ok so what did you think of this episode? my thoughts are numerous and minimally coherent
as someone who has dislocated my shoulder more than once, I was amused by them needing to reduce it with Buck shirtless and his nipples basically fully blotted out by his tattoo concealer ken-doll fashion because why not (mine has been reduced with my clothes on, not even a hospital gown)
also, he would've been put in a sling for at least a few days to reduce the risk of it reluxating and honestly I would've loved to see that because Buck without full mobility is always hilarious; at least he was sleeping in a chair. (the medicine in 911 in general is always a bit of a crapshoot. we won't get into the field transfusion)
which, I had no problems with him in the chair, Tommy on the couch, it makes perfect sense but why was Tommy treating Buck like a child? even Buck's reactions were very teenager, not equal partner there
I have literally zero idea why Tommy was that far away during the grave visit. like why was he there but hiding under a tree out of frame?
Eddie being snappy and snarky was rather reminiscent of S5 Eddie right before the breakdown, very intrigued
also wtf was going on with that ring pop? like c'mon Eddie. come. on.
and then there's the whole, making the kids see the photo of the car with their DEAD VICE PRINCIPAL in it, like the man died in that car, wtf Athena
unhinged episode and damn I'm having fun this season!
okay i have so many thoughts so i'm gonna respond in order
- his dislocated shoulder thing was so funny i once watched my brother pop his in and then move about his day normally but i guess being surrounded by medical professionals they're like just get it done right -- that being said his chest was a textbook example of take your girlfriend swimming on the first date
- the medicine in this show is actually not real medicine and is powered exclusively by the power of love and innovation -- if you did something weird to get the medicine done it will work and if you love the person enough it will work god bless.
- THANK YOU tommy and buck don't have romantic chemistry SORRY! buck is like i have to drag my lame pseudo-dad that i'm dating around everywhere because he wants to live in my life and have my family and even possibly wear my skin and i don't want to touch him or be close to him and even avoid him physically when it's on offer but i threw such a fit about this guy in the beginning of our relationship for some unknowable reason
(i'm in love with eddie)and now i have to actually try to make it work but it'll be fine because i'll just keep on dragging eddie into our relationship so it's bearable for me - and then eddie is like okay but you realize that you LEFT ME FOR THIS GUY and that was PART OF THE FIT YOU THREW so i'm NOT going to be your boyfriend when he's around like i usually am (although of course i will do a few husbandy things when it's obvious someone has to do them) and am instead going to be your Straight Guy Best Friend because that's CLEARLY what you want from me because you're dating my UGLIER clone!! So you can have your TITS OUT but i will be LUSTING OVER SPORTS ILLUSTRATED INSTEAD except he's reading it like the wall street journal so the effect isn't really that powerful. meanwhile tommy is going along with all of this because he really thinks he can close on a threesome if he just waits it out without realizing he's actually a pawn in a grand and terrible psychosexual divorce game that's being played out right now in front of him. in my opinion.
- ring pop is i think literally saying hey you're missing out on married (ring) sex (pop) because you're dating your hideous boyfriend who is NOT me. and also i'm alone in an empty house that i keep decorating for nobody as i miss milestones in my child's life because i don't make good decisions and i don't deserve good things including but not limited to buck who is dating a guy i really regret hanging out with. which will of course come to a head in episode 6 confessions HOPEFULLY. WITH HOPE.
- athena's plotlines are always insane because they have to do SO MUCH COPSUCKING to get funding for this frankly ridiculous show so athena's not even allowed to be lame in a high school those kids have to be metaphysically tortured and victim blamed for the deranged decisions of an authority figure so that athena gets her win. c'est la vie as they say.
i will also mention that i did NOT like the context of the karen/hen guilt trip. they could have easily done a cooler and better flip around where hen feels guilty about not being there, and karen is like well you haven't been there for a lot of denny's holidays why is mara different and hen would be like it's just been so much worse for her and karen could be like well it's up to you, but maybe this is ringing a chord for you that comes from somewhere else and then hen thinks about it and realizes it's part of her dad thing because even tho they saw mara at chim and maddie's, she felt like she was forced into an absentee role like her dad and she doesn't want that but then she decides she's working because that's who she is and then denny gets hit by the car and it was all HER choice and so it's her guilt as opposed to the guilt of a stereotype of a nagging wife that karen has never been before because karen also has a job that matters to her and then at the end of the episode hen could be like i should have been there and karen like but you were there. you were there. and then hen is like yeah but maybe i can take a few more holidays off and karen is like we'd love to have you and they kiss!!!
anyways. this season has been so fun and i am so scared for episode six...... <3 let me know your thoughts.....
Oh yeah I have totally reduced my own dislocated shoulder too lmao I was just thinking of in-hospital treatment
You are 100% on with the whole, medicine powered by love and innovation and it's always *hilarious* but also sweet and fun. like they have some of the stuff right but then it's like, you were so close to getting it! but this is cuter
I was trying to explain the Tommy/Buck storyline to my friend who stopped watching after S6 because she can't cope with the idea of Buck being with someone who's not Eddie and I was like, even Tommy was shocked when Buck said he was trying to get his attention. even Tommy thinks Buck is into Eddie. hell, Tommy is into Eddie! everyone in this show is into Eddie! except Eddie, who thinks he's the worst! but this ep was so like, oddly awkward with the Tommy/Buck scenes. I was open to Tommy at first; hell, I was excited! but they have all the chemistry of lead
cracked up about Eddie reading the SI swimsuit issue like it's the WSJ. he is so just, dispassionately flipping through that thing. it is there strictly so he has something to do with his hands so he's not putting said hands all over Buck's camouflaged tits. like seriously, someone clearly considered what would be funniest to have Eddie fake-reading and opted for that. he could've had it upside down and it wouldn't have made a difference
I definitely feel like Eddie and Buck are on different planes when it comes to their relationship, but neither one of them has the current ability to put words to it. like Maddie tried. she tried so hard to be a safe place for Buck to come out to about his giant, visible-from-space crush, and Buck STILL couldn't and just swerved sideways into kissing Tommy. and then Eddie went, welp, then, I must stop having sex with my ex-nun GF and then have an emotional affair with the doppelganger of my idealized ex-wife because I have all these FEELINGS and I do NOT know what to do with them and this feels more right for who I have always portrayed "Eddie" to be
god I hope Eddie starts to come to terms with his shit in the next ep. I know it's not going to end with Buddie together, and it wouldn't feel right or honest if it did, it's way too soon, but Eddie deserves to really peel back that onion and hopefully here's the start of his chance
100% agree with you on Henren's arc here. It was unsatisfying, and they are my favorite canon couple. there was so much potential in this ep, and your version would've worked much better. I really love the idea of Hen having to consider how her role in her kids' lives compares to that of her father, and realizing the ways in which it's very very different. honestly, I never understood why she didn't go through with med school. she worked so hard, she went through so much with her mom and her classmates, she had such good reasons for pursuing it. obviously they wanted to keep her in the show, but/and, that was a fantastic interesting arc and I wish they had kept exploring it
re: Athena and the kids - interestingly, Maddie/dispatch was 100% on board with calling out/blaming the adult, and then to have Athena continuing to hold a grudge against 2 teenagers even after they want to make amends - well, it's fully in-character. Athena is a super fascinating character, and Angela Bassett is amazing, but she has always been my least favorite on the show and I do not feel that she's supposed to be beloved the way the rest are. I think she's supposed to be the most morally gray and unlikable main. she hates teamwork. she dislikes kids that aren't her own. she stalks her own husband rather than talk to him. she holds a grudge like fucking Atlas, no matter how badly it weighs her down. like they come SO CLOSE to calling out the bullshit but then have to "not all cops" their way out of it. it's such a bizarre crooked line they walk in this show