Sphinx said:
I wonder if Mac's secret that takes 13 episodes to unfold has to do with his being harassed instead . My guess is it has to do with his marine days, an old case, or the guy who accused Mac of killing a suspect. There also is a possibility it has to do with his childhood or college days. Mac has already said he and Peyton are dating. Why would they keep their marriage a secret if they got married?
I agree with you on the theory about Mac's secret, Sphinx. Though, I doubt that Mac is very open with talking private stuff at the office. Remember how long it took him to get him and Peyton out of the closet and introduce her to the team!
That was - show's timeline wise - just very recently, so the team could get shocked to be informed about his marriage. Remember Danny's look (HILLARIOUS!!!) when he found out. Maybe Mac thinks he can't do that to Danny so quick again.
Anyways... beside that, I'll just want to throw my 2cts into the discussion about Mac & Peyton's relationship development. They got Warrick (sp?) married secretly on LV just shortly after he sparked with Cath. Many fans weren't really amused about that stunt. I kinda think, Zuicker and the rest of TPTB is well aware of that fact and about the onscreen chemistry between M&G, so I *hardly* doubt they would pull the stunt once more.
Besides... if they REALLY get Peyton back, wouldn't have that been announced together with Adam being now a regular? This relationsship and the well known avoidance of too much relationship-drama (I am talking best case here, guys, completely ignoring reality on NY!!!
) is just too unimportant against the importance of a return of Claire Forlani, don't you think so???
And I thought of another theory... Maybe they got engaged but sth serious happened to sb from Peyton's family or whatever so she had to stay behind. Then, Mac gets involved in this whole secret storyline, but hides it out from Peyton (and my shipperheart has to add - probably even Stella which could explain the "juicier" comment somewhat... ;o) ). Peyton isn't really amused about his change in behaviour and doubts that this has sth to do with another woman (shipper ad: Stella?!?!?) and subsequently she will return for an eppy or two, but those end up in fights between them and they break up (for good, I hope! Sincerly, yours SMACKed fan).
On the end of that two parter (my mind is racing by now), we got the secret around Mac resolved, the engagement dissolved and the writers have finally proven that they are capable of producing complete story arcs with reasonable and not just loose endings. Period!
Okay, okay, I got a bit carried away... but honestly... a marriage between Mac and Peyton would make things too cheesy and just reduce the possibilities of onscreen teasing between Gary and Melina. Didn't they hire Melina in first place because she interacted so good with Gary?!? Wasn't there sth??? So, why completely discourage that part? That would be completely silly.