Okay, I don't know why I feel like putting this in my journal, but I do:

Molly and Ed from Ed should totally hook up.

For those who don't watch the show, a brief synopsis: Ed grew up in small town Stuckeyville, went off to New York to become a lawyer, gets fired, his wife's cheating on him, he comes back to Stuckeyville to put his life back together, and hopefully hook up with this girl he knew in high school that he was too shy to hook up with back in high school.

Okay, not the most interesting premise in the world. Why the hell does he all the sudden want to hook up with Carol (that girl) now? Shouldn't he try to take a break to get over the divorce? Why does he think he knows her so well? etc. etc.

Well, there's more: the show has a quirky sense of humor lacking in most television these days. I mean, Ed runs a law practice from a bowling alley. That's like the one interesting part of the premise. People keep calling him a bowling alley lawyer and he insists that it's two separate things. My favorite episode is this one where this one guy (played by Doogie Howser, no less) sets up a rival bowling alley law practice in a nearby town--mimics everything about Ed's bowling alley to the last detail, including his somewhat odd employees. Ed actually pays some guy 100 dollars to represent him in a case about leaves falling onto his neighbor's yard in order to come in direct conflict with Doogie. He gets out this giant map, he has this giant fan and bags of leaves etc. etc. He wins, getting rid of Doogie once and for all. Anyway, it's less funny with me describing it, but it's a really great episode.

Also, the characters are really great. Quirky (I keep using it, but that's pretty much the best description of most things in the show) Ed, Quirky supporting cast, lots of "banter." Ed and Mike are always betting each other five dollars to do goofy, embarassing things. The music on the show is really great as well. I hear many songs that I enjoy that I've heard nowhere else, other than off the CD.

Anyway: Why I think Ed and Molly Should Hook Up (I should actually petition NBC about this)

Okay, Ed comes back to woo Carol, right? Carol's a neurotic. She doesn't know what she wants, she's a wishy washy gal, she's had a chance or two or three at Ed, and has turned him down. She's in a relationship with someone else. Of all the characters, she's the least interesting. She has a thing for moody artistic guys, she's blonde and popular, she's used to being pursued. She's the type that (at least if you're a woman) you despise because she could have a great guy (or many great guys) but won't take him, and is just annoying in general. She reminds me of this girl who lived next door to me freshman year. I swear: three separate times that year, with three separate guys, she "didn't know exactly where this is going, or if it's meant to be, but she really likes the guy, but she doesn't know whether it's as a friend or "that way."" How annoying is that?

Molly is Carol's "Spunky Sidekick" type. She reminds me of Ed, she's quirky and caring etc. I don't think they'll ever let her hook up with Ed, "the main character," though, because it's TV, and she's a plus sized woman, though still very pretty, because they aren't about to let an ugly woman on TV. And, her being the spunky sidekick. Anyway....she's the greatest. She broke up with a guy she was totally in love with because he was married, and she didn't want to be the one who broke up a marriage, she's smart, she's funnier and more likeable than carol. And her and Ed kind of connect--when she broke up with the guy I mentioned earlier, Ed came to her house in an ape suit to cheer her up, and then they had a serious talk where she solved whatever problem it was that he had on that episode. Her so called friend Carol wasn't there comforting her, it was Ed. And Carol wasn't there helping him solve his problem, it was Molly. So in conclusion: they should really hook up, because they belong, and it would strike a blow for women everywhere.


Whoa, I was certainly bored/had nothing relevant to say