☆ ︎Cherry ☆︎

“Eddie jumped off the bridge so that Buck wouldn’t.” — Tim Minear

I’ve seen a lot of people talking about Abigail not being the villain but the parents are, and I agree. I genuinely think Abigail is just taking Christopher back to Eddie’s house to do a good thing, because Eddie had opened up to her the night before about how bad he feels that he’s so busy at work and has his son take the bus instead of driving him and picking him up from school anymore. It seems like Abigail might have a crush on Eddie, therfore she gets the idea to drive Christopher home herself to show Eddie “hey look, I can do this nice thing for you so Chris doesn’t have to take the bus anymore because you felt so bad about that”, which could be her way to get Eddie to like her. I’m still hoping she just wishes she was apart of Eddie’s family since she has no “chosen family”, but it does seem like she could also have a crush on him (I mean, who can blame her). This will be found out very early on in the episode, since Eddie is wearing the same outfit when he finds out Christopher is missing to where he says “not knowing where my son is, is terrifying”. He’s talking to Abigail here, he came home after freaking out and saw them already there because we also have a shot of Christopher being completely fine sitting on Eddie’s couch. So the promo and cliffhanger was just misleading the audience and all Abigail did was actually bring Christopher home, which of course makes Eddie mad and Abigail leaves.

We were told the parents were acquitted and let go. We also saw how angry they were in court at Eddie and the way they were looking at Abigail in the hall also seemed suspicious. Later on in the promo, we see Eddie at night in a hoodie finding a knife in his car’s tire. It’s later that same day after the whole Christopher thing, he goes out to get the mail or take the trash out etc and he sees the knife in his tire and is confused as hell. Abigail’s parents did it, because they found out where she was and took her and made sure Eddie couldn’t come after them. The next morning, Alex calls Eddie and tells him that Abigail never made it back home to the housing place she was staying at, because we later see Eddie with Athena and Alex at the police station during the day and Eddie is in a new outfit. So Eddie tells Alex about the knife in his tire and they put two and two together that Abigail’s parents took her and now Abigail is the one who’s missing.

When Athena says “kidnapping…” in the promo, she’s talking about Abigail now being kidnapped. Eddie says “that maybe Abigail’s been following me” which is definitely not the start of a sentence. He’s saying something like “the parents could’ve found out that maybe Abigail’s been following me” “and that’s how they knew where to find her.” Cut to Athena saying “I see real anger here” and she’s referring to the parents. Thats why we see Athena bust through a motel door with Abigail sitting at a table (possibly tied up?), pointing her gun at someone other than Abigail because she’s actually the victim still. Hopefully this locks the parents up for good, and Abigail can find another new home because I don’t think we’ll see her again or apart of Eddie’s life after this. I do think her and Eddie will end on good terms, because Eddie’s a good and caring person and understands that she was just looking for a place to call home after everything she’s been through. This will all be resolved within the first half of the episode.

Now with Alex, I know some people can see her being apart of the Abigail scheme, but I honestly don’t think that’s the case. HOWEVER, I can see her being a plot device for gay Eddie/potentially Buddie. Eddie has already not shown any interest in her and she hasn’t even shown interest in Eddie. Although, I can see them working together on the Abigail situation and HER possibly making a move on Eddie and asking him out. Except this is when Eddie gets nervous and says “oh sorry, I’m uh, I’m not interested, actually.” Alex is sweet and understanding, and Eddie tells her “it’s just… it’s not you, it’s me.” And she’s like “I get it, don’t worry” and Eddie says “but you’re a really great woman, and I really do hope you find a man that can give you what you want.” And she smiles and they part ways and we don’t see her again. This is once again confirmation Eddie isn’t interested in dating… or possibly something else.

We also know the firefighter auction is in this episode. We know Anthena and Eddie are confirmed to be there and possibly Ravi based on bts, so it’s safe to assume all characters will be there since it’s a big fun event. Right before the firefighter auction, I can see Buck and Eddie talking and Eddie bringing up Alex. “So… Alex asked me out.” and Buck is all smiley and like “oh my god, that’s great, Eddie! So you’re gonna go out with her?” And Eddie’s like “oh, uh… I told her I wasn’t interested, actually.” and Buck says “oh my god, Eddie, you see? You keep on sabotaging yourself!” and Eddie says “I’ve been sabotaging myself my whole life, Buck” and Buck is all confused like “what do you mean?” And Eddie says “I’m just… not interested, that’s all” and Buck is like “what? You mean you’re not interested in dating like, ever again? Come on, Eddie…” and Eddie cuts in “I’m not interesting in dating…. women.” and he kinda just looks at Buck and Buck blue screens and is like “uh” but then they get called to the firefighter auction so the conversation stops there. Cut to Buck all in his head the entire time trying to wrap his brain around what Eddie just told him without freaking out at the same time. Therefore, I don’t think Eddie will be going up for auction bc he obviously doesn’t want to date for reasons, but Buck did put himself up for auction bc we know he loves to date. Oliver talked about an upcoming storyline where Buck can get in his head about getting older, so I feel like Harry will also be up for auction and Buck sees Harry getting more/higher bids than him and gets insecure. This is where I’d like to see Eddie bid on Buck and win to help make Buck feel wanted still and even going on a “platonic” date, which is how we will get Buddie in Nashville. Buck opens up to Eddie about getting older and not feeling like the “hot commodity” anymore, so Eddie is the one who finds out about the firefighter competition and decides to sign them up because he knows Buck will be good at it and it will make Buck feel better about himself to show himself that he’s still got it. This leads to them going on a second but real date (going once, going twice), which will be the cliffhanger for 9x11 leading into 9x12, which will be emergies paired with Buck and Eddie getting ready to go to Nashville together leading to the Nashville 1x12 crossover episode and Buddie secretly dating. :)

END OF THEORY! Thank you for reading. :)

So I actually just started crying.