of course tony is team edward.

[jaina]

Things that are the best ever:

When your show puts your OTP ON A PLANE for an episode.

I feel that this has yet to result in a non-stellar hour of television:
"Airborne"
"The Passenger in the Oven"
and now "Jet Lag"

I NEED MORE OF THESE YOU GUYS.
ETA: HOLY SHIT I NEED CASTLE AND BECKETT ON A PLANE. I NEED THIS YESTERDAY.

Comments

[lexsara.livejournal.com]

I cracked up and fell off the sofa at the "Team Edward." I figured Tony wouldn't be Team Jacob. But yes, I do so love plane episodes--and my mother actually called me after the show ended to go "did they get together...is that what they're implying?"

Darned #12. Darned Moonlighting syndrome. Give me a good writer and I'll show you how OTP's can work--TOGETHER. (Sorry, on a rant there)

But it was a fun episode, I enjoyed it!

[jainamsolo.livejournal.com]

UGH, LET ME JOIN YOU ON YOUR RANT. Because an OTP getting together does NOT have to mean the death of a show! If I have to hear one more person cite "Moonlighting"-- GRRR!!! It is more than possible-- it is quite delightful actually-- to have characters in a stable relationship on a TV show and still have them be interesting and funny and adorable. Sometimes I really think I should give up shipping the main pairings and just go with the beta couples (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BetaCouple) because at least they have a chance of actually getting together ever.

It did take me a sec at the end to figure out what they were implying-- and then I was like !!!!!!!!!!! DID THEY REALLY JUST GO THERE!?

Also, MORE SHOWS NEED TO HAVE PLANE EPISODES. Leverage had one! I should add that to the list.

[portnoyslp.livejournal.com]

People also forget that the death of Moonlighting wasn't just getting the two characters together. At the same time there was a writer's strike and ensuing production problems resulting in viewers never knowing when a new episode was going to appear, a lead actor who was more focused on his movie career than television, two leads who didn't get along off-set, and a pregnancy that required the lead actress to disappear for a third of a season. That show was, frankly, doomed.

[jainamsolo.livejournal.com]

See, exactly. Everyone ignores all the other stuff and zeroes in on the characters-getting-together part. And so instead, we get season after season of increasingly ridiculous will-they-or-won't-they which I think is often *more* damaging to a show than deciding one way or the other.