User blog comment:CreddieLuv4eva/"Is it too late for you to love me?" Analysis Blog/@comment-6977360-20120623221021/@comment-4196911-20120624171655

'So there we are, two arguments for two girls which both carry a lot of weight. To me, all that matters at this point is which one Freddie wants to be with...not which one of them "wants to be with Freddie more" or something...which one might be "hurt" by Freddie's decision. You don't live your life based off of who may be hurt by your decisions because it is YOU that has to live with those decisions in the end, you know?'

In real life, this is good advice. People can end up being hurt and unhappy in real life and that's just the way it goes. In scripted television like this one, not really. Why? because Dan Schneider is never going to end his show in a situation where one of his main characters is unhappy.

So Dan has gone out of his way to establish that Carly doesn't really like Freddie, Sam hates the idea of Carly and Freddie together, and Carly is happy with the idea of Sam and Freddie together.

So here is what would have to happen in one scenario:

Sam's still in love with Freddie, Freddie decides he would be happier with Sam and Carly is happy for both of them.

Dan doesn't have to do a lot of heavy lifting to make this scenario happen. He's already done it once. There don't really have to be any WTF? moments to get there, based on what's happened up until now and how the characters think and feel.

Here's the other scenario:

Carly decides after five years that she really does have feelings for Freddie, Freddie goes back to loving Carly after telling Sam he loved her recently, and Sam, despite being unhappy about Creddie (We know she is, Dan has established this), decides to give them her blessing despite her personal feelings.

I'm sorry, but Dan has to do a lot of character work to make this happen, and it leaves Sam unhappy at the end of the show - something I'm convinced he would never do. Dan could makes Sam seem happy, but would it be believable?

Is the second scenario impossible? No, but how likely is it compared to the first scenario? You need both female characters to do a complete turnaround from everything we've seen from them for five years. Freddie could realistically be made to look like he's in love with either girl, so his feelings matter less from a writer's perspective, because it's easier to make him look satisfied with either pairing when the show ends.

How the two female characters react and what they do from here on in is more important. Not because I like the Freddie character any less than Carly or Sam, but because of the way Dan has structured the show and the attitude, temperament and feelings he's given to both girls.