Springmoon said:
To be fair, though, the whole relationship has had a fanfiction-inspired cutesyness to it. Maybe it will have a satirical twist at the end and is all over in a very public and definitive way.
True, it does. I'm no fan of it, but my biggest problem with it--bigger even than the offensive lack of chemistry between Carmine and Anna--is what it's done to Danny's character. Rather than see the aftermath of Danny losing one of his closest friends (Aiden) and nearly losing his brother, we've had to watch his character get lost in a romance straight out of a teen high school drama.
So I guess the reason Lindsay being in Danny's bed doesn't bother me all that much is because from what we've seen of the episode, it doesn't really have to do with their romance, at least not for him. There's great drama for Danny here. As for Lindsay, well, she's little more than a romantic interest character anyway, so giving her nothing to do but waking up in Danny's bed and fretting about him for the entire episode isn't a bad thing. I mean, from what we can see Peyton has more to do. It just underscores the point a bunch of us have been making all season--that Lindsay is really nothing more than a love interest character who happens to be in the opening credits. But
Danny is much more than that, so as long as there's more for him to do in the episode, and in the show in general, I'm happy.
And I hate to say it, but I'd be surprised if we didn't see Danny and Lindsay in bed together in the teaser. Given that it's well into the episode when she wakes up in his bed, I have a feeling we'll see them actually having sex at some point beforehand. Close your eyes, Carmine, and think of England. :lol:
Yep, I wish we had seen more of that: did Danny visit Flack religiously, or did he chicken out completely? Flack is the more mature of the two, we've seen that repeatedly, and is certainly level-headed in a way that perfectly counters Danny's past hot-headedness. And he would do almost anything for Danny.
I don't think we'll ever know, so I guess it's up to the audience (on an individual level) to decide one way or another if Danny is a shitty friend who basically wasn't there for Flack at all, or if like Flack's recovery, it all happened off screen. The latter makes more sense logically because Flack and Danny have always been portrayed as being close, and Flack doesn't seem like the kind of guy to offer devotion if it's not returned at all.
kkennedytx said:
I'm glad to hear Flack gets more to do in the finale, but I'm still reserving judgement on this one. Again it's the same one-way (at least onscreen) Flack concern for Danny that we've seen several times already. I'd have to re-watch last season's finale to be sure, but I thought Danny was more concerned about finding Mac in the rubble after the boming (after all, isn't Mac supposed to be some sort of father figure to Danny?).
Well, Danny never said, "Oh, I'm so worried about Flack!" or "Oh, I need to find Mac!" so I think it's probably safe to say he was concerned about both his mentor and his good friend. That episode was ultimately more about Mac than either Flack (who was unconscious) and Danny (who was secondary) so there just isn't that much to work with when trying to discern how Danny felt or whether he was there for Flack during his recovery or not. We don't even really know anything about Flack's recovery period.
And I'll go along with those that think Danny's injuries and trauma will be addressed next season--that would be good continuity (for a change) and could tie into the "dashed hope" thing between Danny and Lindsay.
I think it's safe to say that Danny will probably have some issues coming out of this. Again, Flack was unconscious through his ordeal, while Danny is going to be taking repeated abuse, while conscious, from some pretty scary guys.
I'm still not sure what to make of "destiny dashed" other than it seems to be something we aren't going to get from these spoilers. My guess is that we'll have to wait until the episode to see if it in fact happens, and how. I'll admit, I'm curious.
