Spring Break
TV hook-ups
Let's make some prime-time love connections
Chuck Barney, MCT Campus
Issue date: 2/13/09 Section: Art & Entertainment
It's Valentines Day, so lend us a bow and a few arrows. We're going to play TV Cupid.
We know there are characters all over the airwaves right now who are in desperate need of some love. And there are many characters stuck in toxic relationships ... or relationships that simply lack spark.
The problem is that they're simply running with the wrong crowd. They need to get out and meet other people.
So imagine a prime-time realm where all our favorites can cross over into other shows to make their love connections. Consider the possibilities.
Now stand back. We're about to let our arrows fly.
CHARACTERS: Liz Lemon ("30 Rock") and Jack Bauer ("24")
WHY THEY SHOULD HOOK UP: Let's put the opposites-attract theory to the test. Our unlucky-in-love homebody could use some exhilarating adventure in her life. And our stressed-out super agent needs a brand of human interaction that doesn't end up feeling like torture. Besides, we're pretty sure that, despite her socially awkward demeanor, Liz has the ability to "Rock" Jack's world in ways a bomb-wielding terrorist never could.
HOTNESS SCALE: 9 (1 is lukewarm and 10 smoking-hot).
CHARACTERS: Meredith Grey ("Grey's Anatomy") and J.D. Dorian ("Scrubs")
WHY THEY SHOULD HOOK UP: Yes, he and his tousled hair are lovely to look at, but McDreamy is really just a McDead-end. Meredith needs someone else to play doctor with-someone who can inject a few laughs into her anxiety-ridden life. Meanwhile, J.D. could use a hot new star for his fantasy sequences. Now, if we can only get him to let go of the embarrassing man-crush he has on Turk.
HOTNESS SCALE: 7
CHARACTERS: Betty Suarez ("Ugly Betty") and Chuck Bass ("Gossip Girl")
WHY THEY SHOULD HOOK UP: We're smitten by romances that pair people from opposite sides of the tracks ... even if they might seem weird on the surface. So let's bring together the vain bad boy from the Upper East Side and the sweet-natured girl from Queens. She could teach him about humility and deflate his sense of entitlement. He could introduce her to the finer things in life and enhance her sense of style.
HOTNESS SCALE: 6
CHARACTERS: Olivia Benson ("Law & Order: SVU" ) and Patrick Jane ("The Mentalist")
WHY THEY SHOULD HOOK UP: It's time to stop yearning for a Benson-Stabler coupling. Our most-adored female detective needs a man (and partner) who can read her and is in touch with her feelings-someone without a lot of anger issues. Besides, Patrick is a wavy-haired dream boat. And single.
HOTNESS SCALE: 10
CHARACTERS: Kate Austen ("Lost") and Bill Henrickson ("Big Love")
WHY THEY SHOULD HOOK UP: Forget living on the run. Forget Jack and Sawyer. Kate requires some stability in her life. And instead of having to choose, she should allow herself to be the chosen. Kate might make a great fourth wife for Bill, and her "adopted" son Aaron would receive plenty of nurturing among the many "others" in Bill's life.
HOTNESS SCALE: 5
We know there are characters all over the airwaves right now who are in desperate need of some love. And there are many characters stuck in toxic relationships ... or relationships that simply lack spark.
The problem is that they're simply running with the wrong crowd. They need to get out and meet other people.
So imagine a prime-time realm where all our favorites can cross over into other shows to make their love connections. Consider the possibilities.
Now stand back. We're about to let our arrows fly.
CHARACTERS: Liz Lemon ("30 Rock") and Jack Bauer ("24")
WHY THEY SHOULD HOOK UP: Let's put the opposites-attract theory to the test. Our unlucky-in-love homebody could use some exhilarating adventure in her life. And our stressed-out super agent needs a brand of human interaction that doesn't end up feeling like torture. Besides, we're pretty sure that, despite her socially awkward demeanor, Liz has the ability to "Rock" Jack's world in ways a bomb-wielding terrorist never could.
HOTNESS SCALE: 9 (1 is lukewarm and 10 smoking-hot).
CHARACTERS: Meredith Grey ("Grey's Anatomy") and J.D. Dorian ("Scrubs")
WHY THEY SHOULD HOOK UP: Yes, he and his tousled hair are lovely to look at, but McDreamy is really just a McDead-end. Meredith needs someone else to play doctor with-someone who can inject a few laughs into her anxiety-ridden life. Meanwhile, J.D. could use a hot new star for his fantasy sequences. Now, if we can only get him to let go of the embarrassing man-crush he has on Turk.
HOTNESS SCALE: 7
CHARACTERS: Betty Suarez ("Ugly Betty") and Chuck Bass ("Gossip Girl")
WHY THEY SHOULD HOOK UP: We're smitten by romances that pair people from opposite sides of the tracks ... even if they might seem weird on the surface. So let's bring together the vain bad boy from the Upper East Side and the sweet-natured girl from Queens. She could teach him about humility and deflate his sense of entitlement. He could introduce her to the finer things in life and enhance her sense of style.
HOTNESS SCALE: 6
CHARACTERS: Olivia Benson ("Law & Order: SVU" ) and Patrick Jane ("The Mentalist")
WHY THEY SHOULD HOOK UP: It's time to stop yearning for a Benson-Stabler coupling. Our most-adored female detective needs a man (and partner) who can read her and is in touch with her feelings-someone without a lot of anger issues. Besides, Patrick is a wavy-haired dream boat. And single.
HOTNESS SCALE: 10
CHARACTERS: Kate Austen ("Lost") and Bill Henrickson ("Big Love")
WHY THEY SHOULD HOOK UP: Forget living on the run. Forget Jack and Sawyer. Kate requires some stability in her life. And instead of having to choose, she should allow herself to be the chosen. Kate might make a great fourth wife for Bill, and her "adopted" son Aaron would receive plenty of nurturing among the many "others" in Bill's life.
HOTNESS SCALE: 5
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