Talk:IOMG/@comment-24370997-20140116201524

So... how in the blue hell do people actually like the set-up for the Sam/Freddie hook up in this episode? Or the episode itself for that matter? It's just filled with bad and lazy writing. I love the series to death, but this episode in particular and the Seddie arc is just garbage.

For starters, Sam's crush on Freddie in this episode just happens without any sort of foreshadowing or build up at all. I understand that they couldn't spoil the dramatic twist of Sam liking Freddie at the end of the episode, but the fact that Sam just starts to have feelings for Freddie out of nowhere is just stupid.

Worse yet is how it is discovered in the first place: a mood app. That Freddie himself designed. Seriously? The viewers are supposed to find out that one of the major characters Sam, who has constantly bullied and harassed Freddie for years actually has feelings for him through a flickin' mood app? It's like the writers just pulled the mood app from their behinds to avoid having to bother with character development.

The worst part? This episode and the subsequent Seddie arc came right after the episode "iStart a Fan War", which explicitly states that everyone should focus on the comedy of the show, not the romantic relationships between the characters. Hypocrisy much?

Now, I'm not a Creddie, neither a Seddie shipper, but how in the world could someone in their right mind ship Seddie? Just by watching the episodes from the Seddie arc, you can see that Sam and Freddie have absolutely NO chemistry together and continue to bicker and destroy each other's plans, continue to fight over ridiculously petty reasons, and every romantic scene feels forced and unnatural. I don't necessarily ship Creddie, but I must admit that Carly and Freddie work much better as a couple.

I wish these Seddie episodes were never even filmed in the first place. They were completely pointless since they focused way too much on the shipping aspect, which the writers themselves wanted to avoid, and basically shoved Carly down into the subplots. Really now? The main character getting out of focus in favor of a non-functional and terrible couple? No wonder the Seddie arc has received abismal ratings.