User blog comment:TheDipDap1234/Courtney - a Good or a Bad Character?/@comment-2091662-20141103182921/@comment-1037137-20141104085014

Because the buildup remained minuscule and the romantic tension still far too little to support all of that chatter being thrown about in that season. In the TDA special, it arose far too suddenly. And even halfway into TDWT it still was too little. Hell, Duncan expressed that interest even later than Gwen did. Pretty remarkable I gotta say. Giving rise to something that manifested too late even with their lack of shared screentime between Chefshank and London.

That's not how it went down. But her being suddenly mad again like ten episodes later was admittedly very stupid. That had already long passed and felt random, don't ask me to explain that bit. Because it still confuses me as well.

Again, you see where the derailment part comes in? That's the only way to explain how Gwen acted like such an idiot in that season and Trent acted like he was on some sort of high. That really goes back to the liberties they took in the writing just to force all of this along, because Gwen would not have been so hasty in TDI. You don't build up something like that as the central romance for a full season and then kill it in twenty-two minutes and then never mention it again.