But the show is making it clear that this is meant to be read as far more than a casual "just sex" arrangement, and... it just doesn't work for me.
*nods* It's like they decided to skip showing us all the fun UST and falling-for-each-other parts and jump straight into Established Relationship Drama. Don't they know that developing the attraction is half the fun?!
he did throw several looks her way that suggest he might not be as completely okay with not being the one she loves most as he has been pretending to be.
Or that he wants to be someone she loves too? I mean, she clearly cares about him and there's some attraction (hence the kiss in Colorado). This whole "loves the most" thing seems like a red herring to me, as well as impossible to quantify. (I still think it should apply to her son or something.) Everyone's assumption that it's Nathan bugs me so much. :-P
that he has decided to do what he can to ensure that they are happy together, now that Audrey has made her choice, because he loves them both.
Yeah, that's what I meant, though I expressed it poorly.
it's also not the kind of show that ever seemed interested in pushing boundaries in that way.
Except that late in last season, Audrey kissed Duke, and she's since referred to it not as a mistake but as a moment of connection. On most shows, if Audrey and Nathan were a clear-cut OTP, you wouldn't have Audrey kissing someone else, surely? And given Jennifer's hallucinations and various other hints, the show is fully aware that there's still something between them.
Yeah, I have no idea what Duke's doing with Jennifer. Making a good faith effort to make the best of his situation? That's my best guess.
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*nods* It's like they decided to skip showing us all the fun UST and falling-for-each-other parts and jump straight into Established Relationship Drama. Don't they know that developing the attraction is half the fun?!
he did throw several looks her way that suggest he might not be as completely okay with not being the one she loves most as he has been pretending to be.
Or that he wants to be someone she loves too? I mean, she clearly cares about him and there's some attraction (hence the kiss in Colorado). This whole "loves the most" thing seems like a red herring to me, as well as impossible to quantify. (I still think it should apply to her son or something.) Everyone's assumption that it's Nathan bugs me so much. :-P
that he has decided to do what he can to ensure that they are happy together, now that Audrey has made her choice, because he loves them both.
Yeah, that's what I meant, though I expressed it poorly.
it's also not the kind of show that ever seemed interested in pushing boundaries in that way.
Except that late in last season, Audrey kissed Duke, and she's since referred to it not as a mistake but as a moment of connection. On most shows, if Audrey and Nathan were a clear-cut OTP, you wouldn't have Audrey kissing someone else, surely? And given Jennifer's hallucinations and various other hints, the show is fully aware that there's still something between them.
Yeah, I have no idea what Duke's doing with Jennifer. Making a good faith effort to make the best of his situation? That's my best guess.