woohoo! thanks for the votes so far everyone!

the current state of play: the majority vote goes to 'more tension and chemistry between them but no actual romance' with no votes for the zero option!

keep voting peeps!

OOh....the 'yes to wooing and romance' is catching up with the 'yes to more chemistry but no romance'!

keep the votes coming!

@J-B if you can find a pic of yourself in the exact same pose as Alex, I'd be happy to try the photoshopping!

@UJ ooh la la ! what converted you?!

@Lau and Kayla you are a romantic at heart!

@Jennster - i'm with you and voted fort eh second option, I am one for tension in art all its forms, and there is something to be said for this rumbling away between Hal and Alex, it would be an anti climax I feel in terms of the dynamic between them. I'd like to see it keep on brewing and building! Having said that, I would also love to see some Hal action, not just for the obvious but that idea of him losing control as a man and/or a vampire and the lust /bloodlust balance!

Well I voted option 3.  Even though there is some tension and chemistry between the two, I feel like they are stretching it with Alex.  From the beginning the vibe I've gotten from her is that she's interested, but as soon as he does something "creepy" she pulls away.  It doesn't feel to me like she loves him or is in love with him in a romantic sense, more like she's facinated by him.  And she has a strong sense of what she feels is right and wrong.  Maybe she's getting a little desensitzed to it, and granted with the "Wooed in Paris" clip and the scenes/dialog in E4 they started introducing a more romantic feel from her.  But I think it's too late with the amount of time left. (not to mention from the clip for next week he might have blown it!)

I however still hold a teeny tiny hope of some Hal action and romance.  We got a taste of the romance in his monolog about Sylvie - jaw dropping, breathtaking scene btw, the way it was blocked, the lighting, the music, the intimate feel, the unshed tears - but I digress...So I feel there was some romance there, and it was nice he just talked about it, rather than have a flashback, but beyond that the closest thing we've gotten is that kiss on Alex's hand.  To not even get a propper kiss before the series ends?!  To not feel the intensity of the moment when he, as you say domino, either looses control as a man and/or vampire.  After all the buildup of him seducing several thousand women, with the tension in the Catherine flashbacks, the Patsy fangirling, even the "body of a greek god" reference from E4....and now the threat of naughty Lord Hal rising.  It would feel flat if they didn't take it to a sensual level.  A big Epic battle isn't what Being Human is all about, though they certainly have those.  The heart of Being Human is the internal struggle for balance, and for vampires there is always a lust component, wether it is linked to an actual sexual act or just the intimacy of the bloodlust rearing up and the actual giving into the bloodlust.  He can't just drink from a flask forever.  There has to be some intimate contact involved.

Why do I always feel so shallow about these things.