What To Know
- Eddie’s not happy about a major choice Buck makes for Theo in the latest 9-1-1.
- Plus, a loved one of Chimney’s ends up in the hospital.
At the end of last week‘s 9-1-1, Buck (Oliver Stark) and Eddie (Ryan Guzman) did make up, but things take a turn in the latest episode when it comes to Theo’s care. Plus, Chimney (Kenneth Choi) faces a potential major loss. Warning: Spoilers for 9-1-1 Season 10 Episode 5 ahead!
As the episode begins, Buck’s sending Theo off to a group home, then another foster placement, but as Eddie notes, the kid doesn’t seem to understand what’s going on. When Buck tells Theo he’s going to miss him, Theo just says, “OK, see you, Buck,” then goodbye to Eddie (whom he gives a toy to pass along to Chris).
Eddie’s clearly still bothered by that decision when he and Chris have dinner with Hen (Aisha Hinds), Karen (Tracie Thoms), and their kids (Denny over video, since he’s in school in New Hampshire). Hen, however, points out that it’s not that Buck doesn’t care. They’ve been where Buck is, and the choice seems simple until you’re the one making it. They had each other to get through it, but what does Buck have?
Then, Eddie finds Chris writing an angry letter to Buck. You don’t give up on your kids, the teen argues. Eddie tries to explain that Buck didn’t want to and thought he was hurting Theo, but Chris says it’ll hurt more that Buck sent him away. Eddie suggests he won’t even remember, but Chris reveals, “I do. You came back. Theo needs a dad that always comes back.”
Buck, meanwhile, is at home packing up boxes of things that were Theo’s, clearly missing the kid. Then he looks out at the trampoline he got him.
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Next time we see Buck, he’s stopping by Eddie’s, on crutches and a brace on his leg. It doesn’t matter what happened, he says, offering up pizza as a peace offering … before realizing that Theo is there. “He lives here, for now,” Eddie says. It’s emergency placement so he wouldn’t have to stay with a stranger.
“That’s not your decision to make,” Buck protests. “He’s not your kid.”
“He’s not your kid either,” Eddie says, shocking Buck. “You made that clear.” He is certified to foster.
“Look at you, always the hero,” Buck says.
“It’s not about me, Buck. It’s also not about you,” Eddie says, but Buck feels like he’s “trying to move something or maybe … just trying to shame” him. “Is that even possible?” Eddie asks. Ouch.
“Or maybe it’s about your shame,” Buck delivers the low blow. “See, you walked out on your own kid, didn’t you? What is this, some karmic way to make up for that?” Eddie tells him to leave, and Buck does, with an “I’m already gone.”
And so we’re back to this. Will this lead to another blow-up in a supermarket?
Elsewhere in the episode, Chimney and Maddie (Jennifer Love Hewitt) rush to the hospital when John Lee (Kelvin Han Yee) is put into a medically induced coma after cutting himself in the garden, leading to sepsis. Anne (Freda Foh Shen) looks to him when it comes to his advance directive, but as Chimney tells Maddie later at home, he doesn’t feel it’s his place to weigh in. He loves the Lees like his parents, but they’re not. “Aren’t they?” she asks, pointing out how often they see them and that their kids call them Grandma and Grandpa.
To Hen, Chimney admits that he’s unsure about his and John’s relationship after Kevin’s death; it took the other man longer to come around than it did Anne, and he hasn’t been sure about where they stand. He could ask, Hen suggests, adding that he should say everything he never did before it’s too late.
After a call in which a father and son do just that, in case the former dies when he’s caught in a woodchipper, Chimney takes that to heart and goes to see John, whose hospital room now has a DNR tag outside. The room is empty; Chimney is devastated and sits down, crying. A nurse then asks if he’s supposed to be in there, and John, awake and in a wheelchair, says, “It’s OK. He’s our son.” Chimney immediately hugs him and tells him he loves him.
What do you think of Eddie fostering Theo and his and Buck’s last conversation? What are you hoping to see next? Let us know in the comments section below.
9-1-1, Thursdays, 8/7c, ABC
