This post contains spoilers for the latest episode of "Star Trek: Lower Decks."
When it comes to the "will-they-won't-they" romance, the "they won't" option is woefully underrated. For decades, TV fans have been trained to have an almost Pavlovian response to characters with good chemistry, expecting them to follow a pretty rigid narrative pathway towards endgame coupledom -- or, at least, a much-hyped hookup. The rom-com trope rulebook includes plenty of plot points designed to finally get the two fated characters together, from an "only one bed" situation to a love triangle to a fake dating scheme.
"Star Trek: Lower Decks" played around with the latter trope this week when besties Tendi (Noel Wells) and Rutherford (Eugene Cordero) were tasked with going undercover as a married tourist couple on Ferenginar. Instead of kicking their relationship into high gear, though, the challenge proved both uncomfortable and hilariously high-stakes. At episode's end,...
When it comes to the "will-they-won't-they" romance, the "they won't" option is woefully underrated. For decades, TV fans have been trained to have an almost Pavlovian response to characters with good chemistry, expecting them to follow a pretty rigid narrative pathway towards endgame coupledom -- or, at least, a much-hyped hookup. The rom-com trope rulebook includes plenty of plot points designed to finally get the two fated characters together, from an "only one bed" situation to a love triangle to a fake dating scheme.
"Star Trek: Lower Decks" played around with the latter trope this week when besties Tendi (Noel Wells) and Rutherford (Eugene Cordero) were tasked with going undercover as a married tourist couple on Ferenginar. Instead of kicking their relationship into high gear, though, the challenge proved both uncomfortable and hilariously high-stakes. At episode's end,...
- 10/5/2023
- by Valerie Ettenhofer
- Slash Film
The opening narration of We tv's "Sex Box" is more sensational than the actual show. It calls the series, using a format from the UK's Channel 4, "the most radical therapy ever seen on television" and insisting "these couples are about to bare it all" with "the most aggressive treatment ever captured on TV." If only. If We tv's "Sex Box" was going to have a more honest title, it would be "Sex Talk," because although there is a box and sex in it, this is a show with lots of talking. Ultimately, We tv's "Sex Box" feels more like a daytime TV talk show than a scintillating nighttime reality show. The show churns through three couples in an hour, sitting them on chairs in front of three experts, led by a Dr. Chris Donaghue, an annoying sex therapist who interrupts his co-experts ("wait, wait, wait" he says when one...
- 2/27/2015
- by Andy Dehnart
- Hitfix
Producers say We tv's Sex Box helps couples with their relationships, but is it really just sex-ploitation?
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In the series, troubled couples speak candidly with a panel of "sexperts," looking to reignite their connection. In the course of each episode the couples eventually spend time alone in a soundproof box with no cameras.
"Whatever you need is in the box," Dr. Fran Walfish, a leading Beverly Hills psychotherapist, told Et. "There's a bed and there are other things to excite people, but everything's done within taste and class."
While some people think the show is just a gimmick, producers say the format is based in science. Couples in crisis could be more successful working things out if they deal with their issues right after sex, Dr. Walfish said.
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"Oxytocin levels, which is the...
News: All the Fifty Shades of Grey Sex Scenes by the Numbers
In the series, troubled couples speak candidly with a panel of "sexperts," looking to reignite their connection. In the course of each episode the couples eventually spend time alone in a soundproof box with no cameras.
"Whatever you need is in the box," Dr. Fran Walfish, a leading Beverly Hills psychotherapist, told Et. "There's a bed and there are other things to excite people, but everything's done within taste and class."
While some people think the show is just a gimmick, producers say the format is based in science. Couples in crisis could be more successful working things out if they deal with their issues right after sex, Dr. Walfish said.
News: Get Anna Faris' Sexy Date Night Look for Valentine's Day
"Oxytocin levels, which is the...
- 2/20/2015
- Entertainment Tonight
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