Talk:Seddie/@comment-5115575-20130924115142/@comment-14284535-20130926145614

I rate "iLove You" as one of the best episodes of American Television I have ever seen. One reason is *because* Sam and Freddie break up at the end. Statistically, 75% of all high school romances don't even last through high school; about 5% end in marriage, and about 1/3 of those marriages last more than 10 years. I think people should see that. (I also don't believe in "meant to be," but that's another discussion.)

Every real relationship goes through its version of the Seddie arc does before "iLove You." And I have been in the position of my GF and I being in love, but we needed to break up because we knew there was a fundamental problem with us as a couple. (For the record, it was "the kid thing" as she put it.)  We even said "I Love You" to each other and then stalled for hours before we absolutely had to leave her Dad's living room so that he could drive her to the airport to go back to her Mom's and I could drive back to school in time for me to teach my Monday morning classes. The last scene to "iLove You" captured that feeling perfectly. (BTW, we were in each other's wedding parties and are still friends.)

As a point of fact, recall that Carly tells Freddie that Sam loves him in the last scene of "iCan't Take It." Thus, Sam means it "the good way" and Freddie does too. (If not, what kind of jackass is he?)