Lori K.
Pathologist
Season one is so important because there is such a closeness that Mac shares with no one else,I do hope you are able to watch them all and if it was a crime to watch it again, being the "Repeat offender" that I am I would be sentenced for life!!:lol: As a matter of fact I just watched it again so I had it fresh in my mind as too reply to you. Did you see the tears in Macs eyes when he was looking at his ring when he said he did not want to take it off? He had to blink several times to clear them. Stella gives him the patience and kindness to let go, and as you will see in the next eppie "What you see is what you see", in which Mac gets asked out on a date!! But it is the scene towards the end when he tells Stella he has somewhere to go and she suspects as much, and she takes a moment to help him get over his nervesness (your gonna LOVE that scene as well) because even though it is not as touching as the closer when you see the longing in Macs eyes as Stella walks away in the end well... YA need ta watch it kid!!! There is also a "Fun date" in "Recycling" and a GREAT heated arguement in "Officar Blue" (A must see) and so many wonderful exchanges you need to watch to understand the relationship of SMACK and how it has evolved to where it is today.ooooh! thanks for warning me, lori! *---* THE CLOSER WAS AMAAAAZING! hm they have such an intimacy... i can't imagine him sharing that with anyone who didn't have his absolute trust. i loved it. (would it be such a crime to watch it again? *---*). heros is the next one on my list!
: WHAT IS THAT BREAKFAST SCENE IN THE CLOSER? mannnnn... i'm speechless! and mac taking his ring off (after stella asking him and accepting his answer) is some kind of closure as well. i had no idea that he would take it off so soon (since it's season 1). i'm glad. beautiful episode! x
I think she helps him realise how lonely he is as you said it does help him think about closer but I also think it helps him realise to love again he has to move on and there is someone like Stella to share with. I think the problem is he does not know exactly how to communicate that to her so he starts by taking off his ring but is really careful with his heart because he is not quite sure of her feelings and he does not want to lose her friendship by scaring her off with his love so he holds it in his heart untill he is sure, and that has been a long time coming she also takes off his tie to "Loosen" him up abit and he discards it in season two! but the Smack moments have been slowly unfolding and that is why GFD was so crucial because in the end Stella has FINALLY let Mac know what he means to her somthing he has been waiting sooo long to hear and had been waiting for and probably thought would never come to fruition. And now he was so shy but still cautious because I think after the possibility of losing her that was something he can not let happen, he knows that now. I think TPTB will take this slow as they should because there is nothing like savoring the knowledge of the new found awareness of SMACK! Different ones talk about Mac as a romantic I think it will be sensuous and subtle we know he got engaged in a romantic way to Claire we also know he isnt a slobbery old school boy and we know that everything of value to him he is passionate about it will be great to watch maybe like an "OLe fashion courtship"!!!:lol:
Yea! Isnt he cute! We think in the beginning of the season when they were sending out spoilers they(tptb)were trying to make us think they were going to go in that direction they had hinted at it any way!!!just a question though: is it just me or adam seems to sort of... i dunno, hitting on stella?
Also it sounds like you were/are a Stella /Don fan? I like them also but just as friends they have a wonderful repoire as coworkers but that intimacy just isnt there like it is with SMACK!!
We think when Mac offered Stella a room at his place and she refused it was his effort at trying to take the relationship further but when she declined I think it made him back off a little. After all that was a BIG move for MAC because in season two he only offered her a hotel room There are those of us (myself included) that thought /Think she took him up on his offer...
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