Now I Understand Shonda

Postscript to 10x09  

Gave us Glimpses of Hope

This episode gave us a glimpse into the vulnerable Callie,  that led her to make an important decision to forgive and rebuild. It gave us a glimpse into the answers to what we have questioned; a glimpse of how we dream Calzona to be. 

It was a Calzona episode that blew our minds, and an ending that really did rock our brain.

It gave us hope. It gave us something to think about.

It made us look at Calzona in a very new way, a way  we've never seen them before. 

Fresh, with so much hope for the future.

It made us cheer on our heroines amidst their flaws and trials, and we were there hoping with them, we were with them all the way as they trudged on through their challenges.

And it made us hope with them. Made us believe that the dream is possible.

In every scene, they made us believe again in a relationship that  disregards sexual orientation.

That turns a blind eye to gender. The couple was treated like any other couple who had their own set of challenges.

Now I understand Shonda. 

Calzona  were not exempt from the problems  regular couples face. Problems that do not exempt any kind of relationship.

And they went about their business, moved on, went on with their own processes, as any heterosexual couple would.

I love Shonda for showing this.

Yes, she didn’t spare us from heartbreak, because that’s what love is--fraught with heartbreak.

But neither did she spare us from seeing a glimpse of how a same sex couple can also enjoy life: pick the same houses with yards with swings and pools; celebrate being pregnant, share the same joy, kiss the tummy of your wife, love the baby in the tummy--it's all  the same. 

Fighting the same way. Cheating the same way. Reconciling in the same way.

Same sex couples aren’t exempted from the good and neither from the bad. 

There was no trace of judgment at all. While I was watching, Calzona never felt like a different couple at all compared to heterosexual couples. And I realized that this is what makes the Calzona couple a groundbreaking tandem. They were one of the first couples ever portrayed on TV, as normal people in a relationship, without much ado about their sexual orientation.

And that is even more supported in this episode.

Now I  understand  Shonda. And not only I, but many will love her  for this more than ever.  




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