Personally, I feel that Season 4 has been underwhelming compared to previous seasons. Much of which I feel is because of some of the new writers for the season. They haven't been writing to a good standard as a top-rated show like 9-1-1 deserves. Maybe it's also because COVID was introduced, or just a combination of things.
But after several plain filler episodes, this episode, along with the finale, really brought a lot of great things and really made me regain the hype for the show I used to have.
We have a really interesting story of a mother purposely making her son sick to receive many donations through several Go Fund Me pages, which I feel was very unique. We get drama between Bobby and Athena, finally addressing Athena's consistent independence and her leaving Bobby out of the discussion, which really needed to be addressed.
One storyline I always wished was shown more was Hen in medical school, and I was glad to see some of that as her med school classmates were banded together to figure out Hen's mothers' unknown illness. And Hen's scene calling out the ignorant doctor in the ER who didn't listen to the patients needs was amazing, a testament to how BIPOC in this world aren't treated well and extensively enough when it comes to health care.
I didn't expect for the writers to go towards a postpartum depression storyline for Maddie, but even so, I think it's been done really well. Not just the writing and direction, but Jennifer Love Hewitts' display of Maddie's emotions, especially here, have been depicted so nicely. Definitely made me shed tears for Maddie.
And of course, we can't forget the breathtaking scene at the end of the episode of Eddie getting shot. Unexpected, but the direction and acting was really excellent. The blood splatter of his soulmate Eddie all over his face, the life leaving Eddie through his eyes, Buck being in complete shock the whole time, never blinking until Eddie finally closes his eyes. Them never breaking eye contact and Eddie reaching his hand towards Buck was incredible.
Overall, the episode was really great and I'm glad it was done the way it was due to some other episodes in the season being really dull and poorly written (@Bob Goodman for writing a really poor mid season finale). I hope we keep getting great episodes next season as well.
But after several plain filler episodes, this episode, along with the finale, really brought a lot of great things and really made me regain the hype for the show I used to have.
We have a really interesting story of a mother purposely making her son sick to receive many donations through several Go Fund Me pages, which I feel was very unique. We get drama between Bobby and Athena, finally addressing Athena's consistent independence and her leaving Bobby out of the discussion, which really needed to be addressed.
One storyline I always wished was shown more was Hen in medical school, and I was glad to see some of that as her med school classmates were banded together to figure out Hen's mothers' unknown illness. And Hen's scene calling out the ignorant doctor in the ER who didn't listen to the patients needs was amazing, a testament to how BIPOC in this world aren't treated well and extensively enough when it comes to health care.
I didn't expect for the writers to go towards a postpartum depression storyline for Maddie, but even so, I think it's been done really well. Not just the writing and direction, but Jennifer Love Hewitts' display of Maddie's emotions, especially here, have been depicted so nicely. Definitely made me shed tears for Maddie.
And of course, we can't forget the breathtaking scene at the end of the episode of Eddie getting shot. Unexpected, but the direction and acting was really excellent. The blood splatter of his soulmate Eddie all over his face, the life leaving Eddie through his eyes, Buck being in complete shock the whole time, never blinking until Eddie finally closes his eyes. Them never breaking eye contact and Eddie reaching his hand towards Buck was incredible.
Overall, the episode was really great and I'm glad it was done the way it was due to some other episodes in the season being really dull and poorly written (@Bob Goodman for writing a really poor mid season finale). I hope we keep getting great episodes next season as well.