User blog comment:ScreamingTornado./My Thoughts On MY Favourite Ships./@comment-4196911-20110901120548

One thing you need to understand, is that Dan's shows have a lot of subtext, but when things happen - when Dan decides to make them happen - he doesn't do it slowly. No matter which ship it is. Josh/Mindy didn't happen slowly, either. It was antagonism, then in one episode they were arguing and just flat-out admitted that they liked each other.

These are tween comedies, not soaps where you get the incredible slow burn which never seems to end. Most episodes have nothing to do with shipping, so when Dan DOES make an episode to focus on that, he makes something major happen.

Just the way it is with this kind of show.