User blog comment:Churchpants/Speculations for iOMG!/@comment-2246006-20110327163149/@comment-3419317-20110327194551

Well, if we do see an iSaved Your Life-style moment where Sam and Freddie agree to wait until they're more sure of their feelings before forming a relationship, then you know who you can blame ... Nickelodeon.

Dan Schneider has stated that he doesn't like focusing on the romantic aspects of the series because of the way that the network airs episodes out of chronological order. If episodes with romantic developments aren't aired in the order that they were intended to, it can get rather messy.

Why do you think that Pete never appeared in any episode other than iMake Sam Girlier ... ?

If Sam and Pete had had a relationship that lasted more one than episode, it could have created problems if Nickelodeon didn't air the episodes in the correct order, especially if they aired an episode with Sam and Pete as a couple prior to the one where they started dating. If Dan had done iMake Sam Girlier and then waited a while before bringing Pete back, it would have raised awkward questions about why Sam's boyfriend was never even mentioned by the characters in the intervening time.

This was, I think, why Carly and Freddie's relationship didn't last beyond the one episode, and why Sam and Freddie's might not, either.