Jake liked Amy before he even realized it, and here’s why:
- right of the bat, in the first scene with the teddy bear, i already knew jake had a thing for amy
- THE ORIGINAL INTRO WHEN THEY TRIED TO GET THROUGH THE DOOR TOGETHER!!
- bc of the first ep, i thought they were that typical tv couple where they’re workmates who are somewhat friends, and the guy who teases the girl has a running gag of trying to get the girl to date him, and they eventually fall in love (this is lowkey peraltiago, but peraltiago still has a certain freshness that differs them from this stereotypical type of couple)
- i thought that jake really had a crush on amy where she knows and he’s trying to piss her off usung the bet (mind you, it was only until “the bet” where they confirmed that it was amy who initiated jake’s winning conditions so one could only assume why jake would put the date as his punishment for amy’s loss)
- gina didn’t tell us in the first ep the real background of the bet + SHE JOKED THAT JAKE AND AMY’S DATE WOULD END WITH THEM SLEEPING TOGETHER
- a person can like someone without them realizing (i have never been in a relationship, but i have friends who experienced this)
- exactly what charles said, jake puts too much effort with amy knowing how he was they guy who searched for “cheap date ideas”
- it seems as if the whole precint noticed their dynamic and how jake crushes on amy (rosa, for example, was never part of the convo between jake and charles at shaw’s during the bet, but in tactical village and the jimmy jab games, you could see that she was rooting for jake and amy to get together)
- WHEN THEY MET!! you could see that jake actually looked interested to get to know amy, but charles’ comment really made it awkward and the thought of them getting together just got shelved
- how could we even forget,, AMY USED TO BE JAKE’S VIEW... and while this was a thing, jake used to banter with amy A LOT and unbeknownst to him, he was practically flirting with amy
- THAT COLD OPENING WHERE JAKE CRASHED AMY’S DATE (his own date almost left him but said it was worth it because he got to interrupt amy’s date)
- this is kinda a personal theory, but what if he agreed on the idea of taking amy on a date because he was lowkey offended that amy thought a date with him would be the worst thing in the world?? i know that the bet was to prove that he was the better detective, but sometimes we do things with extra unknown reasons...
anyway,, these are what i just had in mind. happy almost 3rd wedding anniversary to my favorite sitcom couple! <3