I'm sick of Will They or Won't They "plots". Aren't you? Say no to Will They or Won't They!

[gategrrl]

Who else has started hating "will they or won't they" situations on television shows? The Watcher (Mo) who writes for the Chicago Tribune has stated she's dropping Bones from her list of shows to watch and review. The comments to the article are interesting, too.

Comments

[gategrrl.livejournal.com]

Oh, I agree, there are shows for which it is designed into the fabric of the show's bible. BUT, even so, wouldn't it be nice, great and wonderful, even, if the writer/producers either shat or got off the pot? Progress it? Back them off?

Psych actually did that this past season. The tension between him and Juliet O'Hara, the cop, was simply getting too heavy-handed (and the actors were/are dating in real life) so the writers wrote in a girlfriend for Sean. The tension went way down. Either they couldn't figure out a way to NOT make it into a soap opera of immense proportions, or it was getting too weird for the actors (or some other reason). I like what Psych did. There's still a hint that he's mooning after Juliet, but it's not nearly as bad as it was.

For Bones...if the reasons two characters are kept apart reach Stargate proportions (there's that word again!) then they really should shit or get off it. I FF through all the relationship crap on that show anyway to see the newest most absurd murder being solved in yet another absurd SFnal way, but I still have to see it sometimes.

[tejas.livejournal.com]

Oh, I agree completely. If you're going to do it, do it. If not, don't even HINT at it. And if there are serious barriers to the relationship, you've got to decide if it's worth messing with. Frankly, if there are serious barriers, that alone will end up taking up so much show real estate that the show will be about nothing else.