[spoilers] Harry and Ruth. The Wonder Years.

[Silktie]

If you think about physical contact between these two in season 9, there wasn't much. If I remember correctly, the only times they consciously touched each other was when they were in peril or a state of shock: Ruth taking Harry's hand in 9.6 to hand him the note, and Harry touching Ruth's in 9.7 when he takes the gun from her, and then of course in 9.8 when he checks if she's still alive after Lucas drugged her.

The only time they touched out of feeling rather than circumstance was when Harry touched Ruth's back when he proposed, and we all know how that turned out. So no wonder there wasn't any further comforting hugging etc. If these two ever hugged, we'll have to break out the champagne!