Eddie’s 9-1-1 Season 8 Storyline Will Continue In Texas, Confirms Showrunner

This article contains spoilers for 9-1-1 season 8, episode 9, “Sob Stories”

Eddie’s presence in 9-1-1 season 8 will continue despite his move to Texas, according to showrunner Tim Minear. 9-1-1 season 8 dropped a bombshell during its midseason finale, when Eddie (Ryan Guzman) revealed that he plans to leave Los Angeles to reunite with his son Christopher (Gavin McHugh) in Texas. The first-responder drama has returned to ABC with new episodes, confirming that Eddie is very serious about the move, though it causes some friction with his best friend Buck (Oliver Stark).

In an interview with ScreenRant‘s Rachel Foertsch, Minear was asked about whether Christopher was aware that Eddie is planning to leave Los Angeles for Texas. Minear, who co-created the procedural with Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuck, added that audiences will see Eddie and Christopher in Texas, which means that Eddie will go through with the move after all. Read the quote below:

Tim Minear: If Eddie’s going to take the time to put a down payment down on a house near his parents’ house, yeah. Christopher knows Eddie’s coming. Christopher’s still living with Eddie’s parents.

Will we see the Christopher and Eddie storyline in Texas onscreen?

Tim Minear: Yes, you will.

What Eddie’s Move To Texas Means For 9-1-1

Buck’s Not Taking It Well

The bulk of 9-1-1‘s midseason premiere, “Sob Stories,” has Maddie (Jennifer Love Hewitt) dealing with the fallout from a dangerous call, and the episode ends with Maddie getting abducted. Before then, though, the support that Buck showed Eddie in 9-1-1 season 8, episode 8 starts to falter big time. He tries to sabotage Eddie’s attempts at moving by preventing him from subletting his apartment.

Buck does come around though, eventually, and the two friends reconcile. Still, it’s obviously a little uneasy. It’s impressive for the series, which has often teased someone leaving the 118, to actually go through with it. Eddie will actually make it all the way to Texas to be with Christopher, though whether he stays there for long isn’t as clear. There’s reason to think that he won’t, but 9-1-1 wants to keep the intrigue alive. If Eddie does come back, the brief time he’s spent in Texas will only make his return all the more satisfying.

Our Take On Eddie’s Texas Leap

Maybe Christopher Will Feel Differently About It

Even though the bulk of the storyline is driven by Eddie wanting to be closer to his son, we haven’t actually heard anything about how Chris feels about being away from Buck, who he is very close to. It may be the case that things will be back to normal before 9-1-1 season 9, helped by the fact that Christopher could well guide his father towards a realization that he might otherwise need some time to contend with. There are a lot of episodes still left in the ABC hit, all the same, with Minear and the writing team trying out a significant change.

9-1-1 season 8 airs Thursdays at 8 PM ET on ABC and streams on Hulu.

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Release Date

January 3, 2018

Showrunner

Tim Minear

Directors

Bradley Buecker, David Grossman, Brenna Malloy, Gwyneth Horder-Payton, Jann Turner, Jennifer Lynch, Marita Grabiak, Sarah Boyd, John J. Gray, Barbara Brown, Robert M. Williams Jr., Kristen Reidel, Marcus Stokes, Tasha Smith, Millicent Shelton, Juan Carlos Coto, John Gray, Greg Sirota, Alonso Alvarez, James Wong, Kevin Hooks, Varda Bar-Kar, Shauna Duggins, Sharat Raju

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Tim Minear, Andrew Meyers, Brad Falchuk, David Fury, Ryan Murphy, Christopher Monfette, Nadia Abass-Madden, Nicole Barraza Keim, Erica L. Anderson, Matthew Hodgson, Stacey R. Rose, Taylor Wong, Tonya Kong, Adam Penn

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