Is Buck Leaving '9-1-1'? Or Will He Pull Through After Getting Struck by Lightning?

'9-1-1' fan-favorite Buck, who was once left for lifeless after being struck by lightning, seems to nonetheless be alive. But will he make it through the season?

Spoiler alert: This article accommodates spoilers for 9-1-1 Season 6.

In Season Five of Fox's hit drama 9-1-1, Station 118 firefighter Evan "Buck" Buckley (Oliver Stark) asked a transfer. His impulsive announcement was met with rational pondering and persuasiveness from his staff. Fox even tweeted, "You're not gettin' away from us that easy, Buck!" in October 2021.

Season 6 kicked off in September 2022, went on a short damage in January 2023, and returned on March 6 with the latter half of the season.

The show picked up with Episode 10, titled "In a Flash," all through which audience had been reminded that nobody is protected from the dangers of being an emergency responder. After being struck by lightning, Buck was rushed to the clinic with no pulse.

"He is dead at the end of this episode," Oliver showed to Entertainment Weekly. With that said, one may suppose that Buck can be written off the display. But as we be informed in Episode 11, “In Another Life," he isn't gone just yet.

So, is Buck leaving '9-1-1'?

No, Buck is not leaving 9-1-1 — at least not anytime soon. Despite not having a pulse at the end of Episode 10, he wakes up in a medically induced coma in Episode 11, where he begins to live through an alternate-universe fever dream. As Oliver further told EW, "Buck is in a realm between existence and loss of life."

While in this coma, he explores what life might be like had some big things in his life gone down differently. In this realm, he had never become a firefighter, and his brother Daniel (Aaron Staton) never died. Also, Maddie (Jennifer Love Hewitt) never left her abusive husband, Doug (Brian Hallisay). But sadly, there is no Bobby (Peter Krause) here, as his substance abuse issues had gotten the best of him.

By the end of the episode, it becomes clear that Buck is still with us. But could his health waver in later episodes of Season 6? It seems unlikely.

In a different interview with EW, Oliver only talks of the mental obstacles Buck will face moving forward.

"This in reality introduced Buck proper to the edge of death, and that is the reason not something easy to recover from. And I feel we're going to see a new facet of him. Even though the lightning strike was no one's fault, Buck is going to feel like he doesn't moderately know how to do his process," said Oliver. He continued: "It's going to take him a while to in point of fact get back on his personal two toes, and he's going to lean on the ones round him for that."

Showrunner Kristen Reidel also added that fans will see Buck take some time to recover from his injuries, but promises "he would possibly not be on a sofa for the remainder of the season."

As Season 6 continues, we hope to see Buck make a speedy recovery.

New episodes of 9-1-1 premiere on Mondays at 8 p.m. EST on Fox.

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