We’ve been introduced to a whole lotta love over the past year — if not in our real lives then in our “real” lives as TV fanatics. That sentence is so sad. I’m leaving it. Anyway, we want to know which TV couples you love, including new couples on preexisting series (Avery and Jack from 30 Rock) and couples on new series (Jules and Grayson from Cougar Town).
My favorite new couple: Mitchell and Cameron from Modern Family. I love how they’re almost complete opposites, but just when its seems like each finds the other so ridiculous that maybe they won’t find common ground, one will throw a tiny “this is why I love him” glance to the camera. The interview format of the show makes their whole dynamic even more adorable — most of the time, only viewers get to see those hidden gems.
Which couples introduced to you over the 2009-2010 TV season have been your favorites? And which couples are the worst? As we know, Mandi doesn’t like Steve with Haddie on Parenthood, and I perhaps irrationally hate the idea of “Schue” and Emma from Glee. And even though I enjoy Ed Helms and Ellie Kemper in The Office, I can’t get behind Andy and Erin as a couple. They’re both so oblivious, and Erin in particular is so dim it’s hard to tell if she realizes that the cute new developments between them are even happening.
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Throughout its freshman season, Cougar Town has become quite the great escape. They’ve created this tiny, inside-jokey world, presumably somewhere in Florida but seemingly on another planet, that has nothing to do with reality. Last night’s season finale was the best. The characters drank more, danced more, and were responsible for way way way less than the usual “very little.” No one went to work, except Grayson because he works in a bar. They played Ultimate Penny Can all day, group-boozed in bed all night, and set up complicated voice recordings and balloon traps in order to more emphatically make their points. Hello, dreamworld. And it wasn’t just the characters who were having a blast. That tiny scene with Jules chasing a sprinting Bobby down a gorgeous shoreline in an ATV? Totally random. Totally worth it. That part reminded me a lot of Scrubs — I’d love some more quick-hit flashbacks like that in season 2. 
Travis Cobb, the giant inflatable gorilla who has never had much feeling in his butt, has graduated! (“We know.” “He’s blue.”) In the walk-up to the “everyman student” speech-giver’s ceremony, Grayson and Jules made the transition from secret lovers to public affection-displayers rather seamlessly. Grayson has ceased to be overly concerned with Jules’ “relationship-y” tendencies and has moved on to being a little annoyed that she (and her new wardrobe) can get pretty wrapped up in her son and suddenly shun the idea of sex. “Quit your bitching and get me some coffee. Welcome to the second week of dating!” said Jules the “asexual man-goblin.” After the jump, one of the best actor-inserts-real-life-into-new-series moments ever. Bruuuuuuuuuce! 
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On this week’s Cougar Town, titled “Feel a Whole Lot Better,” Andy gifted former corporate attorney/now stay-at-Jules’ home mom Ellie with a nanny for their son Stan. No way, they have a son? This was a HUGE relief for Ellie, even though sometimes we don’t even see him. I always find myself struggling to remember if those two really have a child and then chalking that confusion up to 
This morning, Mandi blazed into my office all “OMG Cougar Town, big moment!” I hadn’t seen it yet, so I quickly pressed play and the whole time I was convinced the “big moment” she’d referred to would end up being the revelation that Laurie was pregnant. She’s allergic to birth control pills and latex, after all. Plus, her whole drama-hungry story line was kind of begging for that twist. I even prematurely wrote the following mediocre headline for this item: ‘Cougar Town’: Laurie gets her drama. BUT NO. It was just Julesy and Graysony indulging in their first kiss. Ho, hum. I know I should have pictured them actually doin’ it, but I prefer this moment, at the “far end” of his teasing lean-back as Jules attempted to take the plunge. He even accompanied the lean-back with a short spurt of air. Impressive! “Wow!” she burbled. It could have been all the wine. “It’s just like a mimosa except it has wine instead of champagne, and no orange juice!” 
On last night’s Cougar Town, Andy (Ian Gomez) finally found a physical attribute he shares with his son, Stan, and all he needed to do was watch his wife change the baby’s diaper. The goose attack at the petting zoo — or, if you’re Bobby, the buffet — was all for naught! Let’s hope baby Stan’s future lover doesn’t punish him for cheating by making him move his own “elephant trunk” genitalia with garden shears while she or he watches. 
Damn you, Sheryl Crow! “Everything Man,” the song from the guest star’s jam session with Grayson at the end of last night’s episode with the same title, is stuck in my head — particularly one of Crow’s solo lines, “Pleeeeeease beeee miiiiiiiiiine…” Eh. A bit desperado for my taste. Two great parts about that final scene: Travis capturing his mom Jules for another unstaged photo op (she looks hot when she’s depressed) and Laurie offering her frank and dreamy-eyed review of Grayson and Sarah’s duet: ”Wow. She is way, way better than you.” Oh, Laurie.
