Bucks unprompted escalation in 8x11 is always going to be so funny to me. because its like Tommy: Yeah, I always sort of viewed Eddie as competition. Buck: Oh, so you're saying I feelings for him??? Buck: Yeah, it's crazy, Tommy said I was like, in love with him. Maddie: Are you? Buck: No, I'm not hopelessly pining after him. Why would you even say that!!
like that competition -> feelings -> love -> hopeless pining pipeline was completely a creation of bucks own mind.