“The price of your greed is your son and your daughter
What you gon' do when there's blood in the water?”
This week Han, Cil, and Rachel trust no bitch as we side-eye Season 4 Episode 13 of 9-1-1, "Suspicion," the penultimate episode of the season and the setup for one of the show's most notorious cliffhangers. Everyone has something to squint suspiciously at in this episode: Hen goes head to head with a dismissive ER doctor to save her mom Toni, Maddie insists she's fine while Chimney takes her at her word, Athena goes full detective mode on Bobby, and Eddie follows his gut about a single mom poisoning her son straight into the wrong end of a sniper scope.
We dig into Hen's storyline and how the medical system fails Black women, and women and people of color more broadly, and celebrate Hen rounding up her med school study group to advocate for her mother's health when no one else will in a very House MD montage. We sort through Bobby's avoidance and lying to Athena and unpack the tit for tat in Bobby and Athena's marriage underneath it all. We also talk about how devastatingly well the show sets up Maddie's postpartum arc, and how a rewatch really twists the knife with Chimney unknowingly saying the worst possible thing.
From there, we sit down with Carla to clock Eddie and his feelings (or lack thereof) for Ana: "nice and easy" is not how anyone should describe their girlfriend. We have a genuine question for the general audience (if you know any please ask them for us) about what exactly they think is happening here. We follow Rachel's thought journey and chat about Sheila and Charlie as a warped mirror of Eddie and Christopher, and lay out our theory that the universe is punishing Eddie for everything he refuses to look at.
Bobby and Athena apparently can't have a fight without Buck and Eddie inheriting the script, so we trace their kitchen argument line for line to 7x09 and 8x17. And when Sheila laments that a single mom has nobody to pull her out after she falls through a balcony, we can't help noticing that Eddie has someone who always shows up to try, because all roads lead to Buddie, after all.
“Beg me for mercy, admit you were toxic
You poisoned me just for another dollar in your pocket”
Episode title inspired by “Blood // Water” by grandson
❤️🔥 Who Is The “Bridezilla” of The Buddie Wedding? – Check out this week’s Patreon-exclusive Best Buddies Mini-Segment here!
📔 Articles & References From This Episode 📔
📰 '9-1-1's Peter Krause on Obstacles in Bobby & Athena's Marriage, Plus Is [Spoiler] Dead?, by Meredith Jacobs for TV Insider
📰 9-1-1's Peter Krause Talks Bobby And Athena's Big Fight, Says Cast Was 'Speechless' Over That Final Shot - TVLine, by Andy Swift for TV Line
📰 '911' Renewed For Season 5 At Fox — 'Lone Star' Returning Midseason, by Andy Swift for TV Line
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Chapters
(00:00:00) Previously on 9-1-1… 🚨
(00:00:42) Welcome to Dispatch
(00:02:11) 4x13 “Suspicion” Review
(00:09:18) Jaws of Life – Production Deep Dive
(00:16:39) Flashover – Episode Themes
(00:21:33) Hen – The Best Advocate You Could Ask For
(00:35:09) Athena & Bobby – Trust Issues: His, Hers & Theirs
(00:45:58) Maddie – Losing Trust in Herself & Shutting Everyone Else Out
(00:51:17) Eddie – Is He Following His Heart, or Christopher’s?
(00:55:04) How to Watch Eddie With Straight Goggles? 🤔
(01:05:49) Eddie Imprints on Charlie
(01:10:51) Slow Burn – All Roads Lead to Buddie
(01:20:21) Take a Buddie With You & Outro
