Katherine Dean wrote:
> Oneof the things I like about Steven Moffat's writing is that he doesn't
> pretend that it's easy for two people to get along or that it will even
> neccesarily get easier the more they know each other. I think with two
> people like Spike and Linda there's always going to be a certain amount of
> totally unneccesary arguing, attempts to make each other jealous and all
> that stuff.
I think that's true of nearly every relationship in PG. For all the
friendships you'll see, there is always an edge to them. Lynda doesn't trust
even her best friends. Spike and Frazz disagree about Spike's dating of
Lynda. Nobody seems to like Colin very well most of the time, but Colin seems
to think everyone likes him. You can go down the list
and find these sorts of things with every character.
For my money, the scene in S5 that defines the state of Lynda and Spike is in
WINDFALL where Lynda is seriously messing with Julie's head over the phone and
the camera pans back to reveal Spike in the background grinning at her. They
may fight,
and loudly when they do, but these are two people who are very much in love,
and are very much in on a good laugh. Which for a character whose lack of
humorous intent was a running gag in the early years, is a real leap forward.
Kevin, welcoming Katherine to the PGML family
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