“Give me a call if you ever get lonely

I’ll be like one of your girls or your homies”

This week, Han, Cil, and Rachel head back to the clurb (unwillingly, in Eddie’s case) to break down Season 9 Episode 7 of 9-1-1, "Secrets."

Hen pushes herself past the point of reason trying to solve her own mystery illness, Chimney is forced into an impossible leadership position, and Ravi continues to be the funniest man alive. Meanwhile, Buck goes on two dates — one with a man, one with a woman — only to discover they’re married, want him as a third, and ultimately help him realize something much bigger about what he actually wants.

And Eddie Diaz? Eddie Diaz is exhausted.

We focus on how the club sequence functions as a pressure cooker: a space designed to produce desire, where Eddie’s disinterest in women becomes impossible to ignore and Buck’s attention keeps circling back to him anyway. Through blocking, reaction shots, and repeated visual callbacks, the episode frames their dynamic as intimate, loaded, and unresolved — less about jealousy and more about proximity, comfort, and habit.

From chastity belts (literal and metaphorical), to wingmen who keep getting stolen, to the Comp-Het tango Buck and Eddie cannot stop dancing, this episode gives us some of the clearest text and subtext we’ve seen all season.

Then we unleash Queer Eddiemaxxing, where we trace Eddie’s long-standing pattern of performance, abstinence, and denial — and how this episode finally flips the script. From there, we head straight into Buddiemaxxing (lol), the delayed gratification of Buddie, and the “right in front of you” storytelling that continues to define the season.

This episode positions Buck and Eddie as each other’s emotional constant, even when they’re supposedly looking elsewhere.

“Say what you want, and I’ll keep it a secret

You get the key to my heart, and I need it”

Episode title inspired by “One of Your Girls” by Troye Sivan.

📔 Articles & References

🫂 Buddie Power Dynamics – Check out this week’s Patreon-exclusive Best Buddies Mini-Segment here!

📰 ‘9-1-1’s Oliver Stark On “Awkward” Time Filming Buck’s Bi Love Triangle With Real Married Couple, “Charged Moments” For Buddie Shippers, Deadline

📰 9-1-1 Midseason Premiere: Oliver Stark Breaks Down Buck’s ‘Self-Discovery’ After Returning to the Dating Scene (Exclusive), People

📰 9-1-1’s Ryan Guzman Worried Eddie Might Be Killed Off — But Now He’s Hoping for a Season 9 Romance (Exclusive), Us Weekly

📰 ‘9-1-1’ star Ryan Guzman reflects on Eddie’s journey leading up to Season 9 in exclusive interview, YardBarker

📰 Oliver Stark Teases What’s Next on 9-1-1 After That Shocking Midseason Premiere Twist (Exclusive), People

📰 ‘9-1-1’ is TV’s most unhinged procedural — and that’s why it works, The Washington Post

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Chapters

(00:00:00) Intro

(00:01:22) Welcome to Dispatch

(00:03:13) 9x08 “Secrets” Review

(00:10:24) Production Choices We Loved

(00:23:15) Hen – Keeping It to Herself

(00:28:46) Chimney – Walking the Line

(00:33:03) Ravi – Third-Wheeling It

(00:37:43) Buck – The Worst Wingman Alive

(00:55:32) Eddie – Not Beating the Allegations

(01:05:01) Our Queer-Coded Eddie Watchlist

(01:14:28) Queer Eddiemaxxing

(01:19:57) Eddie Is NOT Interested in Dating

(01:46:22) Buck & Eddie at the Club

(01:53:51) The Buddie Comp-Het Tango

(02:02:56) Buck & Eddie Keeping Secrets

(02:19:43) Setting Up the Slow Burn – Meta Commentary

(02:25:58) The Subtext & Symbolism Are Loud

(02:41:58) Euphemism Watch 👀

(02:53:51) Buddie Forecast

(03:00:16) What’s Coming Next in Season 9

(03:07:34) Why This Isn’t Queerbaiting

(03:26:35) Our Wi$h Li$t for Season 9

(03:28:08) Outro & Take a Buddie With You!