User blog comment:BradP27/Why RR was the Best Season Since the Original TDI--if not better/@comment-1427230-20151014170539/@comment-1734566-20151015050909

^ Exactly. I highly doubt that this was JUST for the purpose of ending "NoCo" speculation - some people are just deserving of getting a love interest, despite (or maybe because of) their being seemingly unromantic types. They did that with Heather in TDWT, and now with Noah in RR.