Inside 9-1-1 Season 10 Episode 5: Buck and Eddie clash over Theo as Chimney faces a tough choice

9-1-1 Season 10 Episode 5, titled Who's Your Daddy, aired on ABC on November 12. According to Rotten Tomatoes, the official synopsis for the episode reads as follows:

"The 118 races to help a father and son after a harrowing tree-mulcher accident. Meanwhile, Athena and Newell work to crack a puzzling homicide case, Buck weighs how best to support Theo, and a life-or-death decision tests Chimney’s family ties.”

According to TV Line, the latest episode of 9-1-1 Season 10 featured a twisted case for Athena. A photographer was found dead in a park, with a man with schizophrenia as the only suspect. While Athena's partner was eager to arrest him and close the case, Athena discovered that the photographer had staged his su*ci*de to look like a murder, hoping that his new life insurance policy would benefit his estranged children.

Here's what happened in the latest episode.

Eddie makes a shocking decision in 9-1-1 Season 10 Episode 5

Buck and Eddie's reunion in the previous episode of 9-1-1 Season 10 was short-lived. Eddie was disappointed when he found out that Buck had decided to put Theo in the foster system. While Buck was naturally devastated by his decision, it was clear Theo did not want to live with him. Eddie discussed Buck's decision with Karen and Hen. While Eddie blamed Buck for abandoning Theo, Hen and Karen did not agree with him. Since the couple had been in a similar situation before, they respected Buck's decision to put the child's interests first.

Chris also blamed Buck for abandoning Theo. While discussing the matter with Eddie, Chris revealed that he remembered Eddie was deployed overseas for assignments but he was grateful that he always returned home. Chris suggested that Theo needed a father like Eddie, who would always return.

In the final moments of 9-1-1 Season 10 Episode 5, Buck arrived at Eddie's house and found Theo playing with Chris in his room. When Buck confronted Eddie, he assured him that he was certified to foster Theo. Buck accused Eddie of fostering Theo only to shame him, and even blamed him for abandoning Chris:

"It's about your shame. You walked out on your kid, didn't you? What is this, some karmic way to make up for that?"

Eddie revealed that Buck had crossed a line in their friendship and asked Buck to leave. While Theo had already been a topic of disagreement between the best friends, Eddie's decision to foster Theo will naturally sour their relationship further in 9-1-1 Season 10.

Chimney gets closure in 9-1-1 Season 10 Episode 5

Another subplot in 9-1-1 Season 10 Episode 5 revolved around Chimney's parental trauma with the Lees. Seasoned fans will remember that Kevin Lee's family took over Chimney after his mother passed away. The initial seasons revealed that Chimney and Kevin decided to join the LAFD Academy after their karaoke sushi bar was destroyed in a fire. While Kevin was assigned to Station 133, Chimney went to Station 118. But things ended tragically when Kevin died in the line of duty during a major apartment building fire while saving a pregnant woman.

In 9-1-1 Season 10 Episode 5, Kevin's mother, Anne, called Chimney and Maddie to reveal that her husband, John Lee, was in a coma and asked for his advice. Chimney revealed that he had not gotten involved with the Lees after Kevin's death because he blamed himself. He feared that John and Anne didn't see him as their real son.

But Hen convinced Chimney to express his feelings to John in 9-1-1 Season 10 Episode 5. Chimney rushed to the hospital, but John's bed was empty, and Chimney feared the worst. But it turns out John was out of his coma and had been discharged. When John addressed Chimney as his son to a nurse, he was overcome with emotion and said, 'I love you' to his parents.

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