The Anatomy of a Will-They Won't-They: Ross and Rachel.

I have been wanting to look at my favorite Will-They Won't-Theys for awhile now, and Sister and I decided to watch When Harry Met Sally tonight, so I figured this was the perfect time to start.

In this series of posts, I will examine 4 different Will-They Won't-Theys on television. I plan on delving into various couples that I believe are benchmarks of the Will-They Won't-They criteria. I chose the couples based on the following criteria:

• The couples had to be picked from tv shows that have ended
• The couples had to be ones I was very familiar with, so I could be fully schooled in their journey over the whole series. 
• The couples had to be Will-They Won't-Theys and not just be a couple that was together the whole series. 

I decided to begin with Ross and Rachel, Friends. 

The couple to base all Will-They Won't-Theys off of. I have loved Ross and Rachel ever since I began watching Friends, which was around age 9 or so (Yeah, my parents let me watch Friends at age 9. Thanks Mom and Dad!).

• Pre-Relationship: 
• Pre- Show. Ross has been in love with Rachel since the 9th grade but was always unable to confess his feelings for her. 
• 1x01 "Pilot." Rachel stumbles into Central Perk after running out on her wedding right as Ross says he wants to be married again. Enter fate. Also, he confesses he had a crush on her in high school and she admits that she knew and he kind of mentions asking her out. 
• 1x02 "The One With The Sonogram At The End." Ross and Rachel console each other over their respective failed relationships. 
• 1x05 "The One With The East German Laundry Detergent." Ross helps Rachel do laundry and she kisses him; after which he promptly runs into a washing machine. 
• 1x18 "The One With All The Poker." Ross lets Rachel win at poker because he knows she needs the money and it will make her happy. 
• 1x22 "The One With The Ick Factor." Ross gets jealous when Rachel has dreams about Joey and Chandler. At the end of the episode she has one about Ross and he overhears and they almost kiss but Carol goes into labor.
• 1x24 "The One Where Rachel Finds Out." Ross buys Rachel a thoughtful birthday present and Chandler lets slip that Ross is in love with her. Rachel realizes that she has feelings for Ross too and goes to meet him at the airport. 
• 2x01 "The One With Ross' New Girlfriend." Ross comes home from China with a new girlfriend, Julie, and Rachel is upset and jealous. 
• 2x02 "The One With The Breast Milk." Rachel gets jealous of Monica hanging out with Julie. 
• 2x04 "The One With Phoebe's Husband." Rachel gives Ross bad relationship advice hoping it will break him and Julie up. 
• 2x07 "The One Where Ross Finds Out." Rachel tries to date another guy and drunkenly leaves Ross a message saying she was over him. He realizes she has feelings for him. They kiss!
• 2x08 "The One With The List." Ross tries to decide between Julie and Rachel and ultimately chooses Rachel because Julie "isn't Rachel." But Rachel finds the list and becomes angry with Ross and they don't date. Le sigh. 
• 2x09 "The One With Phoebe's Dad." Ross lets Rachel make a list about him but then gets upset at what she says. 
• 2x10 "The One With Russ." Rachel dates someone who looks and acts exactly like Ross (played by David Schwimmer). 
• Finally Get Together: 2x14 "The One With The Prom Video."
• Rachel realizes that Ross was going to take her to prom and how he has loved her since the 9th grade and kisses him. 

• Broke Up: 3x16: The One With The Morning After. 
• A terrible day for everyone in America. Ross and Rachel fight over Mark and her new job and she suggests they go on a break and he sleeps with some ho-bag copy girl. Boo. BREAKS ARE NEVER A GOOD IDEA GUYS! NEVER!
• Got Back Together: 4x01 "The One With The Jellyfish." 
• Realize they still have feelings for each other. Um, duh. 
• Broke Up: 4x01 "The One With The Jellyfish."
• Realize they still disagree about the break thing that broke them up. Also, drama ensued from Rachel's letter: 18 PAGES FRONT AND BACK! 
• The Story Continues:
• 3x19 "The One With The Tiny T-Shirt." Rachel goes on a date with Mark from her office, prompting Ross to ask for his things back. However, at the end of the episode he decides to let her keep her favorite shirt of his. 
• 4x23 "The One With Ross' Wedding." Rachel flies to London to stop Ross' wedding, but after seeing him with Emily decides against it. 
• 4x24 "The One With Ross' Wedding." Ross says Rachel's name at his wedding, but still gets married to Emily. Alright. 
• 5x24 "The One In Vegas." They drunkenly get married. Drunk words are sober thoughts, guys. 
  
• 6x02 "The One Where Ross Hugs Rachel." Phoebe is convinced (rightly) that Ross still has feelings for Rachel because he is reluctant to divorce her. 
• 6x14 "The One Where Chandler Can't Cry." Rachel is jealous that Ross is dating her sister. Ross decides to not date Jill because he doesn't want to ruin a chance with Rachel ever again. Chandler cries and wonders "why those two just can't work it out." Echoing the thoughts of America, dude. 
  
• 7x01 "The One With Monica's Thunder." They decide to have a "bonus night" but end up not doing it. 
• 8x02 "The One With The Red Sweater." It is revealed that Rachel is having Ross' baby after they ended hooking up a few months back. 
• 8x18 "The One In Massapequa." Ross and Rachel pretend to be married to appease his parents and spend the night telling stories about their elaborate fake wedding and Ross tells the story of how he really would've proposed if they had stayed together. They share a significant look at the end of the episode. (Side note- this is probably my favorite episode of Friends ever). 
  
• 8x22 "The One Where Rachel Is Late." Ross and Rachel almost hook up to induce her labor. 
• 8x24 "The One Where Rachel Has a Baby." Rachel has their daughter, Emma. 
• 9x09 "The One With Rachel's Phone Number." Rachel and Phoebe go out and she gives a guy her phone number but later regrets it when she realizes she may want to be with Ross. The guy calls Rachel and Ross answers the phone and doesn't give her the message. 
• 9x13 "The One Where Monica Sings." Ross gets jealous after Rachel kisses Gavin and they realize their situation isn't working and Rachel moves back in with Joey. 
• 9x14 "The One With The Blind Dates." Phoebe and Joey realize that Ross and Rachel are meant to be and set them up on bad blind dates. 
• 10x02 "The One Where Ross Is Fine." Ross acts like he is okay with Rachel and Joey dating but it is apparent he has some issues after he gets wasted on a double date with them and Charlie. 
• 10x13 "The One Where Joey Speaks French." Ross comforts Rachel after her father has a heart attack in "Rachel Green's room!" She tries to sleep with him but he won't let her. She admits that the subject of the two of them will never be "off the table."
  
• 10x14 "The One With Princess Consuela." Ross is jealous because Mark takes Rachel out to dinner to discuss a job offer, which prompts Chandler to say one of the best lines of the series: "Its 7 years ago! My time machine worked!" Ross is then shocked and upset after Rachel says she is moving to Paris.
• 10x15 "The One Where Estelle Dies." Ross tries desperately to get Rachel her job back at Ralph Lauren because he doesn't want her to leave for Paris. He eventually convinces her to move to Paris because he realizes it will make her happy. 
• 10x16 "The One With Rachel's Going Away Party." Ross gets upset because Rachel says goodbye to everyone but him. They fight and Rachel later tells him she didn't say goodbye because it would've been too hard and he meant more to her than anyone else. They kiss. 
  
• 10x17/18 "The Last One." Ross and Rachel sleep together and he realizes he doesn't want her to leave. He goes to the airport and tells her he loves her and she leaves anyway. Later he finds a message from her on his answering machine where she says she loves him too. She gets off the plane. America rejoices. 
  
  
  
• Status At End of Series: Together. Finally. 

Why My Sister Needs to Watch Downton

Dear Sister,

I am determined to make you watch Downton Abbey with me this summer. It's amazeballs, wonderful, and you'll love it. Here's why you (and anyone else) should give it a chance. (slight SPOILERS)

1. The Upstairs-Downstairs Dynamic

• I love watching the staff interact with the Crawleys. Lady Mary and her maid Anna are practically besties, and Bates and Lord Grantham are pretty tight too. While these relationships are most likely extremely unrealistic, they make for damn good television. 

2. The Downstairs People

• While it is so interesting to follow the exploits of the Upstairs Crawley family, I am more partial to the Downstairs servants. Don't get me wrong, I love me some aristocrats, but the Downton staff are all so endearing. Don't even get me started on my obsession with Bates, just don't.  #hesadorable:

3. The Will-They-Won't-They(s)

• Yes, Sister, there are multiple. AND THEY'RE SO GOOD!
• We have the Upstairs versions:

                                     Matthew and Lady Mary

                                    and Edith and Sir Anthony

• And we have the downstairs versions:

 
             Anna and Bates- GAH. Mine (and everyone else's) favorite. They are so adorable. SISTER YOU WOULD LOVE THEM!

               

                 And the awkwardly adorable Daisy and William. (kind of).

4. The costumes, the setting, the time period, and everything else of the sort. Seriously, this show will make you want to go back and live in England during the 1910s. At the very least, it will make you and your roommates talk in British accents (and yell things at the TV when the show doesn't go your way- seriously, this happened.)

Morale of the story: If you are watching this show, you understand my obsession. If you aren't watching this show, you need to. Like right now. Drop everything you are doing and play episode 1. Word on the street is its getting taken off Netflix July 1st. SO HURRY! Run to Downton; you won't regret it. 

PLL 3x24

Oh Pretty Little Liars, I applaud you for being able to top yourself finale after finale. Seriously, just when you think it can't get any better, crazier, or buckwild, they step in and mind f*** the crap out of you. My hat goes off to I. Marlene King for this one.

Let's check in with our favorite pretties:

• Spencer: 
• Spencer finally got out of Radley, decided to brush her hair, put on all of her preppy clothes, and starting being herself again. It's about damn time! Why is she suddenly "all better now," you ask? Oh, just because Toby's still alive and actually good and was trying to protect her the whole time. No biggy. 
• Pause. WAIT WHAT????? That's right, folks, Toby is officially back, 8-pack and all! This was Spencer's reaction to him telling her he was only trying to protect her:

• And this was mine:

• Dying, crying, you get the picture. 
• But anyways, now that team Spoby is reunited and back doing their usual detective work (after a longgg reunion in a hotel room of course- seriously I am surprised this is allowed on ABC Family but I was too happy to care). They trick Mona into thinking that Spencer is with them and that they lured the girls to her family's second (third?) home to make them pay, all in the hopes of finally de-hooding red coat. But more on that in a bit. Let's turn to sadder couple news:
• Aria:
• Ezria is no more, sadly. I have always been sort of meh about these two, but it was sad seeing them break up. Realistic? yes. But still sad. Ezra is teaching at Rosewood High again, and they finally faced the music and realized they are in two completely different places in their lives. Their scene at the window completely mirrored that of the pilot and I thought it was all very well done. 
• Hanna:
• Hanna also had scenes with Ezra this week, trying to get a job babysitting his kid just so she could try and find out who kidnapped him. Malcolm tells her it was actually Spencer that took him to the carnival, which makes Hanna and the other girls freak for a bit. However, these girls always have a plan, and they tricked Spencer into proving that she was innocent. Makes sense, no? (I dunno.)
• Emily:
• Emily had a swim meet this episode (Go Sharks!) And conveniently, Shana (girl from costume shop) is also a swimmer and is in Rosewood for the meet. We learned a lot about Shana tonight, such as she is secretly dating Jenna, who may or may not be going blind again, and the two of them are working with Melissa to bring down the girls. But none of them are A, so are they some other rebel group against A and the girls? Are they going to call themselves B? My head hurts. 

Anyways, the girls go to Spencer's third home and confront Mona while Team Spoby is outside trying to glimpse Red Coat. Meanwhile, the B group (I think), goes up to the house, locks the girls in and sets the whole damn place on fire. Because, why not? The girls and Mona try to bust out, but Alison ends up saving them. Yes, you read that correctly, Alison is Red Coat! The arson survivors weren't the only ones who saw her, either. Spencer did as well. Oh, and Toby got framed with the lighter. Crep. 

Now they did a similar storyline in the books to this, and its great. I will not spoil it for people here; but I hope they follow a similar path. 

So the girls discuss Ali being alive and, on their way back into town, find the cop car that someone (Red Coat, the B team) magically lifted from the lake. They go, get a text from A (Mona is apparently one of them now too and is getting A texts), and then open the back of the trunk. This happens: (sorry best image I could find)

Cut to black. Of course. 

So that's it for last night. Can't wait for June! 

Here's some of the top tweets:

• @andyswift: Am I crAzy, or was "A" just InstagrAmming? #PLLFinale #PLL
• @jennhamel13: Emily's face and Spencer's face in the bathroom when they were talking about Toby did things to my heart I didn't think were possible.
• @spobyismylife: Spencer cried, Toby cried, I cried... #PLL #spoby
• @KellyCddLovatic: So basicly Mona,Toby, and Spencer were the fake A team, who thought they were the real A team... Wow#PLL

Hart of Dixie: We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together

You know an episode's going to be a doozy when the title is a Taylor Swift song. Oh boy, here we go.

• Previously on Dixie, sad Zade times; world is upset.
• Apparently Zoe has been eating her feelings. And not just her feelings, but others too. You know its bad when you wake up with a lollipop glued to your face. 
• Awww she smelled his shirt. This is just depressing.
• Awkward kitchen times. 
• And of course Lavon makes it even more awkward. 
• In other news, Sister pointed out how good Wilson looks in red. Niice.
• Brick's woman wants to redecorate the Breeland household. Lemon doesn't like this. Catfight!
• hahaha Magnolia. 
• At least Magnolia is honest; Lemon is just being two-faced. 
• Ahh, her name is Shelby. Gotcha. 
• The entire town is Team Zoe and random townies are coming up and yelling at him.
• George is upset and no one cares.
• Townies making Zoe pies. WTF? This isn't a wake people.
• Awwww everywhere she looks holds a memory?! Precious. 
• Zoe feels empowered and goes to work. 
• Hot doctor is there and hott, but he is not Wade so we do not like him. 
• Jonah, go jump in a humpback whale where you belong. 
• Shelby and Brick want to co-habitat. I see Magnolia reacting well to this. 
• Priest on a bike. Because, why not?
• Tansy and Zoe, new bffls? Hmmm. 
• Ahh drinking, solving problems now, but creating worse problems later. 
• I have to say, this is sad but I am loving how sad she is because it shows how much she loves him.
• Lily-Ann is at the bar and singing an anti-Wade song. See Zo, you can't always run from your problems. 
• Lemon concocting evil plans with Jonah about Shelby. 
• Doesn't Lemon have another apartment now? Why would she care so much?
• Magnolia got paid off? 
• The Exes of Wade clique is swapping war stories. 
• Why doesn't Wade ever wear a shirt? Umm because when he is shirtless America rejoices?????
• Zoe decides to rise above petty singalongs. You go girl. 
• Dang, Wade had a lot of stuff at her house. 
• Aww ROSE YAYYYYY!
• Rose has a bf; precious. 
• The townies took it to a new level with a Wade voodoo doll. 
• I want a Wade doll. But a shirtless one that's not a voodoo doll. 
• Magnolia a cheerleader. Because Dixie hasn't used the blonde popular cheerleader cliche yet. 
• McKayla Maroney is back and slutting it up. Zoe thinks its Max cheating on Rose, but I bet it's not. 
• Lemon bribing George with pie to dig up dirt on Shelby. 
• Yes Lemon, the odds of Shelby being a Russian spy are high. 
• I still don't believe that Max is cheating on Rose. 
• Zoe runs and yells at Wade. Instead of coming across as  sad, it just came across as amusing. 
• Zoe's back to singalongs and horrid, horrid, dancing. Now she's burning his possessions. Seems excessive. 
• Ugh, Jonah go away. 
• Jonah, you clearly don't know Zoe. She NEVER lets things go. 
• Wilmy shots! The best!
• WADE IN A TUX OMGGGGGGGGGGGGG!
• I've decided that Wade should either be in a tux or shirtless. Make it happen, writers. 
• Lemon and George playing the what might have been game and pretending to be married. 
• Lemon is really bad at thinking on her feet and not acting suspicious. 
• Shelby attempting to bribe Magnolia with shoes, Tory Burch, and Carrie Underwood. 
• Brick knows that his daughter is materialistic and shallow. Niice. 
• Out-Lemon Lemon. 
• The newlyweds are back! 
• Guarantee there is only one high school in Bluebell and therefore it is not a coincidence that Zoe ran into Rose. 
• Zoe, you meddler, you. 
• HAHAHHAHAHHAAH they got Magnolia a car. HAHHAHAHAHHAHHA. Best moment of the season. 
• Yes Magnolia folded like a house of cards. Lemon, you would too had Daddy and Daddy's gf given you a brand new car. 
• Lavon, relax. 
• EVERYONE LEAVE WOUNDED WADE ALONE PLEASE!!!
• See Lavon, FOOT IN YOUR MOUTH! 
• Lavon you are nuts. Leave my Wadester alone. 
• haha scrunchies do not belong in the 21th century. Lemon is right.
• Lemon so excited about Shelby being a gold digger. 
• Lemon George kiss! It was playing a part, but still. Interesting. 
• Zoe, stop trying to be hip. 
• Called this one. Zoe, Zoe, Zoe. When will you learn?
• "I thank you kindly for your assistance and goodnight." Lemon's always so polite. 
• Lemon knows the expression fiscal cliff? Hmm. 
• Magnolia looks confused. Girl clearly doesn't know the expression fiscal cliff. 
• "I better not lose my Rav 4 over this." Magnolia, always thinking deep. 
• The only girl who ever meant anything to him??? Uhhhhhh Wade. 
• Lost his best girl and best friend? Wade needs a hug! I VOLUNTEER AS TRIBUTE!
• All is right with Lavon and Wade. I wish all was right with Zoe and Wade. 
• Lemon and Zoe bonding. Apparently it's weird rando friendship week on Dixie. 
• Lily-Ann needs to get a life. 
• Jonah why do you pop up everywhere? GO AWAY!
• Jonah sucks. What a cheeseball.
• Who brings oranges just to juggle in front of someone. What a tool bag. 
• Way to walk away, Zoe.
• This is the most dressed down I have ever seen Lemon. 
• "I absolve you." That's a new one. 
• Aww the sad box of stuff. :(
• DON'T MOVE ON ZOE! DON'T DO IT!
• Gah why are these two so perf for each other????
• So so sad. 
• UGH Ruby's coming back??? Gross. 
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Hart of Dixie "Where I Lead"

After last week's episode, I, a concerned Zade fan, was determined not to watch this week. However, Sister wore me down and I decided to watch, because this show is really fabulous. Here's to hope for Zade (fingers crossed).

• Awww she brought him breakfast. If he cheated on her with that tramp I will cut a bitch. 
• George is the worst liar ever. Everyone's uncomfortable.
• Spotted: Lemon, ending it with Annabeth, in a shirt Spencer wore when ending it with Toby. Hmm, note to self, stay away from that shirt. 
• Wow, Tom and Wanda. Shotgun wedding? 
• Wedding since...oops. hahahha
• Lavon meeting someone about some shopping mall and such in a storyline I could care less about. I will use this time to check Twitter. 
• Zoe! We're back! She's in the office; where's Brick been lately anyways?
• Wanda has a rash, caused by wedding planning probs.  
• Zoe still hasn't heard from Wade....grrrrr.
• Lavon enters in a silly hat. Blah blah needs George's help. Blah blah.
• Lemon is hanging with her new Annabeth, whose name I believe is Cricket.
• Ah yes, Cricket. 
• Cricket knows the word calamity? That's surprising.
• Town gossips discussing Wade leaving with the ho. Crep.
• Shirtless Wade. Nice.
• Angry Zoe. Crep. 
• Awww he didn't! I believe him. He is sad. Poor sad, shirtless Wade.
• They made up and I'm happy. 
• Tom is angry. This is the first scene in which I have seen him be anything other than goofy. Big acting week for whoever plays him. 
• Is it just me or does Zoe get unnecessarily blamed for things a lot in this town? Note to self- never become a doctor in the eccentric small-town South. 
• I see Zoe getting volunteered for mother interference. 
• Yup, called that one. 
• Zoe, say no. Say no. 
• So she says yes to being the Maid of Honor. This will most likely end badly. 
• Cricket, the newfound bestie genius brings Lemon to a psychic. Oh dear Lord. 
• Lavon and George in the same scene. Twitter check again during the dulldrum. 
• Wilmington shots!
• Lemon runs into some kid from second grade. In this tiny tiny tiny TINY town, how have they not seen each other in 22 years. 
• Lemon, darling you are moving too fast. 
• Is Wanda's mom the mom from That 70s show?
• George talks to Wade and all seems hunky dory until he leaves and Wade starts with the suspicious faces. CAN WE NOT? Come on, I am done with PLL drama and suspiciousness for the night can't we just have the lovely Southern hilarity?
• Wade's being weird with Zoe. Oh dear.
• I swear if he cheated......grrrrrr.
• Of course now he is being sweet when things are heading south. Enjoy these final Zade scenes people, I see this ship sinking :(.
• The bridal party scenes are fairly entertaining. 
• Apparently Wanda's mom is a drunken slut. Niice. 
• Wade is now the best man. If only things weren't weird and he and Zoe could have a lovely time at the wedding. But, of course, the writers are never that good to us. 
• Sex Yoda? I'm uncomfortable. 
• George is yammering on about powerpoint presentations and I, as usual, could care less. 
• Wanda's mom wants to drink and just said YOLO. hahahhahahahahhahaha
• Once again, HOW HAVE THESE TWO NOT SEEN EACH OTHER IN 22 YEARS A TOWN THIS SIZE? 
• This man seems immature. Paste eating? whaaaa?
• AB to the rescue? Go her! Sister, let's remember that excuse if we ever are in that situation. 
• Yes, Wanda's mom, Wade is yummy. 
• Wait this wedding is Star Wars themed? How did I miss that? Niice. 
• I am worried that all of these changes are based off of a guilty conscience. Grrrr. 
• Wanda's mom went home with some guy who calls her honeypie and is in walk of shame mode in his shirt. 
• hahahhhaa checked for STDs.
• Blah blah George succeeded in doing whatever he was supposed to for Lavon blah blah. 
• George dancing post-case win is not very professional. He's such a weirdo. 
• Is this Star Wars or Lord of the Rings? So confused. 
• Nothing gets by Tansy. 
• Hahaha birdseed. 
• What the frack is Wanda's mom doing now? 
• I still don't understand how this Renaissance fair garb equals Star Wars.
• OMGGGGG nooooo she is discussing Wade and Zoe caught on and I caught on and sad music and sad feelings and Grrrrrrrrrr.
• Is Zoe's world going to stop? Sad music feelings Grrrrrr.
• No she's not okay. Feelings grrrrrrr.
• Side-note: Wanda's mom has provided me more entertainment and more good advice for Zoe than Lavon has in 2 years. Remember that, writers. 
• Also, America LOVES Zade. Remember that even more, writers. 
• Okay this isn't Star Wars is it? #stillconfused.
• This is about to be badd (for Zade, I'm sure Tanda will be fine). 
• Where's Walt again? I miss him. He was attractive. 
• Come on Lemon! Forgive AB. Besties for lyfe!
• Wade has those abs. I love those abs. 
• Wade has clearly seen The Notebook a time or too. Which makes him even hotter, even in the midst of The Terrible Cheating Scandal of Febuary 2013. (as it will be forever known). 
• Hey weirdo George, go run off my screen. And take Lavon with you. 
• If they actually make Wade cheat they are going to kill his character. I will be LIVID! LIVID I tell you.
• I am so confused on the theme of this wedding that I have just given up. 
• Grrrr the Zade sadness is already starting. This is already sadder than I imagined. Which means that I am wayy more emotionally invested in this show than I wanted to be. 
• I have never seen Wade that wounded before. It's frightening. 
• "Zoe." "I know." Hearts break everywhere. OMMGGGGG why?????? So so so sad. 
• You know how you don't know what you got until its gone? Well this fan didn't know how invested she was in Zade until now. Crying. 
• I cannot believe he cheated on her. They ruined him. Like why? So stupid? DID NO ONE LEARN ANYTHING FROM RACHEL AND ROSS?????? 
• This is the saddest scene of Dixie thus far. 
• Zoe making excuses. Wade crying? What is this? OMG this is terrible. 
• I am not an emotional person and I am actually tearing up a bit. No joke. WHYYYYY? 
• Like anyone can attempt to enjoy a reception now! The world ended!
• At least Annabeth and Lemon are friends again. 
• BUT HE IS HER WEIRDO!
• Awww he'd been crying. OMG he is wounded and emotional and this is terrible.
• George, Tansy. Go away. No one likes either of you. (Sorry I literally hate everyone right now).
• Lavon, stop trying to cheer her up. LET US WALLOW!
• Well, I don't know what to say. I honestly thought they would break up, but that he wouldn't cheat on her. I was wrong. Gr. 
• Oh next week looks like a ball of fun. Town hates Wade, Zoe hates Wade (and tells him so) and Zoe is already kissing other guys. I'm sorry I don't care how good looking that doctor is, he isn't Wade therefore I hate him. So ha.

Here's to hoping for a Zade finale reunion. Gr. 

Dear TBBT Writers...

Tonight's blog is a personal request. You'll see...

Dearest Writers of my Beloved Big Bang Theory,

Please please please please please please please don't break Leonard and Penny up. Your ratings have never been better, viewership has never been higher, and the show is still as funny as ever. You have no reason to mess with Lenny. And, let's face it, you're all I have left.

Why is Lenny all I have left you ask? Let's take a closer look:

•  Ted and Robin (HIMYM): caput. I know many people like Robin and Barney better (don't get me wrong they're fine), and they are engaged now, but my first HIMYM love will always be Ted and Robin. But sadly, with the Bobin engagement, Tobin is forever no more. 
• Spencer and Toby (PLL): things are looking as black as the hoodie he has been donning these days. Sigh. She's even frolicking around with (BLECH) Wren of all people. Ick. But, there's still hope here, although right now things are largely sucky. 
• Zoe and Wade (Hart of Dixie): like our favorite liquor, on the rocks. After multiple misunderstandings, things are not looking good in Zadeville right now. However, since the show is still fairly new and its mid-season sweeps crazy storyline time, we still have hopes of them reuniting and working things out. 

As you can see, at present, Leonard and Penny are all I have. I know I am only one lowly fan, but I also know that I am not the only Lenny shipper out there (the 120+ forum boards about them speak for themselves). 

So keep us all happy, keep ratings up, and keep them together. Please and Thanks.

Sincerely,

Mel

Bluebell and Stars Hallow, One in the Same?

So more and more lately, other bloggers and Hart of Dixie viewers have been comparing it to Gilmore Girls. I have agreed and decided to look at the comparisons further.

Let's start with the towns themselves:
Stars Hollow:

Bluebell:

Do the gazebos look similar? They should. Both Dixie and GG film/filmed on the same lot at the WB studios. Moreover, these two towns have an almost identical feel to them. Both are filled with eccentric residents who all are up in each others' business, eccentric festivals, and just general small-townie goodness.

Let's try and find some similarities with the characters, too, shall we?

The local scruffy but sexy heartthrob:

...we have Luke Danes

...and Wade Kinsella.

Both these lovely fellows work in restaurants, wear plaid, and have a sort of "gruff" closed off exterior that can only be broken down by their banter with the female protagonists of their respective shows:

...Lorelai Gilmore

 ...and Zoe Hart.

Both these ladies are fast-talking, witty, sassy, and a little bit spastic (but that's why we love them). Both work at businesses within their small town and are the leading ladies of the shows. Both are also in will-they won't-they scenarios with their restauranteurs. These relationships both started as bickering friendships that turned into love. Precious.

Then we have the other guy that draws a slight fanbase that makes the writers mess with the main couple but in actuality has no comparison to the main couple:

Is it just me or do these two even look a little alike? There is a difference though; George is tolerable when he stays away from Zoe, while I can't stand Christopher at any moment, ever. 

We also have the mother-daughter relationship (Lorelai-Rory) or mother-daughter-like relationship (Zoe-Rose).

Then we have the slightly eccentric bestie of the leading lady:

And the crazy townies:

who participate in crazy town events:

Similar, no? At the end of the day, I don't care. Both shows have managed to create a wonderful town with likable characters that make watching enjoyable. Combined with the bantering of a couple destined for each other and hilarious yet endearing storylines, it is no wonder Gilmore was such a hit and that Dixie is proving equally successful. 

Moral of the story: watch both.