I can only remember SiB and GftS re: Stella moments, but I can't remember hearing him ask out Stella when Fraser isn't there (post-Strange Bedfellows).
Completely. And even more telling is that during the key Ray (and Ray/Fraser) episodes, Stella is nowhere to be seen.
In CotW Ray doesn't mention her even once (the glory of ctrl-F!). You'd think that if he was so in love with her he'd at least consider her when making the huge decisions that he does in that episode. I watched MotB and CotW before any of the others, and after seeing how barely-there she is to Ray in those episodes I always had trouble believing that Ray was still so in love with her. Still wanted his old, easier life, maybe. But still madly in love? I just don't believe they sell it that way.
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Completely. And even more telling is that during the key Ray (and Ray/Fraser) episodes, Stella is nowhere to be seen.
In CotW Ray doesn't mention her even once (the glory of ctrl-F!). You'd think that if he was so in love with her he'd at least consider her when making the huge decisions that he does in that episode. I watched MotB and CotW before any of the others, and after seeing how barely-there she is to Ray in those episodes I always had trouble believing that Ray was still so in love with her. Still wanted his old, easier life, maybe. But still madly in love? I just don't believe they sell it that way.