Has the Eric/Calleigh relationship seemed contrived or overhyped?
I think you guys have pretty much summed up what I was going to say, so I'll be brief.
After watching this show episode by episode and going all the way back to season one, yes season ONE, I can definitely say that
No I do not think it has been contrived. Their relationship based on friendship and trust has been building since the beggining and their romance has been clearly announced since season 5. Like
delkolover pointed out we would be blind not to see that when Eric got shot something moved in Calleigh and since then she has been gravitating emotionally towards Eric. She got closer and closer to him until she just got to a point, IMO, were she just couldn't and didn't want to go back. I don't even think she was realising how emotionally involved she was getting with him until it was too late. Like Emily said in her interview "it snuck up on her".
I think that the fact that this romance has been done so differently plays on the fact that some people are against it cause maybe they just don't understand it. Throughout a lot of time we have been presented TV couples as getting together in a kind of shallow, simple approach. They see each other, they flirt and tease, kiss, and wham! they are in bed. From then on, the relationship "starts". It all moves so quickly. What I see in EC is the opposite. I see a couple who became friends first, who actually KNOW each other, who have been falling in love and not simply jumping into bed together. It's actually a ROMANCE.
Has in been overhyped? I have mixed feelings about this. First I'm inclined to say no. In season six we had EC scenes that lasted
what? 1-2 min from the 40 min showed and which were scattered in every 2 or three episodes. Then in season seven we had EC in two from the first 11 episodes and the scene in Cheating Death (flower comment) was like 30 seconds long! That being said, we are in sweeps, the promo is about them, so yeah now there's a lot of hype. Plus we've had substantial scenes in the last episodes, but I do think it's because we are close to the climax of it all like someone mentioned.
Ooops I said this would be brief, sorry about that. I guess I just get passionate with EC :lol:.
So I think EC has been different, but a GOOD kind of different. I've always been proud about being a hiphugger, and now....HECK YEAH! :thumbsup: :lol: