Fandom Friday: Random Fandom Thoughts #51: 9-1-1

Happy Fandom Friday, I am posting this early because I just have too many thoughts about last night's 9-1-1 episode Handle with Care (season 9 episode 10):

Edit: To add that despite being disappointed with the writing for the ninth season of 9-1-1, I shouldn't have focused on the actress' appearance. And as I stated below it is refreshing to see an actress who is aging naturally. So, I appologize for making a portion of this about someone's looks.

- I'm not one to judge someone's looks or appearance but why is the therapist Alex Doyle that the writers on 9-1-1 are possibly (most likely) setting Edmundo "Eddie" Diaz up with so ugly? She's looks ways older and uglier than any of his love interests have ever been. I can't believe they had Abigail refer to Alex as being "pretty". Abigail I know you have been traumatized by your parents but do you also need glasses? Because is the pretty in the room with us. And in what universe is Alex considered pretty. She's homely at best and fugly at worst. The only way she's considered pretty is if you've never seen any of Eddie's past love interests. As well as there being no more women (or anyone in general) on the show. And not to mention, she is so boring. And I thought Eddie having no chemistry with Marisol was bad but him and Alex are even worse. So, ugly, boring and no chemistry, that's usually not a good combination. But for 9-1-1 that's down right perfect to be Eddie's love interest. Usually, they are just boring and lack chemistry but this is a new low by casting someone who looks like that. You're telling me there were no pretty actresses they could have been cast for this role. While it's refreshing to see an actress who doesn't have a face full of plastic surgery, fillers and Botox, however, she's still very homely for a love interest.

Fandom Friday: Random Fandom Thoughts #48: 9-1-1's Ninth Season

It's been a while since I've posted a Fandom Friday and here are some of my thoughts:

I have a few thoughts on 9-1-1, first is the dynamics for the ninth season feel so off after Fire Captain Robert "Bobby" Nash was killed off last season. It really killed the dynamics and vibes of the show. For instance, I don't understand why the writers are trying so hard this season to make it seem like Evan "Buck" Buckley has a sibling connection with May and Harry Grant. Buck has never had any substantial scenes with May and Harry for them to be pushing this forced connection in the ninth season. I love May and Harry's sibling bond and they don't need Buck being forced into it. Buck might have had a sort of father and son bond with Bobby but he didn't have a sibling one with May and Harry. And not to mention Buck already has a sibling, his big sister Maddie Han (née Buckley). I think Buck being a mentor for Harry is okay even if seeing as Buck still needs to get his life in order. With that said, there was no need to force Buck in this sibling bond with May and Harry that was never there to begin with.

Second, the Showrunner and writers are back to separating fan favorite characters (and non-canon couple) Buck and Edmundo "Eddie" Diaz. They are now back to working with the same co-workers they were temporarily paired with in the fifth season. Eddie is with Henrietta "Hen" Wilson as firefighter/paramedics and Buck is with Ravi Panikkar as the firefighter duo. In the sixth season, they also reduced Buck and Eddie's screen time together. And in both the fifth and sixth seasons, it was very noticeable how the viewers were not a fan of either decision. And it threw off the vibes of the show and the characters with them sharing very little screentime together. I've been seeing where many fans are saying that this ninth season separation is because after the writers baited Buck and Eddie's potential romantic possibility last season and don't seem to want to follow through with it, they are now just separating the characters. And unfortunately they will probably put them in relationships with yet again more random love interests than with each other. I guess I'll see how the season goes for Buck and Eddie.

Third, so far the season opening space emergency is kind of boring. It just feels like the writers have run out of ideas and figured they could just add in a big space emergency in hopes of making it interesting. It just doesn't feel like an emergency that should be on this show. Instead wouldn't a big fire emergency have been more interesting as the season opening emergency. Especially if it's not just one fire they are dealing with but several. I could see someone targeting buildings and setting them on fire. This storyline could have given Police Sergeant Athena Grant a mystery to solve as well as possibly working with Hen or Interim Captain Howard "Chimney" Han. I could also see Eddie and Buck deciding to separately investigate because they had an idea that no one really listened to. So they could have followed a different set of clues. A storyline like this could have kept the firefighters very busy trying to put out all these huge fires that someone kept setting.

Finally, my thoughts on Bobby. I just think it would have been better to have had him survive the contagion storyline in the eighth season and then have him retire. Because he could have been given the cure and survived but side effects left him with a few health issues that would make it difficult to be an active firefighter. And with Bobby retired he would have still been on the show but he could have been like Michael Grant was as a non-first responder but still a main character. And Chimney could have been promoted without the sad aspect of Bobby's death haunting at the current moment his Interim promotion. I hope Chimney will get to be the actual Captain of the 118 and not the writers bringing in some random character to be Captain instead. And with Bobby retired, him and his wife Athena could have enjoyed the new house that they had built and she wouldn't currently be sad and depressed and using work and this trip to space as a distraction for her grief.

Christmas Countdown Day #14: Athena, May and Harry Grant and Robert Nash (9-1-1)

It's 14 days until Christmas and I wanted to start a little countdown. In this scene from the 9-1-1 fifth season 10th episode Wrapped in Red, this was the start of the Grant/Nash family's plans for Christmas not quite working out how they would have liked. First Michael Grant and his fiancé Dr. David Hale were not going to be attending the family dinner/party because they were still in Haiti. David had volunteered for Doctors Without Borders and Michael as an architect planned to use his skills to help in rebuilding after the country had been hit with a devastating hurricane.

Second, May as a 9-1-1 dispatcher would be missing the event because she would be working during the holiday. And not to mention, Harry didn't seem to have the holiday gift giving spirit because all he wanted for Christmas was cash instead of a gift. And throughout the episode Athena and Bobby would get more cancellations from friends who weren't able to attend for various reasons. But by the end of the episode, there is a special celebration that has everyone embracing the spirit of the holiday.

Quote: Athena, Harry and May Grant and Robert Nash

Athena: You guys still decorating those pumpkins? How many are you making? Oh, and why so many ghosts?

Bobby: Well, they're for Buck. I'm gonna put 'em all over the firehouse.

May: Bobby says he thinks a ghost called 911.

Bobby: Mm.

Harry: That'd be so cool if it did.

Bobby: Well, Buck certainly thinks so.

May: But ghosts aren't real.

Harry: Tommy Sheridan's family used to live in this apartment where this little old lady died, and he said the lights used to flicker when they used the tea kettle.

Athena: Didn't that building get red-tagged after the earthquake?

Bobby: Yeah.

Athena: Yeah. Sounds more like faulty wiring than signals from the other side.

May: Harry, over 100 billion people have lived on this planet. Pretty sure a little old lady has died everywhere. Probably even in this very house.

~ Athena Grant, Robert "Bobby" Nash, Harry and May Grant, 9-1-1 season 2 episode 7: Haunted

Happy 9-1-1 Monday!

I really like this scene. It was such a cute little family moment with Harry and May helping Bobby carve and paint a bunch of pumpkins into ghosts in order to scare (or make fun of) Evan "Buck" Buckley. It's interesting that Buck is not the only one that seems to believe in ghost since Harry does as well. And who's to say that Harry's friend Tommy Sheridan's family's former apartment wasn't haunted? Just because Athena said that the apartment has been red-tagged doesn't mean it also can't still be haunted, right? I also like that May added a bit of spookiness in her response to her little brother Harry about the possibility of ghosts being in their own home.

(9-1-1 season 2 episode 7: Haunted)

TV Review: 9-1-1 S5 ep 7: Ghost Stories

Monday's episode of 9-1-1 is reported as being an all time low in ratings for the series and it's not hard to see why. The episode Ghost Stories wasn't one of the best, it wasn't awful but it wasn't that good either. And that's because it feels like the writers are trying to turn the show into something it's not. Viewers watch and love 9-1-1 because the show has the perfect blend of comedy, drama and action but the Ghost Stories episode had too much weird editing, writing and acting. The episode barely focused on the firefighters going on emergency calls instead it mainly focused on TV Reporter Taylor Kelly trying to solve a mystery which had her going up against Police Detective Lou Ransone.

Fandom Friday: Random Fandom Thoughts #11

Happy Friday evening, what fandom thoughts are on your mind?

- So far, I'm really enjoying the fifth season of 9-1-1. The last three episodes have been really good from the blackout to Athena and Michael Grant's son Harry being kidnapped (that was so suspenseful) and not to mention Maddie Buckley leaving her boyfriend Howard "Chim" Han and their daughter Jee-Yun. Maddie is still dealing with Postpartum Depression and she doesn't feel their daughter would be safe with her. I feel so sad for all three of them because Chim and Maddie love each other and their daughter so much. But what Maddie is going through is making life so hard for her that she believes the best thing is for her to leave. I hope she will get the help she needs and will find her way back to her family. Now back to Harry, I hope the show will focus on how he's dealing after being kidnapped because as much as I love 9-1-1 this show doesn't always follow up on stuff.