#ctmspoilers

I know this is slightly irrelevant, but thank you for dressing Shelagh as a lady in her 30′s (or early 40′s) instead as the matronly lady she is not. I really want her bathing suit now, she had on a lovely nightgown and had on a pretty blue and white dress when she went into town. Season 5 was just been a succession of ugly dresses. 

I’ve cooled off a bit since blurting out that rant, but the way I see it is in the comparison to Tom and Barbara. We have known there was a Gateways scene for a while now (I can’t remember when Kate’s interview* was released, but it was near the start of the season). Because of this and the promise of a kiss it’s been one of the most anticipated moments of the season, and we’re all very glad to have had it, but the fact that all we really got was a hand hold and twenty seconds just feels like a joke - perhaps I’m just being too pessimistic here, but we were led in to thinking it was going to be a huge, anticipated scene, when in reality it was placed briefly at the end after five or six kisses from the heterosexual couple. It’s a huge, huge let-down after what we all expected.

You’re certainly correct in saying that it isn’t queerbaiting in the sense of a relationship - they’re most definitely together, and we’ve had some wonderful moments - it’s just tonight’s episode that people are fed up with after such a build up, especially with the sheer amount of Tom and Barbara we’ve had (who have been together less than a season).