9-1-1 Season 8 Finale Review: Buck & Eddie’s Blatant Queerbaiting Takes Away From An Otherwise Heartwarming Conclusion

Warning: SPOILERS for 9-1-1 season 8, episode 18, "Seismic Shifts."9-1-1 season 8 was a whirlwind all around, but episode 18 was a mostly praiseworthy final showing. The aftermath of Bobby’s death in 9-1-1 season 8, episode 15 is still very much unfolding, but the immediate effects of Peter Krause’s exit have been palpable. While Athena Grant-Nash (Angela Bassett) and Howard “Chimney” Han (Kenneth Choi) have been at the center of the procedural since the main character's shocking death, the rest of LAFD Station 118 — like Evan “Buck” Buckley (Oliver Stark), Henrietta “Hen” Wilson (Aisha Hinds), and Ravi Panikkar (Anirudh Pisharody) — have gone through mourning more subtly.