‘9-1-1’ Boss Says He Ships Buck & Eddie, Compares Show to ‘Heated Rivalry’
What To Know
- Showrunner Tim Minear openly supports the idea of a Buck and Eddie romance on ‘9-1-1,’ but emphasizes the show is primarily a procedural, not a romance drama.
- Oliver Stark (Buck) acknowledges the chemistry and fan enthusiasm for the pairing, expressing openness to the storyline if it develops authentically.
- Ryan Guzman (Eddie) values the genuine platonic bond between the characters, while understanding and respecting the fans’ interpretations and hopes.
It’s not just 9-1-1’s fans who want Evan “Buck” Buckley (Oliver Stark) and Eddie Diaz (Ryan Guzman) to get together; it’s Tim Minear, the ABC show’s showrunner and co-creator, as well.
Minear revealed in a new interview with The Washington Post that he, too, ships #Buddie.
“It is a very difficult subject because I love the Buddie fans, and I am one of them,” he said.
Minear told the newspaper he’s not ruling out the possibility of a Buddie romance but explained he’s making a procedural TV show and not a romance-focused drama like Heated Rivalry, the gay-hockey-player romance burning up HBO Max.
“It’s different than Heated Rivalry, where that is the show — the show is about those two guys getting together. That’s not what this show is,” Minear says. “This will probably piss off people, but whatever, this is what I think. I think the possibility of [Buddie] is what’s exciting.”
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As for the actor behind Buck, Stark told Deadline in a new interview that he doesn’t know whether Buddie will ever come to fruition, and he cited Minear’s Washington Post comments.
“Tim Minear, who writes the show, said in an interview a few days ago, he’s actively a fan of the ship of Buddie, and he understands it and roots for it, and doesn’t not like the idea of it, which, I get it as well,” Stark said. “I’ve spoken about it in interviews. I say happily that I see the moments that other people see, and you see fan edits and there’s nice romantic music playing over the top of it or whatever it is, and you go, ‘Oh yeah, those do feel like charged moments.’ So yeah, I’m just happy to keep telling the story of these characters, and if that’s the way that, authentically, Tim decides the story goes, then I think that’s beautiful.”
Guzman, on the other hand, told the site in May that he thinks Buck and Eddie’s platonic relationship is “so genuine.”
“And I think Oliver’s character has said it multiple times — it’s like, why can’t we just be friends, brothers?” Guzman added. “So I think right now it stands as it is. But I completely understand where fans are gaining that from, and they’ve created their own lore.”
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Leave it be. The friendship between them is one of the healthy ones on the show. Showing as straight guy being friends with a bi and not feeling like he is a bad person or keeping him away from his son, shows an acceptance of Buck as a person. This is what is needed if you really want to bring together different people.
If you were to put them together in a romance I am afraid you would loose more viewers that you can afford to after the drop in viewers with the death of Bobby. I would be one of the viewers to leave. You need a mixture of people to make a show feel life like.
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I stopped watching when you killed Bobby off. Worst mistake ever. It’s not a soap opera. We’re okay with ppl being happy. I hate the idea of buck and Eddie being anything but close friends. We don’t want to see Bobby honored on 911. We want him to be back as her husband.
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It won’t matter that a majority of us just want them to stay as friends/brothers . If you put them together you will lose a lot of your fan base. It was bad enough when you killed off Bobbie
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Curious...do you watch shows with divorced people who have remarried?
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Another reason to not watch 9-1-1. Bad story lines. First ya kill Bobby, then ya decide to make Eddie gay. It's bad enough how you've been messing with Buck's life (don't care for him anyway) - but it's getting too much. Haven't watched since before Bobby was killed off - and looks like I for sure won't be back.
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Eddie has shown signs of being gay for quite a while. He compared his wife to molten chocolate draggin him down. He tried to love Ana to no avail. Requested Marisol leave his house not even 24 hours after moving in. Says dating (women) feels like performing. Rejects every single woman Ravi and Buck point to him. Has been explicitly compared in the show to three different cases: a male cheerleader being rejected by his father fo being weak (aka, doing something feminine); a girl locked in a closet by his parents for trying to leave their faith; and a man wearing a chastity belt. His father demanded he become "the man of the house" when he was 10, he expressly refers to "the Church and catholic guilt" in relation to Shannon and his marriage. And has had two different characters say he's denying himself joy and punishing himself. He even said he wanted to wear a beard as a disguise to hide from himself in the joy=juice chat with the priest...
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I will stop watching, if Buck and Eddie hook up. Gross
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I wonde what is an homophobe doing watching 911? It's had homosexual people since day 1
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Cancel the show. Tried to watch after Bobby died but the show stinks now
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I would prefer to keep their relationship as is. Supporting one another without the insecurities that come with crossing relationships. Once you do, it becomes complicated. Working together, jealousy, all that. I would rather the humor and love remain as they battle 911 battles, not complicate by crossing over work with personal.
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But they are already dealing with jealousy. Buck even maimed Eddie at a basketball game because of jealousy, randomly adopted a dog and passive-aggresively outed Eddie's plans in front of everyone. Eddie also showed jealousy (albeit in a saner manner) towards Taylor during the treasure hunt and Tommy at the bachelor party. The thing with these two is that they are already having to deal with crazy romance shit without actually being together (yet)
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When they went to ABC that's when the show changed. ABC is all about gays put ti back on FOX and STOP all this gay crap
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I quit watching when buck became gay he was a playboy then Bobbie died now you are trying to hooked buck and Eddie together it ruin the show what happened to 911
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Buck was not a playboy. Since season 1, after Abby, he explictly said he's looking for love. And he hasn't stopped, but now has added men to the pool of possible loves.
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I agree we are starting to not watch network tv anymore and are switching over to networks that are faith based like Angel studios, great American family, pureflix, and up faith and family and more it's so much better
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I wonder what attracted you to 911 in the first place then lol. A show with 3 main homosexual characters since episode 1 (and many more in calls), with remarriages and sex outside of wedlock, abortion and euthanasia portrayed positively...
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