Does Buck Die? Is Oliver Stark Leaving 9-1-1?

The tenth episode of the FOX’s movement assortment ‘9-1-1’ season 6 revolves spherical a dry thunderstorm that hits the city of Los Angeles. While the city provides with the storm, the Buckley siblings Buck and Maddie host their dad and mother Phillip and Margaret at Maddie and Howie “Chimney” Han’s new dwelling. Buck moreover reveals that he donated his sperm to his pal Connor and his partner Cameron. Meanwhile, he and Chimney rush to an emergency intervention since a setting up is burning down. While attempting to extinguish the fireside on the place, Buck’s life will get threatened, alarming the viewers concerning his life and Oliver Stark’s dedication to the current. So, does the beloved character die? Should we be fearful about Stark’s doable departure? Let’s uncover out! SPOILERS AHEAD.

Does Buck Die?

The tenth episode of the sixth season follows a lot of emergencies introduced on by the dry thunderstorm that hits Los Angeles. The firefighters and paramedics of Station 118 intervene in a lot of emergencies whereas dealing with their very personal non-public issues. At the tip of the episode, Buck and Chimney be part of the rest of Station 118 to evacuate a burning setting up and extinguish the fireside on the place. While Chimney is about to climb the ladder to extinguish the fireside, Buck stops him and says that he’ll go up as an alternative of him. Buck has been having a terrific day as his dad and mother, sister Maddie, and brother-in-law Chimney get alongside with out lots drama and he wishes to complete the an identical on a extreme bear in mind, which makes him climb the ladder.

While Buck is on the excessive of the ladder, he’ll get struck by a lightning and ends up having a full cardiac arrest. His best pal Edmundo “Eddie” Díaz climbs up the ladder and lowers him, only for Chimney and Henrietta “Hen” Wilson to employees as a lot as save him. They fail to find a pulse or heartbeat in Buck and the firefighter will get transferred to a hospital. However, Buck hasn’t died, a minimum of not however. Showrunner Kristen Reidel confirmed that his coronary coronary heart will beat as soon as extra throughout the eleventh episode of the season.

“[Buck] gets hit by lightning, and his heart stops, and the team tries to revive him for several minutes and struggles to do that. They cannot get his heart back. Fortunately, they do in the next episode,” Reidel instructed TV Insider. Having acknowledged that, it’s nonetheless unknown whether or not or not Buck will recuperate or die. “[Buck] is in a coma, and he has suffered damage to his heart and his lungs, and it’s touch and go for Buck throughout all of Episode 11,” the showrunner added. Thus, Buck’s life is hanging by a thread as he shall be in a coma with none guarantee that he’ll survive. Does that indicate Oliver Stark is leaving the gathering? Let’s see.

Is Oliver Stark Leaving 9-1-1?

As of however, neither FOX nor Oliver Stark has launched a press launch concerning the actor’s departure from ‘9-1-1.’ One issue that’s positive is that Stark choices extensively throughout the eleventh episode of the sixth season as Buck shall be positioned in a medically induced coma. The firefighter can have an “alternate universe fever dream,” consistent with Stark’s interview with EW. “Buck is in a realm between life and death. He gets to explore what life might be like had some big things in his life gone down differently, things that have really made him the person he is,” the actor previewed the following episode within the an identical interview.

Buck might die on the end of the fever dream nevertheless not basically. The firefighter getting struck by a lightning usually is a story progress conceived solely for Buck to have the fever dream. “All season long, Buck has been talking about wanting to understand himself better and wanting to find a way to be the person he wants to be, not the person other people want him to be,” Reidel instructed EW within the an identical interview. “And when you’re examining your life and looking to your future and trying to figure out your place in the world, nothing shakes you up quite as much as dying. This just felt like a way to really dig into some of Buck’s issues, some of Buck’s need to please and need to fix — and what would he be if he stopped trying to do that?” the showrunner added.

Reidel’s phrases level out that Buck’s lack of life isn’t the least bit a certainty. Considering the absence of an announcement regarding Stark’s supposed departure from the procedural assortment, we could be hopeful that Buck will survive the near-death experience and that the fan-favorite actor will keep a part of the current’s cast.