User blog comment:TDWT: Planes, Trains, and Hot Air Mobiles/Duncey vs. Gwuncan/@comment-24971793-20140702124055/@comment-1756703-20140702193258

"I don't think Duncan loved either of them, he loved the drama."

I believe that the reason why Gwen wanted to be friends with Courtney in TDAS was because she probably realized that. It wasn't character derailment; it was character progression.