A Mac & Harm A Day

Note: This is long. Over 2,500 words long. You’ve been warned.

I didn’t even know if I wanted to write this after today’s ep. But then I guess if I was going to express my disappointment at what happened, I had better write out why that was so and unpick what’s happening both on the screen and behind the scenes with the show and it’s direction for next season. But overall, my thoughts immediately and my thoughts now, hours later, are not very different and pretty negative. So if you don’t want to read that (and I would totally understand, given the fandom reaction, because it can get very draining to read negativity), I’d just skip this and move along. Maybe even unfollow my blog for the near future.

Personally, it is refreshing to see a show and a writing team tackle a relatively angst-free relationship and its development without covering the hoary old boring ground every other show covers. Perhaps the elements of the fandom who want to see that cliche traversed could get their fix from those shows? 

For me, having your main couple break-up after getting together, then teasing the ship anyway is a primary indicator of poor writing and an inability to forge tension or capture audience attention without resorting to the lowest common denominator. Alongside continually teasing ships without bringing them together, it is a huge reason I quit watching shows. ‘Chuck’ with its ludicrous amnesia arc at the end was a prime example of the showrunners burning their fans. Similarly, I quit watching ‘Rookie Blue’ when it became apparent that they wouldn’t keep Sam/Andy together (and the rest of the characters went to shit). I’m not even going to touch upon Shonda Rhimes’s shows.

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