AuroraRose

We waited two weeks for this episode, titled Last Alarm, it was supposed to be a proper goodbye to our captain. I expected to see the 118 reacting, grieving together, supporting each other. Instead, we got a time skip, no speech, no tears, just a quick mention of therapy. Then the “maybe kidnapped” kid plot took up over three quarters of the episode, and the actual funeral? Literally crammed into the final five damn minutes (again, the episode was called Last Alarm.) It wasn’t what I needed or wanted to see. And as incredible as Angela and Kenny were, I couldn’t stand the rest. It felt disrespectful to a character as central and symbolic as Bobby. And if this is how they treated him, I don’t even want to imagine what’s next for the others. It’s heartbreaking to watch my favorite show get wrecked like this, in just two episodes 💔

I’d like to set Bobby’s death aside for a moment because it’s too hard to process, and instead focus on the anger I feel about how they’re treating Ryan/Eddie. So, Eddie is still part of the main cast, right? Someone in the production remembers that, I hope? Because judging by the last episodes, it feels like he’s been downgraded to a background extra. Not only was he not there when his Captain died, and we didn’t even get to see his reaction to the news, but now they’re saying he waited TWO freaking weeks to go back to L.A.? Are we seriously supposed to believe that Eddie Diaz didn’t immediately rush back but stayed calmly in Texas? Then when he finally shows up, they give him two lines and stick him in the background again. We got more (and actually meaningful) content for side characters like T and Gerrard than for Eddie?! I’m so angry I can’t even handle myself right now!

Bobby, who in some way wanted to comfort Athena, telling her he didn’t want to leave her, that he didn’t want to die, because he knows she’s always feared that deep down he wanted to sacrifice himself to atone for his past, that he didn’t think he deserved to live 💔