Fandom Thoughts #9: How Eddie and Christopher could have been included in the 9-1-1 episode Sick Day

Happy Saturday!

I keep thinking about this week's 9-1-1 episode Sick Day (season 8 episode 14). And the more I think about it, the more disappointed I am that Edmundo "Eddie" and Christopher Diaz were not in it. This was the first episode of a big two-part story and the Showrunner and writers made no effort to include Eddie and Chris who are both main characters. Yes, at the moment they are both in El Paso, TX but that doesn't mean they couldn't be inlcuded in the episode. Not to mention that Eddie is a former Army medic who is trained for emergencies dealing with bio weapons. He would have been a good addition to this story especially if him and Chris had already moved back to Los Angels. But since they are still in El Paso, I have two scenes to show how they could have been included.

First, there could have been a scene at the beginning of the episode with Eddie and Chris at home doing a quick FaceTime with Evan "Buck" Buckley. And as Eddie gets ready to take Chris to school and start his day as a Uber driver, Buck is either getting ready to go to work or is already at the fire station. And as they are having this quick little conversation, Eddie could end it by saying to Buck that him and Chris will catch up with him later and for Buck to have a good day at work. And then the episode could have continued as it did with it being one of the worst days of work for Buck.

(9-1-1 season 5 episode 18: Starting Over)

Then the second scene closes out the episode. The scene would have Chris in the living room sitting on the couch watching TV while Eddie is either in the kitchen washing dishes or doing some small repair somewhwere in the house. While Chris is watching TV, breaking news interrupts and shows the situation happening at the lab in Los Angeles. Chris then calls out to his dad, Eddie quickly runs into the room, sits down on the couch and sees the devastating news segment. And then have the scene ending with a close up shot of a worried Eddie and Chris.

(9-1-1 season 6 episode 15: Death and Taxes)

It would have been so easy to include scenes like this in the episode. Because it makes absolutely no sense that the showrunner and writers couldn't spare a few minutes to have included Eddie and Chris. I hope they will be in the next episode.