Thinking about how Tommy told Buck that Eddie was his competition and Buck whole heartedly denying it is so funny to me because Eddie was his competition, just not in the way Buck was thinking exactly. Like whether Buck is in love with Eddie or not (he definitely is) has nothing to do with it. It’s the fact that Eddie is a jealous, petty, possessive little shit when it comes to Buck (and in general - I mean look at his beef with Josh). Like from day 1. He had beef with Abby and he had never even met the woman almost two seasons later (the last episode of season 3). His beef with Taylor is very well documented. So when Tommy strolled up, and Eddie said “this changes nothing” he meant it. He treated him like he would treat any of Buck’s “partners”. He came up with the idea of going as Crockett and Tubbs for Chim’s party. He made petty remarks when Tommy showed up. He was already sitting in the hospital chair with no visitors badge when Buck dislocated his arm. He was always there, always with Buck. Tommy said that Eddie stopped talking to him after he broke up with Buck, but I’m sure their friendship had been fading out long before then. So yes, Eddie was competing with Tommy. But Buck thought he meant that it was because Buck was secretly in love with him, when in reality it’s because Eddie keeps engaging in these weird mating rituals, like some sort of peacock trying to get Buck to tell him he has the prettiest feathers, meanwhile Buck is oblivious to it all.
