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Oh I'm unbelievably pissed, tumblr just ate my 911 liveblogs for the last 7 episodes

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2x04 and 2x05:

2x04:

Oh no Eddie and Christopher getting ready for their day together it's TOO CUTE

"Taking him isn't the problem, it's giving him" soft!! Christopher is so loved and that is important to me

"So is your son really the reason you don't date?" "That and they weren't my type" "Not mine either, not any more" my god guys sound more like you're trying to pick each other up

Wow sincerely WHY are they giving Buck and Eddie all the beats of a romance? Eddie's aunt like "who is this?" with the little eyebrow raise that implies the suspicion something is going on between them.

This is so funny I wanted boy best friends gradually progressing into the possibility of something more but what I'm getting is just a very traditional TV romance??

Oh no Buck letting Bobby know they were bringing Christopher to the station and Eddie's soft smile about it

And everyone looking out for him!! I'm. SOFT

They're having so much fun it's so cute

Oh no Eddie hugging Bobby and thanking him it's good 😭😭

"So does this boy crush on Eddie mean you're finally ready to move on from Abby" number one leave him alone the poor kid hasn't figured out he's bi yet and number two real

"What? You're my friend, she's your ex. You get to forgive and move on. I get to hold a grudge until I die." so true Hen!!

2x05:

Oh man I'm glad this Gloria thing is actually being addressed because my first impression of her was like this sharp, funny, no nonsense kind of character but the more she talked in that opening montage the more appalled I became. I appreciate that every time I think this show is letting me down it pulls through and is like "actually no this isn't ok"

Eva???? No get the fuck away from those kids

Hey Karen I know this sucks real bad but honestly for all the mistakes Hen made this isn't really her fault. She didn't bring Eva back into your lives, it's pretty clear that every time Hen tries to cut her out Eva escalates

And then to go back to my first point, I also appreciate that the show says "when people act badly there's usually a reason for it"

My impressions of 911, as at the end of 1x04:

So far I like the show a bunch!

I'd heard Buck starts out as a bit of a jerk but so far he's been a likeable one. It helps that there are (very nearly) consequences for his more outrageous behaviour.

I like Abby and Buck for each other but Abby as a character is appallingly under utilised. I feel like her role as a 911 operator underpinned the entire PREMISE of the show and yet it only took one episode for them to realise they didn't know what to do with her. She's also just... not a super compelling character? Maybe she'll get more interesting, I'm mostly mad because I think the concept is really solid but I'm not sold on the execution. The big problem with her personal life is that she doesn't have one, so it drags a bit when we spend so much time with her outside her job. At this stage I'm unsurprised she left after the first season, just because it feels like they don't quite know how to write for her.

I love Athena and oh boy is she doing it tough but I desperately need her to not use her power as a police officer to harass teenage girls. What the girl bullying her daughter did was terrible but she was still waaay out of line.

Related though, something I like about this show so far is that the characters' strengths are also their weaknesses. Buck is impulsive in ways that are good and bad; Abby is caring and empathetic, sometimes to a fault; the passion and assertiveness that makes Athena out of line with her daughter's bully is the same thing that makes her great at standing up to the assholes who deserve it. It's good character building.

I also like that characters are allowed to do shit bad enough to actually warrant censure from higher ups. And then receive appropriate condemnation for their behaviour. Often when shows try to do that kind of story line they go too soft on the characters either by over justifying why their bad behaviour is understandable or by having the consequences be wildly disproportionate to the wrongdoing in a way that makes them feel like the victim. So far 911 seem to be be striking a pretty solid balance on trusting the audience to empathise with the characters even when they do bad things and get called out by the narrative for those things.

I don't think the show has killed any kids yet, which I'm grateful for but also wary about. I'm betting they're saving that up for a real gut punch of an episode. I already cried over the mother in the plane who DIDN'T die?? If there are any big Kids Dying episodes I should watch out for maybe let me know. (I'm already aware of the basics of Bobby's backstory, though)

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Some dumbass didn't realise 2x02 would be a two parter and now it's waaay past my bedtime but here are my thoughts on 2x02 and 2x03.

Man shows just don't do two parters like this any more, what an excellent pair of episodes

The Eddie and Buck team-up was super cute and fun. They were like a pair of schoolboys getting up to mischief when they were talking about how to get into the building

In general I think Eddie was an interesting new character to bring on board because at this stage, in many ways he feels like Buck 2.0. I'm curious to see how that develops though.

I love Maddie a LOT and I think her starting as a 911 operator is a great way to do a bit of a soft reboot after their original narrator left. Seeing her as someone competent and knowledgeable in her field as a nurse, but thrown into a crisis situation in a role she's just learning is honestly a great way to do a "pilot" and it does feel like the show is finding its feet a bit. I also really like the background they gave her to explain why she'd be reluctant to work in a hospital again. Not that she needs a "reason" but I feel like they've communicated a fair bit about her as a character in an economical way.

Also I like Maddie's trainer at her job, he was funny and the right balance of harried and understanding.

I loved Hen's arc through these episodes, her saving the kid was great and also her making that connection with the other first responder who died was really emotional

I would like to see Hen's relationship with her family developed more. Athena's family stuff has had heaps of on-screen time (which I've enjoyed a lot) but so far we've hardly seen Hen's wife and her kid even less. It's a shame because it seems like there's an interesting story there that I am keen to know more about.

Buck driving Eddie to pick up his kid after the crisis and watching the two reunite was an interesting choice. I'm not sure if this was the intention (I guess I'll be better able to say after I watch a bit more) but it felt a lot like it was making some pointed comments about what Buck feels like he's missing right now. My best guess, it's sort of about his weird break up with Abby and him feeling like he doesn't have anyone to go home to (but like, he obviously has a good relationship with his sister and is really glad to be reconnecting with her, so it's not totally about not having anyone to worry about or who's worrying about him). Does Buck want kids? Is our recently reformed womaniser suddenly pining for a family? Fascinating. Or is he just surprised by seeing this side of Eddie? I'm just really compelled by the fact that they didn't just show us Eddie and Christopher reuniting, they showed us Buck's reaction to it, too.

My impressions of 911, as at the end of 1x04:

So far I like the show a bunch!

I'd heard Buck starts out as a bit of a jerk but so far he's been a likeable one. It helps that there are (very nearly) consequences for his more outrageous behaviour.

I like Abby and Buck for each other but Abby as a character is appallingly under utilised. I feel like her role as a 911 operator underpinned the entire PREMISE of the show and yet it only took one episode for them to realise they didn't know what to do with her. She's also just... not a super compelling character? Maybe she'll get more interesting, I'm mostly mad because I think the concept is really solid but I'm not sold on the execution. The big problem with her personal life is that she doesn't have one, so it drags a bit when we spend so much time with her outside her job. At this stage I'm unsurprised she left after the first season, just because it feels like they don't quite know how to write for her.

I love Athena and oh boy is she doing it tough but I desperately need her to not use her power as a police officer to harass teenage girls. What the girl bullying her daughter did was terrible but she was still waaay out of line.

Related though, something I like about this show so far is that the characters' strengths are also their weaknesses. Buck is impulsive in ways that are good and bad; Abby is caring and empathetic, sometimes to a fault; the passion and assertiveness that makes Athena out of line with her daughter's bully is the same thing that makes her great at standing up to the assholes who deserve it. It's good character building.

I also like that characters are allowed to do shit bad enough to actually warrant censure from higher ups. And then receive appropriate condemnation for their behaviour. Often when shows try to do that kind of story line they go too soft on the characters either by over justifying why their bad behaviour is understandable or by having the consequences be wildly disproportionate to the wrongdoing in a way that makes them feel like the victim. So far 911 seem to be be striking a pretty solid balance on trusting the audience to empathise with the characters even when they do bad things and get called out by the narrative for those things.

I don't think the show has killed any kids yet, which I'm grateful for but also wary about. I'm betting they're saving that up for a real gut punch of an episode. I already cried over the mother in the plane who DIDN'T die?? If there are any big Kids Dying episodes I should watch out for maybe let me know. (I'm already aware of the basics of Bobby's backstory, though)

#911 abc

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queerfables · 21 hours

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Should I go to bed or should I watch 2x01?

I should definitely go to bed.

Anyway, here's my thoughts on 2x01 ;)

Hen is extremely hot always but today that uniform is really working for her

Athena and Bobby flirting at work is so cheesy it's cute. They both deserve happiness. I might’ve seen some spoilers for later seasons do they end up getting married?? That's cute. They look pretty different by the later seasons so I didn't quite realise it was them at first. I put it together late s1 and was like "you know what, I can see it".

Anyway they're dorks

Lmfao this chat about the dumb sexiest man at the station awards and Buck thinking it's a given he's gonna get it. I put together where it was going a moment before it happened and boy this is SO FUNNY

Chimney's "Okay that is a beautiful man" and Hen "Where's the lie? And I like girls..." And Buck's FACE everything about this is incredible literally no one is normal about Eddie Diaz

Okay I can never figure out what's gonna squick me but for some reason the guy falling on the tyre pump really has me like D: things in the body that should not be in the body

Omg I'm CRYING Buck thinks his girlfriend is back in town but it's his sister's shower he's trying to climb into BUCK NO

Honestly being very mildly spoilered for this show is great because I keep figuring shit out like a second before it happens which only increases the comedy

I like Maddie immediately and I like her relationship with Buck

Oh, Buck. "She didn't break up with me, who told you that?" and Chimney suddenly getting reaaal interested in his workout.

"What are we measuring here, Buck?" Already thinking about seeing his dick, Eddie?

Aw they're gonna extract a bomb from a guy's leg together and become besties

Oh Buck you are a puppy dog. One nice word from new guy and you're rolling over to show your belly. Extreme dork behaviour.

We're only halfway through the episode, it took Buck 20 minutes to come round on the guy with the dreamy eyes, colour me shocked

Oh God we're cementing people's heads into microwaves now?? Could we perhaps NOT?

HE FELL INTO A POOL? WITH A BLOCK OF CEMENT ON HIS HEAD??

I just involuntarily shouted way too loud for the time of night it is.

Nightmare

Aw I love Athena getting good advice from her ex husband

I also love Hen and Chimney being friends and supporting each other it's cuuute

And of course Hen knew about Athena and Bobby. "Pay up!" So charming.

Guess I'd better pull the trigger on downloading the rest of this series

My impressions of 911, as at the end of 1x04:

So far I like the show a bunch!

I'd heard Buck starts out as a bit of a jerk but so far he's been a likeable one. It helps that there are (very nearly) consequences for his more outrageous behaviour.

I like Abby and Buck for each other but Abby as a character is appallingly under utilised. I feel like her role as a 911 operator underpinned the entire PREMISE of the show and yet it only took one episode for them to realise they didn't know what to do with her. She's also just... not a super compelling character? Maybe she'll get more interesting, I'm mostly mad because I think the concept is really solid but I'm not sold on the execution. The big problem with her personal life is that she doesn't have one, so it drags a bit when we spend so much time with her outside her job. At this stage I'm unsurprised she left after the first season, just because it feels like they don't quite know how to write for her.

I love Athena and oh boy is she doing it tough but I desperately need her to not use her power as a police officer to harass teenage girls. What the girl bullying her daughter did was terrible but she was still waaay out of line.

Related though, something I like about this show so far is that the characters' strengths are also their weaknesses. Buck is impulsive in ways that are good and bad; Abby is caring and empathetic, sometimes to a fault; the passion and assertiveness that makes Athena out of line with her daughter's bully is the same thing that makes her great at standing up to the assholes who deserve it. It's good character building.

I also like that characters are allowed to do shit bad enough to actually warrant censure from higher ups. And then receive appropriate condemnation for their behaviour. Often when shows try to do that kind of story line they go too soft on the characters either by over justifying why their bad behaviour is understandable or by having the consequences be wildly disproportionate to the wrongdoing in a way that makes them feel like the victim. So far 911 seem to be be striking a pretty solid balance on trusting the audience to empathise with the characters even when they do bad things and get called out by the narrative for those things.

I don't think the show has killed any kids yet, which I'm grateful for but also wary about. I'm betting they're saving that up for a real gut punch of an episode. I already cried over the mother in the plane who DIDN'T die?? If there are any big Kids Dying episodes I should watch out for maybe let me know. (I'm already aware of the basics of Bobby's backstory, though)

#911 abc

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Ongoing thoughts up to 1x10

I really like Abby and Buck's phone buddies thing. I'm a big slow burn fan (which is a big part of the reason I'm finally getting into this show, because it seems like maybe Buck/Eddie is gonna hit those buttons for me??) Also I think it's cute and apt that their first time together is phone sex. But mostly I think I just like them being the right person at the right time for each other, seeing something in each other that other people don't really get. It's appealing.

Also very fond of the age gap between them and how Abby enjoys that he's younger than her

Omfg first date and she has to cut his throat open? That's hilarious.

I wouldn't mind seeing a few more light-hearted calls or ones that are weird in a silly way. It's a very full on show, not super good for my heart to binge it lmfao

Lmfao Abby I don't think you get to call anyone a dork after answering a personal call with "911, what's your emergency?"

Everyone going into labour at the yoga class is very funny, this is the light-hearted hijinks I'm talking about

And Abby comparing 911 calls to try and solve a murder is what I mean about the kinds of ways her character can be used. Into this!

Omg Buck do not hit on the guy in front of his boyfriend while he's dealing with a tapeworm eating his intestines or something. This is so funny, Abby and Athena and Hen are all fighting for theirs lives out here and Buck is like "I delivered three babies and got a guy's number, CRAZY night."

Jesus, Bobby's story really makes my heart hurt. It's the kind of thing you can't even imagine. But I think it's a great concept well executed, with his complicated feelings about his blood being able to save so many kids when he couldn't save his own.

I'm getting closer to Eddie's introduction, which I'm psyched for!

Aw I like Bobby giving Buck good advice about how to have an adult relationship and also I am laughing about Buck freaking out about getting too serious in a relationship that comes with baggage and then ending up taking responsibility for a kid. Delightful.

Aw, the Abby/Buck break really was sad. I feel like they were never quite on the same page with each other in terms of their long term goals maybe because with where they both were in their lives, neither of them really had long term goals. But they also helped each other figure out who they wanted to be, what sorts of goals they might have. I like that, honestly. I stand by my comment that they were the right person at the right time for each other, even if it wasn't meant to be forever.

My impressions of 911, as at the end of 1x04:

So far I like the show a bunch!

I'd heard Buck starts out as a bit of a jerk but so far he's been a likeable one. It helps that there are (very nearly) consequences for his more outrageous behaviour.

I like Abby and Buck for each other but Abby as a character is appallingly under utilised. I feel like her role as a 911 operator underpinned the entire PREMISE of the show and yet it only took one episode for them to realise they didn't know what to do with her. She's also just... not a super compelling character? Maybe she'll get more interesting, I'm mostly mad because I think the concept is really solid but I'm not sold on the execution. The big problem with her personal life is that she doesn't have one, so it drags a bit when we spend so much time with her outside her job. At this stage I'm unsurprised she left after the first season, just because it feels like they don't quite know how to write for her.

I love Athena and oh boy is she doing it tough but I desperately need her to not use her power as a police officer to harass teenage girls. What the girl bullying her daughter did was terrible but she was still waaay out of line.

Related though, something I like about this show so far is that the characters' strengths are also their weaknesses. Buck is impulsive in ways that are good and bad; Abby is caring and empathetic, sometimes to a fault; the passion and assertiveness that makes Athena out of line with her daughter's bully is the same thing that makes her great at standing up to the assholes who deserve it. It's good character building.

I also like that characters are allowed to do shit bad enough to actually warrant censure from higher ups. And then receive appropriate condemnation for their behaviour. Often when shows try to do that kind of story line they go too soft on the characters either by over justifying why their bad behaviour is understandable or by having the consequences be wildly disproportionate to the wrongdoing in a way that makes them feel like the victim. So far 911 seem to be be striking a pretty solid balance on trusting the audience to empathise with the characters even when they do bad things and get called out by the narrative for those things.

I don't think the show has killed any kids yet, which I'm grateful for but also wary about. I'm betting they're saving that up for a real gut punch of an episode. I already cried over the mother in the plane who DIDN'T die?? If there are any big Kids Dying episodes I should watch out for maybe let me know. (I'm already aware of the basics of Bobby's backstory, though)

#911 abc

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My impressions of 911, as at the end of 1x04:

So far I like the show a bunch!

I'd heard Buck starts out as a bit of a jerk but so far he's been a likeable one. It helps that there are (very nearly) consequences for his more outrageous behaviour.

I like Abby and Buck for each other but Abby as a character is appallingly under utilised. I feel like her role as a 911 operator underpinned the entire PREMISE of the show and yet it only took one episode for them to realise they didn't know what to do with her. She's also just... not a super compelling character? Maybe she'll get more interesting, I'm mostly mad because I think the concept is really solid but I'm not sold on the execution. The big problem with her personal life is that she doesn't have one, so it drags a bit when we spend so much time with her outside her job. At this stage I'm unsurprised she left after the first season, just because it feels like they don't quite know how to write for her.

I love Athena and oh boy is she doing it tough but I desperately need her to not use her power as a police officer to harass teenage girls. What the girl bullying her daughter did was terrible but she was still waaay out of line.

Related though, something I like about this show so far is that the characters' strengths are also their weaknesses. Buck is impulsive in ways that are good and bad; Abby is caring and empathetic, sometimes to a fault; the passion and assertiveness that makes Athena out of line with her daughter's bully is the same thing that makes her great at standing up to the assholes who deserve it. It's good character building.

I also like that characters are allowed to do shit bad enough to actually warrant censure from higher ups. And then receive appropriate condemnation for their behaviour. Often when shows try to do that kind of story line they go too soft on the characters either by over justifying why their bad behaviour is understandable or by having the consequences be wildly disproportionate to the wrongdoing in a way that makes them feel like the victim. So far 911 seem to be be striking a pretty solid balance on trusting the audience to empathise with the characters even when they do bad things and get called out by the narrative for those things.

I don't think the show has killed any kids yet, which I'm grateful for but also wary about. I'm betting they're saving that up for a real gut punch of an episode. I already cried over the mother in the plane who DIDN'T die?? If there are any big Kids Dying episodes I should watch out for maybe let me know. (I'm already aware of the basics of Bobby's backstory, though)

#911 abc

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