I just watched the clip from Bad Words where Nicky calls Greg "doll". It's so sweet and did you notice that when Greg comes into the lab that his voice all deep and husky and Nick's all flustered and tries to focus his attention on the evidence? And when he tells Greg that the female suspect was "kinda hot" it almost looks like he wants to see his reaction, like testing the water. And Greg plays along, knowing very well what Nick's actually saying. You just gotta love the boys!!
I think that's possibly my favourite Love moment. My jaw kinda hit the floor the first time i saw it, i had to rewind it three times and put the subtitles on to be sure I actually heard it correctly. :lol:
It's Greg's flirtatious "You rang?" They're both so playful, like they're egging each other on and upping the stakes. And theres a wonderful powerplay between them thats so cute. Cos Nick's got 'seniority' when he's training Greg for the field, but Greg can redress the power balance with hardly a look. it's amusing to watch how they navigate it.
And that Warrick calls the pyromaniac "Nick's girlfriend" later in the ep. Considering we didn't see Nick tell him about her, i like to think Greg was going around gossiping to Warrick just to wind Nicky up. I think when you get to hiding a relationship for as long as they have, there are probably loads of games and in-jokes you can't help playing on your oblivious friends.
In a way I wonder if that will effect another aspect of how Nick deals with Warrick's death. Will he feel guilty that he never told him about Greg? Warrick was his best friend, and Nick kept him out of a huge part of his life. Nick might feel like he's been lying to him for years and he'll never get a chance now to put it right.
