^ I agree, even though Danny was never a key compelling reason I got into the show. He was a bonus for how well done it was. The slide he's suffered over recent seasons has been kinda sad to see. Just faded, with the odd moment here and there that hints he could be salvageable. Or might once have been.
I think the first impulsive marriage proposal was in keeping with his character, Danny trying to find a way forward after Lindsay told him of the pregnancy. The chat with Mac notwithstanding, the second proposal was :vulcan:. They don't make sense, never have. Hence the whole quagmire of DL. The thought of a future widower Danny would have been more interesting if I'd bought the Special Unique Bond they supposedly had in the first place.
Perpetually angsty Danny does wear. Especially if only in response to Lindsay. I like quippy Danny, trying to be funny, Danny conversely being the straight man to strange situations or moments, brash Danny, Danny with a bit of fire to him. A little angst at this point does go a very long way. The best case scenario for that kind of fallout would be if they managed to handle it along similar lines to Mac and Claire, with a few concise, poignant moments that help let us in on the character. With Mac that's what it's done. With Danny, it would require believing the Luv shared between him and Lindsay to make it poignant, and I simply don't. Seeing him grieve still wouldn't necessarily deepen or evolve his character. I suspect we wouldn't get much beyond the predictable, and I wonder if it would be all but irresistable for TPTB in going forward to focus on the legacy baby as the latest and greatest character development. How exciting. DL forever tied even then. Til death ain't all it's cracked up to be. If instead Danny's the one to go and we're left with the flip version with Belknap's Lindsay grieving, well, wouldn't bode well, is all I'm gonna say, and leave it at that.
Right now, the DL relationship is not about Lindsay, nor the baby, but Danny trying to figure out if he really can be a changed man in light of it. It's an introverted response that leaves Lindsay and the pregnancy pretty much on the sidelines. Mind you that's another reason it would be so easy to see her as the one to go. I suppose it ultimately depends on what TPTB's goal is for S6.
In last year's off season, it was hinted at they'd done a whole lot of planning and thinking and prep work; I remember thinking that it really seemed to show because S5 started off strongly, polished, sure of itself, and that it later felt somehow muddled or compromised. I have liked the staggered 3-episode arc guest actors have had, I've liked that it's allowed different shows to touch on ongoing storylines, I think it's also allowed a more ambient season, for lack of better phrasing, where each ep can stand on it's own but is also part of a larger NY realm that has it's own background life. I can only hope that whomever dies in the finale, that S6 fares as well for that sort of structure, but fares better for character treatment in the aftermath.
A death could be a catalyst for a lot of good changes, and not just cheese. Hope so anyways. It's pivotal, and will make or break a lot of viewers, I'm sure.
