Buck Buckley quotes from 9-1-1

Buck

[voice over] If there's one hard thing you learn in this job, is that one way or the other, this day or the next, eventually everything dies. For most people, the only thing worse than loosing someone you love is knowing that one day you will.

Buck

Never lost anyone before. Does it get any easier?

Bobby

No.

Chimney

Look, people die and that's part of the gig, right? Your problem is, you're looking at your job like it's a long-term relationship. They're one-night stands, man. In that moment they mean everything to you. Once morning comes, [snaps] it's on to the next one.

Athena

You know why they make us wear these uniforms right? Cops, firefighters, paramedics?

Chimney

Uhhhh, sex appeal.

Buck

So people can easily identify us.

Athena

True, but it's also for our own good. Because when we take the uniform off at the end of the day, it symbolizes letting go of all the sad, crazy, inhumane things we've seen that day.

Buck

So is your full name Eduardo?

Eddie

No.

Buck

Do people ever call you "Diaz"?

Eddie

Not if they want me to respond.

Buck

Something's gotta give. We got Cap, Hen, Chimney, Buck. We can't just call you Eddie.

Eddie

[to Chimney] Can't tell if he's being serious or not.

Chimney

I always like to operate on the assumption that nothing he says is serious.

Buck

What about "G.I.", like G.I. Joe. "Hey G.I.!" You know, that's a great nickname.

Hen

Sounds like "gastrointestinal".

Eddie

Yeah, I don't think so.

Bobby

If you weren't doing this what would you be doing?

Chimney

Fighter pilot, Top Gun, call sign: Shogun.

Bobby

What about you Hen?

Hen

Editorial cartoonist, The New Yorker. [Chimney and Bobby stare at her] I have a lot to say.

Bobby

You draw?

Hen

No, it's a dream, it's not supposed to attainable. [looks at Chimney] Top Gun? You can barely drive, you rebar head.

Chimney

Alright, Buckeroo, if you were not a member of the LAFD, what would you be doing?

Buck

Uh, I don't know. I'm not getting fired am I?

Chimney

That's inevitable.

Hen

He'd be a golden retriever.

Chimney

Bartender. No, no, a bouncer at a bar.

Hen

Bouncer at a strip club.

Buck

Hey, so is your son really the reason you don't date?

Eddie

That, and...they weren't my type.

Buck

Not mine either. Not anymore. But I'm talking in general.

Eddie

It's complicated when you have a kid.

Buck

Come on, that's a weak excuse.

Eddie

You live in your invisible girlfriend's house and you're telling me about weak excuses.

Maddie

Hope is a tricky thing. It keeps you going for a while but at some point if what you're hoping for is never going to happen then it's just holding you back from your life.

Buck

Yeah but it's hard to know though right? If you're hanging on too long or giving up too soon.

Eddie

I'm sneaking around behind my kid's back with his mother.

Buck

Christopher doesn't know?

Eddie

I don't know what he knows. These kids sense things, right? The other day, I made her sneak out so he wouldn't see her there.

Buck

Trying to protect your kid. I mean, she ran out on him, right?

Eddie

I ran out first. I ran out on both of them. See, when Christopher was first diagnosed I was in Afghanistan. Right at the end of my tour. Instead of going back home...I reenlisted. I told myself it was to pay the bills.

Buck

But you were running away, too.

Eddie

Yeah. But I got to pretend like it was for a noble cause and serve my country. But when Shannon broke, nobody thought she was a hero. She just got called evil.

Buck

So that's how it's gonna be now. You're just gonna keep on ghosting me. 'Cause Halloween is over, just so you know.

Eddie

I don't know what you want from me, Buck. Forgive, forget, make you feel better about what you did?

Buck

I just want you to talk to me. Even if it's just to say that you're still mad.

Eddie

I'm not mad, I'm... When you decided to sue the department, to make Cap the bad guy, did you ever stop for a minute to think what that could do to us?

Buck

Look, I just needed my job back. I missed...I missed being here. Being part of the team. I never meant for anyone to get hurt.

Eddie

Lotta "I"s in there. Your actions, your choices, they impact the rest of us. That's what it means to be a part of a team.

Buck

You're right. I didn't think about what could happen. I was mad at Bobby for not letting me back. I was mad at you guys for moving on without me. I was mad that there was nothing I could do about it. And I just...I just wanted to––

Eddie

Punch someone?

Buck

Yeah, a little. But I get it. And I really am sorry. Whatever it takes for you to forgive me.

Eddie

I forgive you. Also what it means to be part of a team. This...just don't do it again.

Buck

I guess it's like the uniform is my costume. You know, I put it on and suddenly I'm brave, and I'm strong, I make a difference. Feels like without it I'm not much of anything.

Bobby

Buck, you saved two lives without the uniform. It's not a costume, it's who you are.

Buck

Guys, I... I found it. [looks excitedly at the meteor inside the hole] All the way from outer space. Should I grab it?

Bobby

Doesn't belong to you, Buck.

Chimney

It belongs in a museum.

Eddie

I remember the drama when my sister was applying to college. Think that's half the reason why I decided to join the army.

Bobby

Well, you tell a 17-year-old kid that their future depends on writing 600 perfect words, the pressure's gonna get to 'em.

Buck

I don't remember what my college essay was about.

Chimney

Why don't you call Maddie and ask her what she wrote for you?

Buck

He calls me his little buddy and he touches me.

Bobby

[gives him a look]

buck

No not like that, but still