and Eddie & Shannon to play the “is this platonic or romantic” comparison game. Spoiler alert, Buck and Eddie are NOT normal about each other.

Buck-le up, and look both ways before you cross, as we drive into the emotional wreckage that Eddie is still reeling from 6 years later—she’s the loss of his life.  

📔 Fanworks Mentioned:

📚 Goodbye Until Tomorrow by terranobis on Archive of Our Own

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Chapters:

(00:00:00) Intro - Welcome to Dispatch

(00:03:37) General Thoughts (No thoughts, Head Empty?)

(00:08:03) Jaws of Life - Deep Dive

(00:09:14) Needle Drop

(00:14:16) 9-1-1 Writes Sins and Tragedies 

(00:25:23) Flashover - Episode Themes

(00:31:57) Who’s Cookin’? - Maddie’s Search for Renewed Purpose

(00:46:37) Where’s the Fire - Scene Dissection (Therapy Hour at Bobby’s)

(01:09:27) Chimney Juggling Friendship & Newfound Authority

(01:21:55) Eddie, Bereft and Reeling 

(02:12:35) Slow Burn - Bi Buck & Buddie Watch

(02:37:20) Eddie’s Queer Coding

(02:47:01) Take A Buddie With You & Outro