This episode could use someemotions, sofa."
Sure it was offensive but I also didn’t have tofeelanything.
Great television, but still, very little ticked on the emotional radar.
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No, one of those two moments doesnotinclude Maddie’s storyline.
Not knowing what happened, if Rachel and her brother Sam are okay, drives Maddie crazy.
It’s really getting to her that in this job, you never know how things turn out.
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Maybe, she wonders, she should go back to nursing.
But Josh and Sue will have none of this!
Even Gloria, the other 9-1-1 dispatcher who was hanging up on people, is there!
I know it’s supposed to be poignant, but reader, I laughed!
Are all 9-1-1 dispatchers this high maintenance?
First, she ruined their marriage, now she ruins a perfectly good beach day.
Get over yourself, Shannon!
Anyway, Eddie is conflicted.
He’s been enjoying having her back in his and Christopher’s lives, but he’s hesitant.
He’s waiting for a sign.
Well, if thatand his and Christopher’s general happinessisn’t a sign, what is?
It’s very heartfelt.
Shannon responds by telling Eddie that she is not pregnant, just late.
And also, she just isn’t ready to be a wife again.
She needs to focus on being a mom.
She needs to focus on Christopher.
I mean that for all of us.
Christopher is a precious gift and we should protect him at all costs.)
Eddie is bummed, but he also understands.
One of those people, the one with the most severe injuries, turns out to be Shannon.
I take everything mean I’ve ever said about Shannon back.
I take it back, show!
As they get her into the ambulance and Hen is about to intubate, Chimney stops her.
IT’S SO SAD.
Bobby knows how this feels.
You know, the beach where just days ago they were a happy family.
And we haven’t even touched on the Chimney-Hen of it all!
Since Bobby’s suspended, Chim has been put in charge as Interim Captain.
It does not go well.
The power immediately goes to Interim Captain Han’s head and everybody is annoyed.
We need him back at 118 immediately.
Even Chim comes to see Bobby.
He knows everyone hates him and he can’t live up to Bobby.
Bobby is The Most Dad here and tells Chimney to trust himself.
It worksChimney becomes less of a drill sergeant and more of a leader in no time.
But after Shannon dies, he feels intense guilt.
He stopped Hen from intubatingcould doing that sooner have made a difference?
DID HE KILL EDDIE’S WIFE?
He’s wallowing in his apartment and contemplating the answer to that question when Hen shows up.
She assures him that none of it was his faultShannon was gone before they even arrived on scene.
He made the right call.
He gave Eddie time with her.
She also tells him that she’s proud of him.
He’s crushing this captain job like she knew he would.
Chim is her best friend and she didn’t want to lose him.
Take me back to Adult Augustus Gloop and the Chocolate Factory, would you?
Two in one week cannot be a coincidence.
Things are definitely going to get worse before they get better.
They always do on this show.
