“Can I sail through the changin' ocean tides?

Can I handle the seasons of my life?”

This week Han, Cil, and Rachel do their best Stevie Nick’s impression as the Hollywood sign comes tumbling down, down, down in Season 4 Episode 2 of 9-1-1, “Alone Together.”

Buck and Chimney get in some extra brother-in-law bonding time (because living together wasn’t enough). Bobby shows up on his white horse… er medivac, to bring Athena back to solid ground.

We explore Chimney and Athena’s opening arcs and how they continue to parallel as they both push through their fears while doing what they do best, helping people, saving lives, the family business.

Don’t miss out on our Slow Burn section where we dive into what feelings Buck might be hiding (in therapy) and what the sleeping arrangements during quarantine could have plausibly been (we’re looking at you Eddie).

“And if you see my reflection in the snow covered hills

Well, the landslide will bring it down”

Episode title inspired by “Landslide” by Fleetwood Mac

📔 Articles & References

🫂 Was Season 4 the Start of Buck’s Queer Arc? – Check out this week’s Patreon-exclusive Best Buddies Mini-Segment here!

📰 9-1-1’s Oliver Stark Teases Buck’s ‘Hidden Feelings’: ‘He’s Unveiling His True Self’ (Exclusive), Us Weekly

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Chapters

(00:00:00) Intro

(00:00:49) Welcome Dispatch

(00:02:00) General Thoughts

(00:06:55) Jaws of Life - Deep Dive

(00:09:40) Needle Drop - Music Analysis

(00:12:01) Buckapedia Corner - Han’s Version!

(00:15:34) Parallels & Callbacks

(00:21:39) Flashover - Themes

(00:27:16) Who’s Cookin’? - Character Arcs

(00:27:36) Chimney

(00:39:08) Athena

(00:46:43) May

(00:53:09) Hen & Karen

(00:55:15) Michael & David

(00:59:34) Buck

(01:10:01) Eddie

(01:12:23) Slow Burn - Bi Buck & Buddie Watch

(01:28:40) Outro & Take a Buddie With You!