#and on the other side of this Claute had commited to Isaac in front of Kaylon - like all of them

[katoska]

If we do get Season 4 of The Orville, I predict that Claire forbidding John from giving Isaac relationship advice will come to bite her in the ass.

We can't be sure how much Isaac has been lead by others wrt his relationship to Claire. We know he sought out advice on his own, and John told him to dress nicely and bring flowers (but not roses). Did Isaac pick his clothes, or did Dann help him? Did he pick the flowers? How much outside help does he need with "non-routine tasks"? We know it had been John idea to use the portable simulation device so Isaac and Claire could kiss, but whose idea has it been to delete the personal data? Or the Big Romantic Apology (well, "getting back the girl" was Ed's idea, but what about the details of it)? Though I'd buy that Isaac came up with the latter by himself, as he seems to have mostly come up with the ratty underwear etc by himself, too.

Just... he does still need guidance. He looks stuff up by himself - looking up human bonding is proof of that - and sometimes it works brilliantly (Bridge Rain), and sometimes it does not (ratty underwear), and so far the latter could be conveniently blamed on bad advice (even though Lamarr tried to defend himself and said he never told him to do that, exactly). Without a Guide/Scapegoat to help Isaac with new ideas, it's possible that the romance will get stale because he might just stick to a routine.