Buck explains that it was an 80’s themed party and that he was dressed as Crocket and Eddie as Tubbs, then Eddie corrects him and says HE is Crockett and Buck is Tubbs.
We all know Buck’s pop culture knowledge is lacking and the fact that he got their character names mixed up and Eddie corrects him tells me that Eddie chose them. Why is this interesting?
Because Crocket and Tubbs are the guys from Miami Vice. If you don’t know it we’ll forgive you since it aired from 1984 – 1989, before a lot of you were probably born or old enough to be watching it. Before either Buck or Eddie were born too, by the way (and Christ don’t I feel old since I was in high school when it ended).
So, Eddie choosing to go as Sonny Crockett is FASCINATING to me. Quoting heavily from this article:
“Sonny struggles with depression, gets attached easily and just as easily hurt and makes dad jokes. Sonny is prickly, vulnerable, and deeply sad. I would also argue that he’s pretty heavily queercoded, and I don’t think it’s entirely unintentional.”
Sound somewhat familiar at all?
Interestingly, the penultimate episode of season 1 is titled Evan. Why is that interesting, you ask? As this article says, “Oh, you know, it’s then the moment Sonny’s possible bisexuality starts to seem like an intentional implication rather than an accident of incautious scripting”…
There’s a lot more to Miami Vice of course, and my memory of it is filtered through 30 years of life so it’s not perfect. You can find out more for yourselves if you want. I just find it very interesting that it’s Eddie who went as Crockett instead of Buck.
Interesting and exciting when we view it through the lens of Buddie possibly going canon in the future.
Why did you choose to be Crockett, Eddie? What is your subconscious telling you that you aren’t ready to hear yet Mr Diaz ‘who freaked out that your girlfriend was a Catholic nun’, hmmm?
actually if abc can have gay firefighters cbs should issue a formal apology about the gay detectives they split up in the series finale of a ten season show
if tommy ends up going to chim's bachelor party...if eddie perhaps starts getting a little jealous himself because now buck and tommy are spending all their time together...and it's like, he knows they have a thing going on, and he's so proud of buck for figuring out that piece of himself, y'know? but he doesn't quite get this sinking feeling everytime he sees tommy lean over to whisper something in buck's ear, or buck's hand landing casually on tommy's thigh, or why his stomach is doing backflips whenever they kiss...and it's like, he knows he's not homophobic, he'd broken up with marisol because of all the vitriol she chose to spout at buck upon finding out about him and tommy, but he doesn't quite get why he feels so fucking off watching them together, why it feels like he's all out of place. and buck, he knows eddie better than anyone else, y'know? and he pulls eddie up on his shit, and they've just been through this, and buck apologised, and realised he'd been a fucking idiot, and they worked through it. but now, now eddie's acting the exact same way and it's like i thought you didn't have a problem with me and tommy? and eddie's like i didn't! i don't! i just— and he cuts himself short because the lightbulb in his mind is burning so bright it feels like it might scorch him, and he sees the moment buck spots it too, his eyes widening and his jaw slack and he's like you just what, eddie? eddie, c'mon, it's me, what is it? and eddie's fucking done because of course. of course its buck. of course its BEEN buck. and he tries to storm past buck and buck catches him by the shoulder and eddie feels like he might explode and he rips his arm away from buck so violently that it not only tears his shirt, but knocks over a lantern in the process and of fucking course, because the universe loves to fuck with him, it lands at buck's feet, setting his pants alight so now eddie, by virtue, is shirtless, putting out a fire, and in love with his best friend. wonderful. excellent. the universe needs to stop screaming.
I can't believe that Eddie in the new episode was so delusional and couldn't understand that Buck was jealous. Just an empty head, no thoughts in his brain
I thought that Loki would be impressed by Mobius' rage, or that he would be amused. Or that he would immediately start torturing Brad as soon as Mobius got out of the cell.
But no: Loki was stunned by Mobius' reaction.
So, at first, he took steps to stop Mobius before he went too far and escorted him away safely.
Then he followed Mobius to make sure he was okay, asking him over and over without using aggressive tones, despite Mobius trying to downplay it.
Loki saw that Mobius was trying to hide how shaken he was, so he suggested to eat a slice of pie to reassure him down.
Without pressure, he calmed him down until Mobius was ready to open.
And then he reassured him gently.
This shows how much Loki has changed: instead of being overwhelmed by anger and the desire for revenge, he put the well-being of Mobius, a person dear to him, first, without hiding the concern and affection he feels for him. And Mobius, in return, demonstrated that he placed full trust in Loki, expressing his innermost emotions to him.
No "show results", if you're not a fanfic writer just be patient.
I saw a post about an anon saying it was embarrasing to have an ao3 account in your 30s (it's absolutely not), so I want to do a poll and see what the age range actually is.
Nice episode, but oh god, I feel so sorry for Gina. Why did they do that to her? I was hoping that somebody would show up and interrupt this horror or.. I don't know, I just didn't expect it at all.
And I'm happy that she shot that son of a bitch
Olivia Brown and Saundra Santiago as Trudy Joplin and Gina Calbrese (Miami Vice, S1E11: Give a Little, Take a Little, 1984)