User blog comment:ThatGuy456/A Guy's Thoughts: Slight Shortcoming/@comment-34253581-20181125182817/@comment-30307603-20181125192919

The lack of fleshing out of the relationship between Darwin and Carrie is frustrating, indeed. Initially, I was optimistic for the pairing; not only they were simply adorable, but there were a lot of directions to take them given their interesting dichotomy. Come the tail end of Season 6, and nothing has happened, which is especially confusing given that the show was almost impulsive to bring them together.

"The Ghouls" is a pretty poor episode in my opinion even without the acknowledgement of the romance between Darwin and Carrie, but that's a discussion for another day.

I mean, save for "The Transformation" when was the last time Penny has had a meaningful starring role? "The Romantic" if I recall correctly. Her recent roles have been "eh" indeed, and they are certainly not helping in bolstering her plot along.

I would much rather the character have been retired or his arc have been better paced to reflect the duration of the show, but if he had to return as a comedic character, I agree that the show has been doing a poor job at executing such.

There are still fourteen episodes left. I honestly doubt that any of these problems can be rectified (heck, I'm certain we won't be seeing Penny or Carrie in any meaningful capacity again), but there is always a slim chance that something could pop up and give these arcs more satisfying conclusions.