I know this has been a topic of discussion lately and I'm by NO means the first person to say it, but 1x04 definitely just gave us a big hint at the rest of the show and this is why:
I was a pretty outspoken critic after the first two episodes of them having chose Love Me Again as the theme song even though I've discovered I absolutely love 95% of John Newman's entire discography, the reason being that it just to me didn't seem to fit the show at all. I mean, besides the kickass vibe.
As others have pointed out, Frankie's fairly impressive fuck-up in 1x04 and Will's dramatic exit at the very end of the episode shows us that, yes, the song is going to absolutely hit the nail on the head.
Additionally, as others have been discussing as well, Scott Foley actually pointed out in an interview (I can't seem to source this, can anyone else?), we should be anticipating an on-again-off-again relationship rather than slow burn.
I started wondering in 1x03 since every choice in this show is so deliberate (thank god, finally some good fucking food) that the theme song was carefully chosen as well and we might start seeing some push-and-pull between Frankie and Will regarding who is into whom and who's making the mistakes as they do start to get closer.
In short, all of you who've been discussing this and pointing out the evidence, I agree 100%. I was seriously doubting we'd get anything except slow burn until I watched 1x04 but when you look at the theme song, Scott Foley's comment, and the fact that we're 4/13ths of the way through this season and already have some pretty obvious directionality pointing us towards a fantastic trainwreck that I'm super excited for that is sure as hell not slow burn, you can definitely see that the on-again-off-again plotline is looking a lot more likely.
I think we should also consider what Whiskey Cavalier isn't, namely the other shows it's been compared to before it even started, two of which have had 4+ seasons of slow burn before anything happened with the built-in ships. I could talk for hours about how there seem to be a lot of conscious choices by the writers in Whiskey Cavalier to separate themselves from these other shows and subverting the expectations we may have had based on those predecessors while still keeping the formulaic set up the show is built on (a formula that's classic, at this point, and that they twist just enough to make it still fresh and satisfying, another topic I could talk for ages about). Regardless, it makes sense that we'd be seeing an on-again-off-again relationship rather than slow burn, because we'd be expecting it. We're also in an age of tv where shows that started sucking ten years ago are still on the air, shows that are wholly original and intruiging are cancelled after a single season, and shows that have die-hard fanbases are cancelled at the peak of their popularity, so no one is safe. It makes sense to do something that's different yet compelling, episodic yet character-based and basically impossible not to invest in.
TL;DR 1) Scott Foley should probably be careful what he says in interviews, 2) I am sick of comparisons between WC and other shows, but the comparisons do yield some interesting observations, 3) I think we all know now why they chose that theme song and I couldn't resist that pun sorry, 4) It's looking super likely that we're going to see an on-again-off-again struggle at forming a stable relationship between Will and Frankie and I'm both worried about the ability for that plotline to flourish in today's tv climate and super friggin excited to see where this show goes.
