“And the old religion humming in your veins

Some animal instinct starting up again”

This week Han, Cil, and Rachel wade through our tears to discuss Season 9 Episode 5 of 9-1-1, “Día de los Muertos.”

We start the episode off with our own review and some thoughts from our Mexican and Mexican-American listeners then we dive right into our favorite character moments for Athena, Ravi, Maddie, Harry, Buck, and the star of this episode: Eddie!

From deconstructing and reconstructing his religious trauma to giving the community theater performance of a lifetime six feet under, Eddie’s character shone like a silver star!

Don’t miss a minute of our brand new segment, “Queer Eddiemaxxing” where we shine a light on the impressive depths of queer coding for Eddie buried in this episode. Then you might as well stick around for the juiciest Buddiemaxxing section we’ve had so far this season! 

Then peer Into the Looking Glass with us as we talk about what’s coming up next in the season and our Wi$h Li$t items.

“But you can't outrun yourself, you see

And I'm powerless, oh, don't remind me”

Episode title inspired by “The Old Religion” by Florence + The Machine

A special thank you again to our buddies Alexandria, Irv, Kuinzy, and Kenny for their sharing thoughts and perspectives about how Día de Muertos and Mexican and Mexican-American culture was represented in 9x05! 

📔 Articles & References

📰 ‘9-1-1’ star Ryan Guzman reflects on Eddie’s journey leading up to Season 9 in exclusive interview, YardBarker

🖼️ Right in Front of You 9x05 gifset, by crazygirleddie on tumblr

🖼️ You Were Looking in the Wrong Place gifset, by magnusedom on tumblr

🖼️ Trying to Keep an Open Mind gifset, by stevenrogered on tumblr

🎞️ 9x5 and 3x06 Parallels, edit by no1jdfan on TikTok

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Chapters

(00:00:00) Intro

(00:01:08) Welcome to Dispatch

(00:02:46) 9x05 Review

(00:08:02) Let’s Talk About Abuela

(00:12:55) Thoughts From Our Mexican & Mexican-American Buddies

(00:28:07) Character Highlights - Athena

(00:30:57) Ravi

(00:33:18) Maddie

(00:36:480 Harry

(00:42:20) Buck

(00:53:11) Eddie

(01:11:21) Eddie Finding His Spiritual Identity

(01:24:19) Queer Eddiemaxxing - Queer Coding

(01:32:42) Eddie Projecting on Abigail

(01:39:15) Eddie Not Feeling “God’s Presence”

(01:44:56) Wizard of Oz References

(01:47:55) Closet Imagery

(01:51:42) Buddiemaxxing

(02:04:38) Buddie Parallels & Symbolism

(02:13:40) Buddie Forecast

(02:19:14) Into the Looking Glass - Season Parallels

(02:22:10) What’s Next? & Things to Keep in Mind

(02:24:17) Wi$h Li$t for Season 9

(02:25:53) Outro & Take a Buddie With You!