Is ‘9-1-1’ making “baby steps” toward a Buck & Eddie romance? Ryan Guzman fans the flames
9-1-1 began, fans had been wondering if firefighter buds Evan “Buck” Buckley (Oliver Stark) and Edmundo “Eddie” Díaz (Ryan Guzman) were destined to become something more.“We get closer than ever this season,” Guzman told EW at a pre-premiere event, setting off fire alarms in the minds of “Buddie”—the portmanteau adopted by fans of the BFFs—’shippers everywhere.
How close? Like, relationship close?Thus far, season 7 of the show has been inching closer and closer to that possibility, especially as Buck has acknowledged his attraction to men, begun dating paramedic Tommy (Lou Ferrigno Jr.), and even come out to his friends and colleagues as bisexual.Subscribe to our newsletter for your front-row seat to all things entertainment with a sprinkle of everything else queer.So, sure, Buck might be preoccupied right now, but that doesn’t mean the closes the door on any chance at a Buddie fling, right?“We just got to the point where Buck is having this own personal growth of himself,” Guzman tells TV Insider in a new interview, “so it’s like baby steps towards anything and if anything.” Which is not a “no”—that door’s still ajar, folks!As some folks have pointed out, it’s not outside the realm of possibility that 9-1-1 is laying the groundwork for these two pals to realize they have deeper feelings for one another.
After all, part of the reason Buck and Tommy connected was because the former was getting jealous of the latter spending time with Eddie.But who was jealous of who here?“If you are one of the smaller group of people commenting on my posts about how this has ruined the show, I would like you to know that I truly don’t care.” – Oliver StarkMeanwhile, Eddie’s having some personal crises of his own.
Though his romance with Marisol (Edy Ganem) has been moving along in fits and starts, the latest episode, “Ghost Of A Second Chance,” found him nearly throwing it all away after a run in with a woman named Kim, who looks an awful lot like his ex-wife Shannon (and, in fact,.
