I squeed, but I didn't have much else to say. So last night instead of sleeping my brain decided to go to the in-depth of how their relationship works, and how their characters have been viewed by me since
Lab Rats. This might take a while, because I need to get it out of my head before it's all I think about for the rest of the day. *laughs*
I originally had no real idea of who Wendy was. And Hodges was, to me, just some annoying suck-up. They weren't really that important of characters to me. When
Lab Rats started, I was just rolling my eyes at Hodges. He was somewhat-arrogant and still being a suck-up. Then he had his first scene with Wendy, and I paused. He was a completely different character from the one I had been seeing. He was quiet, tense, and backed down quickly. It was nowhere near the impression that I had had of him up until that point. Where had this attitude come from? I figured that it was just nervousness about being caught, since Wendy was staring him down. A few scenes later, they actually confronted each other about the case, and I realized that it wasn't nervousness about being caught- it was nervousness about being around
her. It wasn't subtle but it wasn't obnoxious, either. I started to ship them slightly, because it was so awesome that someone had this effect on Hodges. Even Grissom, who Hodges looked up to, had never achieved this level of victory over him. Towards the end of the episode, when I saw how upset Wendy was when she found out that Hodges had lied, I noticed that, to some extent, Wendy liked him as well. I started paying attention to both of the characters. Over the next episodes, I saw more progress in the light, flirty-yet-competitive relationship between the two of them. Then
You Kill Me struck.
Oh. My. God. If I hadn't been convinced of any kind of a mutual crush before, I certainly would've been then. Wendy seemed so hurt by Hodges' stupidity, and Hodges seemed to realize, for once, that he needs to think before he acts. She was pissed at him for the rest of the episode, but by their next interaction it was back to the normal atmosphere. When season nine struck, the interactions between the two characters came to a halt. Except for the fact that they were sitting next to each other at Warrick's funeral, which means little, they weren't in any scenes together. When Grissom left the lab, a small beacon of hope for my ship lit when Wendy was the first person an upset-Hodges turned to, although I couldn't hear anything that they said. There was no more interaction until
Mascara, which held a brief, yet flirty, scene. I had read the spoilers for
A Space Oddity, and assumed that it was a kind of lead-up for the episode.
I wasn't dissapointed. While the fantasies annoyed me, I'm still not entirely sure why, everything else was great and shippy and just plain fun to watch. It became blatantly obvious that he likes her, to more than just the audience. And Wendy herself showed her cards when she confronted Hodges about the fact that he either needs to let go of his feelings or just tell them to her straight. At the end of the episode, it is revealed that he did in a sense, just in a language that she didn't speak. She doesn't get to say anything about it, because it is the end of the episode, but it will be interesting to see how their next interaction goes.
One person that needs to be mentioned when talking about Wendy and Hodges is Henry. Sounds kind of odd, I know, but Henry is like the audience. He's viewing them from the outside, seeing their interactions but not quite sure what they mean. He's witnessed, at this point, three moments between Wendy and Hodges that play on their feelings for each other, and in
A Space Oddity he finally says something when he tells Hodges to just tell Wendy how he feels. It's become obvious to him, and us, that Hodges really does love her, he's just not at all good with that sort of thing. Hodges ignores him, again, but it's clear that a lot of people have noticed the feelings. It's just a game of when anything will be acted upon.
So, now we're left with a slightly-uncomfortable handshake and a hope that, eventually, Hodges will get his act together.
She's either going to kiss him or punch him.
Hope I didn't bore you with my rant.
