The Buddie System: A 9-1-1 Yapathon

01:31:30

There’s Blood In The Water (4x13 Suspicion)

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2026/10/01

“The price of your greed is your son and your daughterWhat 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

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02:35:19

I Still Feel You All Around (Season 9 Wrap)

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2026/09/24

“What died didn't stay dead, you're alive, you're alive in my head”Our 9-1-1 Season 9 wrap up is here, and with Season 10 about to erupt, Han, Cil, and Rachel are taking one last space walk through the season of perpetual grief before it's laid to rest (at least until our rewatch). This week we give three rounds of applause and all the props to what might be the strongest season-wide writing this show has ever pulled off (perhaps some of the best storytelling we've seen on TV, period). Then we step

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01:39:17

Let’s Make Lots of Money (4x12: Treasure Hunt)

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2026/09/17

“I've got the brains, you've got the looks, let's make lots of money”This week Han, Cil, and Rachel get out our magnifying glasses and try to find the character work in Season 4 Episode 12 of 9-1-1, “Treasure Hunt.” Spoiler alert: there isn’t much. We discuss how everyone except Buck is pretending that they’re too smart to go looking for hidden treasure, and what led them all to be at the scene of the crime at the end anyway. Eddie’s playing not-so-third-wheel to Taylor, Hen and Chimney are coasting

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01:56:40

Josh Begins (4x11: First Responders)

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2026/09/11

This week Han, Cil, and Rachel celebrate our favorite Josh storyline in Season 4 Episode 11 of 9-1-1, "First Responders,”, flashing back fifteen years to see how a freelance stenographer became L.A.'s best dispatcher.Josh gets his origin story and we explore what makes him so perfectly built for dispatch, and the journey he went on to discover that. We also break down Buckapedia Buck rolling out first responder facts and somehow landing on the galaxy brained "9-1-WUH" theory.Hen and Athena have one

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01:58:56

Never Grow Up (4x10: Parenthood)

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2026/09/04

“And even though you want toJust try to never grow up”This week Han, Cil, and Rachel feel the growing pains as three different families experience the epic highs and lows of loving their children in Season 4 Episode 10 of 9-1-1, “Parenthood.” Hen, Karen, and Denny say goodbye to Nia, May fights with Athena over making nice with her high school bully, and Chimney and Maddie are ships passing in the night as they learn how to raise their newborn baby Jee-Yun… and Albert.We dive into our thoughts on

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02:29:58

To Build a Home (4x09 Blindsided)

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2026/08/28

“When the gusts came around to blow me downHeld on as tightly as you held onto me”Han, Cil, and Rachel are a wreck over Season 4 Episode 9 of 9-1-1, “Blindsided.” Hen and Karen are going through the unimaginable, Bobby and Athena continue their failure to communicate, and Maddie and Chimney are waiting for a special delivery.Hen and Karen seem to be on different pages when they find out their foster daughter, Nia, will be going back to live with her birth mother. We discuss Hen’s big emotions and

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02:34:44

Busy Woman (4x08: Breaking Point)

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2026/08/20

“I'm so mature, collected and sensible, except when I get hit with rejectionTo turn me down, well, that's just unethical, I'll turn into someone you're scared to know”Han, Cil, and Rachel break down the many breakdowns in Season 4 Episode 8 of 9-1-1, “Breaking Point,” including: Hen and Karen finding out their foster daughter Nia will be reunited with her biological mother, Maddie and Chimney’s birth plan getting a COVID shakeup, Buck continuing to spiral over his bad date with Veronica, and the

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01:40:50

Sympathy is a knife (4x07: There Goes the Neighborhood)

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2026/08/13

“I don't wanna share the space, I don't wanna force a smileThis one girl taps my insecurities, don't know if it's real or if I'm spiraling”Hen Wilson's estranged mother shows up with zero warning, Buck Buckley has the worst first date of his life, and Michael Grant decides breaking and entering is a completely reasonable way to spend a Tuesday in 9-1-1 Season 4, Episode 7, "There Goes the Neighborhood.” Han, Cil, and Rachel break down Hen and Toni's long-overdue heart-to-heart, pull every receipt on

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02:55:20

Isn’t It Ironic (4x06: Jinx)

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2026/07/30

“Well, life has a funny way of sneakin' up on youWhen you think everything's okay and everything's goin' right”The 118's new probie, Ravi, says the forbidden Q-word (quiet) and brings a curse down on the whole team in 9-1-1 Season 4, Episode 6, "Jinx." Han, Cil, and Rachel break down Bobby's terrible relationship advice, dissect Buck and Eddie's subconscious need to enter relationships at the same time, and catalogue exactly how much comp-het it takes to get Eddie Diaz to date a woman.We have a few

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04:35:47

You’re On Your Own Kid (4x05: Buck Begins)

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2026/07/23

“From sprinkler splashes to fireplace ashes, I gave my blood, sweat, and tears for this”This week Han, Cil, and Rachel make the friendship bracelets, take the moment (or several hours) and wade into the psychological depths of Season 4 Episode 5 of 9-1-1, “Buck Begins.”We dive deep into one of the most demented, genius character origin stories the show has ever pulled off, unpacking the reveal that Buck was born a savior baby for his late brother Daniel and just how much of Buck's entire personality

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02:44:11

Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me? (4x04: 9-1-1, What’s...

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2026/07/16

"I wanna snarl and show you just how disturbed this has made meYou wouldn't last an hour in the asylum where they raised me"This week Han, Cil, and Rachel RSVP to the family dinner from hell as we tackle Season 4 Episode 4, "9-1-1, What's Your Grievance?"Chimney gets handed a secret that’s more of a ticking time-bomb, Maddie invites Margaret and Philip to town for reasons that perplex both Buck and us, and Buck shows up armed with de-escalation techniques from therapy. Because apparently seeing his

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02:20:39

The Lone Star Crossover with 911TVNEWS

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2026/07/09

Han, Cil, and Rachel go on a road trip with 9-1-1: Lone Star Season 2, Episode 3, "Hold the Line," the crossover event where the 118 crosses paths with the 126 during a wildfire tearing through Texas! Our buddie Trent from 911TVNEWS joins us to help break down the world of 9-1-1: Lone Star and how it treats our familiar visitors Buck, Eddie, and Hen once they're dropped into it.Trent gives us the full download on why Lone Star has always operated like 9-1-1's edgier younger sibling, and we get into

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01:48:37

Eddie Diaz's Terminal Case of Comp-Het (Pride Rewind)

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2026/06/19

🏳️‍🌈 Pride Month Rewind | Originally released January 8, 2026It’s fine, it’s cool, Eddie can tell a priest “I’m straight,” but we know the truth.This week Han, Cil, and Rachel take a thorough look at Eddie Diaz’s dating history with our rainbow glasses to spot the complex layers of queer coding!Eddie famously says, “I hate being forced to date, feels like I have to perform,” in Season 6 Episode 14 of 9-1-1, “Performance Anxiety.” Buck and Hen are not the only people who raised their eyebrows at

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01:10:06

Buck Unknowingly Confesses His Feelings (8x11 Pride...

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2026/06/11

Han, Cil, and Rachel are back in Buck Buckley's brain for Pride Month, and it is not pretty in here. Buck can't sleep in his best friend's house, accidentally admits he has feelings for Eddie mid-argument, and spends an entire episode insisting there is absolutely nothing to see here. We’re clocking every accidental confession, suspicious deflection, and "he's straight, therefore I’m not in love with him" for our own enjoyment, and yours.Featuring the morning after, the scoff heard round the world,

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55:52

Would You Rather: 9-1-1 Edition (2nd Anniversary...

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2026/06/05

Come celebrate The Buddie System's 2nd anniversary (and Rachel’s birthday!) with an hour-long, 9-1-1-themed game of Would You Rather!Rachel serves as the Question Czar, doling out unhinged scenarios featuring our favorite disaster firefighters and fam from the 118 for Han and Cil to navigate, make impossible choices, debate answers, and spiral accordingly.With hypotheticals ranging from weighing whether we’d rather get relationship advice from Buck or from Eddie (oy vey, that’s a loaded question),

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01:49:46

The Buddie Explainer: Everything You Need to Know...

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2026/05/28

Two years ago our timelines were full of a firefighter kissing another man, coming out as bisexual in his 7th season on the show. Our interests were piqued, we binged 6-and-a-half seasons, fell in love with the show and all its characters, then tripped and fell into a podcast. We have no regrets, and we're here to guide you down the 9-1-1 rabbit hole towards the ship of all ships: Buddie.What's a Buddie? Well, that's what this episode is all about. Our 100th to be exact! And we are called The Buddie

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02:03:05

We Were Born to Die (Season 9 Episode 18)

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2026/05/21

"Don't make me sad, don't make me cry. Sometimes love is not enough and the road gets tough, I don't know why."Han, Cil, and Rachel close out Season 9 with episode 18, "Hearts and Flowers" — the finale where the 118 splits off into pairs, Eddie Diaz gets stabbed for talking shit in a hospital chapel (God answered, it wasn't great), and Buck becomes a foster dad after a birthday party where an 18-year-old Harry says something that hits different when you're the only adult in the room without a kid.We

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01:14:56

The Buddie Elephant in the Room at Rescueverse NJ

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2026/05/15

Han was going to drive up to New Jersey RescueVerse con on Saturday, get the Core Four op, hang out, and drive home. That is not what happened. Cil decided to go as well less than a month out and a day turned into a weekend. Then a week before the con when the meet and greet auctions were closing, Rachel's terminal case of FOMO had her buying a plane ticket as well. So there we all were on Saturday morning, and everyone, including Oliver Stark, had some things to say about that.Since we already did

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02:39:11

Turn and Face the Strange (Season 9 Episode 17)

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2026/05/07

"Time may change me, but I can't trace time"Han, Cil, and Rachel do our best Maury impression for Season 9, Episode 17 — "I Got You Babe" — in which one Evan Buckley is confronted with a Disney protagonist origin story, dead parents and all. You are NOT the father! Except, kind of, it's complicated.We get into the full episode review this week — why the Buck and Theo storyline is earning its place, how Eddie and Hen converging in a hospital hallway to try and keep people from slipping through the

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01:03:40

Eddie Diaz Denies Himself Joy (Juice & Sweets Theory...

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2026/04/30

A priest watched Eddie Diaz pick up a juice box, put it back down, and said, “My gay brother in Christ.” We have never recovered and neither has Eddie, frankly.Han, Cil, and Rachel present: a revisit of our completely unserious, extremely serious, Season 8 forensic examination of everything single thing Eddie Diaz has or has not put in his mouth. And we do mean everything. The man sucked on a ring pop right in front of Buck Buckley while maintaining direct eye contact… mind you Buck’s almost

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