Two years ago our timelines were full of a firefighter kissing another man, coming out as bisexual in his 7th season on the show. Our interests were piqued, we binged 6-and-a-half seasons, fell in love with the show and all its characters, then tripped and fell into a podcast. We have no regrets, and we're here to guide you down the 9-1-1 rabbit hole towards the ship of all ships: Buddie.

What's a Buddie? Well, that's what this episode is all about. Our 100th to be exact! And we are called The Buddie System, so naturally, we're celebrating this milestone by talking about our namesake: Buck and Eddie. In the most unhinged season-by-season TLDR (it's still kind of long, but we did the reading for you) breakdown of the biggest and best moments between firefighters and best friends Evan "Buck" Buckley played by Oliver Stark and Eddie Diaz played by Ryan Guzman.

It's more than a little crazy when you put all the events together but it involves several natural disasters, shootings, kidnappings, practically raising a kid together, going through several rather short divorced eras, and having one of their exes call the other "the competition." Yes, really, we can't make this up.

After the highlight reel we hand the mic to the people actually making the show — and what they have to say is kind of wild. The quotes speak for themselves, there's never been a queer fan ship that got treated like this by the actors and showrunner, we're in genuinely unprecedented territory.

What's any present without a bow? We're wrapping yours up with why Buck and Eddie going canon would be one of the most meaningful, groundbreaking love stories ever told — for the characters, for queer representation, and for anyone who has ever had to learn they were allowed to want something. Whether this is your 1st episode with us or your 100th, we'd like to thank you for tuning into our yapathon about these characters, this love story, and being our buddies. The journey is fun with the 3 of us, but with you it's unforgettable.

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Chapters

(00:00:00) Buddie 101: Orientation Day

(00:01:36) Our 100th Episode! 🥳

(00:04:13) Who Are Buck and Eddie?

(00:05:05) Season 2 – Bickering, Bonding, and “You Can Have My Back”

(00:08:34) Season 3 – Tsunamis, Lawsuits, and Flirting

(00:17:20) Season 4 – Girlfriends, Gunshots, and the Will of It All

(00:23:17) Season 5 – Panicking, Partners, and Processing Trauma

(00:27:20) Season 6 – Lightning Strikes, Counting Seconds, and Counting Cards

(00:29:55) Season 7 – Bisexuality, Bachelor Parties, and Doppelgangers

(00:38:30) Season 8 – Confessions, Awkward Goodbyes, and Kitchen Fights

(00:54:22) Season 9 – Road Trips, Kidnappings, and “Right in Front of You”

(01:10:59) The Cast Said “We Watch the Same Show” 👀

(01:27:29) Why Buddie Hits Different

(01:37:31) Why This Love Story Matters

(01:47:21) Outro and Take a Buddie With You!

📔 Articles & References From This Episode 📔

New here? After this, check out our network special for the full deep dive on why this ship is unlike anything on network TV: Stop Calling Buddie Queerbait: How 9-1-1 & Network TV Actually Work

📰 ‘9-1-1’ Boss Tim Minear Teases Season 10, Talks Buck And Theo, Detective Athena, And More, by Nicole Gallucci for Decider

📰 ‘9-1-1’s Oliver Stark On Buck And Theo, A Potential ADHD Diagnosis, And Season 9’s Finale, by Nicole Gallucci for Decider

📰 9-1-1's Ryan Guzman Has Two Words Of Advice For Eddie's Season 10 Love Interest: 'Good. Luck.' (Watch Video), by Andy Swift for TV Line

📰 ‘9-1-1’ Star Ryan Guzman Has Learned to Roll With the Punches, by Max Gao for The Hollywood Reporter

📰 ‘9-1-1’ Creator Says Buck’s Buddie Denial Is Not the End, but ‘It Doesn’t Mean I’m Making Promises’, by Jose Alejandro Bastidas for The Wrap

📰 ‘9-1-1’ is TV’s most unhinged procedural — and that’s why it works, by Rachel Kurzius

📰 Tim Minear takes over as '9-1-1' season 7 showrunner, teases returns, by Patrick Gomez for Entertainment Weekly

📰 9-1-1 Boss Breaks Down Buddie's Big Roadtrip ('I'm Done Apologizing'), Teases 'Real Fallout' Still To Come, by Andy Swift for TV Line

🎧 Ryan Guzman of 9-1-1 on I’ve Never Said This Before with Tommy DiDario

📰 9-1-1’s Ryan Guzman Breaks Down Eddie's Biggest Season 7 Moments, by Kat Pettibone for Us Weekly

📰 Ryan Guzman and Oliver Stark are no strangers to the #Buddie ship, On the Red Carpet

📽️ 9-1-1’s Ryan Guzman and Oliver Stark REACT to Buddie Shippers | Spilling the E-Tea, Entertainment Tonight