This cat is DEA. Mark my word, it will get justice!

[londonrih]

This actually seems accurate.

Since we’re currently in season 4 that means:

Nolan - 45

Jackson - 25

Lucy - 29

Tim - 40

Angela - 35

Grey - (52???)

I don’t know how old Nyla is though..

[legendarycollectionsharklove]

Season 1 Nolan is 45-years-old. 40-year-old rookie joke is a play on 40-year-old virgin.

And the timeline between s1 and s2 is sixth month, I think?

[doomedship]

Episode 8

Well, it's finally here, and yeah, I wanna be back on hiatus.

I am almost speechless. They could not have done Tim and Lucy dirtier here or made the storyline more inappropriate and disrespectful.

From the top it was bad. The immediate joking around when Genny arrives and Tim looking at Lucy to shut her up was pretty much as expected. Lucy was actually quite annoying to me, which once again highlighted the vast gulf between how they show Tim and her behaving.

Then the way they made Lucy absolutely clueless about Tim's family issues made it a hundred times worse. She already knew about the abuse - he has mentioned it canonically twice. And yet she displayed zero awareness that one of his family members turning up and mentioning their father might require some sensitivity and understanding. She just kept joking, pushing, never saying anything comforting or reassuring to Tim. It was like they were strangers.

And was the middle of this heavy storyline the right place to bring up Ashley and confirm Tim isn't single? In my book, God no. It felt contrived and awkward. Shoehorned in to make that point.

Genny turning up unannounced and forcing the issue during Tim's shift was also a ridiculous premise. What sane person would ever insist on having that conversation with someone they know has been abused, thus forcing them to talk about it in front of a third party, against their wishes? This was a clumsy, horrible device to allow Lucy to be in this storyline and it was so uncomfortable to watch.

And the Tim Test line. You can try your best to make this not awful but it's awful. Both as a plot device and as an actual line for Lucy. It is so clumsy and lazy to suggest that because Tim's father tested him he immediately went on to do the exact same thing to his rookies. Plus, the line is just categorically not something that season 1-2 Lucy would ever, ever have said. The implications are horrible. Mortifying. Whether accidentally or not she effectively told him and his sister that Tim behaves like the father who once slammed his head into a wall. Wtaf?

Tim should not have been pushed and goaded into confronting his past this way. Genny and Lucy needling him while he was obviously in a lot of turmoil (he had to pull over for god's sake) was just grotesque to me.

Once again we had Lucy displaying a lack of maturity and understanding while he suffered stoically and eventually did the noble thing. It's just classic for this show.

Lucy didn't row back from it either, she didn't say sorry, she didn't at any point show any understanding or awareness of Tim's emotional state. She never asked if he was okay. She just told him he had to support Genny, and so, he did. Are they suggesting he magically came to terms with the abuse in the space of that last scene and now feels comfortable going to that house to make a million dollars? For goodness' sake.

Did they consult with anyone with any knowledge whatsoever of abuse or family trauma? I can only assume not, because otherwise, how in the hell did they come out with this episode?

[therookiecentral]

[farfarawaygirl]

My whole damn life as a shipper, being baited and knowing I can’t do a damn thing about it:

[legendarycollectionsharklove]

[backonmybullship]

Let Tim and Lucy be normal friends who may be have thought about each other as more once or twice but not enough to do anything more then shake it off. That's a much better road to a relationship. Wait till they're best friends and then fall in love and it'll be amazing

[legendarycollectionsharklove]

I remind you than in s1 Angela (I think) said that Tim and his wife were having fun with friendly rivalry, with bets and everything of that nature on the job.

But teasing and bets with Lucy is now somehow bad. Also, Tim calling Lucy “Nerd” is not-friendly, and Lucy endlessly pranking and teasing Tim is not friendship? Somehow?

How does that work?

[legendarycollectionsharklove]

Consider this, Chenford fandom:

Ashley is actually the first woman Tim decided to ask out on his own, without any previous baggage of failed marriage or a bet from his boot.

Tim is a good caring guy, and the best friend to women. It’s not like he does anything wrong by dating a willing, emotionally mature woman (who also is not under his command on the force).

Any moments with, emotionally charged by grief, don’t compare to real relationship Tim is trying to have.

[hope-laugh-dream]

If you hadn’t thought about a female friend in anything other than a friendly way, would you really worry about people reading something else into your partnership??

[legendarycollectionsharklove]

If you older than her, has ranking superiority over her and if she's your work aide, than yes.

[doomedship]

Episode 3

I'm ambivalent. The Chenford moments were nice and all but I do feel like we've circled right back to where we were with the work thing stopping any significant progression.

As feared, they haven't acknowledged the episode 1 moment at all, and although the mood is flirty I don't have much sense that Lucy has been affected by having that moment with Tim. Their conversations are light-hearted and work related, still a long way from any serious revelation on a personal level.

Tim has obviously been at least contemplating the possibility of a romantic relationship since he worried about other people thinking there was something going on - basically admitting he sees it as a plausible outcome.

But Lucy seemed the same way she did in that episode with Barnes and I didn't really need a repeat of the exact same game. She was a bit flat and surface level in this episode for me.

I'd have preferred a serious conversation about why Tim didn't want her to be his gopher - and the actual reason being because of that episode 1 vibe between them, because Tim didn't want to be giving her orders, because their relationship has changed.

Maybe those are still the reasons, but Lucy is coming across as unaffected by it. I'd have at least wanted her to be be shown to be rattled by the mutual awareness that there are unresolved feelings between them.

Tldr: the jokey stuff is cute but it isn't going to get us where we need to be if they never acknowledge the real stuff. Chenford still feels a long way off to me until they have a serious exchange about it.

[pensbridgerton]

TO BE CONTINUED IN SEASON 3…

[tim-lucy]

(tim’s version)

[zekelandon]

Zekaela + love languages

Happy Birthday @kirstynamiller 💕

inspo

[zekelandon]

ZEKE AND MICHAELA + BEING A BADASS MARRIED POWERCOUPLE

MANIFEST | SEASON THREE

“Where you lead, I will follow.”

[cathloves]

So I was just thinking about how I love Zeke and Michaela and how they remind me of the 'love is patient' quote.

It also made me think of Jared and Michaelas relationship and how even though they loved/love eachother, they aren't real love.

Let me just show you the quote:

"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth."

Now to me, all the negative things there sound like Jared and Michaela. Zeke and Michaela are the opposite.

In the show if the test for everyone is to make the right decisions and follow the callings, then it lead mick to zeke.

They are good for eachother and if the show tries to break them up I will be SO MAD.

[rozrozhollander]

1x10 || 2x08

[rozrozhollander]

Hit him, Kie!

[gaylecleven]

I do find it hard to realize my true potential And without the right credentials I am lost

[aimeegbbs]

outer banks s2: no context