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Post your questions for me to answer at the end of the episode!!Let me know if you would NOT like your name included with the question during the episode!NO SPOILERS PAST S3E6 PLEASE!!!WHAT IS QUESTION TIME?: Here you can ask me ANY questions related to the episode or show as a whole. I will read and answer them at the end of the episode so they will be included within the reaction itself! Because I only read them after finishing the episode, feel free to include any spoilers relating to episode, just no spoilers after this point!!!

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Una

After this lovely scene between Buck and Bobby we can finally breathe again. So my (very drawn out) question.. While all other members of the team were allowed back to active duty relatively quickly after very serious injuries, Bobby held Buck back for a very long time, even after being cleared by his doctor. At the end of the scene where Buck has helped the man stuck in the windshield, we see him finally understanding how him being on blood-thinners does in fact pose extra risk to his safety being in the field, and I think that was some of what Bobby wanted Buck to understand himself and actually take seriously. However I do feel like this episode makes it out like Bobby holding Buck back was solely because he didn’t think Buck was mentally ready, but I’ve also always seen it as Bobby just being genuinely scared for Buck’s safety (even though he does not say that outright.) Bobby is more often than not shown as the most level headed and fair character on the show, but given how we’ve had several mentions of how Bobby serves as a father figure in Buck’s life, do you think this overprotectiveness of Buck might stem from Bobby’s own trauma losing his kids?

Una

While there obviously is some tension and awkwardness between Buck and the rest of the team after resent events, the one who seems to be handling it the least well is Eddie. While he forgives Buck, he also says he is not mad (which we know not to be true, given their fight in the grocery store, his demeanor toward Buck throughout the episode + him ending up taking out his anger in the fight club at the end.) I personally see it as after the tsunami Eddie felt more than ever like he had found a person he could truly rely on and trust, both with regards to Christopher and himself, (contrary to his complicated feelings toward Shannon) and that just went straight into what I think he saw as a massive betrayal. What are your thoughts on this? Why do you think this hit Eddie so hard compared to everyone else?

Elizabeth Gates

This is more in reference to the grocery store fight between Buck and Eddie in the previous episode (colloquially known as the Buddie divorce). As much as it is likely true that Christopher misses Buck, how much do you think Eddie might be using Christopher as a way of expressing his own feelings ("Do you know how much Christopher misses you?")? Do you think it's interesting that they didn't have a Buddie fight after Buck lost Chris in the tsunami but instead saved it for the lawsuit arc instead? You mentioned that Buck felt step-father-ish in the tsunami arc, and the grocery fight always reminds me of a custody battle -- with them trying to negotiate when and how Buck can see Chris without Eddie, and all communication going through lawyers. We've talked about Eddie/Abby parallels, but do you see any Buck/Shannon parallels? Furthermore, do you think Eddie's street fighting is solely about working out his anger? Or could it be more about self-harm or a response to a lack of control, given the things that have happened in his life recently?