Properly, the key’s out.
Or extra precisely, all the secrets and techniques are out, as Station 19 Season 3 Episode 14 concluded with everybody placing all their playing cards on the desk, whether or not they needed to or not.
In a method, it is a clear slate, with the whole lot out within the open, however that additionally implies that the whole lot is now actual and might now not be ignored.
These characters are going to be compelled to take care of some very uncomfortable truths, and never everybody’s going to be comfortable about how issues play out.
At first, the whole thing of Station 19 now is aware of that Andy and Sullivan are married.
Whereas that ought to be information for celebration, it simply felt uncomfortable as Sullivan seemingly outed him and Andy with out Andy’s permission.
Certain, the argument may very well be made that Andy misplaced that proper to her privateness when she informed Jack or when Sullivan informed Ben or Dixon, but it surely nonetheless looks like one thing the newlyweds ought to have mentioned.
Andy, although, did not have any regrets about marrying Sullivan till individuals began discovering out.
She was simply comfortable to have married the person she cherished and for her father to stroll her down the aisle and be there to witness that momentous event.
The wedding additionally ensured Andy would not be fully alone when Pruitt lastly died, as she would now have a husband by her aspect to assist her via this tough time.
On paper, all of those causes appear sound, or at the least logical sufficient for an additional particular person to simply accept.
Nonetheless, the difficulty turns into when these causes are examined in the actual world.
By telling Jack, Andy was confronted with what one other particular person considered her determination.
She was compelled to reckon with Jack’s perception that the wedding was a mistake and needed to take care of that head-on.
Jack: We now have to get out.
Andy: OK, take a look at me, take a look at me. You have been proper. You have been proper. It might need been a mistake to marry Sullivan. Come on. It appeared like a good suggestion. I used to be largely serious about my dad strolling me down the aisle earlier than he died, and Diane received inside my head about how I used to be making an attempt to interchange my father, and I used to be making an attempt to show her incorrect, however by some means I ended up proving her proper … I’m scared to even inform individuals we’re married. Look, I do know it’s loopy what we did. And… and so they’ll suppose I simply did it out of panic, worry, and grief, however perhaps I did. But in addition, I swear, I did it out of affection. I do love him, Jack, however I’m terrified.
Jack: You kinda ought to be.
She may now not faux this wasn’t her actuality, as she was lastly being held accountable for her actions.
It is considerably just like the thought experiment of “If a tree falls in a forest and nobody is round to listen to it, does it make a sound?”
Properly, if nobody is aware of that Andy and Sullivan are married, then are they actually married?
Nonetheless, now that the reality is on the market, Andy can also be compelled to confront her reasonings for dashing into this.
What could have as soon as appeared like a good suggestion has turn into hazier below the opinions of others.
She’s now compelled to grapple with why she made this determination, and whether it is in reality the proper one.
She additionally now not has the power to make these determinations privately, as, as soon as once more, the key is out.
There isn’t any escape route anymore, as she has handed the purpose of no return.
She will be able to’t determine to quietly annul the wedding, as Jack recommended, and go on her merry method.
Regardless of the final result, her marriage to Sullivan is now on the file, and there is not any getting round that.
And as for her marriage, issues aren’t beginning off on the proper foot as Andy shared her doubts with Jack over Sullivan.
Granted, she did not know she had these emotions till speaking with Jack, however as soon as she found out the place her head was, Andy ought to have been discussing these issues together with her husband, not her ex-boyfriend.
As well as, Sullivan ought to have checked with Andy earlier than informing your entire firehouse of their nuptials.
The battalion chief could haven’t thought it was a giant deal at that time, however the couple should have had discussions sooner or later on who to inform and when.
Ben: You knew you needed to be a firefighter if you have been 7?
Pruitt: The pink vehicles, the sirens, the suspenders, the boots. I cherished all of it. How may I be anything?
Ben: Yeah. You have been a terrific firefighter, sir.
Pruitt: I used to be firefighter. Nice firefighters get good firefighters killed. You succeed or fail as a workforce. You possibly can paint exterior the strains every so often, but it surely’s at all times about that workforce.
Asserting their marriage at a spaghetti dinner most likely wasn’t a part of the plan.
Nonetheless, Sullivan was driving excessive after he received off with a slap on the wrist from Dixon.
In that second, he felt like nothing may contact him.
It is onerous to argue with that line of reasoning when Sullivan was given the most important reprieve of the season.
He admitted all of his indiscretions to Dixon — from stealing Fentanyl from the PRT to overdosing on the job — and walked away with none actual penalties.
After all, going to Dixon wasn’t Sullivan’s concept.
The battalion chief solely did as a result of Ben held a metaphorical gun to his head, threatening to report him if he did not do it first.
It was admirable what Ben did, however he ought to have had an concept how of issues would play out.
All Dixon cares about is his repute and pedigree, and he is not going to let anybody or something stand in his method.
Having a drug scandal his first 12 months as fireplace chief would not mirror effectively on him and will influence his job safety, as he wasn’t precisely probably the most certified candidate to start with.
Nonetheless, since hardly anybody is aware of about Sullivan’s drug use, and nobody was injured on account of it, then it is simpler for Dixon to brush it below the rug.
Dixon, although, has no drawback letting Sullivan know the battalion chief owes him one, as if Dixon protecting up Sullivan’s conduct is a few type of favor for the battalion chief and never the opposite method round.
Nothing about these interactions is stunning given what viewers find out about Dixon: He’s a egotistical megalomaniac with out-dated and misogynistic viewpoints.
Sullivan: I had a sense to enter that storage unit.
Ben: You’re battalion chief. You don’t get to interrupt guidelines simply because you’ve gotten a sense. You deserted your command, and also you deserted your workforce.
Sullivan: I had no different selection.
Ben: You possibly can have gone up on that roof.
Sullivan: The roof was suicide. Capt. Herrera had most cancers.
Ben: No, don’t you dare make this about his most cancers. If Pruitt Herrera had been completely wholesome, he nonetheless would have gone up on that roof. It by no means as soon as occurred to you to climb up there and try this.
Sullivan: I’ve to remain alive for my spouse, who has misplaced sufficient this 12 months and who was going to lose her father quickly, with or with out the fireplace.
Ben: Your what?
Sullivan: Andy and I received married a pair weeks in the past. Her father walked her down the aisle. He blessed it. He shook my hand. Warren, I needed to go in there to save lots of my spouse.
What was stunning, although, is how he got here to be the fireplace chief.
Sure, flashbacks revealed this episode that Dixon received the job by wanting the opposite method when he pulled over the mayor’s son years in the past for drunken driving.
And guess what occurred? Properly, that man ended up killing a number of individuals as a result of Dixon did not give him a ticket for driving whereas intoxicated.
All of the man received was an evening in jail, whereas harmless lives have been misplaced.
And Dixon, effectively, he actually helped the mayor’s son get away with homicide vehicular manslaughter.
As if we would have liked extra cause to hate the person.
Elsewhere, Maya was confronted with the tough reality about her father, however she refused to simply accept it.
As flashbacks revealed on Station 19 Season 3 Episode 5, Maya’s father was verbally and emotionally abusive towards her.
Carina: I, too, love my dad very a lot. He’s… he’s good. He’s… he’s humorous. He’s… he’s my hero in so some ways. However that’s why it took me so lengthy to understand that he wasn’t OK. It took me so lengthy to understand that… that it isn’t regular to dwell your life on eggshells. Maya, denial is a robust drive, and the abuse your mother described exterior continues to be abuse.
Maya: I’m not in denial. I gained a gold medal due to my dad. I’m the youngest fireplace captain in Seattle, and this station’s first feminine captain due to my dad. I’m not in denial. I’m pissed.
Mr. Bishop by no means gave Maya love or affection freely; it was at all times one thing that needed to be earned.
If she fell wanting his inconceivable requirements, effectively, then she may neglect about any kindness or social nicety.
Carina: I, too, love my dad very a lot. He’s… he’s good. He’s… he’s humorous. He’s… he’s my hero in so some ways. However that’s why it took me so lengthy to understand that he wasn’t OK. It took me so lengthy to understand that… that it isn’t regular to dwell your life on eggshells. Maya, denial is a robust drive, and the abuse your mother described exterior continues to be abuse.
Maya: I’m not in denial. I gained a gold medal due to my dad. I’m the youngest fireplace captain in Seattle, and this station’s first feminine captain due to my dad. I’m not in denial. I’m pissed.
Heck, she even may neglect about human decency, as Mr. Bishop is the paradigm of what it means to be a horrible father.
Nonetheless, Maya has by no means seen her father’s therapy as abuse and is appalled by her mom’s notion that her father was abusive.
She admits that her father pushed her onerous, however she would hardly qualify that as abuse, particularly after the whole lot she’s achieved.
Maya views her successes due to her father, not regardless of him.
To her, the one cause she gained an Olympic gold medal or turned Seattle Hearth Division’s youngest captain or the primary feminine captain at Station 19 is due to her upbringing.
With out that “robust love,” Maya feels she would not be the place she is at this time.
It is also onerous for Maya to simply accept her father was abusive as a result of he did not bodily beat her.
Like many others, Maya contends that solely bodily violence counts as abuse, not contemplating her father’s hateful phrases or withholding of affection to be simply as dangerous.
This can be a realization, although, Maya goes to have to return to on her personal.
Nobody can drive her to see the reality. It will be as much as her on when she’s prepared to simply accept it.
Some stray ideas:
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When Andy first introduced up Jack’s PTSD, I believed she was deflecting his questioning about her marriage, but it surely appears she was proper in asking about it.
The construction fireplace on Station 19 Season 3 Episode 12 was retraumatizing for Jack, and I am glad the collection is addressing the advanced nature of PTSD, as it is not simply one thing that magically goes away given sufficient time and remedy.
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Talking of remedy, I am glad Jack is seeing a therapist, even whether it is with Diane. It is nice to see the present proceed to deal with the social stigma surrounding remedy, as it might probably stop lots of people from getting the assistance they want.
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Dean’s aversion to getting again on the market has extra to do with him realizing he is in love with Vic than not being prepared, proper? He clearly has emotions for his coworker turned roommate/co-parent. I imply, how may he not, particularly since they’re enjoying residence 24/7.
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Emmett’s anxiousness interfered along with his potential to do his job for the second time. How lengthy do we expect earlier than he is fired? Operating into burning buildings is sort of within the job description, and if you cannot try this, you then’re most likely within the incorrect discipline.
So what did you suppose Station 19 Fanatics?
How will the dynamic at Station 19 change now that everybody is aware of about Andy and Sullivan?
Will Sullivan ever be held accountable for his indiscretions?
When will Maya settle for the reality about her father?
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