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word of advice : SPOILERS for 9 - 1 - 1 time of year 8 , sequence 13.9 - 1 - 1season 8 , episode 13 was monumental for the Diaz family , but one Eddie scene ingeniously ties back to Ryan Guzman ’s career . “ unseeable ” was well one of9 - 1 - 1 ’s best episodesin late years , as the ground focusing on Eddie and Christopher ’s ( Gavin McHugh ) relationship blended well with the compelling if not frustrating Hen ( Aisha Hinds ) subplot.9 - 1 - 1season 8 , installment 13 had all the best aspect of the long - running procedural , opening with a farcical exigency ( Kevin L. Johnson ’s Archie trapped beneath his cheating fiancé and his own cousin-german ) seamlessly lead into a character - forward-moving dual story that cements the overarching composition .
Although “ Invisible ” does n’t include a hallmark9 - 1 - 1disaster moment , the introspective force behind the sequence pack more than enough punch . The excited condom band is pulled taut with each passing scene , and the tension snaps in a cathartic closing whereEddie finally puts his foot down and insist Christopher move back in with him , to the chagrin of his less - than - sympathetic mother , Helena ( Paula Marshall ) . Now that9 - 1 - 1has unite the leaning ofshows regenerate by ABCfor the 2025 - 26 season , there will hopefully be many more character - drive episode that help come along the plot but also peppercorn in new character details .
9-1-1 Season 8, Episode 13 Reveals Eddie Was A Competitive Ballroom Dancer
According To Helena, He Was Award-Winning
Up until9 - 1 - 1season 8 , episode 13 , Eddie had been self - subvert his balancing with Christopher because he sincerely consider his son was in good hands with his parent , down to the chess tournament that he take over Christopher is unrestrained for . When Eddie appears to cheer Christopher on , he learns his don , Ramon ( George DelHoyo ) , has permit everyone to believe he is Christopher ’s parent . After Chris — consumed by the force per unit area — vomits on the chessboard , Eddie earn his son had been subjected to the same unyielding expectationsthat cage in him produce up . When Eddie face his mother,9 - 1 - 1reveals a toxic pattern .
Eddie realise his son had been subjected to the same pertinacious prospect that caged him growing up .
If it was n’t already percipient thatEddie ’s parents are scoundrel in9 - 1 - 1season 8 , the conversation that close out the Diaz family ’s plot of ground in “ Invisible ” is proof enough . When Eddie nonchalantly begin to take an overnight bag and inform Helena that Chris will be living with his father again , Helena speedily repair to cheap shooting about Eddie ’s workplace as an Uber driver . what is more , Helena refuses to conceive Christopher hate chess , drawing a analog to Eddie that uncovers a surprising new item about his childhood : Eddie was a successful but joyless private-enterprise ballroom professional dancer before the event of9 - 1 - 1 .
Eddie’s Past As A Ballroom Dancer Is A Reference To Guzman’s Step Up Role
Sean Asa Will Always Linger
The earliest details9 - 1 - 1has reveal about Eddie admit him being a teenage Church Father and opting to engage in the US Army rather than pursue a college degree . small and vaguer experience have been discourse , like Eddie having to be“man of the house”while his don neglected him and his sisters.9 - 1 - 1season 8 revealing his dance palace dancing past times may seem humorous for a moment — strictly due to how unexpected the sport is for his character — butdance perfectly fits Eddie ’s storyline and office as a nod to Ryan Guzman ’s pastin theStep Upfilm franchise .
9 - 1 - 1 time of year 8 , episode 13 last included a Hen - centric plot , but the fitting title sadly reflects the current state of her character : Invisible .
Ryan Guzman portray Sean Asa inStep Up 4 RevolutionandStep Up : All In , a flash mob leader who eventually dedicates himself to dance as a career . The procedural has leaned into Guzman ’s dance before ( with9 - 1 - 1season 8’sRisky Businesstribute ) but Eddie ’s ballroom past cement dance as a core expression of his quality ’s backstory . Although Eddie does n’t look back on his competitive ballroom dance lovingly , introducing this unexpected particular leaves the door open for9 - 1 - 1to lean further into his past , potentially culminate in Eddie reclaiming dance as a way of domesticize himself , free of his parent .
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