“And I think it's gonna be a long, long time 'til touchdown brings me 'round again to find I'm not the man they think I am at home. Oh, no, no, no I'm a rocket man.”

This week Han, Cil, and Rachel brace for impact as we discuss two episodes of 9-1-1: Season 9 Episode 1, “Eat the Rich” and Episode 2, “Spiraling.”

Check out our review of both episodes to hear the long list of things they got right then dive into the character highlights with us to see how Hen, Karen, Athena, Chimney, Maddie, May, Harry, Ravi, Buck, and Eddie are doing.

All systems are a go for our Buddiemaxxing section, where we break down Buck’s jealousy, Buddie having each other’s backs, and some season parallels!

Then jump 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.

“I miss the Earth so much, I miss my wife. It's lonely out in space on such a timeless flight.”

Episode Title inspired by “Rocket Man” by Elton John

📔 Articles Quoted

📰 Oliver Stark Talks 9-1-1 Season 9, Navigating Grief & Teases ‘New and Confusing Situations’ for Buck, TV Fanatic

📰 9-1-1’s Oliver Stark on Buck’s Struggle Over Eddie’s Season 9 Partnership, Bisexuality Education and More, Us Weekly

📰 Where We Are on TV 2023-2024, GLAAD

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Chapters

(00:00:00) Intro

(00:01:28) Welcome to Dispatch

(00:04:09) 9x01 “Eat the Rich” Review

(00:13:13) 9x02 “Spiraling” Review

(00:22:20) How Both Episodes Work Together

(00:24:52) Character Highlights

(00:25:02) Hen

(00:31:25) Athena

(00:41:13) Karen

(00:48:37) Chimney

(00:56:15) Maddie

(00:59:38) Harry & May

(01:05:58) Ravi

(01:11:42) Buck

(01:16:58) Eddie

(01:21:48) Buddiemaxxing - Breaking Buddie News

(01:31:24) WWBD - “What Would Buck Do?”

(01:35:24) Buck vs Chimney at Eddie’s House

(01:41:11) Buddie Forecast - Educated Guesses

(01:45:03) Into the Looking Glass - What’s Coming Next

(01:51:41) Wi$h Li$t - What We Want to See in Season 9

(02:03:59)...

One way or another, I wanna get ya, I’ll get ya!

This week Han, Cil, and Rachel discuss Season 3 Episode 17 of 9-1-1, “Powerless.” Karen is suspicious of Hen, Athena is tracking down the realtor rapist, and Josh is debating whether to make his statement in court. Super lighthearted stuff, amirite?

Maddie lends an ear and advice to Josh who’s struggling with moving on after The Taking of Dispatch 9-1-1.

Karen finds some breadcrumbs Hen leaves behind, leading her to daydrink with Chimney while they commiserate over Hen’s “double life.” We explore how Hen internally processes things and how that can lead to some less than desirable outcomes when her suspicious track record is not squeaky clean. But when the truth comes out, Karen is elated and supportive, while Chimney is left with the stirrings of his abandonment issues.

Athena’s lone wolf ways finally put her in a situation she doesn’t walk away from (she’s wheeled out on a stretcher.) We discuss the reactions of dispatch and the 118, who all listen to he harrowing attack not knowing if Athena will be alive when they arrive on scene. In the aftermath of the attack we talk about how Bobby leans on Michael for support and some destructive stress-relief.

Michael gets his meet-cute moment and things are finally looking up as he awaits the results of his MRI. But duty calls and he rushes to be with his family to support them through Athena’s recovery.

Dig into some great Buddie and Bathena parallels with us in our Slow Burn section between this episode and Brawl in Cell Block 9-1-1 (Season 5 Episode 6.) We also have a laugh at how Buck and Eddie come as a set even when the hypothetical gathering is all couples.

Episode Title inspired by “One Way Or Another” by Blondie

📔 Articles Quoted

📰 ‘9-1-1’s Jennifer Love Hewitt on Maddie’s Necessary Move & Relationship With Chimney, TV Insider

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Chapters

(00:00:00) Intro

(00:00:53) Welcome to Dispatch

(00:03:30) General Thoughts

(00:11:51) Jaws of Life - Deep Dive

(00:14:22) Production & Behind the Scenes

(00:17:12) Needle Drop - Music Analysis

(00:22:39) Red String Corner & Callbacks

(00:29:01) Flashover - Themes

(00:34:06) Who’s Cookin’? - Character Analysis

(00:34:15) Hen & Karen

(00:49:00) Chimney Finding Out About Hen’s Med School

(00:52:24)...

It's sad but it's true, Buck’s way too good at goodbyes.

This week Han, Cil, and Rachel enter the emotional rollercoaster of Season 3 Episode 16 of 9-1-1, “The One That Got Away.” Buck is grappling with what he thinks is the Ghost of Christmases Yet to Come, while Hen decides to take the survival rate of her patients into her own hands — literally!

The catalyst for Hen’s journey into becoming a doctor begins here when the hospital loses one of her patients because they don’t follow her medical advice. We discuss how this doesn’t sit right with her because it brings back the still very fresh memories of the ambulance accident and activates her medical vigilante shit. Our girl just wants to save as many people and make as big of a difference as she can!

Meanwhile, Buck is doing that thing where he projects onto an old man and ends up ushering them into the next plane of non-existence (death). We break down how his friendship with Red, a retired firefighter a little too similar to himself, brings up all his Abby-bandonment issues and fear of being alone. His first grand gesture to help Red was a schwing and a miss but the second really knocked it out of the park with a swelling emotional sendoff and ode to Red’s life of service with the LAFD.

Eddie does his best to reassure Buck that nothing would ever change how close they and the 118 are, but everyone else accidentally ends up feeding into Buck’s worries. We explore how most of Buck’s fears of abandonment by the 118 do end up happening in the future, although most of them are temporary. Our Slow Burn section delves into how Buck is never lonely when he’s with Eddie, because Eddie is the “one who got away” who always comes back.

Episode Title inspired by “Way Too Good At Goodbyes” by Sam Smith

📔 Articles Quoted

📰 9-1-1‘s Oliver Stark Weighs In on Buck’s Secret Struggle, How ‘Closure’ With Abby Might Be Part of the Solution, TV Line

📰 ‘9-1-1’: Oliver Stark Says ‘Closure’ Coming for Buck and Abby, Finale Will Be a Literal Train Wreck, The Wrap

📰 ‘9-1-1’s Oliver Stark Says Buck Is Feeling ‘Stuck’ & Needs ‘Closure’ With Abby, TV Insider

📰 9-1-1's Oliver Stark Teases Train Derailment in Season 3 Finale: 'It's Going to Be Bigger Than Anything We've Done', TV Guide

🎨 Fanworks Mentioned

🎬 This Is the Song That Never Ends — DeanCas “Africa” Supercut, by sisabet on Archive of Our Own

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