Lol, anon, you’re not even exaggerating. They get this tiny cute little scene each ep. Even Maya’s going THROUGH it, by the time she has her scene with Carina, it’s mostly wrapped up. But at least that keeps them short and literally quite sweet. You know that as soon as they get more time, then starts the drama~
And yes! It’ll be interesting to see what they do now that they’re going to have that extra focus. From the promo it looks like Carina’ll try to get her to relax, even if that means she can’t let go of her competitiveness and gets into push up contests by the pool, but then the five alarm fire alert will force her to decide if she’ll stay with Carina or head back to work. And then I guess we’ll see if Carina’ll remain as incredibly good-natured as she’s been or start to resent it a bit. As cute as they’ve been, it’s mostly been pretty surface level, with Carina absorbing whatever particular issues Maya’s having, which, okay, it’s Station 19, Maya’s show, and she’s going through a tough time and they only get a minute at most, but you know. Carina’s struggling with her brother and I don’t think we’ve ever seen them discuss that. Give them more minutes! But still end in fluff, please.
Ultimately, they’ve passed the first hurdle I’d been fearing for them, the breakdown Maya was heading toward as an unpopular captain whose best friend felt betrayed by her. Hoping they pass these next ones, I don’t really know how long they’ll plan on these crossover couples (aside from Bailey and Ben).