Shippy Moment of the Day: "What About Him?" (Greek)

Casey Remembers the Last All Greek Ball
"Freshman Daze" from Greek Season 1

Recap: A classic flashback episode where we find out how Casey, Cappie, and Evan all first met. A not-so-surprising secret? Cappie partied too much to have time for his then-girlfriend Casey. A surprising secret? Evan was always there for Casey. The flashbacks culminate at the All Greek Ball, a Greek formal where Cappie forgets to pick up Casey, so Evan takes her instead. When Frannie bitches Cappie out, he gets to the dance only to find Casey and Evan together. A fight between Cappie and Evan ensues, leaving us to see whose side Casey will take.

Note: There's minimal dialogue in this moment, so it's a little more pic-heavy.

The Moment:

Accidentally Hand-Touching! This can only lead
to Flashback Goodness!

Awkwardness = Cue Flashback!

Old-School Evan is so meek and dorky--I love it! Plus, he is
genuinely a good guy. Before Omega Chi and his parents
caught up with him, he was just like any other well-intentioned
college kid trying to find his place.

Evan: What about Cappie?

And she says this with such bite and finality:

Casey: What about him?

And she has no regrets about choosing Evan.

And, wordlessly, he drops his hand and walks away. He's been
an ass this entire season, but in this moment, he has nothing to
say because the memories are strong enough in both
of them that nothing needs to be said.

And, of course, Cappie's third of the triangle is watching.

A glimpse of the Old Evan, like a ghost as he
disappears back into the crowd.

Casey gets a moment to recover before she realizes...

...Cappie is watching and her past hell isn't over.

Cappie's smile here is the one thing I can never figure out. Is he
secretly happy that Evan and Casey are now so awkward toward
each other at the event that brought them together two years ago
and left he in the cold, girlfriend-less and best friend-less?
Or is it a smile of support for Casey? Or is he happy that everything
worked out for him, if not his two former best friends? I get the
feeling it was supposed to be the second, but it comes
across as the first or third.

LOVE THEM. Cappie/Rebecca 4-Eva!

And Casey realizes she's left with no one.

Thoughts: This is my kind of episode. Flashbacks + Angst! I love me some good backstory, and the episode was killer for that.

Up until this point, the season's been pretty anti-Evan. He cheated on Casey, he sucks, whatever. But in this episode, we get to see how Evan used to be. Does that excuse who he is now? Of course not. But it does
a) give the audience understanding of why Casey was so loyal to him and
b) allow him a piece of the audience's heart so he can be an actual contender in the love triangle.

I was a sampler of Greek before this episode, but MAN! This episode just reeled me in and since I've fallen in love with it. I think it shows everything Greek could be if it let itself: a delicious drama with consistent characterization and actively poignant/relevant backstory informing current actions. We get Frannie being kickass moments. We get hilarious rush moments (oh, the memories). And, most impressively, we get great Cappie/Evan friendship moments.

Unfortunately, Greek has decided that instead of playing up this beautiful backstory, it would be better to make Evan an asshole with possibly the worst/most schizo characterization I've seen on TV outside of Smallville Season 8. I can't excuse anything Evan's done, but I do still root for him. Sure, I love Max more than Evan and Cappie combined, but I find that I care more about how the show treats Evan than how it treats Cappie. Since Casey/Cappie is obviously the show's OTP, I'm afraid that Evan will increasingly be thrown to the wayside without hope of redemption. Despite how this episode shows how beautiful and dramatic and fulfilling good Evan is, I think the show prefers him in the villain capacity (although his "off the map" longing looks during Season 2 give me hope for a Casey/Evan reconciliation despite his inexcusable actions in the finale).

But, ranting aside. A great moment where we get to see interaction of all the major couples so far, including my beloved Cappie/Rebecca. (Still pissed about them breaking up.)