Hodges and Wendy----Labrats Love!

There are only two things I can say about this:

1) While it can be said that Wedges can be the ship to take the place of GSR, it is in no way GSR. I believe one of TPTB might have said something linking GSR to Wedges, but it definitely not something that should be a common comment.
2) Next season I just want more of that awkward flirting. That's really what I like about the ship. There's real need to "get them together". TPTB aren't that good at having a ship last once it's actually together, so if this isn't the last season I don't really want them together yet. Maybe I'm just skiddish because of what they did to Flack/Angell, though.

 

I believe it was Carol Mendelssohn who said that.
I myself read somewhere Naren Shankar, our Wedges agent in TPTB, commenting about “this awkward love affair” and saying that in Space Oddity Hodges “finally gets the girl”...I don't know wether that means they're actually getting together, or maybe that they are meant to be together sooner or later.


As an X Files fan, and a die-hard shipper one, I'm an expert in how greatly writers can screw up when it comes to solve the UST. Another painful example was Moonlighting.

The shift from UST into actual relationship is a challenge for writers and they usually lose it.


But I also think that Space Oddity was a point of no return for Wendy and Hodges. I don't think we'll see the “do you have the right equipment/you're lucky you're cute” show again,not with that snarky “hostility” at least: they know too much about their feelings by now, especially Wendy who's certain of hers as well as of his...
Their scene together in All in shows it...The Wendy of the Ice Age wold have acted differentely at Hodges' comment on the Hux Club Casino...She would have tried to embarass him in his manhood especially in front of another woman...The post Space Oddity Wendy just wanted to make a connection and overtly enjoyed the chance of flirting a bit with him


That said, there are still lots of possibilities to get fun from Wedges. Hodges is a goldmine in this sense...Between being aware of their feelings and doing something about it there's so much room for him to test Wendy's patience in ways only he knows. She's still affected by her recent discoveries but when she realizes he's not gonna make a move any soon she'll stop being so well disposed. And will get mad at him again..

 

Hi. I always thought Hodges and Wendy were cute together, but after the epi Space Oddity, I have decided they definitely would be a great couple.
I agree with what has been written- these 2 have lots of potential, and the writers could do great things with them (btw I think there relationship is completely and utterley different to GSR) But I wouldn't want there to be a hurry to get them together, will they-wont they is much easier to write.

 

I'd like the writers give us some clue that “someday” they'll surely get together, and meanwhile let them “cook slow” as it were...We would enjoy their chemistry longer and, why not, get to know something more about their characters....not everything thrown in our faces, just the right amount of tidbits without wearing their potential out...Wallace himself said he'd like some character development for Hodges, where some is the key word



As a matter of fact, when romance happens between regular characters -and Hodges is one of them by now- two things may normally be : 1. the couple split up after one season at the most ; 2. at least one of the characters leaves the series


I still wonder how they think they'll handle Danny&Lindsay's marriage&baby on CSI New York without turning the show into a soap opera....


ps: My English writing is worse than usual today, sorry, I've spent the last two days translating and I'm a bit worn out....

 

Hi gals.


Just left hiphuggerland for a monent to watch labrats and SCI - FI fantasies on Tubeland.

Wow, that was fun. I was pleasantly surprised with the storyline and the fantasyeffect.

At the moment I hope for some more pleasant banter and perhaps late this season a kiss. I would not like a storyline like "Bones" labrats that didn´t work out for the characters anyways. But a season or two with some sweet in love glances would be nice.

 

I completely agree with this. I like character development, and abit of romance in the CSI shows. What I dont like is when it is thrown in our face every week, like D/L and to some extent E/C. I prefer longing glances, witty banter and the odd illusion to romance. And then, after that maybe one of them (probably Hodges)could have some kind of problem. IDK, family tragedy etc and this could bring them closer.

 

Well, I don't remember who from TPTB once said that if they thought at something really strange happening to one of the regular characters, Hodges would be their first choice...It would be great to see him in a very odd situation with Wendy caring for him and helping him out, and the two of them getting on each other's nerves....tons of bantering guaranteed!


As for some dramatic event, I'm not sure I'd like that, but let's see some options....What we know about Hodges is that he had lived with his Mum until two years ago, so....no father? Maybe the man is not a decent guy who knows... a womanizer, maybe a macho sciovinist who despised his nerdy geeky son. Or maybe he's just dead, which is the most scientific explanation.
And then there's Hodges' backstory in LA: as far as we know he was transferred from there because he was being just too....Hodges. Maybe he has some enemies left in California? Something he knows but he shouldn't know? Nosy, mouthy, gossip guy....


All stuff for a fanfiction, I know! Anyway, I've been watching this show for ten years, I've learnt I must literally expect anything from TPTB. Who would have expected an ep like “A Space Oddity”, after all?


About Wendy, I'm curious about her background: she strikes me as a very indipendent, strong woman, with a keen female consciousness (God bless her!) I mean, she stood up to Catherine about abortion and that's NOT something you see everyday!
I think they had tried to depict her as a the “trasgressive girl” at the beginning, you know, her girlfriend -as though having homosexual relationships were still such a scandal- and stuff....


I think she has more experience of the world outside the lab than Hodges has ...On the other hand who knows how the Full David Hodges Experience is really like....


Possibilities, possibilities....

 

Riddick- I agree, there are many possibilities here.
I also wouldn't want anything too traumatic. But there could be some kind of drama. Some family thing... whatever. I like the idea of Wendy caring for Hodges. Or the other way round would also be good. And lots of witty banter/ bickering would also be good

 

Mmmmm elsewhere...easy to find? I'm really curious about Hodges' past in LA, as I said, I'm quite sure he has some enemies back there and not just because he's a pompous jerk....I can imagine him suddenly leaving to come back to California and Wendy wondering why...Maybe he'd tell the reason to Dr. Ray but I'm quite sure he wouldn't tell Wendy anything if he can avoid it. And this would piss her off big time.


Anyway, I've just bought the 7th season collection and listened to the whole audiocommentary of Labrats. Not easy for my very imperfect English hearing but priceless from start to end, funny, shippy, brilliant! I'm almost glad they didn't shoot the “kiss for joke” 'though I don't know exactly why...:vulcan:


I'm about to pre-order the 9th season, it will be released on September the 1st , but I'll buy it only if there's audiocommentary for A Space Oddity of course...Since it is Region 1, does anyone in the US know about the special features in the collection?
Thanks for any info you can give me!

 

It's been a long time since the last time I read CSI fanfic, in spite of the fact that they had been my very first way to the fanfic world...I'll search the web a bit..

Although I'm still trying to understand if there's something already going on between the two of them, I can totally understand Hodges' contradictions.

I think that for a person like Hodges the distance between possibility and reality has got the wideness of the Ocean so to speak: he likes the idea of what could be with Wendy so he's prepared himself to getting the girl, but he would be scared to death if the occasion became actual as happened in A Space Oddity.
I'm convinced that the non-hormonal part of him didn't really want to be alone with her over her place, and commitment to work is not the only reason. Emotionally, he can be a 12 years old kid but he has the experience of a 44 years old man, and I bet his life experience has been quite harsh, including a remarkable amount of turn downs and humiliations from people who “think they're too cool”.
I'm sure somewhere between his brilliant mind and his immature heart he must sense there has to be a reason why Wendy keeps giving him another chance and another and another...On the other hand I'm not sure he really wants to get the situation straight; this game is safe for him, he has a special connection with a wonderful woman without having to give himself to her completely, without the risk of discovering that what he has to give is not enough. He has a remarkable tendency to self-pity, just look at “You kill me”, he didn't even realize he had acted like an idiot, he put the blame on HER!


This is just my take on the character as I see (love) him, I know that TPTB doesn't give all that importance to the coherence of the storylines, let alone to the ones of the so called secondary characters -doesn't matter if a part of the audience loves them as much as they love the main ones if not more...

All I ask now is : don't forget Hodges and Wendy and their fans!!! I don't like it when Nareen says they use to have one episode on their own once a year, not if that means no Wedges for the rest of the season!
The spoilers I read about are not encouraging....