Re: Danny/Flack #5 - Kinka-Poodles Don't Cuddle....Or Do The
Sammy11 said:
Just a question, Flack does seem to be everyones port in a storm, again for Danny (not having seen the episode) does Danny ask him about Lindsey? I mean, from what TPTB present us with in regards to Danny and Flack they are close friends (we all know Flack wants more) but surely a good friend would at least comment, has Flack (apart from blatently ignoring Lindsey a la the lying game) mentioned anything to Danny? Sorry its a little off topic, but its quite clear that Flack dislikes lindsey, but is Danny aware of this fact?
Hmmmm, these are very interesting questions. It never really occurred to me that Danny would ever talk to Flack about Lindsay. I don't know why, but I just don't see them discussing her without Flack getting all tight-lipped about it.
I see Flack as being a guy who doesn't intrude into the personal lives of his friends. Based on how little he actually reveals about himself (yes, we know it's the TPTB's fault but let us assume Flack is just being private
), he wouldn't want people intruding into his either. Remember that moment in season one's The Fall? When his former mentor Gavin Moran mentioned about his father being an NYPD legend? Flack could have taken that opportunity to talk about his dad (and thus, divulge something about himself). Instead, he just shrugs and gives this curl of his lip. Which actually
does say something between the lines ... just nothing obvious or remotely close to anything about
him.
So, should Danny and Flack ever discuss Lindsay, I see Danny as being the one to bring her up. Seeing as Flack is hardly fond of her and barely talks to her without becoming snappy (we're talking canon interaction here!), I doubt he'll want to discuss her, unless somebody else does.
And it's also possible that Danny won't bring it up because he
knows Flack doesn't like her, and doesn't want to do or say anything that'll upset Flack. (That, ladies and gentlemen, says a lot too.
)
And, okay, if we're going to flow with the TPTB, I
still don't see Flack ever asking Danny about the guy being with Lindsay. Sure, he may not like it or feel that Danny's making a mistake starting something with her (
'yesnoyesnoyesno, no patience', straight up from Eddie's mouth), but Flack won't say anything to Danny unless things start getting bad.
See, if Danny actually does like her, Flack could very well leave a nasty dent in his friendship with Danny if he rants about the relationship. We've all heard the story about a guy ditching his friends for a woman because said friends didn't like her, right? Knowing how much Danny craves acceptance, what will determine Danny's choice between Flack and Lindsay is which one will 'cause him more trouble', so to speak. (I know, that paints Danny out to be a total a-hole who only thinks about himself, but hey, it's no worse than how the TPTB have already turned him into a pathetic lapdog. And I'm following the TPTB's current depiction of him too.)
The good news is, Danny and Flack's friendship is
definitely strong enough to withstand any conflicts that may come their way. Think On the Job. There was conflict between Danny and Flack about Mac having Danny's back over the whole Minhaus shooting mess, and that hadn't been any small, trivial matter. Danny was suspected of
killing a cop, which placed him in one hell of a stressful, trapped position. And then,
even then, when Flack was objecting to his perception of how everybody was against him ... Danny didn't push
Flack away. I mean, did you guys notice that Danny said 'nobody had his back', but didn't include Flack as one of them? If he did, he would never had called Flack up at all to meet in the diner in the first place.
No, my friends, they have something
really good between them, and I'm absolutely certain even a woman won't do a thing to ruin their relationship.