9-1-1 actor Oliver Stark opened up about what Buck fostering Theo will look like in season 10.
Towards the end of 9-1-1 season 9, Stark’s Evan “Buck” Buckley met a four-year-old boy named Theo, who turned out to be his biological son from when he was a sperm donor. After Theo’s adoptive parents died just days later, Buck decided to foster Theo himself. However, as seen in the 9-1-1 season 10 premiere, that comes with some challenges. Stark’s character hasn’t set any rules or boundaries for the energetic boy, which is best demonstrated by when he accidentally causes Chris Diaz, Eddie’s son, to fall during dinner.
This incident followed after Theo was running around at the hospital while Buck was having his broken nose looked at. He informed Eddie, who only showed up at the hospital because Theo called him while playing with Buck’s phone, that he injured himself when he tripped headfirst into a door frame. The doctor then noted that Buck had had four other non-work-related ER visits in the past three months, prompting Buck to admit that Theo accidentally kicked him in the face while playing. Eddie’s expression made it clear he had misgivings about his friend’s parenting style.
In an interview with ScreenRant‘s Adam Holmes, Stark shared that Buck will go through a learning curve when it comes to effectively parenting Theo in 9-1-1 season 10. The actor explained that Buck needs to start thinking more long-term when it comes to ensuring Theo is cared for properly, rather than just making sure he’s happy in the short-term by letting the child do whatever he wants:
“Yeah, I think he has to get out of his own way a little bit. I think he currently feels he’s just trying to do the best that he can by Theo, and in his head right now, for the most part, is that saying yes will make him happy. But I think he’s thinking a bit too short term, and he has to get out of his own way a little bit so that he can focus on the long-term health and stability of Theo. But it is certainly going to be a challenge to get there.”
“Yeah, I think he has to get out of his own way a little bit. I think he currently feels he’s just trying to do the best that he can by Theo, and in his head right now, for the most part, is that saying yes will make him happy. But I think he’s thinking a bit too short term, and he has to get out of his own way a little bit so that he can focus on the long-term health and stability of Theo. But it is certainly going to be a challenge to get there.”
9-1-1 has established that Buck didn’t have the greatest childhood. His parents had him so he could be used for a bone marrow transplant for his brother Daniel, who had juvenile leukemia. However, Daniel died a year after Buck was born, and his parents, as well as his sister Maddie, initially kept Daniel’s existence a secret from him. Between that and his reckless activity into young adulthood, Buck has been through a lot, and Stark said that he’ll have to come to terms with that so he can do right by Theo:
“I think come to terms with that he himself had a difficult upbringing, and so maybe he has a skewed version of what parenting can look like. Sometimes you can try and overcompensate and run too far in the opposite direction of something, and I think finding balance for him is going to be the biggest challenge.”
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“I think come to terms with that he himself had a difficult upbringing, and so maybe he has a skewed version of what parenting can look like. Sometimes you can try and overcompensate and run too far in the opposite direction of something, and I think finding balance for him is going to be the biggest challenge.”
“Yeah, I don’t even think necessarily consciously. I just think his decisions are going to be impacted, and the decisions that we’ve already seen him making impacted by the parenting that he was given as a child, obviously. As well as the fact that Theo has come to him in particularly traumatic circumstances, and that Buck is an emotional character himself who really just wants to sweep that away. Right now, he thinks that always saying yes to ice cream is the way to do that. When, not exactly, no.”
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“Yeah, I don’t even think necessarily consciously. I just think his decisions are going to be impacted, and the decisions that we’ve already seen him making impacted by the parenting that he was given as a child, obviously. As well as the fact that Theo has come to him in particularly traumatic circumstances, and that Buck is an emotional character himself who really just wants to sweep that away. Right now, he thinks that always saying yes to ice cream is the way to do that. When, not exactly, no.”
What Shooting 9-1-1 Season 10’s Early Episodes Has Been Like For Oliver Stark
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ScreenRant: I know you recently injured your ankle. How are you doing with that?
“I’m doing great. I’m at the very end stages of my recovery. I appreciate you asking.”
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“I’m doing great. I’m at the very end stages of my recovery. I appreciate you asking.”
ScreenRant: Can you share what happened?
“We were doing a stunt on set. It’s obviously a very stunt-heavy show, and sometimes you land awkwardly. I will say though, 10 seasons into the show, this is the first thing that has happened to me, so I feel like I’ve had a pretty good run. But yeah, look, it’s just the realities of making a stunt-heavy show. Sometimes things can go slightly wrong.”
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“We were doing a stunt on set. It’s obviously a very stunt-heavy show, and sometimes you land awkwardly. I will say though, 10 seasons into the show, this is the first thing that has happened to me, so I feel like I’ve had a pretty good run. But yeah, look, it’s just the realities of making a stunt-heavy show. Sometimes things can go slightly wrong.”
ScreenRant: How did filming the action sequences in these opening season 10 episodes compare to past seasons?
“Yeah, it’s been really fun. [It’s] basically, a big game of the floor is lava, and there aren’t many situations in life where you’re told that you can freely scramble and clamber across different cars. It’s been a really kind of open world experience where we had a lot of freedom to make the movements that we wanted to make and go where we wanted to go and save the people that we felt needed to be saved. A lot of that, while scripted, then when you get to it on the day, it becomes something else. So it was really a case of just going with the flow of the lava and making it all work.
<p>I'm very lucky that all the cars were in place by the time I get there. But even that freedom that I speak about. We knew the starting point, and we knew the end point, and then it was, 'All right, well, how would you get over to her?' And then, 'All right, well, how would you get her back?' It's like, 'Well, from this one. I think I'm probably going to jump to that one, scramble down this hood, then I can jump over to that rooftop.' It was just a case of play and having fun with it and working it out as we go and being very lucky to work with a talented crew and camera department who give us that freedom and say, 'You do it, and we'll capture it.'"</p>
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“Yeah, it’s been really fun. [It’s] basically, a big game of the floor is lava, and there aren’t many situations in life where you’re told that you can freely scramble and clamber across different cars. It’s been a really kind of open world experience where we had a lot of freedom to make the movements that we wanted to make and go where we wanted to go and save the people that we felt needed to be saved. A lot of that, while scripted, then when you get to it on the day, it becomes something else. So it was really a case of just going with the flow of the lava and making it all work.
I’m very lucky that all the cars were in place by the time I get there. But even that freedom that I speak about. We knew the starting point, and we knew the end point, and then it was, ‘All right, well, how would you get over to her?’ And then, ‘All right, well, how would you get her back?’ It’s like, ‘Well, from this one. I think I’m probably going to jump to that one, scramble down this hood, then I can jump over to that rooftop.’ It was just a case of play and having fun with it and working it out as we go and being very lucky to work with a talented crew and camera department who give us that freedom and say, ‘You do it, and we’ll capture it.'”
ScreenRant: However things wrap up with this storyline, how will this volcanic eruption in LA impact the rest of season 10? I can’t imagine they just push it aside after.
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“Imagine. Yeah, look, the world of 9-1-1 moves very fast, and the opening emergency stretches the first three episodes. I don’t think there are many remnants of it as we move forward. So use your imagination.”
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“Imagine. Yeah, look, the world of 9-1-1 moves very fast, and the opening emergency stretches the first three episodes. I don’t think there are many remnants of it as we move forward. So use your imagination.”
Oliver Stark Looks Back At 9-1-1’s Past And Muses On Its Future
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ScreenRant: You’ve been playing Buck for 10 seasons now. Is there an aspect of the character that you appreciate a lot more now that you didn’t think much about when you first started playing him, or maybe weren’t even aware of at all?
“Wow, that’s a really lovely question. I think, and in some regards, this is the storyline for Buck that is ever ongoing, and it’s just the self-acceptance and feeling good enough, and he doesn’t always have to prove himself. Feeling settled in his own skin and grounded with where he stands within his firehouse. That’s certainly been a journey that we’ve seen him go on across 10 seasons. But I have also been growing up on the show in some regards, joining the show in my mid 20s, now being my mid 30s. There’s a lot of change that happens there, so I feel like a lot of things have happened between Buck and myself that are closely mirrored to each other.”
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“Wow, that’s a really lovely question. I think, and in some regards, this is the storyline for Buck that is ever ongoing, and it’s just the self-acceptance and feeling good enough, and he doesn’t always have to prove himself. Feeling settled in his own skin and grounded with where he stands within his firehouse. That’s certainly been a journey that we’ve seen him go on across 10 seasons. But I have also been growing up on the show in some regards, joining the show in my mid 20s, now being my mid 30s. There’s a lot of change that happens there, so I feel like a lot of things have happened between Buck and myself that are closely mirrored to each other.”
ScreenRant: Along the same lines, are there any storylines or characters you would like to see brought back to the show, whether they’re directly tied to Buck or just generally speaking?
“I guess maybe the first one that comes to mind is my friend Arielle Kebbel, who played Lucy Donato on the show. She was a firefighter that joined the One Eight team for a short time. She was just great fun, brought different energy to the show. So Lucy being back would be fun and open up some new, fresh dynamics for them. But yeah, we’ve been very lucky on this show to never have really had any issues with anybody coming onto the show. We’ve just had a great bunch of people from start to finish. So anybody that comes back, it’s always welcomed with open arms.”
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“I guess maybe the first one that comes to mind is my friend Arielle Kebbel, who played Lucy Donato on the show. She was a firefighter that joined the One Eight team for a short time. She was just great fun, brought different energy to the show. So Lucy being back would be fun and open up some new, fresh dynamics for them. But yeah, we’ve been very lucky on this show to never have really had any issues with anybody coming onto the show. We’ve just had a great bunch of people from start to finish. So anybody that comes back, it’s always welcomed with open arms.”
ScreenRant: Will we see more of Buck’s relationship with Ravi developing this season? And what’s a storyline you hope for with either Ravi by himself or just the two of you, or something else?
“We haven’t had a ton of stuff this season. He’s much more linked now with Harry, and obviously his relationship with May. What I could foresee is that Buck also has deep ties to Harry and May … Actually, tell a lie, but it’s quite far away from where we are now. There’s definitely some things that are going to crop up between them, aspects of their relationship that we’ve never even really seen before that aren’t necessarily to do with the workings of the 118, but slightly more personal. I think there’s something brewing along those lines.”
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“We haven’t had a ton of stuff this season. He’s much more linked now with Harry, and obviously his relationship with May. What I could foresee is that Buck also has deep ties to Harry and May … Actually, tell a lie, but it’s quite far away from where we are now. There’s definitely some things that are going to crop up between them, aspects of their relationship that we’ve never even really seen before that aren’t necessarily to do with the workings of the 118, but slightly more personal. I think there’s something brewing along those lines.”
ScreenRant: You mentioned earlier how you’ve grown up playing this character after 10 seasons. Is there an aspect of Buck that you appreciate a lot more now that you didn’t think much about when you first started playing him, or maybe weren’t even aware of at all?
“One thing that sticks out to me is I love his openness and his vulnerability. I actually think that’s one of the aspects that make him such a great firefighter. I think it makes him easier to trust. I think people are endeared by him because he does wear his heart on his sleeve, and he is not always the most logical brain. He’s often led by his emotions. I think the deeper into the show we get, the more I see that as one of his defining traits and one of his superpowers.”
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“One thing that sticks out to me is I love his openness and his vulnerability. I actually think that’s one of the aspects that make him such a great firefighter. I think it makes him easier to trust. I think people are endeared by him because he does wear his heart on his sleeve, and he is not always the most logical brain. He’s often led by his emotions. I think the deeper into the show we get, the more I see that as one of his defining traits and one of his superpowers.”
9-1-1 airs Thursdays at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.
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