9-1-1 on the Rocks: 1x02 “Let Go” Recap – Carla Arrives, Buck Unravels

9-1-1 on the Rocks has survived its first shift, and unfortunately, Buck has already acquired significant workplace trauma.

This week on 9-1-1 on the Rocks, we’re covering 1x02, “Let Go,” an episode about all the ways people try to hold on when everything around them is falling apart. Buck learns that wanting to save someone doesn’t mean he can, Abby welcomes the relentlessly competent Carla Price into her home and immediately recruits her as a best friend and romantic adviser, and Athena tries to keep her family functioning while Michael’s revelation continues to crack it open.

Also on this episode:

• Buck’s first devastating loss on the job and why “I will not let you go” tells us almost everything we need to know about him.

• Season one’s startlingly dark discussions of suicide, grief, isolation, and the limits of what first responders can protect people from.

• Angela Bassett delivering a performance so raw it changes the temperature of the entire show.

It’s heavy. It’s messy. Carla is already running the place, and Buck Buckley has officially begun collecting trauma like it’s part of his LAFD benefits package.

xoxo,
Fandom on the Rocks