Bobby's plan to atone for accidentally starting a fire that killed over 140 people involved suicide. As a Catholic, though, he'd have believed this earned him one-way ticket to Hell. Yet he was even eager to do it.
In the second episode, the guard dogs captured by animal control are scheduled to be tested for rabies. It's extremely lucky that the homeowner arrived as soon as he did, revealing that the man they'd cornered was actually an intruder. Otherwise, the innocent canines would've been euthanized so their brain tissue could be sampled: the only way to diagnose an animal with rabies.
Buck's therapist sleeps with him during a session, which is a severe ethical violation, at best, if not outright abuse. She then drops him as a client without referring him to another therapist, which leads him to spiral. This is played for laughs, though it's later revealed that she 'no longer works for the department'. Knowing what we do about how long it takes for real-world abusers to face consequences for their actions, this implies that he was neither her first nor her last victim.
When the Marine surprises his daughter at her Christmas concert, Buck cries at the sight, as he predicted (he always cries at soldier surprise homecoming videos). Eddie also smiles and tears up slightly, however, Bobby appears to be solemn. Did seeing the Marine reunite with his daughter and wife remind him of his own late first wife and children? Not to mention it is the holidays, which is said to be the hardest time of the year for people who has suffered loss.
The Buckleys ended up trying to cure Daniel's leukemia with fetal stem cells from his brother. If it hadn't worked but Daniel had lived, what would option 2 have been, trying to harvest bone marrow from an infant?!?
Yes, actually. It is a procedure.
In the episode, Crash and Learn, Athena introduces Reggie Jr. to Bobby at her parents' house in Florida. "Junior" remarks that everyone was sad when she moved to California. Athena jokes that Junior was sad because he lost his "favorite target", then tells Bobby that Junior used to chase her through the orange groves. The next episode reveals that Junior not only murdered Athena's slightly younger neighbor Tanya Kingston, he murdered several other girls. Tanya is shown in a flashback attempting (and ultimately failing) to escape Junior as he...chases her through an orange grove. Was Junior just playing around with Athena or was she the one who got away?
Realism-Induced Horror abounds in 4x14 after LA's firefighters have to wear bulletproof vests due to the sniper threat. Yes, this occurance has sadly been on the rise in real life.
