I was unloading some recent romantic events on one of my friends today, and somewhere, in the throes of our on and off again conversation, we stumbled on the brilliant realization that my love life (specifically the lack there of) would make one of the most watchable sitcoms of this decade. It would start out something like this:
The main character, a pithy, 18 year old girl, fresh to college and freedom. An English Major. Silently smart with a shy streak that would stretch to the moon and back.
The setting: A college classroom.
As the scene opened, you would see the cast chatting away about rhetoric, squared off in desks, totally absorbed in avoiding the professor and her icy stares. As the scene unraveled you would be introduced to the main character’s silent pining after Adam. Through a host of humiliatingly courageous efforts, you would see the advances of the main character systematically rejected by Adam, and then confirmed by Janelle.
As the sitcom moved into its second season, you would be introduced to Nolan, and through a series of musically inclined interludes you would see the heroine crash and burn—again.
And, just as you thought she would pick herself up, brush herself off and gain some control of her love life and her outcome, Jake would enter the cast. With his appearance would come ridiculous scenarios of “unintentional” run ins, barely concealed advances, and a brutal close to another tragic tale.
At that point you would be left in the fourth season of the show, the current season. While this one has no real development, it has started out with a bit more zest than the others. Perhaps our heroine will come out of this one with a hop in her step and a less jaded outlook on love. Then again, maybe she is just setting herself up for a deeper plunge. Only time will tell.
The main character, a pithy, 18 year old girl, fresh to college and freedom. An English Major. Silently smart with a shy streak that would stretch to the moon and back.
The setting: A college classroom.
As the scene opened, you would see the cast chatting away about rhetoric, squared off in desks, totally absorbed in avoiding the professor and her icy stares. As the scene unraveled you would be introduced to the main character’s silent pining after Adam. Through a host of humiliatingly courageous efforts, you would see the advances of the main character systematically rejected by Adam, and then confirmed by Janelle.
As the sitcom moved into its second season, you would be introduced to Nolan, and through a series of musically inclined interludes you would see the heroine crash and burn—again.
And, just as you thought she would pick herself up, brush herself off and gain some control of her love life and her outcome, Jake would enter the cast. With his appearance would come ridiculous scenarios of “unintentional” run ins, barely concealed advances, and a brutal close to another tragic tale.
At that point you would be left in the fourth season of the show, the current season. While this one has no real development, it has started out with a bit more zest than the others. Perhaps our heroine will come out of this one with a hop in her step and a less jaded outlook on love. Then again, maybe she is just setting herself up for a deeper plunge. Only time will tell.
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