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Trent appeared oblivious to her crush for most of its duration, but according to [[Anne D. Bernstein]], Trent had noticed the crush around the time of "[[That Was Then, This is Dumb]]" "but he would never lead her on too much". [http://www.the-wildone.com/dvdaria/anneinterviewsfull.html]. In "[[Through a Lens Darkly]]", he made complimentary comments about Daria's appearance for her benefit, and in "[[Pierce Me]]" he made complimentary comments about her as a person, telling Monique in front of Daria that she was "the coolest high schooler I know". In "[[It Happened One Nut]]", he also deliberately avoided a nut stand because Daria was working there and would clearly be embarrassed if he saw her, and in "Pierce Me" he deliberately waits before entering his house so as not to embarrass Daria.
"Pierce Me" also shows him deliberately using the crush to steer Daria into having a piercing: when she's unsure, he outright flirts with her, telling her she'd "look hot" while giving an interested smirk, when when was clearly blushing and nervous over the attention.
MTV's [http://www.mtv.com/onair/daria/chapter2/tangle.jhtml "It Takes Two to Tangle"] described the lack of any real action as "a rare example of passive-passive behavior."
In the end, it became clear to Daria in "[[Jane's Addition]]" that it wouldn't work out, after Trent utterly failed to assist her and Jane like he'd promised. They realised they had differing views on things, and Trent implicitly brought up their chances of a relationship while talking about the assignment: "I guess it wasn't such a great idea for us to get together... on this." He did express regret as he'd always thought she'd understood how he felt. After the conversation, he gave her a peck on the cheek.
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