Zoe, Zoe, Zoe, sometimes I just want to slap this girl  but this time I wanted to hug her. While I didn’t agree with her decision to get with Wade again, I did agree with her decision to stay in New York over the summer. Although, this means we’re probably in for yet another Hart of Dixie season of, which guy will Zoe Hart chose?

First of all George, who just walks into somebody’s house and bedroom without knocking? Second of all, Zoe! Why did you sleep with Wade? Did you forget he cheated on you? I know you were vulnerable, but come on! At first, I didn’t like the pairing of Zoe and Wade. I’ll admit, I wanted Zoe to get with George, but once Zoe and Wade got together, I totally warmed up to them. Wade brought out that playful side to Zoe, and Zoe changed Wade into a somewhat serious guy. Then something changed. I hope I’m not the only one who thought this, but Wade got a little boring when he was with Zoe. I missed season 1 Wade. He had an edge to him. I’d like Zoe and Wade to stay friends, for now anyways.

Poor George is all heartbroken that Tansy left town. I can’t say I’m all that sad about it. Tansy was really starting to get on my nerves. I’ll admit, George and Tansy were pretty cute together but she only had herself to blame for the end of her relationship with George. Of course it was wrong of Zoe to tell George she still had feelings for him but if Tansy was secure in her relationship, she wouldn’t have given George that ultimatum. As a fan of George and Zoe since the beginning, the scene (“When I’m Gone” by Caitlin Rose was playing perfectly in the background) with George and Zoe kind of broke my heart. George was right though, Zoe did have a chance to be with him and she didn’t take it. They’ve never even been on a date.

“Us is a fantasy that we have just clung to, but it’s not reality. Because in reality, the person that you truly had feelings for is Wade.”- George

So, is this the end of Zoe and George? I personally don’t think so because who else will fill the love triangle you know Zoe will find herself in next season. It’s still really early on and the writer’s definitely need to get more mileage out of this, who will Zoe choose? I personally hate it. That plot device is really getting old. You just know Jonah will probably be added to the mix next year. One has to wonder how much Zoe will see of Jonah during the summer. Hopefully she will get that much needed perspective while she’s in New York, because she was turning into a hot mess.

So my shinning star this season has been Lemon. Lemon really wasn’t a favourite of mine last season, but this season something totally changed. She really changed this past season and became such a strong character. I have to say, I really loved the whole Lemon and Wade dynamic. That car scene was hilarious. I really loved these two working together and they have tons of chemistry. I really wouldn’t be that surprised if they somehow got together romantically. Who would have thought Lemon would be the one to give Wade great perspective on things. Lemon was right, Wade had changed and it was because of Zoe. I’ll give Zoe that, but I also think Wade was growing up. Wade had to realize he was never going to get anywhere in life the way he was acting.

Some filler plot had an issue with Burt Reynolds and Mayor Gainey. Nothing really earth shattering there, but it was a nice way of getting much of the cast working together. I hope my fellow Chuck fans recognized Bonita Friedericy on the plane with Zoe. I totally yelled out, “GENERAL BECKMAN!”

What did everyone think of George going off on tour with Lily Anne? I kind of liked this development. I just love seeing that fun, singing side to George. Next season I want George to sing more. I found myself laughing that George was with another one of Wade’s exes. This time it’s platonic, but anything can happen on the road.

So folks, there you have it. Zoe chose herself and is staying in New York over the summer. Something I truly think she needs. I also liked that she told Wade he really hurt her. She still has feelings for him but she needed time. Nobody can fault her for that. If Wade truly does love Zoe, he’ll wait for her.

So what are your predictions for next season? Will Zoe come back to Bluebell with Jonah or someone else on her arm? Will we get a Zoe/Wade/George love triangle next season? Or will someone else be added to the mix?

Will Lemon find love next season? I sure hope so, because she deserves some happiness. Till next season!

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Lavon has horrible taste in women. He’s one of those men who would walk to the ends of the earth for his friends, which is why he makes such a wonderful mayor. He works all angles of a situation without bias to come to an amiable conclusion for all involved parties. Yet he chooses self-involved bitches to fall in love with. Women who wouldn’t give him the same consideration he would undoubtedly give them. Maybe Ruby will surprise me. Given that she was written into the series as a best friend for Zoe and hasn’t had a scene with her that has come close to that since her first episode, I’m not holding out hope.

I’m impressed with how far Zoe and Brick have come in their partnership. She can come straight out and call him a horse’s ass and he shakes his head, thinks it over and agrees. That’s progress! His long distance relationship also made Zoe realize that the obstacles to any partnership can be overcome, and it took a chicken pecking at the photos of the mayoral candidates to realize it. The choices people make are a crap shoot, distance between them is the least of their worries.

When George first met Presley, I was certain we were in for a wild ride given their clashing personalities. The whole “opposites attract” scenario. So, I was wrong. She was a bit too far out there, even for Bluebell. Did we see the beginning of something new between Tancy and George? I’m guessing that will make things even more awkward between the foursome. Could seeing George with Tancy bring up old feelings Wade has left drifting around for her? I sure hope not, because he and Zoe are doing so good together. They are fun and still talk about challenging subjects like lasting relationships. I think they are the real thing, whether they’re ready to recognize it or not.

Hart of Dixie continues to surprise me. I didn’t even enjoy “I Walk the Line” all that much, and yet it still affected me. That last chat with Zoe and Wade rang true. The look on George’s face when he agreed to have Tancy fix his hair gave me hope for his happiness. Brick confiding in Zoe about his personal life is so much more interesting than their constant antagonism. Everybody is growing in Bluebell. For Lavon’s sake, I hope Ruby takes up the trait.

As an aside, did you catch the commercial for Samsung with behind the scenes video? “Let’s get Wade.” THAT’S a great campaign slogan.

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When the show was created, do you think a team of writers was hunkered down around a table pondering the merits of Team George versus Team Wade? Could they have had any idea that the “Hartbeat” of Hart of Dixie would boil down not to Zoe Hart’s fish out of water story, but her attraction between the boy-next-door town lawyer, George Tucker, who also happened to be engaged and beguiling bad boy and town playboy, Wade Kinsella (who knew he had a last name?), who also happened to be hiding a heart of gold?

Given the number of supporting characters and their complicated entanglements, I don’t think anyone was prepared for the power of the Wade/Zoe/George trio.

During most of Hart of Dixie Season One, Wade waffled between being an idiot, an ass and pining for Zoe Hart. His friendship with Mayor and landlord Lavon Hayes not only brought him physically closer to Zoe, but gave him a sounding board so viewers knew he was more than the one dimensional boy toy he liked to pretend to be. by mid season, every time Zoe called him for help, he melted; and, every time she then waxed on poetically about the unrequited love of a man engaged to be married, the audience melted for him.

It was more difficult to fall for the perfect Mr. George Tucker because he was so damn perfect, yet his heart wasn’t true his fiancee. Just how much can you cheer on the demise of a lifelong relationship, even if his girl, Lemon Breeland, had been having her own dalliances with Lavon Hayes? Something was clearly not right, but bumbling around in the dark and handling the situation without integrity wasn’t what we wanted in the man chosen for Zoe Hart.

It was an on again off again affair between the three characters. Zoe never saw the potential we did in Wade because she was so busy with her dreams of George, but by the time George made his decision to call off his wedding to Lemon, Wade was given the opportunity to show off a thing or two to Zoe when they were trapped inside of a barn during a horrific storm. He was dashing and heroic. He not only saved the day, but opened the door to Zoe’s heart just enough to climb inside for a look around. Thinking the man of her dreams had just walked down the aisle, that was a door Zoe willingly dashed into.

Cue Season Two. Shake it up!

So far the triangle has continued on the rugged path and never is there a moment when I’m sure Zoe’s heart will take one fork or the other. In the season opener, George made such a case for himself I was Tweeting #TeamGeorge and disparaging all the progress made by Wade in Season One. He was in full on protection mode, not willing to accept even the tiniest of cuts because it may be too deep for him to recover. He hid it so well, I thought maybe what I had earlier witness was the ruse, and bad was all that could be found in Wade. Meanwhile, Zoe was addicted to a “good time” Wade, and struggling to understand why, once she chose him over George, he went off the deep end. What a mess!

Zoe still believes her heart belongs with George and together she and Wade are pushing his dating buttons. The poor man was just out of a relationship and ditched before even taking a stab at the good doctor he ended his engagement to follow, and he was painting the town red with some very rusty dating skills.

It was interesting to watch Wade slowly realize that by pretending not to care he was hurting the person he cared most about. Zoe, while pretending not to care about Wade, realized being in an open relationship was not for her. All of a sudden their sexcapade became monogamous. They were only going to romp with each other. Until the Halloween episode, I would have bet that Zoe and George would eventually end up together. I’m back to 50/50 odds on that now.

While Zoe thinks George needs time to get over Lemon in a true relationship while she has a “just for fun” one with Wade, what she is doing is discovering who she is and what she wants. Her whole life was set out before her by her parents, and her idea of a man and marriage was a part of that package. The man they would have chosen for Zoe would have looked a hell of a lot more like George Tucker than Wade Kinsella. At the end of Season Two, I expect another nail biting decision to be presented. This time both men will be on equal footing, and George might even be in a loving relationship if he chooses his “just for fun” gal wisely. Zoe can’t spend every season choosing between two men, and she will figure out who the real Zoe Hart is before long.

Will Zoe realize she chose Wade for reasons other than she let herself believe or will she find that George is truly the man she has been waiting for all her life? Either way, I expect they will shake it up again.

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