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Can you believe we made it 116 episodes into9-1-1before a major story line that hinges on dissociative identity disorder?
But the reveal is high camp, and the subsequent hour makes Voices a thrilling conclusion to this two-parter.
Theres a mean Amber and a nice Amber, and only the former wanted to kidnap anyone.
She didnt, but Ambers not feeling particularly trustworthy, and really, who can blame her?
His friends arrive to help, but Chim is a mess.
And she does get some helpful intel, like that Maddie is pregnant and that she was previously suicidal.
The timing of Maddies disappearance is certainly suspect, even if Bullock couldnt have been responsible.
So what if he had an accomplice?
But Maddie isnt waiting for rescue.
Shes trying desperately to escape and honestly making pretty good progress before her kidnapper shows up again.
Unfortunately, Amber has no time to waste and a pretty plausible explanation for Maddie showing up dead.
Amber thinks a suicide note could be helpful for both of them, so she acquiesces.
His name is Peter, and hes really very upset about this whole thing.
Dont worry, Athena is also Athena-ing.
She meets up with Detective Romero to review the Bullock autopsy.
(Amber must buy that stuff in bulk.)
The two detectives decide to see if Jayna can tell them anything about a possible accomplice.
(With all due respect to her trauma, how did this not come up beforehand?)
Theres one call in particular that could be of real use a victim who escaped her captor.
Because she was underage at the time, her name is redacted.
Athena and Romero head over to dispatch, where Josh helpfully provides the audio from the 25-year-old call.
The girl shares that she escaped a man who chloroformed and kidnapped her.
Her name, of course, is Amber Braeburn.
(Can I say that personally, Im still confused?
And who is Peter, exactly?
None of this is ever explained, so feel free to theorize wildly, I guess.)
Before Athena and Romero head over to Ambers, Josh reveals that Chimney is already on his way there.
And hes not going to wait for Amber to pick up her phone to share this important update.
Amber is too busy to be fielding calls.
Amber chloroforms Jayna again (she really loves that stuff) and prepares to head upstairs.
Its a valiant effort, though sadly not a successful one.
Amber is mostly annoyed by the interruption, and she casually slits Maddies throat with her knife.
Just then, a still heavily bleeding Maddie shows up to knock Amber out with a hammer.
Kudos to this show for going full slasher-movie climax here.
While Chimney puts pressure on Maddies throat, Amber rises behind him, prepared to fire a kill shot.
At that exact moment, Athena shows up and shoots Amber dead.
Again, this is really a lot of carnage, even by9-1-1standards.
Maddie survives, of course, as does her unborn child.
I dont think I could have taken any more trauma.
But Voices still ends on a somber note.
Eddie is leaving for real this time.
Buck has helped him pack up the U-Haul, and now all thats left is a drawn-out goodbye.
I know this whole thing between us has been messy and hard, he tells Buck.
I hope you know you do matter to me.
They take a long beat looking at each other before they embrace to hug, obviously.
Buck is clearly devastated, and, well, so am I.
Call Log
Okay, yes, Im back to believing that Eddie is not gone for good.
Who knows what horrors await him and Christopher in El Paso that send them running back to Los Angeles?
Abigail Spencer really did do a fantastic job making Amber Braeburn a compelling character.
But am I the only one who wanted a little more there in terms of the denouement?
That made me much more hopeful about Maddies survival.
Still a very shocking moment, though!
Do we think anyone ate the leftover steak frites and chocolate tart from Eddies going-away dinner?
Is it still in the fridge?
I really cant stop thinking about this.
