Evan 'Buck' Buckley has had a turbulent time on 9-1-1, but he seems to have come out on top now, boasting a new super-human maths ability.
Earlier in season 6, Oliver Stark’s character was struck by lightning and ended up in a coma, but after a worrying few weeks Buck has made a full recovery.
Well, he’s actually even better than he was before the accident, as he now has next level maths skills (that rival a calculator), which he put to good use at the poker table in the latest episode.
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9-1-1 showrunner Kristen Reidel has addressed Buck’s surprising new superpower and the inspiration behind turning this officer into an all-round maths whizz.
She explained to Entertainment Weekly: "About a decade ago, I read an article about people who'd been struck by lightning and different things that came out of that.
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"Obviously there's definitely some negative health effects that some people experience, but then there's also these weird little stories about how they can affect the electricity in a room or they don't feel pain anymore.
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"We talked about different abilities that he could have, and we came up with math because it just seemed so the opposite of the Buck we know and love."
Reidel explained it was also vital for the story that Buck didn’t develop a skill that would completely change his story or the show as a whole.
She added: "We did not want to give him a super ability that would positively or negatively impact his job, if that makes sense. You give Buck the inability to feel pain, and that just feels like a different story. We wanted to keep it fun."
9-1-1 and 9-1-1: Lone Star both air on FOX and Huluin the US and Sky Witnessin the UK.
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