Let's talk about 9-1-1

[@jane-mulcahy]

Update: As I mention at the end of this video, my KZbin buddy Ryan Kearns (@dancommadirty) and I are starting a 9-1-1 rewatch podcast! We're starting from the very beginning of the show, so this would be a perfect time to start if you want to watch along with us! Our first few episodes are out now: Listen on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/first-respodcast-a-9-1-1-watch-along/id1774956085 Or Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/7hTRbpRh5zSiBI10YTBZIr Or KZbin: youtube.com/@firstrespodcast?si=r-WMeyzeuLqwJuO4 Or RSS: rss.com/podcasts/first-respodcast Thanks for the great response to this video :)))

[@kellyschaos]

im revisiting this video (for at least the 3rd time in total) after a long day at work and seeing this comment just made things even better

[@kylelawson2037]

❤🎉 you are welcome

[@acey9997]

Love your analysis, especially your critiques. I love this show as you do, and your legit criticisms resonate.

[@Lboogie0711]

Awesome any chance you would ever give 9-1-1 lone star a watch? I love Carlos and TK.

[@Caroline-vg6rc]

the way I *ran* to subscribe lol. I'm loving the pod!

[@PrincessDraculaura]

Oh boy, a 3 hour long video essay about a show I’ve never seen from a creator who’s never appeared on my recommended before? Don’t mind if I do!!

[@paper_maiden]

All of her stuff is amazing. Happy watching!

[@liamaugust]

exactly how i found her channel through her degrassi video lmaooo

[@littlerelief]

You have struck gold on this day, friend

[@capn_toad]

same here 👍

[@positivelypinky]

Same same lol

[@sarahs6782]

gay eddie is the secret good fourth Sherlock episode of this show

[@elliotmcdonagh1776]

oh my god, you are so right😮

[@unkofi445]

I mean he could be queer, I don’t think that gay… the guy was clearly in love with his wife.

[@Beny763]

@@unkofi445 I mean, I´d argue he heavily romanticized his relationship with her. We know he got her pregnant and that´s why they got married. He cares for her, and feels an oblligation to feel like she was "the one" because she died and because she is the mother of his child. We have already seen with Michael that a gay man can have a long lasting marriage and deeply care for his wife and still be repressed and gay.

[@TheVivaciousNerd]

@@Beny763and you know, from reality 😂😊

[@gabrieldevoogel6225]

@@TheVivaciousNerdfair enough but I think they were trying to show causality of his thoughts about the character being potentially gay

[@fgjhham89]

Can't believe the lack of mustaches in a firefighter show. Truly disappointing. Glad they seem to have realised the error of their ways.

[@BeansKneez]

apparently we have chim's actor to thank. ryan grew out his facial hair during the hiatus and shaved off just the beard. kenneth sent a photo to tim minear and was like please please please let ryan keep the mustache on the show.

[@st4rz.of.perdition]

no fr the stache is like a firefighter staple, coming from someone who burst into tears as a kid bringing brownies to the fire station by my house bc i was deathly afraid of attractive ppl all those mfs were stached

[@biig_silva]

Check Lone Star, it will help a bit 😂

[@Kerrogann]

Eddie has one in the first episodes of Season 5

[@sexyschnidden9702]

I love the songs! I noticed at some point and always look forward to the next one

[@meredythwithay5187]

The drop of Bi Buck is like my JFK assassination. I will always remember where I was

[@rebeccalambert3240]

You get it.

[@ellinor9777]

I accidentally read the comments on the 9-1-1 instagram account before I watched the episode, and I got spoiled. I wish I hadn’t read them and had gotten my real reaction from watching the episode💔💔

[@Pusheenowaaa]

Missed opportunity to say 9/11 in regards to 9-1-1

[@Hotsingesl]

“The gay shipping? Yeah I’ll talk about that” fork found in kitchen

[@howdypardner6278]

baby, there's a shark on the freeway

[@jane-mulcahy]

I HAD THIS VERY THOUGHT LAST NIGHT

[@SkyeID]

I kept expecting a clip of that Degrassi promo, or at least the song.

[@liamaugust]

SCREAMING

[@leahpeachie]

the way I didn't understand this until i read the replies because i kept reading it in the tone of, "mama, there's a girl behind you."

[@tomdarko7012]

​@@jane-mulcahy I was waiting for you to sing this at some point lmao

[@SED779]

"He has pretty boy disease, and I'm afraid it's terminal" made me bust out laughing

[@nataleynakata3687]

Pretty boy disease??? What does that make the women, trans/ queer folk and enbies?

[@evildoesnotsleep-x2b]

Ths struggle of watching a gay ship amidst the copaganda

[@j_fenrir]

you get it

[@satellitemind333]

I had to explain the recent bee-nado/airplane plot line to my parents and I've never loved this ridiculous show more than explaining that Angela Bassett and a 12 year old were going to have to land a plane on an LA freeway as the result of an angry killer bee swarm. I now understand the appeal of Fast and the Furious franchise!

[@jane-mulcahy]

last night's episode was soooooo ridiculous in the best way. exactly it's like the fast and furious franchise for people who want something slightly less macho lmao

[@SammyLammy1D]

I love both F&F and 9-1-1, but I didn’t really see the similarities until now. So thank you 😊

[@bookshelfhoney]

Fast and bi Curious

[@MovableNu]

Ha ha ha! I love F&F and just started watching this series about 2 weeks ago. The algo kept feeding me 911 fan shorts and show clips. Now I’m tucking into this video and I think I’m done for! 😂

[@timeforlaurynsopinion5138]

the whole eddie section combined with the way on the nose song selections has made me so excited for them to canonise gay eddie while playing 'good luck, babe!'

[@jane-mulcahy]

I mean.... it could happen. this is why we clown

[@saehtnySs]

i'm waiting for it

[@archers.arrows]

I can't believe we got from, "Connie Britton drinks white wine," to "it would be silly not to marry the two giant hot men to each other, also grow a mustache," in four hours.

[@princesstarah2]

That's the magic of 9-1-1

[@franciscajavierafernandeza8709]

Buck goes to bed reading wikipedia articles

[@saratesija]

the fact that this is true after episode 5 of s8 that came out today 😭

[@Pusheenowaaa]

I literally assumed that was why

[@hommefataltaemin]

Oh my god that edit of Buck as he gets struck by lightning and falls like a rag doll to the “now I just fall down” song is so fucking funny holy shit 😭😭😭

[@FTT4]

The song is What was I made for by Billie Eilish from the Barbie Soundtrack, but it's now indelibly linked to this TV show I've never watched before.

[@alexlemaire8513]

same energy as the edit of another favourite buck as the dora milaje take his arm of to "she took my arm, I don't know how it happened" 😂

[@j_fenrir]

​@@alexlemaire8513 im crying wHAT

[@alexlemaire8513]

@@j_fenrir yep, Sebastian stan even shared it on his insta story lmao its etched onto my brain permanently

[@coricamp5324]

I enjoyed literally every second of this. Now let’s analyze the mustache being a metaphor for Eddie’s compulsive heterosexuality

[@seancampion319]

No bc they just did this in the latest episode

[@j_fenrir]

babes you wont believe this

[@coricamp5324]

the abc gods were listening 😩

[@drouzicz]

Lmaooo and then he shaved it

[@arfbarkbark]

wheres that one tumblr screenshot w the dodgeball??

[@coolmaggie96]

I’m so happy that your niche fandom drama video is actually about 9-1-1 and it’s 3.5 hours long this is like Christmas to me

[@elsal1353]

3.5?

[@freakytostadacartoon]

More like 3.9 hours.

[@alexisburrows3171]

4 hours and same 😂

[@noahkirschtein8169]

3.5 ? babe an hour is 60 minutes this is like 3.9 lmao

[@annekrusova]

@@noahkirschtein8169 3 hours and 50 minutes bruh

[@blinkfilms1]

Thank you sincerely for the 4 hour long explanation of why my destiel mutuals will not stop posting gifsets of the firefighters

[@jane-mulcahy]

destiel never dies.... it is only reborn

[@blinkfilms1]

@@jane-mulcahy the immortal nature of a guy who is violently repressed and the man with whom he is co-parenting a child

[@dawnmayflower4422]

⁠@@blinkfilms1Jesus Christ. It never ends. 😩😭 I thought I was over this trope when Supernatural ended… then I found 9-1-1. And it’s the same damn situation! My god, writers, just smoosh them together like how kids pressed two Barbie dolls against each other and declared that dating.

[@m00shro0ms2]

@@dawnmayflower4422 same ship different font fr 😭

[@trustfulplace3894]

@@blinkfilms1i laughed out loud

[@dunsbar2]

the plotline of "guy meets unexplained doppleganger of his dead partner and starts getting involved with her only for the doppleganger to find out and dress up as the dead partner to help him work through his trauma" also happened in gotham like wholecloth and they did that first. i don't know if it was an intentional rip-off but i'm just saying if at some point in season 8 eddie gets on pills and starts hallucinating buck singing amy winehouse at him seductively (a real gotham plot point between two characters) we will know exactly where they got the idea.

[@jane-mulcahy]

lmaooooo I've never watched gotham but tbh given the state of the show in season 7 I wouldn't be surprised if the buck amy winehouse thing happens at some point in season 8

[@meredythwithay5187]

Eddie shoots Buck and pushes him into the harbor

[@ПепеКилджой]

OMG I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT THIS YOU SO RIGHT

[@besupaaa]

This whole doppelganger plotline got me so confused. Like are they gonna address it? Explain it? Were they separated twins? Are we just supposed to believe there are two exact people out there????????? They lost me a little bit in that one.

[@Sing_A_Rebel_Song]

@@besupaaatbf there are people who aren’t related in the slightest who still look exactly alike. I mean I had like three before I changed my hair 😭 there’s also a girl on here that looks and sounds exactly like one of my friends and I literally had to confirm with her that it wasn’t her

[@chronolojays4634]

“just two giant hot guys who have a really intense homoerotic relationship which has straightforwardly prompted mass gay shipping. as god intended” incredible. i did not think i was going to watch this whole video in one sitting but i got so invested so quickly! this was a super fun way to spend my night!

[@macaronisex]

Americans every September:

[@Stanheights]

+2

[@parnikaaaa_]

underrated comment

[@yayajones4]

It's so dumb how loud I laughed as someone who lost several family members to it

[@Wendy-je9zf]

Ryan Murphy may be my one sided enemy, but boy do he and the people he’s worked with know how to make entertaining shows

[@bee_zzus]

after everything we endured i don't think its one sided

[@Wendy-je9zf]

@@bee_zzusyou got me there

[@anastaciyaknoll]

jane this video better have an extremely long gay tangent

[@jane-mulcahy]

you're never gonna believe this...

[@anastaciyaknoll]

@@jane-mulcahy you never let me down

[@Hotsingesl]

@@jane-mulcahyfork found in kitchen

[@olrichlie]

The way you dug into Eddie actually killed me because I wanted to disagree with you at every turn but I just… couldn’t. You’re so right and I’m devastated by it. The acting, the personality, the character arch, it’s all bad, and that still won’t make me hate him. Why is he always mewing at the tragedies? I can’t get over it 😭

[@jane-mulcahy]

I actually really appreciate you saying this!! I've gotten a couple negative responses from big Eddie fans who seem to think any criticism = a deeply personal and morally bankrupt attack on their boy. I understand the sentiment, but like I say in the vid he actually is one of my favorite characters! I just want more for him. And I actually think maybe the more loving fan practice is to engage with and acknowledge his flaws even if we love him. He's not a real person, he's the product of deliberate choices made by writers! I wish they could wake up to his potential. I'm hopeful that maybe season 8 could be his season tho!!

[@olrichlie]

@@jane-mulcahy praying that chris leaving means Eddie is gonna find himself and develop a personality (or…. gay. gay works too)

[@charlottephillips9269]

mewing at tragedies 😭

[@m00shro0ms2]

@@olrichlie real as hell lol

[@pkbutter]

MEWING AT THE TRAGEDIES💀

[@cowboycrab6500]

I want 'canonically doesn't know what a bassoon is' on a t-shirt

[@gavinpotter9286]

i played bassoon for two years in middle school and i would wear the shit out of that shirt

[@j_fenrir]

had to google wtf a bassoon was so its clearly destiny to wear this shirt

[@tophatturtle6452]

i’m disappointed that there isn’t anything about 911 lone star, not because i like the show or anything but because there’s a scene i’ve seen multiple times on social media where rob lowe’s character tries to do cpr on a frozen corpse and his chest just breaks and it’s hollow inside. that scene pops into my head so often

[@FreyaEinde]

Lonestar is great for all the corny reasons

[@lyannastarkweather]

I fear that scene will live rent free in my head for the rest of my natural life.

[@FreyaEinde]

@@lyannastarkweather Would it make you feel better to know the rest of the episode is like a murder mystery?

[@lyannastarkweather]

@@FreyaEindeOh I’m aware. 😂😂😂 I watched both series in their entirety.

[@FreyaEinde]

@@lyannastarkweather It's so ridiculously binge worthy. I screamed so loud when he burst through the chest 🫠

[@intergalactic-loser]

read that as 9/11 an uncomfortable amount of times and thought "you're a month late jane!!"

[@jane-mulcahy]

imagine 😭😭😭

[@seanthebluesheep]

While we all know that you absolutely, do not "gotta hand it to 'em", there was some really strong branding going on when they picked that date.

[@Hotsingesl]

Glad to know I wasn’t the only one

[@nataleynakata3687]

@@jane-mulcahy *coughs awkwardly somewhere between Hawaii and Texas*

[@arfbarkbark]

stop this mix up happens so much!! literally the other day my dad was trying to search for 9-1-1 on a streaming service and was confused why it wasnt coming up. when i walked in the room to check, he'd just been searching 9/11 over and over 😭😭

[@umbreons_mom]

The worst copaganda part of this show is that it's ANGELA BASSET as a cop, saying "not all cops". I truly cannot understand why the writers would do a police brutality situation with the black cop's family. It's absolutely unfathomable to me.

[@skylarkblue1]

also the veteran protest scene was really weird

[@claudeyaz]

Yeah have you guys seen the Roland Fryer guy who was pushed out by the plagiarist "claudine gay,?" His crime stats by race research results were sobering after the 2020 stuff

[@claudeyaz]

It was so racist how people could not believe his results, because they just couldn't believe that kind of racial situation was reality with the police

[@fentina]

Tbf it's repeatedly brought up and (at least in earlier seasons) her stance questioned. It's part of her on-going conflict with May as well and she's shown to have trouble admitting to others how flawed the system is, not to herself. Her motivation to stay a cop is specifically that she can't see change happening without cops like her being there and that people need cops like her. Like, it could be done better, but they very well (imo) used it to make her relationship and characterization more complex

[@Meanie74]

Girl you have to see Ghost Whisperer. It’s a procedural perfect for casual watching. Jennifer Love Hewitt is lead as a ghost detective that solves every ghost dilemma with emotional intelligence. Also her love interest posses another man.

[@iimuffinsaur]

Yess. I grew up watching that show w my mom every week lol.

[@Meanie74]

@@iimuffinsaur the first season finale is so good. One of the best air traffic vehicle crashing in a melodrama moments out there.

[@samosas]

I was thinking this when she said she wasn’t familiar with JLH that much. A Ghost Whisperer breakdown would be a perfect addition to this channel honestly, it literally has everything

[@erikavaldez8175]

the first TV show I got obsessed with omg,I was 9yo renting seasons of it to binge and I was terrified of it,I need to watch it again now that I'm grown to see if it holds up

[@MaliceInCandyland]

The resurrected husband plot is silly and that friend of hers is annoying as hell (not Aisha Tyler; the other one). But other than that it holds up really well.

[@cleffacat]

i just wanted to thank you for providing captions!! i almost cried when i saw they weren't auto generated, i'm mostly deaf and the auto captions are almost never accurate or helpful.

[@bryellejungong156]

I’m hard of hearing so I agree its alwasys refreshing to see proper captions and not just auto generated ones 8:21pm 1/9/25 :)

[@carolineshi829]

buck is like stiles in the sense he’s the goofy and fun fan favourite character, then comparably, eddie is like derek because of the untapped character potential marred by not great writing! the sterek to 911 pipeline is real and i can prove it

[@jane-mulcahy]

wait you're so right... also Derek falling in love with a doppelgänger of his dead first love would be so in character for him

[@GabrielaJunqueiraPereira]

I LITERALLY MADE A POLL ON TUMBLR AND YES!! THAT IS A PIPELINE THAT EXISTS!!!!

[@jordanne229]

this video destroyed my life a week ago by convincing me to start watching 911 and leading me to subsequently fall deep, deep into the fandom. it's been 10 days and I can barely think of anything else because apparently i ALSO don't know how to like something a normal amount. thanks Jane, the video is lovely. I keep coming back to it just to hear your takes, it's just really really fun. would love to hear more of your 911 opinions in the future, particularly as season 8 has since started airing and I hear there's a lot going on!

[@m00shro0ms2]

i hope you have a blast here. this show is ridiculous in the most entertaining way

[@witheredahlia]

i fear we are in the exact same situation. i even got my best friend to watch it with me and we’re just pulling each other in deeper, i haven’t had this much fun watching a show in so long

[@redmo11]

"Eddie baby-trapped him, the least he can do is make an honest man out of him."🤣👍

[@404-n4i]

Hey, so influencer getting their head cemented in a microwave actually happened. No pool was involved but they did have to call paramedics. It was done by UK duo TGF Bro (their KZbin channel.) And given the actors in the show resemble them, I have to assume this is specifically mimicking them. Especially given the other stunts also fall inlign with the kind of thing TGF Bro did.

[@jane-mulcahy]

omg I had no idea! that's so wild. but as I say in another part of this video, I'm guessing the show's writers draw from all sorts of real life inspiration. I should've known it was too specific not to be ripped from the headlines. interesting that it happened in the UK, tbh I've always wanted to see a UK 9-1-1 spinoff. 9-9-9!

[@ellieperry4194]

I learnt about it being true from a papa meat video

[@SammyLammy1D]

​@jane-mulcahy omg a British version of 9-1-1 would be amazing. I love British humour so I would eat it up!

[@Jacob-ps5xl]

oh of course it was those idiots lmao, I didn't even realise

[@florencianwhimsy]

jennifer love hewitt being a great and frequent crier is so real. she cries in like every ghost whisperer episode, i was getting worried about her becoming dehydrated (i highly recommend ghost whisperer to you btw)

[@izunknown]

😂I’m

[@edenbalfour]

the ryan guzman bad acting segment had me in tears every second was even more painful than the last. thank you

[@SkyeID]

Advice for anyone who wants to build a tunnel for cheating purposes: just use a door. Then you'll never have to get stuck, call 911, and explain to an EMT why there's a hole under your house.

[@jane-mulcahy]

seriously because they only show them cheating when the husband is at work so is there any reason he couldn't just walk through the front door??

[@SkyeID]

@@jane-mulcahy the husband isn't home so there's no reason to dig out a Tunnel of Love (producers really dropped the ball by not using the song)

[@IntrovertedMillennial]

The husband has cameras on the house so they had to tunnel.

[@mizzapril2009]

Ryan Guzman, the actor that you aren’t 😂😂😂 this killed me

[@thisisntoptimal]

I knew that this show was gay but I had no idea how extensive the canon stuff was?? It would actually be silly for them to pass up the chance to make Buddie endgame omg

[@0meAcat1]

"Eddie if he slayed" lmfao I'm not..skipping the section. I, like you, am brave and good

[@0meAcat1]

Don't leave the stucky photo on the screen so lonnng don't! um - !

[@dunsbar2]

running to my laptop for the four hour essay by my favourite youtuber about the show i refer to as "finally real television is back"

[@hyacinthusbloom]

This beloved show is sorely lacking in video essays on KZbin, so I'm thrilled to see yours! What an incredible deep dive, and a hilarious one too. I similarly felt a lot of kinship when I discovered 9-1-1 last year, and its campy tone as well as found family elements really spoke to me through a difficult personal time. It really feels like a sincere attempt at an ensemble piece, and compelled me to write on ao3 after years of staying away from fandoms. Like you, I tune out the reddit threads and the more distasteful politics of the show, it's just much easier to enjoy that way. A recap series would honestly be great! I think there was one from afterbuzztv which was sadly abandoned (it went up to season 3), so if you do end up doing one, you definitely have a listener in me. Thank you for this marvelous video!

[@jane-mulcahy]

A love interest for Eddie?? What were they thinking??? JLH should be writing this show lol

[@hyacinthusbloom]

@@jane-mulcahy JLH pretty much saved us from that travesty. Also I will defend Shannon until I die so that hypothetical ship wouldn't sit right with me, plus JLH kind of gave us Buddie?? 😂

[@BeansKneez]

that's wild bc lou ferrigno reportedly said tommy was supposed to be with eddie, "but it fell through and oliver was willing"

[@michelafiore393]

What. The fuck. How did they think that was going to work out? The whole point of Maddie and Chimney is that he is the most even keeled, drama free character and she can rely on his steadiness and emotional maturity. He doesn’t yell. He doesn’t shout. He talks things over and is reasonable. The only time he sort of loses it is when she gets taken away from him, and even then his big emotional upheaval is to have an argument with his brother in law (justified, even if the punch was a bit too much) and to go looking for her with a one year old in tow. Eddie is most emphatically NOT that character. 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@hyacinthusbloom]

Some of the stuff they had in development (that thankfully never made it on-screen) are just plain bizarre

[@eryan1419]

My friends have watched this for ages and we were drunk one night and I was like “turn on a random episode I wanna laugh at it” but turns out the joke was on me I was sucked in by the silly whimsy earnesty this show is coco melon to me… we fucking love you Buck Buckley

[@amandatodd7197]

Shockingly enough ABC wasn’t the one to have the idea for the bachelor crossover, it was actually Jennifer Love Hewitt! she’s a bachelor fan and since ABC got 911 she thought that it would be a perfect crossover!

[@switchingsnitches]

this is like the fifth fun fact i've heard about jlh suggesting a plot line or writing for a scene that made the show better im so glad she's out here enforcing her opinions on the writers room 😂

[@DorkDork87]

Noooooo! Not another tv show disrespecting Maria Skłodowska-Curie's wishes by omitting her maiden name and erasing her Polish heritage 😢

[@erinkatrina4201]

It’s sad that her full native name doesn’t get mentioned a lot, but I think it’s because she got famous for her work while living and working in France, where women do take their husband’s names and drop their own

[@S-pw2jh]

Hi could you tell me how to pronounce her name properly? I’d love to be more respectful

[@littlemy7622]

for me i think the core of Eddies character is repression and its the reason we tend not to know about whats upsetting Eddie until it bubbles over and causes him to suddenly breakdown or act out. As someone who also has PTSD this is something i fall prey to a lot myself so I get Eddie. When we meet Eddie we are told hes perfect, thats how Buck sees him at least, but we learn pretty quickly that he isn't. Hes not over his wife, His time in the army, His family issues, His time in the church but he puts on a front. he's been used to having no one to rely on with Shanon leaving and his parents not supporting a lot of his choices. he's gotten used to having to stay strong for Christopher and It's only with his friendship with Buck we start seeing through the cracks. When he finally has someone who's there for him there's then someone to see him break or to keep him from breaking and thats how we begin to know Eddie and I'd say we do know Eddie is, He's a devote father, he's very capable, He's goofy in the way they all are, he's loyal, hes snarky and quick to tease, he likes a good time and hes deepy repressed. this is simply my take! ~ sincerely an Eddie Diaz Lover

[@jane-mulcahy]

oh boy, just wait til you get to the last section of this video!

[@littlemy7622]

@@jane-mulcahy I have learned an extremely valuable lesson abt waiting till the end of a video to comment 🙏

[@jane-mulcahy]

@@littlemy7622haha it's okay clearly we agree!

[@RandomSkyeRoses]

What if Eddie was bi in a way that he can be homoromantic but physically attracted to women?

[@SkyeID]

@@RandomSkyeRoses I think homosexual/homoromantic Eddie would be better. I can imagine he'd come to the realization that his repression, catholic guilt, and fraught relationships with women were a result of bad parenting, religious trauma and engaging in compulsory heterosexuality. Maybe with Buck's help he would learn to be honest with himself about being gay, and just... be gay lol

[@jessethecomet]

As someone who is extremely gay and has been watching 9-1-1 for 7 years and counting... thank you.

[@PhoenyxV]

Fun fact about the "dispatchers are first responders" bit, in rural areas (like where I live!) that don't have paid fire/rescue services and rely on volunteers, a lot of 911 dispatchers are volunteer fire fighters and/or switched to dispatch from a different branch of the first responder tree (such as paramedic to dispatcher).

[@PhoenyxV]

However as someone who knows how actual 911 call centers operate to some extent, the fact that they don't begin with "what is the location of your emergency" is slowly driving me insane. (Location is super important even in our modern days of letting our phones voluntarily track us because even if you get disconnected before you can give any other information, they can at least send someone to check things out who can summon more help/the appropriate type of help. And if you're in an apartment building or subway station, they might know where you are in a flat grid, but aren't going to have your elevation just from a location ping on your phone.)

[@gorogs]

You are so right about Eddie and it makes me dread the possibility that they'll never have the guts to make him gay. I'm trying not to get invested in that possibility cause I don't trust studios, but I'm failing because the subtext is RIGHT THERE 😭

[@tananario23]

Aren’t there queer couples on the show? Like several?

[@gorogs]

@@tananario23 Yes! Honestly they're some of the better-written queer couples I've seen from a non-streaming show, especially Hen & Karen. Still, a lot of people are already complaining about the representation that is there, so it's hard imagining them making both of their young attractive male leads be queer. As for why that would be preferable to Eddie being straight, Jane explains it really well in the "Eddie Problem" section of the video

[@m00shro0ms2]

you're literally me fr😭 i have eddie brain disease and it is as fatal as ryan's pretty boy disease i fear. i think about this man's obvious comphet night and day. send help i cannot

[@pierrethibodeaux4408]

the "first edition" of the Iliad... so like. an oral rendition delivered by Homer

[@jane-mulcahy]

a very charitable interpretation would be that they're talking about like... the first printed/bound edition?? but even if so I feel like they should've had the foresight to know it sounds ridiculous

[@clumsyninja925]

I would assume they meant the written word.

[@SkyeID]

@@jane-mulcahy yeah, Homer didn't come back from the dead to orate to JLo.

[@SkyeID]

@@clumsyninja925 I wonder how he got a hold of the first bound copy of the Iliad? Shouldn't that be in a museum vault somewhere?

[@jencendiary]

Depending on which translation of the Iliad - and some people have VERY SPECIFIC PREFERENCES on this, I used to date a classics major and still have PTSD about those parties - it's entirely possible to have a first edition of a specific translation and it not be on, like, vellum or papyrus.

[@pris1145]

literally to me Eddie’s character arc would not make sense if he doesn’t turn out to be gay. His character only makes sense in my head if he’s gay. All that repression from his Latino Catholic military background and how horribly he treats women and he’s not gay????

[@justjoannak]

Agreed

[@Faucetofstone]

On the Copaganda bit, I haven't finished that section but I think it's especially egregious to portray the LAPD this way. Genuinely, the LAPD are some of the lowest of low in terms of a truly vile institution. It's section on scandals, corruption, misconduct and more on wikipedia is longer than it's history section.

[@sorryimkyla]

Hey, Queen! Girl, you have done it again, constantly raising the bar for us all and doing it flawlessly.

[@MarsHunter67]

I’ve just gotten to your section on Lucy’s character and I’ve gotta say as someone who at that point was still pretty active in the online fandom, that actress was treated horribly online by fans. This fandom has a problem very similar to what Supernatural did in its early seasons: intense and nasty misogyny directed at any female character, and by extension the actresses playing them, who are perceived as an obstacle to their desired ship. It’s really frustrating to see. I would see fans on Twitter complaining and shouting “no one cares!” to this poor actress all because she was simply promoting herself in this new role. It’s especially sad when a lot of the people doing it were vocal buddie shippers, a ship I LOVE but have a very love/hate relationship with its greater fanbase because of how common that behavior is. This kind of thing was also pretty usual to see directed towards Taylor and her actress when Buck was still with her on the show, to the point where someone even stalked a child actress’s instagram for info on if Taylor was getting a backstory flashback, I kid you not, literally so they could “warn” people about Taylor getting more screentime. (And anyone who’s seen the show knows that never even happened for Taylor so…) Sorry for the wall of text, but I have MANY thoughts about this aspect of fandom behavior.

[@jane-mulcahy]

that sucks :((( I didn't think the character was that compelling but it's obviously nothing to do with the actress! like I said in regard to Abby and Taylor, unfortunately most fandoms seem like they haven't matured past irrationally hating any woman who gets involved with their favorite boys/interferes with their favorite ships, and unfortunately lots of people seem to have trouble separating fiction from reality and take it out on the actors. like act your age people jfc!!

[@ScorpioDigs]

And as we have learned in Season 7, this behavior is not limited to female characters...

[@besupaaa]

Gosh. That's why I stay away from fandom. It's 2024 and this is still happening?!

[@astamanista9447]

Does the actress deserve the treatment she got? Definitely not. However, Lucy is definitely a huge case of hype backlash. I'm all in for more female firefighters in this show, but the way she's promoted by saying she's "Female Buck," introduced by starting a semi infidelity plot and then seemingly cut quite a lot of her scenes because of the backlash? Yeah, the writers are the actual guilty party of this mess. That is a HORRIBLE treatment for the actress by the higherup.

[@justjoannak]

That's terrifying, omg!

[@cowboycrab6500]

The Chimney rebar plotline is a historical medical mystery! I was obsessed with it as a kid. A railway worker was impaled with a railroad spike over a hundred years ago and his personality completely changed, but he survived and died naturally. I was waiting for someone to mention it in the comments, but I thought it was very funny that they used that in the show when the other calls are very modern real stories.

[@amycox5733]

I want to research this further, what’s the case called? Like, hat should I google to find out more?

[@amycox5733]

What’s this case called?

[@johnsmith2875]

@@amycox5733phineas gage

[@eepydobeepy]

@@amycox5733if you look up Phineas Gage you’ll find the info about it!

[@timeforlaurynsopinion5138]

​@amycox5733 you've probably found it by now, but the guy was named phineas gage. he did survive, but he had a lot more long-term issues than chimney did lol

[@elbipanic]

I full heartedly believe Eddie feels like such a badly written character because they haven't been able to do the actual plan they wanted to do with him. It all feels like it comes out of nowhere because time and time again apparently they've had to find excuses to avoid reaching the most natural and logical conclusion (a queer arc). They took all control from Shannon, she had such little control that she didn't even manage to say some last words (he literally shuts her up) and you're telling me it is all for nothing? He has a panic attack for someone implying his very beautiful, kind, amazing with his kid girlfriend was his wife and it is all for nothing? We know so little of him because I think that would imply answering the big fat question behind all of these story lines and my hope is that finally, fucking finally, season 8 allows us to get to the obvious logical answer, so that they can stop trying to circle him bad to nothing just to avoid getting there. Loved the character analysis btw! Sent it to my gf who knows nothing about 9-1-1.

[@nicolefegan]

babe wake up new jane mulcahy feature film just dropped

[@SkyeID]

this is enough for 2 feature films!

[@eliannagaribaldi2668]

I'd love to see your reaction to Season 8 Ep. 6 Confessions where Eddie reveals he intentionally "denies himself joy," even switching to buying a water bottle after initially wanting FRUIT JUICE

[@mariad8523]

was literally looking for 911 video essays last week, so thank you for picking up my subliminal mind messages lol

[@jsas2047]

THANK YOU for talking about Bobby's smile. I've never seen anyone else mention it. He's like Giddeon from criminal minds (both some of my favorite "surrogate father" type characters") 😭

[@dunsbar2]

see in my head eddie is already gay and i'm just waiting for him to realize. together we can age this block of cheese and bring out its flavour. ill never forget when he was like "you didnt even think of what the lawsuit could do to US!!!" to buck like a scene out of my parents' divorce saga that i heard from down the hall when i was supposed to be in my room.

[@jane-mulcahy]

when he's like "Christopher misses you" oooooh you guys need to hash this out in private why are we airing this in front of the whole grocery store!!

[@dunsbar2]

@@jane-mulcahy also when abby came back and he said her name with the UTMOST revulsion like damn eddie you never even met her 😭😭😭

[@daneroberts1996]

"age this block of cheese" lmao this is sending me

[@liast9842]

I've never seen a single episode of this show, but I tune into Tumblr every single week to follow the drama. Your analysis of the Eddie problem as it ultimately being a problem of poor writing which could be solved unintentionally is very refreshing after months of people swearing up and down that it's all on purpose and well thought out.

[@jane-mulcahy]

absolutely, like it COULD all be on purpose I guess but even then I'd still question why they did it so sloppily. I feel like shippers sometimes have that conspiracy theory mindset of 'it must all be connected' (the johnlock conspiracy for example) when often it is in fact not all connected

[@narniadici1976]

The colour analysis of flannel shirts, the couch theory, the loft theory and the mustache are staples of the 9-1-1 gay fandom on Tumblr I fear 💀 I can only watch in awe and incomprehension

[@bye-ray-2389]

Breakup green was accurate at least although other people clowned on it 😭

[@cloudbyrnes]

The partners wearing red right before they broke up/got broken up with 🫡

[@acey9997]

Thank you for validating my own obsession with this show. You're spot on. It's escapism, ripped from the headlines, nutty and also very humanistic with lovable characters who (unrealistically) really just try to save lives at all costs.

[@RoseRed08]

I think I summoned you telepathically because I have been thinking about your videos so much the last few weeks. You always bring me so much joy. I'm sorry you have been going through it but so happy you're back. Thank you for the endless hours of happiness you provide. You are a gem

[@noonenosu]

I've been watching 9-1-1 since its premier and never had it crossed my mind that I could have been at the doors of a fandom. Seven seasons in, I have discovered an entire culture of people discussing one of my favorite shows. And honestly? How did I miss all this Buddie stuff. Right under my nose. Never considered it. But now that it's there, I can't unsee it.

[@narfii7302]

This video is a blessing, I've never been more excited to listen about a show I've barely heard of for 4 hours! So sorry to hear about your loss, Habibi was gorgeous and would be so proud of you ❤

[@jane-mulcahy]

Realistically if she were here today she would probably be biting me as usual, but I appreciate it ❤

[@Marcus616]

ER was my 9-1-1. I used to watch it every Thursday with my mother. When she passed away, I fell into a deep depression. But I rewatched all of ER, and it brought back fond memories. I still do an ER marathon. Funnily, Angela Bassett starred in ER’s final season.

[@justjoannak]

I'm so sorry for your loss

[@floramclellan845]

All the best youtube videos are extremely in-depth analysis of random network tv shows mostly watched by old people. Love to see you upload, it always makes me put aside whatever im doing to start watching!

[@bjones6441]

LOVE the video! Also, I didn't hate the Eddie doppelganger storyline, only because it made me laugh so much. It took me back to when I was 14 and watching the vampire diaries (which, if you haven't seen it, is a very doppelganger heavy show). I was like blimey, I cant believe 911 confirmed Eddie Diaz was a vampire before they confirmed he was gay. lol

[@johnsmith2875]

KATHERINE….

[@norwhals.norwhals]

midterms can wait the next three hours and fifty minutes are dedicated to 9-1-1 + my mediocre crochet

[@Bonjoursir]

1:37:25 I’ve always wanted to like Taylor so bad cuz she was really funny and cool for majority of her relationship with Buck (he lowkey screwed her over so bad) but I was never able to get passed what she did to Bobby in her debut episode. Trying to air his attempt on TV is deranged and cruel, I still can’t believe Buck even dated her after that

[@pinkrainclouds2190]

At first, Taylor put me off with how she handled Bobby’s situation, but over time she became a bit more likable. Even though I didn’t agree with her actions, I get that the news industry is super competitive, and as a woman, she probably felt pressure to use whatever opportunity was in front of her to get ahead. I also realize my initial reaction might’ve been biased-if she were a man in the same position, I’d probably still think it was wrong but wouldn’t have judged as harshly or for so long, especially since she wasn’t close to the fire station or Bobby at that point. She just saw a story that could boost her career. Then, with the episode where Buck gave her proof of the serial killer in their team, it felt ridiculous for him to expect her to sit on that. A sane person would’ve either gone to the cops or investigated further using their investigative background, especially in her line of work. The fact that they were so mad at her for breaking the story right after everything went down didn’t make sense to me at all. It’s like putting a bone in front of a dog and expecting the dog to just leave it. I get you want to be able to trust your significant other with information like that but she has already shown that she would run with the information before.

[@Bonjoursir]

@@pinkrainclouds2190 I definitely felt Buck overreacted with the Jonah situation, it would have got out eventually and I really thought the two of them matched well but idk the first episode really never left me. I still like Taylor but not nearly as much as I know I could have otherwise

[@AlexaDonne]

You sold me so hard in the opening I stopped the video and started watching 9-1-1. Halfway through season 2 now XD

[@AlexaDonne]

Update: I'm on season 5 and couldn't wait to watch your video, spoilers be damned, and, yes, I also ship it :P

[@oliviabranch6247]

I did the exact same thing after like 3 minutes of video I paused and started watching I’m almost all the way through season 2 now

[@AlexaDonne]

Update to update: I am now a full-fledged, obsessive Buddie shipper who is very angry about how bad 6x11 was 🫣

[@biscuitporkasmealchoice6741]

I didn't know anything about 9-1-1 before this video other than it was getting a lot of attention on AO3, but I've been convinced to give it a try sometime. That aside, this is a genuinely fantastic video. It has to be one of my favorite video essays on media yet. It's so well organized and really paints a clear view on what the show is like while still being actually funny and giving well articulated opinions. Plus, making it on a video that isn't finished but has substantial content gives it a fun twist that makes me really excited for what might come both with the show and your own videos. Really great work on this!

[@0meAcat1]

I definitely started the kudos descending search immediately after the video. Powerful work

[@azelmamortlake4471]

Just wanted to pop down here and say: I love that you not only bothered to caption this almost 4 hour long video, but that the captions clearly have had a lot of effort and humor put into them! It makes this video so much more entertaining to watch as a HoH person!

[@basementdwellercosplay]

As someone whos recently starting going through a depression period and locking for a new show to watch (not just rewatching SVU or Criminal Minds for the 30th time) I think this is my sign

[@isabeldubarry2361]

do it! if you haven't already. This show is honestly perfect for it because it has deep moments and the characters are all pretty likable. It isn't heavy its usually pretty lighthearted and i love watching it for depressive episodes

[@basicwhitegirl3558]

I HAVE FINISHED IT AND NOW I HAVE THOUGHTS! I'm sick in bed at the moment, though, so not very profound ones. Here you go, in non-specific order: -I now understand why I see this trending on tumblr every other week, so thank you for that. -You referencing your own videos makes me feel like a well-rounded scholar in that regard. Why, well, the Teen Wolf video, of course. The Lifetime Wrong video, oh, who hasn’t seen it? The Degrassi video, absolutely, that’s a classic. (oh how i love being an intellectual) -Ryan Guzman seemed so familiar to me, but I couldn't put my finger on it. I checked his IMDB and hadn't seen anything he was in. Then it hit me: he gives off some serious Tiger Shroff vibes. Can’t explain it, but now I can’t unsee it. -I really liked the editing in this video, perfect mix of commentary and footage imo! Also, this is more of a personal preference, but I love how chill your videos are and the fact that you don't use a ton of memes and sound effects, but rather focus on your writing to entertain (which you succeed at!) -SHARK ON THE FREEWAY -Man, early Grey's Anatomy was sooo good. I eventually gave up on it too (I think somewhere after Sandra Oh's departure, which was the last straw for me) but the early season just hit different lol -"This could mean nothing" was getting funnier by the minute. -Thank you for standing up for the female showrunner. It's almost never as simple as "lone genius doing nothing but excellent work" and "talentless evil being who ruins everything". Also, retconning is my pet peeve, so season seven sounds exhausting haha -There really is something so comforting about network TV shows. My comfort show for the last few years has been quite ridiculous, one specific team from THE boomer cop show from my country, which also features intense homoerotic tension (unintentional on the part of the writers, of course). We only get one episode a year and they're all terrible. I love it. -SHARK ON THE FREEWAY -Loved the video! Glad to see you’re doing better now!

[@jane-mulcahy]

omg I also had the Ryan Guzman = Tiger Shroff thought recently! it's the combo of great dancing skills and wooden acting. and may I ask what's the big cop show from your country??

[@Ugly_Girl_Angel]

​@@jane-mulcahyI think they're refering to 'Tatort', a german cop procedural. The concept of the show is that there is a different 'version' for every Länder (=german 'states') with different casts. From what I could gleam not knowing german, the version that airs on tv on a given night is totally random and only a few episodes are made per Länder... So basically If you watch every episode you'll get one taking place in Frankfur one week, then the next one in Munich etc etc The funny thing is, one specific Tatort version, the Stuttgart version, has a popular gay ship, but since you cant predict which episodes air when I guess shippers are just hoping and praying every week to see their blorbos (I think this is what the commenter is referencing here). It's also funny since Stuttgart is not a particularly exciting place in germany (i guess it would be like if 911 took place in uhhhh rhode island ??) Sorry for the rant and I may be wrong about the show !!!

[@Autumnforever-ns7vd]

Is that show by any chance that German one, isn’t it called tatort or something?

[@user-px1mf7uz5m]

the tiger shroff comparison was so off-field but spot on i had to pause the video so i could laugh properly

[@daphneblake13]

oh my god I saw that one episode of Athena harassing teenagers when I was at the gym and I was so confused why Angela Bassett was calling a teenager a skank

[@DeadpoolNegative]

Bobby Nash has one of the most bleak backstories ever, and Peter Krause is one of the few actors who can make that viable.

[@TwinkTrash]

i've got a crazy long night of sewing ahead of me. when i opened youtube to see you'd posted, i let out the LOUDEST sigh of relief. no clue what this show is but i'm soooo excited to hear you talk about it 😭

[@Broken_Needle]

Delighted to find I’m not the only one who frequently sews watching KZbin. My sewing machine has a flap at the top that my tablet sits perfectly on.

[@paper_maiden]

Joining the Sewing + youtube club

[@levic1995]

Jane making a 4hr video about the best Ryan Murphy show really is the biggest surprise and treat that I needed

[@candypanda7975]

This just made me think of how good an eddie storyline of him having an identity crisis where being a dad and having a ex wife was his whole character and finding himself(the closet is glass)

[@tuinhoofd1923]

A nearly 4 hour video about a show I've never seen and I'm here for it

[@devilxcity]

9-1-1 is one of the first shows I have ever seen to give the audience an actual narrative regarding gay fandom shipping between two presumably straight characters. Usually the audience is pulling at strings and tying unrelated ends to each other to prove the "ship" is real but the writers on 9-1-1 just flat out give you everything you need. It makes sense in every season they put out. And honestly, if the show doesn't make them canon by the end of it, I'd be VERY surprised. I also find it incredibly progressive that Oliver Stark was the one who was campaigning Bi Buck to the writers, since usually the actors become uncomfortable with the notion that the character they play is being headcanoned as "gay". It's a show that rids itself of any unnecessary and pointless longing and just gives you all the good stuff. If you hadn't watched the show, and just saw a scene between Buck and Eddie, you'd 100% believe they are together in the show.

[@marie5379]

this has been a very very stressful day, your videos always calm me down and make me laugh. thank you, i already know this one is going to be a classic

[@pris1145]

the episode confessions,especially the priest’s monologue of Eddie denying himself joy, really cements that Eddie is gay to me. Even though ironically enough in the same scene he states he’s straight. I find it really amusing gay Eddie naysayers take that as fuel when the ensuing monologue makes it very clear the dude is repressing himself and denying himself joy. What could that be a metaphor for? While it’s true he experiences some joy by shaving his mustache and dancing in his living room, he ultimately has to take a larger life altering step to ensure real permanent joy in his life.

[@Laribhaven]

I too want the gay version of Eddie to exist, mainly because I love himbos falling in love with the other dumb as bricks, underwritten character, that somewhat match their vibe...

[@breerex4957]

My problem is that I love Tommy so much at this point. Hot gay firefighter/helicopter pilot? I like him better for buck and at this point if Eddie and buck got together it'd feel cheap

[@kennedy3766]

the wildest part about this is that i genuinely thought eddie and buck were a couple. i dont watch the show but all the promo i've seen plus the online discourse made me think it was canon. consider me influenced enough to watch the show.

[@satellite991]

I've never watched 9-1-1 but several of my tumblr mutuals got into it during the pandemic so I've gotten weirdly attached to this show watching all the insane plots go down in real time. I'm just so bizarrely charmed by how nuts & high stakes everything is all the time while also being like......a heartwarming family drama. like the tone is giving me WHIPLASH. buck going bisexual was my roman empire. I couldn't believe it.

[@Silver._.Moth12]

28:40 YES HE LITERALLY IS ALWAYS SLIGHTLY SMILING. I thought I was the only one who noticed. I kept saying to my mom who watches the show with me how in all the serious moments I can’t take him seriously because he looks like he’s holding in a laugh!!

[@pris1145]

My mom always points it out to me😭 he’s her fav character for that reason

[@princessbee5050]

as someone who has been watching this show since the very beginning I am sooo happy to see a deep dive video like this and I'm so excited to watch!

[@daybydaylet]

Still watching your video - and enjoying a lot of your takes, especially from a filmography perspective. I started watching 911 in 2018 and it has been incredible to see the little show that could gain so much more attention. In your character breakdown, I will add that Eddie was never an original character that was going to be added for Season 2. Ryan auditioned for another project and Tim liked him so much that he created Eddie for the show. I will agree that at times his character is a bit aimless or his storylines grow hot and heavy really quickly, but I do think they have a thorough line. When you consider that Eddie didn't have much of a childhood and was parentified at an early age, then a young dad and soldier - I see him being goofy with Buck and snarky overall as his outlet to feel the levity he never got to have. I think he struggles with his feelings around his childhood, teen-hood (including Shannon) which all led to him being a young dad to Christopher, that he pushes it down so it never seems like he regrets his son. So when something in his life doesn't go according to plan (Shannon dying, Buck leaving, getting shot, all the people he saved being dead), he's a powder keg of emotion and he doesn't respond the best. I don't think his issues with Shannon stem from him not being over her (they were barely together) but more from the closure he never got, he never got to fix all the things he thinks he did wrong. She can't forgive him, and I think that guilt and shame weighs on him (I may be projecting...we'll see lol). Anyway, I still haven't finished your video so I apologize if I mention anything you covered, but I wanted to at least add this. P.S: I also really love how they address Athena and Bobby's relationship issues at the end of S4 and I am praying they truly comeback to it and address it - because I think it still has the potential to return (like at the end of S7).

[@daybydaylet]

Sorry - back again lol. Got to the Shannon part. So I do think the writers do know how sad Shannon's existence was. Tim mentioned it when they brought back Kim and how she was a lighter version of Shannon, not plagued with all the stress she carried early on. And I do think Eddie is constantly reckoning with his guilt over how that relationship played out. Her part in it (which I think he sees through rose-colored glasses in order to punish himself and honor her memory with Christopher) and his part. He wasn't the best husband, I'll give you that, but she also played a part in their downfall whether intentionally or not (I would say it wasn't intentional on both ends). Eddie didn't want to go to LA with Shannon because he was recovering from being shot and rescuing his platoon. Shannon left and went no contact with Eddie and Christopher for over 2 years. Again, I don't think that full blame lies on one person, I think they carry that equally - particularly because they were so young, and any time they were together, it was fraught with stress and disappointment. As far as Michael, I actually do miss him. I miss his friendship with Bobby and the hijinks they used to get up to. One of the things the really endeared me to the show is how they portrayed a beautiful picture of a blended family with Michael (and then, David), including the ups and downs of navigating what their roles are and how the kids would adapt. I will forever be bitter that the actor took that way from us.

[@augustoballen7947]

I was surprised to see that buck came out as bisexual first and not Eddie. Eddie's relationships scream I don't like women.

[@justjoannak]

Agreed! I think it's bc of Ryan Guzman

[@rayreineu]

God THANK YOU for pointing out how Buck and that guy he's dating look totally similar, I am already battling face blindness to tell Buck and Eddie apart and NOW I gotta tell these two apart too?! Sheesh ("Any enemy of Jordan Parrish is a friend of mine" lmao I love you)

[@iz13006]

i feel like i need glasses like i dont see the resemblance at all 😭 i find oliver attractive and lou.... well no

[@rayreineu]

@@iz13006 you’re probably not even wrong, they probably don’t even actually look alike but my garbage brain just cannot distinguish between brunette white guys 1-3 😂

[@aBK1222]

Buddie is the only non-Canon ship that I’ve allowed myself to fall into the rabbit hole for. I usually hate ships that aren’t canon because I end up disappointed in the end 😅

[@lovebug4238]

i watched this video as soon as it came out and was inspired to immediately binge the whole show - back now after finishing season 7! i’ve watched your channel since the degrassi video and i’m so glad you’ve put me on this gem

[@booksiebea]

I like that Athena is a cop. I like that she has to grapple with her job, which she loves as well as her place outside of it as a black woman, and mother of black children etc... It adds a layer to her character. The problem is, is that like you said 9-1-1 doesn’t take itself that seriously. Though the subject of police brutality, copaganda, lack of accountability and injustice is a real world problem for black and brown lives. I don’t feel 9-1-1 is capable of tackling that issue in the depth we would all like to see. Not just because of the tone of the show but because of how nuanced and complex the issue is in real life. Athena being a cop and justifying police incompetence in front of her family and then going to her chief and telling her how surprised she wasn’t to find out no real consequences would happen shows the duality that people of color go through with systems upheld by white supremacy. She knows and understands what happened was wrong but she knows on the same hand that her job isn’t perfect and that even in all its imperfections she has at least from her pov done some good as a police officer. (How would you handle that?) That talk she had with Harry after he punched that guys light out in season 7 I think was a good example of what a black mother and a cop might tell her child. Do I agree with Athena all the time no, do I understand her and why she may feel that way? Yes. Of course my understanding can only go so far and if they went any deeper with this storyline’s subject matter there’s two ways it can end. I begin to resent Athena’s character or she quits her job. Resenting one of my favorite characters from the show would break my heart, and Athena quitting her job is an assassination to the show. It’s absolutely a good storyline and honestly I’m glad it’s there.

[@daneroberts1996]

I love Josh, and the description of him as a silent movie actor is so funny, I always wished he'd have more dramatic stories because he's so fun to watch go through the ringer like when the dispatch centre got taken hostage

[@jessica-sr6zp]

YES!! The music choices are genuinely one of the first things I tell people when recommending the show, I find it hilarious when they are so intentional about it. They also just use songs plucked straight from my playlists a lot of the time I swear, makes me love the show even more tbh CAMP IS LIFE

[@chanelcotton2413]

9-1-1 is literally one of my favorite shows. This deep dive was everything, however I realize that Jane did miss one of buck love interest, Ali the girl he meets during the earthquake and is with when the firetruck falls on him. And then she breaks up with him when because she can handle the stress of dating a firefighter

[@jane-mulcahy]

ugh it's true I realized that at some point while editing... tbh if she wasn't memorable enough for me to remember to include her then I don't feel that bad about it! I also forgot to do a dedicated character mention of Carla, which I feel worse about

[@BeansKneez]

@@jane-mulcahy carla's the best. i wish they contrived a reason for her to still be around.

[@ashunifallstevity8323]

Chimney's durability >>> AND MADNEY IS AMAZING OMGGGG EDIT: The Eddie opinion... I agree lowkey!