We kind of talked about this on another thread, but not much. And what I'm about to ask would make it go all off topic, so I decided to open a new post. On the aforementioned post (Finale on Tonight!), it was said how there was a sprinkling of episodes where Jack and Janet were once again dancing around their 'relationship.' That would have been great if it happened, but how would it change the show? The trio's relationship? The trio's relationship with Larry and Furley?

Also...I know a lot of us have written -- or at least read -- fanfics where Jack and Janet admit their feelings for each other, but it's always in the midst of something big. In real life, there aren't always 'perfect moments.' So, In all honesty and with wishful thinking aside, how do you think Jack and Janet would have made the transition to "more than friends." If it is directly after or in correlation to an episode, could you tell a line or scene or moment that might prove the point? Interested to see what we come up with! Maybe it'll sprout more fics! You can never have enough, right? :wave:

I think we would must of all would like to have seen J&J together on the finale, not Denise for god sake!!!!!

I think it would be a long rocky relationship that would work out in the end.

I think the last season could've revolved around Jack and Janet becoming a couple, like with Tony and Angela in Who's the Boss. The perfect moment would definitely be in "She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not". Instead of Jack finding Larry in Janet's bed, he should've found Janet. Or maybe if Larry didn't fall in the lake, Jack could've spent some more time with Janet and something could've happened.
I think if Jack and Janet became a couple, their relationship with Terri would be kinda different. I don't think she'd be used to them spending so much time together and everything, but I think eventually she'd get used to it. I think Larry would be disappointed in Jack for going into a serious relationship :lol: but he'd be okay with it. With Furley, it'd be different. Deep down, he'd be okay with it, but his brother wouldn't. I think an interesting situation would be the gang trying to keep J&J's relationship away from Bart.
In a way, it would change the show. IMO, everyone would tune into Three's Company to see how Jack and Janet would be together. For me, it'd be a good change.

Originally posted by Trippergrl
I think the last season could've revolved around Jack and Janet becoming a couple. The perfect moment would definitely be in "She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not". Instead of Jack finding Larry in Janet's bed, he should've found Janet. Or maybe if Larry didn't fall in the lake, Jack could've spent some more time with Janet and something could've happened.
I think if Jack and Janet became a couple, their relationship with Terri would kinda be different. I don't think she'd be used to them spending so much time together and everything, but I think eventually she'd get used to it. I think Larry would be disappointed in Jack for going into a serious relationship :lol: but he'd be okay with it. With Furley, it'd be different. Deep down, he'd be okay with it, but his brother wouldn't. I think an interesting situation would be the gang trying to keep J&J's relationship away from Bart.
In a way, it would change the show. IMO, everyone would tune into it to see how Jack and Janet would be together. For me, it'd be a good change. I agree but I don't think they'd want to admit right off about them having mutual feelings, especially since they are great friends there's probably a part of them that is worried about that being ruined

Originally posted by verynsanedru
I agree but I don't think they'd want to admit right off about them having mutual feelings, especially since they are great friends there's probably a part of them that is worried about that being ruined

True .. I don't know .. something could've happened between them to make them admit their feelings for each other .. like in Janet Tripper's fanfics :D

how would that have changed the finale?

Originally posted by jackandjanetforever
how would that have changed the finale?

I never said it would've changed the finale.

I think that if it hadn't been for that joke of a stupid show (three's a crowd) everything would have been fine, neways, i would have put it like jack and janet were always kissing in one of those kisses they just didn't stop and gave eachother tongue and realise what they felt and just take it from there. :wave:

I think if they hooked up they should have gotten a spin off and that would have done great!

Originally posted by Trippergrl
I think the last season could've revolved around Jack and Janet becoming a couple, like with Tony and Angela in Who's the Boss. The perfect moment would definitely be in "She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not". Instead of Jack finding Larry in Janet's bed, he should've found Janet. Or maybe if Larry didn't fall in the lake, Jack could've spent some more time with Janet and something could've happened.
I think if Jack and Janet became a couple, their relationship with Terri would be kinda different. I don't think she'd be used to them spending so much time together and everything, but I think eventually she'd get used to it. I think Larry would be disappointed in Jack for going into a serious relationship :lol: but he'd be okay with it. With Furley, it'd be different. Deep down, he'd be okay with it, but his brother wouldn't. I think an interesting situation would be the gang trying to keep J&J's relationship away from Bart.
In a way, it would change the show. IMO, everyone would tune into Three's Company to see how Jack and Janet would be together. For me, it'd be a good change.

Originally posted by verynsanedru
I agree but I don't think they'd want to admit right off about them having mutual feelings, especially since they are great friends there's probably a part of them that is worried about that being ruined.

I absolutely agree.

Eh, it would've ruined the show for me in some respects. To me, TC is about Jack, Janet, Chrissy/Cindy/Terri, and the Ropers/Larry/Furley, not just Jack and Janet. I think that, if J&J had hooked up, it would've probably become more J&Jcentric. Also, lots of shows have been ruined when two of the main characters have hooked up. To top things off, I personally don't see any sparks between Jack and Janet that I don't see when he's with one of the other female leads.

If Three's a Crowd had been about Jack and Janet, chances are that it would've more than likely still have been cancelled. One of the main reasons TAC died was due to its bad time slot, where it was up against The A-Team. During the summer of 1985, when it was in repeats, the show's reruns did very well.

TAC died was due to its bad time slot

With all do respect, I think shows die because they suck. http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/23/23_2_7.gif

Originally posted by MRS. Ralph Furley


With all do respect, I think shows die because they suck. http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/23/23_2_7.gif

While some shows do die because they're bad, many, many shows die to bad time slots, even if they're great. Take, for instance, Freaks & Geeks - that show has a big cult following now, but it only lasted a season on NBC. If your time slot is horrible, chances are you won't last very long.

In addition to that, TAC had the same ratings as TC's final season, so I really doubt things would've been different if Joyce DeWitt (or any of the other TC cast members) had been in it...

Originally posted by Sean Snow
Eh, it would've ruined the show for me in some respects. To me, TC is about Jack, Janet, Chrissy/Cindy/Terri, and the Ropers/Larry/Furley, not just Jack and Janet. I think that, if J&J had hooked up, it would've probably become more J&Jcentric. Also, lots of shows have been ruined when two of the main characters have hooked up. To top things off, I personally don't see any sparks between Jack and Janet that I don't see when he's with one of the other female leads.

If Three's a Crowd had been about Jack and Janet, chances are that it would've more than likely still have been cancelled. One of the main reasons TAC died was due to its bad time slot, where it was up against The A-Team. During the summer of 1985, when it was in repeats, the show's reruns did very well.

Personally, I felt TAC died because it was boring. IMHO, the supporting cast of characters was uninteresting, one-dimensional stereotypes. Remember EZ? If TAC was so wonderful, it would've survived at least via word of mouth. Go to the TAC board; it's not an active board and with good reason. Sledgehammer was a show that died an early death but it has a cult following just like a show you mentioned called Freaks & Geeks. How come TAC doesn't have a cult following, hmm?

Besides TAC had a similar premise to 3C except Jack is now living with one girl instead of two. The kill-joy/antagonist for TAC was Mr. Bradford. At the start of 3C, Janet kind of fulfilled that role since she got in the way of Jack and Chrissy's "fun". So practically, TAC was the same show as 3C; except TAC was tedious. Also, Vicky was such a wooden mannequin. I don't think she could react if her butt was on fire. ohno: Jack's antics are funny when there's someone to react to them; otherwise it's just stupid.

As for audience interest in J/J; check out A Night Not to Remember synopsis on TV Tome:
A Night Not to Remember (http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/GuidePageServlet/showid-629/epid-11627/)
Notes: This was the highest rated episode ever with Terri. It was #01 for the week.

It seems that the audience back then was very interested in J/J relationship. :D

Personally, I think 3C died because the show went nowhere after awhile. The audience can only be teased for so long. I think eventually people simply became bored. For those who wanted to know if J/J was or were going to be more than just friends; the finale killed that question. Therefore what purpose would TAC serve to those people then?

As for TAC reruns, I remember reading that it was shown in the daytime. Of course, its ratings would be good if there's nothing else to really compete against. Who knows, maybe some folks back then watched the TAC re-runs out of morbid curiosity but I have yet to read accolades from those folks.

I never said TAC was in the same league as Freaks & Geeks and other short-lived cult classics; I was just making the point that just because a show is cancelled in its first season doesn't mean it was a bad show...

I wasn't speaking of the daytime repeats (which probably didn't do that well since most daytime repeats didn't); I was talking about the primetime repeats during the summer. According to the Three's Company book by Chris Mann, TAC's ratings went up during the summer, along with its Tuesday night stablemate Who's the Boss?, which had also done poorly during the 1984-1985 season.

I don't see how the show was really 'teasing' the audience with a Jack and Janet relationship since they never really got anywhere close to a intimate relationship with the exception of a few later season episodes. Anyway, the show's main plot was never about two roommates possibly hooking up, it was about three people living together platonically.

I think the show died the same death that many other long-running shows suffer, and I don't really believe there was anyway of avoiding it. Look at Get Smart - when that show's ratings were dropping, the two lead characters were married, and ratings dropped even more (as did the show's quality). Sure, maybe a J&J pairing could've helped the show, but by the same token it could've harmed it.

Originally posted by Sean Snow
I never said TAC was in the same league as Freaks & Geeks and other short-lived cult classics; I was just making the point that just because a show is cancelled in its first season doesn't mean it was a bad show...

I wasn't speaking of the daytime repeats (which probably didn't do that well since most daytime repeats didn't); I was talking about the primetime repeats during the summer. According to the Three's Company book by Chris Mann, TAC's ratings went up during the summer, along with its Tuesday night stablemate Who's the Boss?, which had also done poorly during the 1984-1985 season.

I don't see how the show was really 'teasing' the audience with a Jack and Janet relationship since they never really got anywhere close to a intimate relationship with the exception of a few later season episodes. Anyway, the show's main plot was never about two roommates possibly hooking up, it was about three people living together platonically.

I think the show died the same death that many other long-running shows suffer, and I don't really believe there was anyway of avoiding it. Look at Get Smart - when that show's ratings were dropping, the two lead characters were married, and ratings dropped even more (as did the show's quality). Sure, maybe a J&J pairing could've helped the show, but by the same token it could've harmed it.

IMHO, people can compare TAC to Jesus for all I care. Personally, I feel TAC was a bad show, period. As for summer repeats, it's the same difference as the daytime ratings--Morbid curiosity. A train wreck is still interesting to watch when there's nothing else (new) on. I still have yet to read about people clamoring for more TAC.

3C was a teasing show to begin with. Ménage à trois (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%E9nage_%E0_trois), anyone? The show from the very first season hinted at romantic possibilities between Jack and the girls. The show lured an audience in with superficial salacious imagery but deep down it had old-fashioned ideology. If the show was supposed to be solely about three people living all innocently like newborn babies, then the show should've been about Eleanor, Janet and Chrissy. (Even then there's no guarantee of pure innocence. :rolleyes: )

Check out: Three's Company (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three%27s_Company)
Evil teasing m*f** :cuss:
Excerpt: Towards the end of the series, commercials were released hinting that Jack Tripper and Janet Wood would be married. However, Janet married another man, and Jack eventually opened a restaurant and moved in with his girlfriend.

As for the last season of 3C, if the show was going to die then I say it should've died a dignified death instead of gurgling into its grave under an assumed name of TAC. J/J officially hooking up would've successfully wrapped up the ongoing storyline of J/J 'will they, won't they' that the show's writers seemed fixated on in Seasons 6-8. And it would've been a nice bit of fan service for those who still cared by that point.

As with Get Smart and I Dream of Jeannie both shows ran their course. The characters getting married was just the final chapters in their stories. I don't see what's so dreadful about that. All good things have to end and IMHO, I'm glad those shows ended their main ongoing storyline(s) properly. I feel that the main reason for the ratings drop is that a lot of people's questions of 'will they, won't they' is simply answered. Once some people get what they want, they lose interest. (Something that holds true in romantic relationships in real life. :D )

Honey Bear said...J/J hooking up would have successfully wrapped up the ongoing 'will they, won't they?' storyline that the writers kept fixating on in Seasons 6-8 My question is, obvious ones aside (Mate For Each Other, A Night Not To Remember), were there any other examples of the possibillty of romance? Sublties, perhaps?

Originally posted by jackandjanetforever
Honey Bear said...J/J hooking up would have successfully wrapped up the ongoing 'will they, won't they?' storyline that the writers kept fixating on in Seasons 6-8 My question is, obvious ones aside (Mate For Each Other, A Night Not To Remember), were there any other examples of the possibillty of romance? Sublties, perhaps?

Wouldn't you know? Since you're a J&J fan (your user name) wouldn't you notice this yourself?

I haven't seen the episodes in a really long time, and the last time I did, I really didn't look for things like that....

Originally posted by jackandjanetforever
Honey Bear said...J/J hooking up would have successfully wrapped up the ongoing 'will they, won't they?' storyline that the writers kept fixating on in Seasons 6-8 My question is, obvious ones aside (Mate For Each Other, A Night Not To Remember), were there any other examples of the possibillty of romance? Sublties, perhaps?

Check out the thread: Finale's On Tonight for a few examples.

Originally posted by jackandjanetforever
I haven't seen the episodes in a really long time, and the last time I did, I really didn't look for things like that....

I understand. :nod:
I noticed the closeness between J/J the first time around but thought it was just me. After a recent 4th of July marathon, I got back into viewing the show and once again noticed the closeness between J/J. So I decided to do some research to find out what the heck was going on with J/J.

And why would have the writers have dangled the idea of a possible Jack and Janet hookup over our heads for the last season or so if they weren't going to get them together in TAC?