9-1-1 4X14: Survivors (Patreon)

Okay, I've decided that the family is now Eddie, Buck, and Christopher. Carla is allowed to come and go as she pleases. But this is cannon now.

So, in all honesty, I didn't really follow the who of 'who did this.' I get it was a former SWAT team member, but that's all I got. I kind of feel like that's all I need to know though.

That said, Buck crawling under the truck, to drag Eddie's bleeding and lifeless body under the truck, so he could get him to the back and into the truck was both awful and amazing. Buck is totally in the zone until they actual start heading towards the hospital. At that point, he starts to lose it a little. (Not that anyone could blame him).

Bobby and Athena are still fighting as all this is happening. But, as soon as Hen calls and tells him Eddie's been shot, they are both into action mode. Bobby heads to the hospital and Athena to the crime scene.

While Hen, Chim, and Albert wait outside the hospital, Albert asks where Buck is. He's got the worst job of all. Buck has to tell Christopher what happened. I was kind of holding it together until this part. When Buck started sobbing after he told Christopher, I was done for. How can anyone not sob when Buck is sobbing?

At this point, they think they've caught the sniper, so the first responders have stopped wearing protective gear. They go to a fire call that ends up coming from the sniper himself, pretending he was a victim. The 118 is told to leave the building as it's unstable, but Bobby thinks he found the victim so he stays to rescue him, and gets shot. Everyone makes it out except Bobby. Athena decides she's going in after her husband and suits up in firefighter gear and heads inside. She finds Bobby and shoots the suspect.

Later, Buck tells Eddie that Christopher took it better than he did. He also mentions that it should have been him that was shot, not Eddie. And when Eddie is about to be released, he tells Buck that he made him Christopher's legal guardian a year ago, in case anything happened to him, so he couldn't continue to think of himself as expendable. 😭

In other news, Maddie quits due to her postpartum depression. (I'm hopeful she'll get her job back when she's feeling better). And Albert is officially LAFD! I hope he's part of the 118 next season.