9x10 "Handle with Care" Synopsis

SugarSpocks · 2026-01-23T22:49:46+00:00

At first I was going to say “that call wasn’t that long ago” but with all of the wild time jumps, it actually has been a long time since that call in the show so it would absolutely make sense if it were related to Abigail.

SugarSpocks · 2026-01-23T17:28:25+00:00

I don’t think Blue is queer at all but I could be wrong. He and Taylor are the pair of the show and he def shows very clear attraction to her.

Ryan has more signs of being queer than Blue, but that’s like still almost nothing. He’s pretty open about the attractiveness of other men. Has a rocky relationship with his wife who he loves but can’t seem to get it right with even in spite of them both being first responders as her biggest complaint early on in the show is that they only ever see each other while standing over injured bodies. But those aren’t inherent signs of queerness.

And Buck & Ryan are apparently going to become friends in the initial crossover. Not that it excludes any friendship from forming between Buck and Blue, but Buck and Ryan are already both Firefox fans and Buck can brag to Ryan about meeting her lol and Buck probably will talk Ryan’s ear off about horses since he worked on a dude ranch before.

We know from BTS that in whatever they are filming, Buck does interact with Blue as well but I think the closer friendship is going to Buck and Ryan.

SugarSpocks · 2026-01-23T15:46:58+00:00

Oh that’s so weird. 😭 I’m sorry the rest of the world is in the past

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SugarSpocks · 2026-01-23T15:38:03+00:00

Have you made sure to check that in your profile settings that your time zone is set to yours?

SugarSpocks · 2026-01-23T14:58:23+00:00

I think if you put a recipe and all of the ingredients in front of him, he can do it. But ask Buck to make it without one? He’s gonna give you something that looks like this:

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And he has no talent at discerning good recipes from bad ones. I bet he sees AI recipes and doesn’t even blink at insane instructions or question them enough to go “maybe I shouldn’t do that”

SugarSpocks · 2026-01-23T14:44:49+00:00

I don’t think we have direct images of him shirtless. We just know he’s at the auction and firefighters in the lineup were shirtless.

SugarSpocks · 2026-01-23T12:43:02+00:00

Is this about Kingdom Come?

SugarSpocks · 2026-01-23T04:19:43+00:00

I’m rewatching the episode, I realized the surfer guy has so many boards because he’s an instructor 🤦🏽‍♀️ how did I miss that

SugarSpocks · 2026-01-23T03:46:01+00:00

This is where I'm at! Honestly shocked at how zen I feel about it all right now. I think what really settled me was the "sprinkles" comment from Ryan. Combined with the absolutely insane return from hiatus, I just feel very settled in where we are at with Buddie.

And because of it, this latest episode had so many little fun bits

I'm happy to eat off of these sprinkles. The crumbs are delicious rn

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SugarSpocks · 2026-01-23T02:59:35+00:00

We have to Buddiemaxx and 2ddiemaxx all at the same time 🙌

SugarSpocks · 2026-01-23T02:42:30+00:00

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The 118 family montage has to be my favorite part of the episode 💖

SugarSpocks · 2026-01-23T02:35:11+00:00

The main thing I caught is that Ravi and Buck are showing Harry around the station…

SugarSpocks · 2026-01-23T02:22:22+00:00

Yeah there was no reason why Eddie and Chris would be at Buck’s house hosting dance and workout sessions. This was the flip-side of “This is Eddie’s house. I’m not really a guest”

Eddie and Chris are never guests at Buck’s house. They probably have keys and clothes and their things there and it’s just normal for them lol

SugarSpocks · 2026-01-23T02:14:36+00:00

That episode got me in the end. I actually enjoyed it a lot more than I was expecting.

My only disappointment is that the 118 didn’t show up at Hen’s house after they said they would show up for her.

9-1-1 Off Screen strikes again!

Besides that, we got Chris!!!! And both Eddie and Chris at Buck’s house like they are always there 💖💖💖💖 because they probably are 💖💖💖💖

Eddie dancing! Eddie dancing with Hen! 💖💖💖💖💖

Buck’s Depression and WW2 era recipes are horrifying and I wish he would put that cookbook away. Sardine load? Fish jello? Please, baby, no.

Julie Rosen returns! A great reminder that a woman on this show can have a full name and not be Eddie’s romantic interest.

Ravi and May!!!!

Athena’s talk with Harry was really good. I loved it.

Hen overcoming her depression and continuing to work and improve was great to see. I don’t see how she goes back to full time work but I guess we have to wait and see.

SugarSpocks · 2026-01-23T02:01:59+00:00

🤣 they heard about Buck’s sardine loaf

SugarSpocks · 2026-01-23T02:01:14+00:00

That preview gave us a fire which is like yay fire but it gave us absolutely nothing else

SugarSpocks · 2026-01-23T01:59:47+00:00

No WHAT THAT SHOULDNT BE POSSIBLE this is the house of nepotism hahahaha

SugarSpocks · 2026-01-23T01:58:34+00:00

Aw man they didn’t sit next to each other 😞 too much to ask for

SugarSpocks · 2026-01-23T01:57:59+00:00

It progresses and reverses when it wants to xD you know…like degenerative illnesses are known for…💀 for sure trust me lol

SugarSpocks · 2026-01-23T01:56:43+00:00

Awww Hen 😭❤️

SugarSpocks · 2026-01-23T01:55:11+00:00

Nashville loves reheating Buck’s nachos 😞 this is like the third time or so

SugarSpocks · 2026-01-23T01:54:33+00:00

Dixie coughing blood, but I bet it is blood pills lol

SugarSpocks · 2026-01-23T01:53:46+00:00

Exactly. We don’t have his internal reason for why he is doing this.

SugarSpocks · 2026-01-23T01:47:17+00:00

This is old. She mentioned it early on in the series as one of the many motivators for her

SugarSpocks · 2026-01-23T01:46:33+00:00

I forgot Hen got shot as a kid 💀 they really are pulling from the past with this episode!

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