Dinner Date!
Succession ended at the end of May in 2023. What a great show. There was an episode in the final season called “Tailgate Party”. Pretty good ep but what made it great was this scene on the balcony. Tom and Shiv really let it all out. They don’t hold back regarding how they feel for each other. Are they nasty to each other? Very much so. In fact, they probably should just call it quits. Both of them should find another person to be with. They just aren’t built that way though. 9 months later we know (NO SPOILERS) how it ends up for them.
As I’ve gotten older I’ve enjoyed more “Dinner Dates” with my friends and their wives or husbands. You have a few drinks. You laugh. You eat some good food and then you go home after a few hours. Good times all around. But, sometimes we know when our friends are dating/married to someone that they shouldn’t be. You feel bad for them but you don’t want to hang around them. It sucks. But when you know…you know.
So here are five TV couples that you and your significant other don’t want to go on a dinner date with:
Tom & Shiv (Succession): Obviously. Why this list was started. I imagine after the apps come out Shiv makes some shitty comment to Tom and it’s super awkward. And it continues to happen the rest of the dinner. More drinks. More comments. From the both of them. Just imagine this happens at the dinner:
Maddie Hayes & David Addison (Moonlighting): Bruce Willis. Cybill Sheppard. This couple was a powder keg. The dinner date would be fun for the first hour. Then all hell breaks loose. FYI, I loved this show as a kid when I watched it. No idea if it holds up. Bruce Willis was amazing. Need to do a re-watch. It’s streaming on Hulu…..so maybe I’ll do that.
Cersei & Jaime (Game of Thrones): Brother. And. Sister. No. Thank. You. Can you imagine the car ride home with your person? Someone is going to bring it up. “Hey, this is going to sound weird honey. Buttttttttt, do you think they are banging each other?”
Eleven and Mike (Stranger Things): I have never bought that this was a couple. I don’t get it. I’ll never get it. It’s just a hard pass from me. I can’t imagine the heavy lifting you would have to do on this dinner date with them. You would be doing all the talking. It would be so boring.
Sam & Diane (Cheers): This was a bad couple. Diane wasn’t right for Sammy. Nobody was. That’s the beauty of Sam Malone. Lone Wolf. Look, Sam Malone is a top 5 dinner date guy. But you want him bringing some bimbo. You don’t want him bringing Diane. You wanna hear stories about the Red Sox and Cheers. Then Diane would say something boring. Also, you know Sam would get some ladies phone number at this restaurant.
Can’t believe that was on TV actually. Sam Malone has a slap fight with Diane Chambers.
It’s good to be back in 2024. We will talk again….