User blog comment:XHappilyNeverAfterx3/There's a difference between like and love....and Freddie finally realized that/@comment-3122172-20111013180817/@comment-4505151-20111014000935

@Arch I agree that is the most important thing. But it is fairly obvious that Dan intended for Sam and Freddie to be each other's first love. That's why he saved the real I love you moment for Seddie, rather than use it on Creddie.

If Dan had really meant for Freddie to really be in love with Carly, even at one point, he could have wrote in a scene where Freddie watches Carly with another guy, but doesn't express his jealousy the way he usually does. He would've attempted to make the audience sympathize with Freddie, rather than encourage us to laugh along with the laugh track.

Sort of like with Chase and Zoey. We, the audience, were constantly reminded about how much Chase loves Zoey by the way his feelings for her were addressed--seriously. We were encouraged to sympathize with Chase, rather than laugh and ridicule him for his pathetic attempts.

I believe Dan wrote the series the way he did so he could emphasize that Freddie developed as a character and realized what real love was only when he fell for Sam.

But yeah. I definitely agree that the most important thing is that Freddie now loves Sam.