So, was I the only one confused about the whole Jenkins x Cassandra thing going on in this latest episode? It wasn't only because it WASNT Jassandra. It was just weird and really unexpected. Like, I always think of Jenkins as the helpful grandpa. The love-arc that I fear they're going to take has made me a bit uncomfortable. Am I leaning too much on prejudice?

Hi there! 

You were not the only one confused. Though, I think it was intended to feel rather unexpected (as evidenced by Jenkins himself nearly destroying his tea set, lol). Yes, he and Cassandra have a special connection and we all knew it but I think a lot of us assumed that it was very doting uncle/loving niece. 

But just because a lot of assumed that was the nature of their relationship doesn’t mean Cassandra didn’t have a crush on him. (As someone who is in love with both Jenkins and John Larroquette myself I can tell you he is worthy of a crush haha.) I wouldn’t say you’re leaning too much on prejudice either because his relationship with everyone else on the show is very much helpful caretaker/grandfather/uncle. It would seem natural to extend that to Cassandra as well. At least, from Jenkins’s point of view. 

I would like to point out though, that Jenkins let her down gently. Jenkins is a Knight of the Round Table. Chivalry is very important to him and part of that is making promises of loyalty and love to one woman. He explained that he already promised his eternity to another woman and that is an oath he is not willing to break. Yes, he did say he loved Cassandra but, after letting her down so easily, I do not feel it was intended as romantic love. Jenkins himself told Cassandra that he was not the love she was looking for. Jenkins is not the kind of man to say something he doesn’t mean. He is, after all, the Incorruptible Knight.

That’s not to say I’m definitely right in my opinions or that future episodes won’t touch back on this at some point. But it seemed to me, that Jenkins was someone Cassandra greatly respected and cared for and she reached out to him in her time of need for comfort. 

She wasn’t willing to tell him why, exactly. But combine his immortal life with her crush and how much she respects him and how unique he is in her world and I think the fact that she reached out to him does make sense. Lindy herself has said in interviews that Cassandra wasn’t so much reaching out for a lover as she was for comfort and for someone who had something she didn’t…immortal life. 

I also think that for Cassandra, who was in a very vulnerable and scary place, it was a door she had to open. She had this crush and she had to know what would happen before her tumor finally took her away from the life she’d fought to make for herself. She needed to know what he would say and not wonder about it any more. Now she knows what his answer would have been and can maybe find closure in that. 

Thanks for stopping by the ask! I hope some of this was helpful or comforting to you!

Logan (aka Summer-Smells)