Talk:Cam Relationship/@comment-4060828-20121008200214

iShockAmerica aired and um... some cute little moments although I'm very aware I'm 'reaching' a bit (e.g. Carly sitting next to Sam on the couch despite Sam being laid out and Carly's parental admonishment of Sam's theft at the hotel). Also Sam was the only one willing to hold Carly's hair out of her face when she first vomited so I guess that's something? Oh, man. I FORGOT they even did the Idiot Farmgirl sketch which kinda says everything.

My biggest issues with the episode were that Spencer had no real direction (who seems to do random stuff just because it's random) and Gibby getting too much screentime.

I'm just annoyed because the writers seemed to misinterpret Gibby's fan favoritism (who I liked in the early seasons) by shoving him into our faces and now that they have to focus on a 4th key character, all the other characters & relationships are now neglected.

Part of the dynamic of the group has seemed to have gotten lost as well (which also indirectly limits any Cam exposure). Carly & Sam are still friends but no longer come off as "best friends forever" like in early seasons. Freddie has had chances with both Carly AND Sam so their "friends" (Carly/Freddie) or "frenemy" (Sam/Freddie) interactions have largely gone by the wayside lest Creddie/Seddie go insane at any mere nod. Even the awesome Carly/Spencer relationship seems to have transitioned from real brotherly/sisterly to almost being mentioned as a reminder.

I think Cam largely got impacted negatively because Carly was a clear outsider during the Seddie storyline and they never really integrated Carly back with Sam after Sam/Freddie broke up. There wasn't even a "how are you feeling?"/"are you okay?" talk/discussion between the two which seems obvious to film somewhere in retrospect.