I Fear We’re Losing Soldiers In The Bobby Is Still Alive War I Need You All To Stay With Me!!! Bobby

Okay but why did they name the baby Robert NASH Han 😭😭😭😭

My (probably wrong) theory about what might go down with Bobby’s death storyline on 911. Because yes, I’m still holding on to the idea that he’s alive.

So first off, I don’t think Bobby was buried alive. That whole “buried alive” thing was likely an April Fool’s joke. I’m not sure why or who orchestrated it, though.

Jennifer Love Hewitt posted the same blurry script Oliver did (hers was smaller), and while she’s shared scripts on her story before, I doubt she’d go that far for a prank. And Oliver, while his was readable, doesn’t even use Twitter anymore, which is where most of the fan panic came from. So if it was a prank, I have no idea who planned it. Plus, Tim said he doesn’t know where the leak came from… weird. Like, if it was a joke, why not just say that instead of acting like it mysteriously got out?

Anyway, onto my actual theory.

Throughout the episode, they really emphasized how intense the virus military was about containing the virus rather than using the cure. Bobby ends up being the only person on Earth with this new strain now that Chim is cured. And though it looks like he dies at the end, maybe he just passed out (like Chim did earlier in the episode). What if the military took Bobby for experimentation to study the new strain? They don’t expect him to live, so they lie and tell everyone he’s dead, giving them an empty casket they’re warned not to open “for safety reasons.” But Bobby’s actually still alive and probably in some secret military facility (and maybe that magic blood from season 1 is keeping him going)

So the episode plays out with everyone mourning him, but right at the end, someone (Athena? Buck? Someone from the 118?) opens the casket and realizes it’s empty. Boom. Cliffhanger. Next episode becomes a mission to find Bobby.

Now, the next episode is titled Don’t Drink the Water, and at first I thought it tied into Eddie’s scene with the priest. The juice vs. water moment, but the titles usually work metaphorically for the characters and literally for the 118 call.

So here’s my loose theory. Maybe something’s wrong with the LA water supply. While the 118 is responding to water-related emergencies, they’re also secretly following leads on Bobby (and running into the military thats investigating the water issue) , maybe even interfering or stealing evidence like Athena did before.

Eventually, someone drinks the contaminated tap water (probably Buck because of course) and starts hallucinating Bobby. But the hallucinations actually help him piece together the truth. Buck won’t tell the others he’s sick, trying to hold it together, but eventually they find Bobby. Buck passes out, but we know he’ll be okay. It mirrors Bobby saving Chim, now Buck saves Bobby.

As for the Eddie storyline, I think Buck is still a little upset about Eddie leaving and not being there when they needed him or something of that nature, and is now keeping a distance. Eddie doesn’t understand why it hurts so much, and Tommy (probably) helps him realize how much buck means to him (more than platonically). Eddie finally gets that Buck brings him joy, and that he deserves that joy. He wants to tell Buck how he feels… but then Buck collapses. No confession yet, but it’s coming.

So yeah. This is my bonkers theory that probably won’t happen, but I’m coping lol.

hi I’m thotguzman and my toxic trait is associating buck and eddie to every gracie abrams song

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what's the POINT what's the point in any of this literally why are we here

No I'm genuinely throwing up at the fact that Buck didn't say it back so now he's gonna feel guilty for the rest of his life

I think my biggest annoyance about this episode is that it doesnt really feel like it’s a continuation of the previous one? At least when it comes to buck and eddie. Buck randomly asking for a transfer when the previous episode had him having that talk with pepa, his reunion with chris (symbolizing that he still has a family and that things arent as fractured as they seem) and ESPECIALLY that scene where he works together to end that fire with hen and chim symbolizing that they are still a team and that’s just… ignored? Buck suddenly doesnt give a shit about hen and chim? And i get it, he’s still grieving but then what the fuck was the purpose of 8x17 if it wasn’t him starting the ACTUAL healing process? Him randomly choosing to transfer is so… odd and out of place? And Eddie! What is the purpose of that talk he had with hen & karen where he slips out that LA is his home and that he’s worried about buck? What’s the purpose of showing us how happy he looks when he sees buck snd chris together again (showcasing that he knows his family is in LA?) All of this just for him to still seem to be eager to leave for Texas at the end of the emergency when it was such a great set up for him to realize he wants to stay and work with the people he cares about? Apparently since Chris didn’t even need any convincing to go back to LA?????? Was this weird dissonance between the two episodes and the character writing really just to set up chimney’s speech at the end (which mind u kenny killed but I’m really struggling to enjoy)??

Like I dont think they could have dropped the ball harder than this if they tried.

FUCK OFF FUCK OGF DUCK OFF FUCK OFF FUCK OFF FUCK OFF FUCK OFF FUCK KFF FUCK KFF

ACTUALLY FUCK IFF STIP MAKING KE CRY SO MUCH ATIP MAKING KE WATCH THIS IM GONNA HURT SOMEONE

im too mad to think of something to say they should not have let bobby died

the earthquake in season two being where their work partnership was forged and the earthquake in season eight being where their romantic partnership will be forged