Talk:Seddie/@comment-24341760-20140721150327/@comment-14284535-20140721215528

I am going to assume that DS used the time available to him when he wrote the arc to actually think things through.

I always figured Freddie's objection to Sam's eating habits were based on where they were eating: a semi-formal dinner date. What you see is his mother coming out - and that Sam chafes under that kind of nit-picking. What we should have found out is that Sam is willing to sand off some of her rough edges, but Freddie needs to let her know ahead of time that those are his expectations and not embarrass her in public. Conversely, there should have been an incident where Freddie was too uptight and Sam needed to loosen him up in the same episode.

In any event, they overcame that issue, so the fact that they had the problem and reached a modus vivendi should strengthen them as a couple. In my eyes, they were a successful couple *because* they were straight-forwardly honest with each other and respected each other enough to stand their ground and argue. I view these kinds of arguments and fights as inevitable.

IMHO, it was Carly's suggestion that they lie about their interests (the prison and the train club) that doomed the relationship. But sometimes, that happens to and a relationship that could have and should have worked went down the tubes because, "the road to Hell is paved with good intentions and littered with sloppy analysis."