#growth!!

Lucky Boy (2024)

First of all, Buck and Eddie are so cute, omg that constant video-calling 😁💕, I love it. And I love that Buck gave Eddie the kick he needed, told him to stop melting into the furniture, dad up 👌Btw there's something so darling about the way Eddie goes to Buck for advice, listens to Buck, sees his growth. "You didn't turn up like you." 🩷 Preach!

Also Eddie and Chris, they were so wholesome 🩷! And yay, good job Eddie, speaking up, self-assurance looks good on you 🙂‍↕️👌

Buck and Eddie really have this tendency to prompt growth in each other. Tommy was so right to go "easy, tiger!" when Buck was waxing poetic about his relationship with Tommy having been the most transformative relationship of his life, up there with Abby. Like for real Buck, you were such a sweet grape before you entered the team and met Bobby, Eddie, Chris... Hen and Karen, etc. etc. The difference between season 1 Buck and season 8 Buck, it's wild.

Btw I adore that Eddie dadded up (?) without cutting contact with his parents. I am so tired of that whole "oh nooo strong-willed, stubborn, pushy, socially awkward family members/people, these people are dangerous and toxic, just bin them!"-rhetoric. Like nope, people like that can be loving and lovable. I should know, my entire family is like that, me included. Stubborn, strong personalities, that's our thing. Run away, run away! 😱

Anyway, I love that we got to see Eddie stand up to his parents, set boundaries. Like an adult! Because hey, he basically skipped that step, moving to Los Angeles. He never really learned how to form an adult-adult-bond with his strong-willed parents, did he? Nope, he just basically ran away, cut contact.

And that's kinda sad because Helena and Ramon aren't evil, they're just flawed, human. And they're Eddie's and Chris's family. They have the potential to be amazing parents and grandparents but how to get there, it's something they'll have to learn. Some people need feedback to grow!!

And seriously. It's also okay to simply IGNORE some of the stupidity you witness, in one ear and out the other!! If your thing is to try to fix every single flaw you see in the people around you, you're the toxic one. Don't be Bob the Builder. Chill.

By the way I'm genuinely a bit bummed to learn that Chris doesn't like chess. Kinda breaks my heart a bit because it's been really cool to see Ramon let go of that distant macho man character, and try to bond with his family. I hope Ramon and Chris will discover some other activity that they both really enjoy, that they can get hyped about together. 🩷

Btw Hen's birthday drama! I loved it! I've always hated this mentality that only children are worth attention and love - as if only children have emotions and are allowed emotions. Really felt for Hen and her need to go sulk alone with her balloons. And chocolate!! (Very relatable to me really, to see an adult have an embarrassing meltdown. Dignity, is it edible?)

Oh and Archie 😂 Archie 😅 Yeah, being seen is kinda tricky, isn't it. Well, at least from now on you'll always be on the radar of the police force? So. Congrats on the win, I suppose? 🤔

Okay I've rambled enough, real life calls. Super excited for the next episode btw, looks really cool!

!!!NEW!!!!! UPDATED!!! FOUR ARMS EVEN!!

Old (left) and ancient (right) /j below