Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-188.54.203.142-20130407064450/@comment-4839682-20130503174810

67.168.180.205 wrote: I also heard that podcast, and that wasn't what they said. They knew Bae was Neal since season one and tried to be secretive about it. However, the Neal/Bae theory became popular within the fanbase ever since Neal's debut, and escalated it in Tallahassee. The writers caught on, wondered if they should change it, but ultimately decided to stick with their original idea. They always wanted Neal to be Baefire, but wanted it to be a surprise. We, the fanbase, like spoilers and theories so we weren't actually surprised when it happened.

Yeah, that's what I thought they said XD

I think a lot of us who are here a lot forget that the majority of viewers don't obsess as much as we do! :D They're not reading the interviews, or discussing theories to this extent. They're just watching every week, wondering, and these kinds of things are still big surprises to most people.