Oliver Stark’s Buck may have survived a lightning strike after the “9-1-1” winter premiere, but the beloved character will be forever changed after the incident.
Monday’s episode of the Fox First Responder drama follows Station 118’s crew racing to get their friend and co-worker to the hospital after experiencing a high voltage incident during an emergency call. Things were looking grim for the fan-favorite firefighter as doctors put him in a medically induced coma to allow his body to heal from his injuries. The coma gave Buck the opportunity to examine some of his innermost conflicts, with a dream adventure that presented him with a version of reality where he never became a firefighter and his older brother Daniel never died.
Teaming up with alternate reality versions of Chimney (Kenneth Choi), Hen (Ayesha Hinds) and Bobby (Peter Krause), Buck learns that he has guilt for not being able to help his brother as an infant. Gotta get rid of perception. He also realizes the impact he has on the lives of his fellow firefighters and his family, who comes out of that harrowing experience with a renewed sense of confidence.
“I think [the incident] Stark tells TheWrap, “He starts down a new path of realizing that he can be happy in his life and that, even though the things that didn’t work for him in the past, maybe it’s all going to lead him to the right place.” was going.” “I think there’s a groundedness that will come out because of him where he starts to accept life and accept help and accept love and accept all that is offered to him, and I think That he’ll eventually be in a good place to move forward.” ,
Stark said she enjoyed exploring how Buck’s relationship with his family would have been different had Daniels lived, pointing to the frequent family dinners and togetherness. Although he added that it was a shame to see how harmonious the Buckley family bond would have been had Daniel been alive, the episode ended with a step in the right direction as Buck moved his mother and father into their apartment to care for him. Welcomed in as he continues to recover from his injuries.
“I think part of the revelation is that there [his parents are] Not bad people, that they were also victims of a terrible, terrible situation in losing their child and they didn’t know how to deal with it,” Stark said. “So I think there’s a level of understanding that comes Is [the coma.]
“Just because their relationship has been so fractious in the past doesn’t mean there’s no room for reconciliation, and I certainly feel like they’re on a path forward where they’re slowly building a healthy relationship.” can start building a parent-child relationship,” he said.
After the traumatic events of the winter premiere, fans shouldn’t expect Buck to be back at work immediately. Stark teased, however, that the experience leaves the firefighter with some “new and surprising skills” for when he gets back on the job.
The actor also provided a small tease of the return of fan-favorite recurring firefighter Lucy Donato (Ariel Kebbel), revealing that the character will return at the end of the season. But not in the way fans think.
“I’ve seen some speculation (from fans) that it could be in a romantic sense. I’m very happy to be clear on that, but it’s not and in fact, I would say it’s quite the opposite,” Stark teased. “She comes back into his life in a way that he’s not too pleased to see again. Let me leave it at that.
“9-1-1” airs Mondays at 8 PM ET/PT on Fox.
