I have a question - What do you guys think Stella and Claire's relationship was like? Personally, I think there was possibly some tension between the two. Stella is very close to Mac, and if she had a crush on him when Claire was alive, maybe Claire picked up on it and resented Stella for it. Or maybe she resented how much time Stella spent with Mac at work. Maybe sometimes she even felt like Mac spent more time with Stella than he did with her, especially when Mac and Stella worked major cases together. And maybe Stella found it hard to be around Claire because Claire was the one who 'got' Mac, she was the one he loved most and who was the most important woman in his life at that time. If she had a crush on Mac, it must have been very hard to know he was going home to Claire every night.
that´s a good question.i personally think that there was no problem between claire and stella. i think the whole situation was different and incommensurable.but if they had seen each other very often ( and i can´t imagine that), they would have liked each other.we all know that mac loves claire and will always love her in some way, and i think stella knows that, too - and even wants him to do that. that´s why she is the one for mac(today). she could accept macs pain about claires dead and wouldn´t be jealous, she would understand that. in my opinion the friendship between mac and stella first changes after claires dead, we all know that stella was so important for mac, she was the one to help him to get out again - just as a friend, not because she had something in mind.all that trouble they were going through after claires dead, let them get closer. so i think stella hadn´t a problem with claire and won´t have one in the future.