this whole thing between us

It’s crazy because…if they handled the finale differently I don’t think people would have been as mad about the queerbaiting. Buddie wouldn’t have even had to officially be canon. We could’ve ended the season on Eddie deciding to stay In LA himself, 1-3 buddie one on one interactions, resolving their issues, a scene of the Buckley-Diazes at home (since Buck hasn’t officially moved out anyway) and it would’ve left us with enough hope going into next season and happy that Buck and Eddie finally have each other again. But since it was written by Kristen Reidel and she has a hard-on for separating buddie and doesnt understand the characters, we instead got Eddie staying because Chim told him to, no real resolution to buddie’s season-long conflict, no conversation whatsoever between Buck and Eddie, and Buck entirely back to square one: alone, unsure of his place in the world, looking for a home that he might never find.

Buck ended the season homeless and bitchless all because they were too scared to make Eddie a mankisser

So Buck is ending the season learning to be on his own. Except he already learned that lesson in 8x11. And in season 6. And in season 3. And in season 2. And at the end of season 1. Does he start every season having experienced some offscreen head trauma that leads to amnesia about the lessons he learned in the last one? Considering how much of this show now happens offscreen, that might as well be canon.

They literally had the perfect recipe for Eddie realising LA in his home all by himself right in the palm of their hands and they fumbled it. He was already CALLING it home last episode. Then this episode: The 118 about to fall apart, Buck about to transfer, the team being in danger, Eddie being the one to come in and save them and bring the team back together. It was literally right there and then for some reason at the last minute they decided after all that he was still just gonna go back to El Paso until one random line from Chim made him change his mind?

The way they have 2 months to go to peter krause begging and grovelling on their hands and knees so they can get his ass in that government lab STAT. And since Nashville is gonna be a flop anyway they may as well offer him double the pay as an apology

Also guys don’t let them let you think that your complaining doesn’t work. They 100% quickly rewrote and shot those “Eddie getting the news” shots last minute because we all complained about him finding out offscreen. So keep complaining 😂

It’s pretty clear they’ve recently decided to use Ravi as a textual cockblock for buddie scenes lol. They just insert him there whenever they’re scared a scene is gonna look too gay.

They way Eddie Diaz literally can’t have anything. Can’t have a real conversation with his son about the issues between them. Can’t be involved in the arc where his captain literally dies. Can’t even be given the agency to make his own decision about where his home and family is - just has to be told to stay by Chimney and that’s it?? This entire shit show was utterly and entirely pointless and for nothing. All it achieved was having him offscreen for half of 8b. Thats literally it.

When will they realise that the common denominator for all the worst-received episodes of the season is Kristen Reidel

Maybe we should go back to the times when if press mentioned buddie they’d get taken out the back and shot LOL