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9-1-1\u00a0<\/em>Season 9, Episode 6 \u2018Family History\u2019 is the kind of midseason finale that doesn\u2019t really feel like a midseason finale. Part of that is that I don\u2019t believe it was planned as such\u2014the first \u201chalf\u201d of the season was slated to have at least one more episode, and then the scheduling Gods intervened and\u2026 here we are.<\/p>\n As such, however, the season feels like it\u2019s barely starting to formulate what it\u2019s about outside of the expected grief over Bobby, and now we have to wait almost two months for more. Not the show\u2019s fault entirely, but it also underscores how the opening space emergency didn\u2019t really need to be four episodes long, particularly because the grief over Bobby is the kind of storyline you can\u2019t just drop. It\u2019ll continue to be a part of the connective tissue of\u00a0<\/p>\n 9-1-1<\/em>\u00a0has always, as a show, managed to deliver particularly affecting episodes. \u201cD\u00eda de los Muertos\u201d was one. This isn\u2019t, even though overall, it\u2019s not a bad one. Multiple examples from previous seasons prove the show\u00a0<\/p>\n MORE:\u00a0<\/strong>Remember when\u00a09-1-1<\/em>\u00a0killed Bobby Nash because \u201crealism\u201d? We\u2019re still mad.<\/p>\n If there\u2019s a character we\u2019ve seen grow this season, even though we haven\u2019t gotten all that much focus on him, it\u2019s been Buck. And the way the show has turned Buck\u2019s grief for Bobby into a desire to become not the kind of person Bobby would want him to be, necessarily, but the kind of person Bobby knew he could be, makes me very emotional.<\/p>\n This translates to Buck not just helping\u00a0Harry prepare for the firefighter exam, but being there for more than the physical preparation, stepping up as the big brother\/cheerleader\/motivational speaker when Harry quits. It\u2019s the same thing we saw from Buck in the last episode\u2019s storyline with his squatter. Buck is choosing the Bobby way in so many things, and I\u2019m sure Bobby would be very proud. Sometimes, in the depths of grief, it\u2019s hard to pull the good out. Buck has managed to find a way, and it\u2019s the kind of thing that shows how far he\u2019s come from the immature, reckless kid we first met.<\/p>\n One thing we haven\u2019t really seen, however, is the show translate Bobby\u2019s \u201cthey\u2019re going to need you\u201d into anything real. Buck is stepping up for Harry, and this episode is about Harry as much as it is about Buck. About what he wants and why he wants it. About what he\u2019s willing to do to become a firefighter. And Buck helping Harry is important, and likely something Bobby would really appreciate, but it\u2019s hard to believe that\u2019s what Bobby meant when he told Buck he would be needed.<\/p>\n He was likely talking about the rest of the 118, and in that regard, the show has really dropped the ball. Harry\u2019s storyline is much more well-rounded. He\u2019s a kid trying to find his place in the world, and he just wants to prove that he can do it. That he\u2019s capable. That his mom doesn\u2019t have to worry about him. Except, you know, she\u2019s his mom. That\u2019s her job. That and supporting him.<\/p>\n As for Buck, the problem is we\u2019ve barely seen him interact for more than a few seconds with anyone but Ravi, and even that has been mostly casual. But then again, we\u2019ve barely seen any focus on anyone this season other than Athena, and a little bit of Harry and Eddie, so when has he had time to? Hopefully, this will be a thing the show actually pays off later on, because right now, it\u2019s feeling like, as interesting as Buck\u2019s storyline has been, it could be so much better.<\/p>\n MORE:\u00a0<\/strong>We\u2019ve been saying it\u2019s\u00a0time for Buddie\u00a0for a while.<\/p>\n As a longtime fan of Angela Bassett, I\u2019m usually not one to complain about Athena plots! I enjoy Athena plots for the most part, and I enjoy Angela Bassett. I think it needs to be said when in my opinion, the plots don\u2019t really serve the actor or the character. But that\u2019s not really the case here. The problem isn\u2019t the Athena plot; it\u2019s the pacing of the season.<\/p>\n In the opening season emergency, both the message and the acting were on point; we just took way too long to get there. That\u2019s me being fair, but I was still mostly complimentary in my criticism of it because the\u00a0conclusion of the space arc\u00a0touched me very deeply. In this episode, however, the Athena plot is not as much an Athena plot as it is a May plot. Or a plot about their relationship. And in that regard, it feels like it was needed. We\u2019ve gotten some May focus before, but it\u2019s been a long time since May and Harry have been on the show consistently, so it makes sense that May is getting some more focus in this hour. And her biggest on-screen relationship is with her mom, so that will, of course, involve her.<\/p>\n The issue is, once again, the pace. It feels like we\u2019ve learned so little from other characters! The tone of the season is a little sad! Both true statements, and both can be traced back to the\u00a0decision to kill Bobby Nash. If Bobby Nash weren\u2019t dead, we wouldn\u2019t be here. But since he is, we do have to deal with the grief. And since May and Harry are series regulars, they do need some focus.<\/p>\n I\u2019ve loved the focus on the two of them, really. And their presence is a good way to give Athena some storylines outside of, God forbid, bringing in another love interest. The problem is, of course, how many dangling plot threads we are still waiting for the show to pick up and how little idea we have of what this show intends to do with those.<\/p>\n MORE:<\/strong>\u00a0Looking for fanfic this hiatus? Lizzie and Lyra talked their favorite fics in this episode of\u00a0Tales From the 118<\/p>\n \u201c9-1-1<\/em>\u201d Season 9, Episode 6 \u2018Family History\u2019 sets up Chimney taking over for Bobby officially, and sees Hen ignore absolutely every instinct that tells her something is going on with her and refuse to confide in her family when she literally passes out for hours because\u2026 she doesn\u2019t want to worry them?<\/p>\n The Chimney part of it is a little confusing. I understand the lingering doubts, but it\u2019s not like he didn\u2019t know what the team thought. Eddie told him to his face that he should take the test. Episode 1 of this season established that he should be the Captain! Everyone seemed to agree. It\u2019s not just Maddie. Of course, sometimes you are your own enemy. You want something and you feel guilty for wanting it, so you convince yourself it\u2019s everyone else who has a problem.<\/p>\n It\u2019s overall a good storyline for Chimney, even if it does feel like most of his internal struggle happens off-screen, because the truth is, we expected him to have trouble with it. Becoming Captain after Bobby was always going to be complicated. But the thing he had to realize is that he doesn\u2019t have to be Bobby. He just has to be himself. That\u2019s enough.<\/p>\n As for Hen, the decision to say nothing to Karen is more than a little infuriating. Hen should know better. No, wait, she\u00a0does<\/em>\u00a0know better. And yet, despite how wrong it is, a part of me does get not wanting to share. At least, until you know what\u2019s going on. Because what are you doing then but giving people something to worry about? The thing, of course, is that you are worried too. And worry is one of those things it\u2019s better not to carry alone.<\/p>\n MORE:\u00a0<\/strong>Is Eddie Diaz gay?\u00a0The question is valid.<\/p>\n Agree? Disagree? What did you think of\u00a09-1-1<\/em>\u00a0Season 9, Episode 6 \u2018Family History\u2019? Share with us in the comments below! Check out our Tales From the 118 podcast if you also want to listen to our reviews. On\u00a0Apple Podcasts\u00a0and\u00a0Spotify! Plus, if you want to leave your own rating\/comment about the show, you can do so in our\u00a0<\/p>\n 9-1-1<\/em>\u00a0airs Thursdays at 8\/7c on\u00a0ABC.<\/p>\n Earlier this year,\u00a0Todd Chrisley<\/strong>\u00a0received a pardon from the President. However,\u00a0Patricia Altschul<\/p>\n\n