This is my first review, as I generally don't have a strong enough reaction to warrant sharing it, but this one has me so frustrated...
When I first saw the pilot, my instant reaction was "Okay, Tori and Beck will end up together. Probably by the end of Season 1. Let's see how they get rid of Jade, in a Disney-friendly, nice way." But despite her acidic mean nature (and don't get me wrong, I LOVE her character), she somehow was a part of the core group of friends.
Both Tori and Beck seem to be two sides of the same coin, both of them are friendly, warm, easy-going (and having the good looks to suggest they should be full of themselves, but thankfully aren't). Seems like it was obvious from the get-go that they'd be an absolutely fantastic couple being the best boyfriend/girlfriend either could ever ask for.
Couple that with how bad Jade and Beck were as a couple, with their fighting and her elevated jealousy coming up regularly, painting their relationship as simply unhealthy and destructive, and it seemed like the end was inevitable. Then FINALLY Beck woke up, realized how far gone their relationship was, and he ended it.
It seemed like this FINALLY opened the door for the relationship that seemed inevitable. The writers even were heading that way, with Tori Goes Platinum, then again in Opposite Date, where Tori and Beck show their clear interest in each other. Plus, as is brought up in this episode, Andre was interested in Jade in Jade Gets Crushed (a GREAT Jade episode, the writers and Elizabeth Gillies did an excellent job making that crush easily believable), making for another nice potential couple.
Then THIS episode, they throw it all away when - and here's the spoiler - Beck takes Jade back. Now, she just sang a great song - her first solo / lead as far as I can recall - and Beck just discovered the hard way that he has no interest in a Yes Girl, but that's no excuse to forget the hardships. There's more than just the two extremes.
With the series quickly coming to a close, it doesn't seem likely that the writers will manage to fix this in time (especially if the cancellation was unexpected, I don't know). Such wasted potential. Such a shame.
When I first saw the pilot, my instant reaction was "Okay, Tori and Beck will end up together. Probably by the end of Season 1. Let's see how they get rid of Jade, in a Disney-friendly, nice way." But despite her acidic mean nature (and don't get me wrong, I LOVE her character), she somehow was a part of the core group of friends.
Both Tori and Beck seem to be two sides of the same coin, both of them are friendly, warm, easy-going (and having the good looks to suggest they should be full of themselves, but thankfully aren't). Seems like it was obvious from the get-go that they'd be an absolutely fantastic couple being the best boyfriend/girlfriend either could ever ask for.
Couple that with how bad Jade and Beck were as a couple, with their fighting and her elevated jealousy coming up regularly, painting their relationship as simply unhealthy and destructive, and it seemed like the end was inevitable. Then FINALLY Beck woke up, realized how far gone their relationship was, and he ended it.
It seemed like this FINALLY opened the door for the relationship that seemed inevitable. The writers even were heading that way, with Tori Goes Platinum, then again in Opposite Date, where Tori and Beck show their clear interest in each other. Plus, as is brought up in this episode, Andre was interested in Jade in Jade Gets Crushed (a GREAT Jade episode, the writers and Elizabeth Gillies did an excellent job making that crush easily believable), making for another nice potential couple.
Then THIS episode, they throw it all away when - and here's the spoiler - Beck takes Jade back. Now, she just sang a great song - her first solo / lead as far as I can recall - and Beck just discovered the hard way that he has no interest in a Yes Girl, but that's no excuse to forget the hardships. There's more than just the two extremes.
With the series quickly coming to a close, it doesn't seem likely that the writers will manage to fix this in time (especially if the cancellation was unexpected, I don't know). Such wasted potential. Such a shame.