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TV's slow-burning couples
In this article from USA today, Whitney Matheson talks about TV's slow buring couples but uses Buffy as an example of a great TV couple! |
 What on earth has happened to The West Wing? OK, I admit my loyalty to the series ended years ago, but I still check in on the gang every few weeks. And, for me, Sunday's episode was quite a shocker: After all these years, it seems Josh and Donna are now jumping into bed together. And while this little plot twist would've delighted me to no end around season three, now it just seems so, well, anticlimactic, if you'll excuse the pun.
This Slate story addresses the often-annoying trend of TV couples who take ages to get together. It's true that sexual tension is usually more fun to watch than a happy couple: Sam and Diane on Cheers and Ross and Rachel from Friends are probably the best examples.
Then again, I wish more shows would learn from the series that managed to achieve the impossible and make coupledom work on the small screen. Buffy and Angel, for instance -- and I hate to always bring Buffy into this, but it's true -- managed to be even hotter once they got together. (Ditto for Willow and Tara.)
Luke and Lorelai on Gilmore Girls are still adorable as a couple, even though the tension has evaporated. The O.C.'s Seth and Summer are 10 times better together than apart. And what about Monica and Chandler on Friends? Though it seemed weird at first, they actually clicked and became more interesting as a married duo.
If I were a West Wing writer, I would've made Josh and Donna get all hot 'n' heavy years ago and then try to maintain a healthy relationship inside the White House. Now, in Wing's final season, it's likely the new couple will go at it a few more times before the big finale, then live happily ever after. And if I'm right, then I wish they would've never shared that king-sized bed in the first place.
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