Re: Adam #8: At The Tone, The Delko Time Is: 5 Minutes Past
Agreed with y'all. I think Eric could never be 'best friends' with Ryan. He has quite a different relationship with Ryan than he ever had with Speed. Like
mjszud, they seem more like brothers trying to out-do and compete with each other--It makes their scenes a lot more interesting.
BBYD was such a great episode for Eric. I was really hoping Speed was alive just so I didn't have to see Eric suffer as much as he did, but I knew it wasn't going to turn out that way. Eric's really needed to confide in someone not as a co-worker but as a friend. For example, 'Extreme' where Speed asks him if he wants to talk about it and Eric says no, and Speed asks 'as a friend?' you could tell that Speed was ready to have a sit down with him and find out what was wrong. Unfortunately Eric declined once more but I think knowing that someone cared made it easier on him.
Plus, there was 'Hard Time' where Eric arrives late at work (did we ever find out why? I'm still wondering
) and he's kicking himself for flaking out on the crime scene and Speed tells him that it worked out because Calleigh covered. Though, he gives him that brother mentality too by teasing him "then she's probably mad at you" :lol:
With Ryan, it seems more like Ryan's the 'little brother' trying to acheive some kind of acceptance still from Eric. At least in my opinion. But I think if worst comes to worst, they'd both stick up for each other. (Discounting 'Shattered' when Ryan pretty much gave him up on the rolling papers. :lol: They've both developed quite a bit since then)
^^ I really liked how Eric was able to open up to Horatio in BBYD. And then Horatio pretty much told him he was nuts and to go see a doctor.
But the end scene was great.
Eric: Do you ever see him H?
Horatio: Everyday ...Everyday.
*sigh* It was great to see the both of them connecting with each other and having a heart-to-heart. It was long overdue.
I felt absolutely terrible for Eric in that episode, I just wanted to hug him.