Bobby Nash is not dead: my predictions for the rest of the season
the military does not release bobby's body to Athena grant or the 118 because of the deadly super virus and all of that. They bury him in a birch box in an unmarked grave with all of the belongings that he brought into the lab (including his cell phone) becuse 'milatry protocal' or whatever the fuck
We see the LAFD funeral procession and the 118 grieving and dealing with the loss. They put an empty official LAFD coffin in the ground. (WE NEVER SAW PETER IN THE COFFIN OR ON SET IN THE BTS. IT COULD TOTALY WORK)
We hear the 911 sound and Maddie picks up. it's bobby. He's freaking out. She's freaking out. She pings his phone and finds his location/
Maddie breaks protocol and calls Athena. She's on bereavement leave, but the second that she hears that bobby could be alive she grabs her gun and badge in order to go get her husband. She calls buck and the entire 118 and they come too.
Maddie is freaking out because bobby is describing the air getting thin; he's going to suffocate in that box and then it will all be for nothing. She asks if there is any way he can punch trough the flimsy wood. she prepares him by telling him to hold his breath and shield his eyes as much as he can; basically don't drown in dirt.
bobby makes it out alive, punching through the wood and crawling back up to the surface (a-la dean winchester season 4 epi 1) and he RUNS into Athena's arms (NO GRAVE CAN HOLD MY BODY DOWN. I'LL CRAWL HOME TO HER)
But hayden, i hear you saying. peter krause is leaving the show. how can bobby nash be alive and not the captain of the 118?
after they cure bobby of super killer very bad virus (via Chekov's lab rat) bobby tells Athena that he wants to retire. He gives a whole speech about how every day he puts on the uniform and he accepts that it's possible he's going to die in the field. He walks through fire and prays that he's going to get home to Athena every night. he tells her that in the lab, he wished it didn't have to be that way. now it feels like god has given him his second chance, and he doesn't want to go back to the possibility of dying every shift. He's going to retire, and live a long healthy life with her.
Bobby sits buck down to tell him this news. Buck is at first upset; how will the 118 thrive without their captain? but he quickly accepts and understands that it's not about him, or the 118, it's the one self-interested thing bobby is doing for himself. Bobby always puts everyone else first (including when it came to who lives and who dies) and this he is doing for himself.
Buck makes a joke about 'well i wonder what shmuck they are going to put in your place. big shoes to fill' and bobby says 'oh i wanted to talk to you about that too.' BECUSE THINK ABOUT IT. he looked at buck in his FINAL MOLMENTS and said "they are going to need you, kid." he took the time to encourage buck to LEAD. when bobby nash promotes Buck to captain, everything comes full circle. including that conversation they had about buck eventually being ready to be captain.
IN CONCLUSION, BOBBY NASH ALIVE AND BUCK BUCKLEY CAPTAIN OF THE 118
oh and buddie canon season 9