{"id":197467,"date":"2021-03-09T06:19:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-09T03:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/9-1-1-season-4-episode-8-review-breaking-point\/"},"modified":"2021-03-09T06:19:00","modified_gmt":"2021-03-09T03:19:00","slug":"9-1-1-season-4-episode-8-review-breaking-point","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/9-1-1-season-4-episode-8-review-breaking-point\/","title":{"rendered":"#9-1-1 Season 4 Episode 8 Review: Breaking Point"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#9-1-1 Season 4 Episode 8 Review: Breaking Point<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Sometimes there comes the point where enough is enough.<\/p>\n

And\u00a09-1-1 Season 4 Episode 8\u00a0was all about people reaching that place where they felt like they were running out of time, so they made the only decision they thought they had.<\/p>\n

You can call it a breaking point or the point of no return. The verbiage doesn\u2019t matter. What does matter is how you move beyond that point and soldier ahead because a breaking point doesn\u2019t have to break you if you don\u2019t let it.<\/p>\n

\n \"Taking<\/img>\n<\/div>\n

This was an hour heavy on the relationships and a bit lighter on the emergencies. Both Eddie and Buck were dealing with lady problems, while Maddie was struggling with the realities of giving birth in the middle of a global pandemic.<\/p>\n

For Eddie, he continues to be a dutiful and devoted father to Christopher, who will always be his number one priority. And Christopher knows that. His outburst isn\u2019t rooted in feeling like Eddie is leaving him or even thinking that his mother is going to be replaced.<\/p>\n

Christopher is a kid living through the crisis, same as everyone else, and he misses his friends and the life he had before lockdown and protocols. He\u2019s sick of missing people, and it\u2019s honestly the most relatable thing anyone says during the hour.<\/p>\n

Eddie and Christopher\u2019s relationship and their scenes together are always a bright spot, but there\u2019s some real magic when Buck and Christopher get together. And while he obviously shouldn\u2019t run away from home, the fact that he escapes his frustrations and reaches out to Buck is pretty telling.<\/p>\n

\n \"Fighting<\/img>\n<\/div>\n

For all the talk about Buck being a \u201cbad\u201d friend and not having the kind of meaningful relationships he wants, he sure has father figure down pretty solidly.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s not only a safe space for Christopher but a constant in his life. And that\u2019s so necessary, not just in the times of 2020, but always.<\/p>\n

While their conversation was sweet, it would have been nice to see Christopher and Eddie have a chat before he was introduced to Ana as his father\u2019s new paramour, but I guess there just wasn\u2019t enough time.<\/p>\n

Aside from helping Christopher, Buck was struggling in general<\/a>. He was very out of sorts the whole hour, and his reunion with Taylor didn\u2019t go the way either of them planned.<\/p>\n

\n \"Checking<\/img>\n<\/div>\n

Taylor is not a fan-favorite, and she wasn\u2019t exactly someone who fit with Buck in the first place. Bringing her back here didn\u2019t feel necessary, and having her role be to berate Buck into doubting his ability to be a friend was a curious decision.<\/p>\n

Buck isn\u2019t clear with her about his reasons for inviting her to dinner, and that\u2019s fair. But to basically act like he\u2019s a terrible human being because he phoned a friend to sit with him at dinner seemed a bit excessive.<\/p>\n

And perhaps I\u2019m in the minority on this one, but the anger didn\u2019t justify the situation. At least not at that moment.<\/p>\n

Seeing Taylor later breakdown later allows the lines to be shaded in more, as the woman has been on the frontlines of tragedy for months, and she was looking for a feel-good night and felt blindsided by the situation Buck put her in.<\/p>\n

\n \"Taking<\/img>\n<\/div>\n

If only they could have had a conversation before everything hit the fan, they both could have seen each other\u2019s perspectives, and feelings didn\u2019t have to be hurt.<\/p>\n

Do we need Taylor Kelly back? No, we don\u2019t. But at least she and Buck were able to leave things on good terms, and they were able to help administer COVID vaccines and do a good thing together as friends. That\u2019s at least a happ<\/a>y ending for the duo, who should probably stop trying to move beyond the friend zone.<\/p>\n

Maddie and Chimney are getting closer and closer to welcoming their little girl, and you\u2019ve got to feel for them having doctor\u2019s appointments over zoom and facing the real possibility that they may not be together when the baby is born.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a reality, so many people have had to face, and Maddie is honest when she talks about trying to roll with the punches but still being a bit beaten down by all. You have a vision in your head of what your birth will look like, and it\u2019s scary to think that it could be nothing like what you\u2019ve prepared for.<\/p>\n

\n \"Taking<\/img>\n<\/div>\n

The home birth was a way for Maddie to feel in charge, and you can\u2019t fault her for that. There has been so little in our control for a long time now, and the opportunity to take a little back for yourself makes perfect sense in this case.<\/p>\n

But Chimney\u2019s fears were valid as well. He lives the worst-case scenarios every single day, and he wants Maddie in a place where they\u2019re equipped to deal with any scenario that may pop up.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s nice seeing Maddie and Chimney continue to thrive as a couple. They\u2019ve been through so much together, and they just get stronger and stronger. And it\u2019s beautiful to see couples get to a place where it\u2019s not obstacle after obstacle and instead them just being happy and finding their way together.<\/p>\n

9-1-1 has done an excellent job doing that with all their core couples.<\/p>\n

\n \"Working<\/img>\n<\/div>\n

And speaking of those couples, the hour ends with heartbreak and a cliffhanger of sorts, as we have Hen and Karen dealing with the real possibility that they\u2019re going to have to give Nia back to the system.<\/p>\n

Hen and Karen have such a happy home filled with so much love, but when fostering, there is always the genuine possibility that you may have to give the children back for one reason or another.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a pretty daunting thing for them to hear, and we\u2019ll have to wait some time to see what happens next because we\u2019ve got a lengthy hiatus coming our way.<\/p>\n

\n \"Athena<\/img>\n<\/div>\n

Odd and Ends<\/strong><\/p>\n