9-1-1 Season Five Episode 15 - FOMO

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9-1-1 Season Five Episode 15: FOMO - Review

Hey angels and biscuits, we are back with a review for FOMO. I’m actually pleased with the direction the last half of season five has been going. I admit I’m gaining a little hope and optimism for the writing getting back to being top notch or as close as it can get given the circumstances.

Getting right into it! What I thought didn’t work. Well, this episode, actually not much. It was overall pretty average and nothing overly terrible. Even Lucy, who I’ve had many complaints about this season, wasn’t that bad. She wasn’t that crucial, didn’t have many lines, and the lines she had fit in with the bad character writing that’s been given to her. It was nothing shocking or unexpected from her and fit given the situations. We learned Lucy probably doesn’t like marriage and has commitment issues, which given we came in knowing she was similar to a Buck 1.0 so I doubt anyone thought anything weird about that.

Like most of 5B so far the calls have been excellent. The first one with the influencer was just they right amount of shock and gross. Eddie and May had an amazing tag team moment, it was good. The wedding call was interesting, I’ve seen medical procedurals have an episode where there is a patient with organs on the opposite side and it’s always been interesting. Plus, Hen got to show off her skills and I love when we get to see Hen at her best.  

The call with the mother and her daughters was brutal. It was a good story and was done well but it had all the feelings. And it hit you with them. The mother asking to talk to her kids because she knew she was dying, Hen and Chim knowing it but trying to not say it, it was emotional. Acted well. Bobby having to hold it together with the kids, but he obviously understood the situation. The eldest daughter was even shown to understand the the situation and she was shown being strong for her sisters, not telling them the truth just yet. It wasn’t as out there for a call but it hit all the emotional high points of a great episode. And to top it off they had the kids and father shown out in probably the same field the mother and kids were in prior to the accident. The oldest daughter was shown stepping up for her sisters, and the whole moment was very bittersweet.

Outside calls, Eddie and May had some great moments together. Not only did they make a great team on the first call but May is talking to Eddie as a sounding board for some things she was feeling. She has to make a choice to either keep her job or go to college and she doesn’t want to feel like she’s missing out on something. Hence where we get the title of the episode, FOMO. May, describing how she was feeling, was nearly identical to how Eddie has been feeling lately. He doesn’t know who he is, not really. Who is Eddie Diaz? He doesn’t know because he’s done what he thought he had to his whole life. I really hope this is leading up to something good with Eddie, I have my theories but that’s to be found in a separate blog.

Following that up with May we got a nice moment between her and Athena. It had been awhile since we have gotten soft mom Athena rather than badass cop Athena. Both are great and both are appreciated on screen. We see Athena having no regrets about the way her life went, the choices she made. I think that’s great contrast to characters like May, Eddie, and Karen who have been feeling like they missed out or might miss out on something in life. Athena’s advice to May is correct, she can’t tell her what to do and May has to figure out what’s right for her. I can’t wait to see where the story goes with May.

I just want to include this side note about Buck, he said he had no regrets, or FOMO, as he did everything he wanted in his 20’s. I feel that’s something important to note. I think this is a subtle indication to where we’ve seen Buck’s character is going, that Buck is looking for more in his life now. Stability. Family. We’ve seen him trying relationships that fail, he’s realized who is, what he wants in concept, but he hasn’t quite figured out how to get there. This obviously isn’t news but this looked like a nod to it.

Now probably the most fun part of this episode, Hen and Karen. I love Karen and I think Karen deserves more screen time than she gets. This episode really just adds to that opinion. She is so relatable sometimes it’s ridiculous. Wanting to go track down the person who stole your ID at a club? Mood. Searching the club and calling the cops while feeling like a detective? Mood. Like Eddie and May, Karen had been feeling like she missed out on her 20’s because she has all these young colleagues going out to all these new clubs and restaurants and she spent her 20’s getting her degree. So that takes Hen and Karen to a very cold themed restaurant where their car ends up broken into and Karen’s purse stolen. Hen wants to just “be old” and chill in bed and watch movies but she’s willing to try some new things if it made Karen feel better. It was sweet.

 The best moment for me though was when they ended up at a club basically playing detective to find the person with Hen’s credit or bank card. It just felt so relatable how excited they got over the whole thing. Saying “we got you.” Hen knowing how to check the fake ID. Telling Klowee that she should reconsider a life of crime because she’s bad at it. Telling the officers they apprehended the suspect saying she made a full confession. It was all pure gold and relatable as who hasn’t wanted to play detective. It’s something I’d see in many more procedural comedies like say Psych or Brooklyn 99 and I had no complaints whatsoever. And then it ends with them having a really sweet couple moment staying at the club and having a little fun. It showed Karen that she can still have these new experiences, and that just because she’s not in her 20’s doesn’t mean she can’t still have fun in life.

Overall, 7.5/10 Biscuits

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