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Bella_KitKat · 09-05-2004, 05:28 PM

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?

MRS. Ralph Furley · 09-05-2004, 06:02 PM

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

verynsanedru · 09-05-2004, 06:09 PM

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

Janet McFarland · 09-05-2004, 06:57 PM

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

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.

verynsanedru · 09-05-2004, 07:00 PM

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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 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

Janet McFarland · 09-05-2004, 07:19 PM

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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

Bella_KitKat · 09-05-2004, 07:30 PM

how would that have changed the finale?

Janet McFarland · 09-05-2004, 07:43 PM

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

I never said it would've changed the finale.

MRS. Ralph Furley · 09-05-2004, 07:56 PM

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.

verynsanedru · 09-05-2004, 08:10 PM

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

jjlover · 09-06-2004, 02:20 PM

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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 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.

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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.

Sean Snow · 09-06-2004, 04:44 PM

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.

MRS. Ralph Furley · 09-06-2004, 05:00 PM

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TAC died was due to its bad time slot

With all do respect, I think shows die because they suck.

Sean Snow · 09-06-2004, 05:20 PM

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Originally posted by MRS. Ralph Furley

With all do respect, I think shows die because they suck.

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...

Honey Bear · 09-06-2004, 06:08 PM

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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.

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
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.

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.

09-05-2004, 05:28 PM	#1
Bella_KitKat Checotah Princess Senior Member Join Date: Apr 26, 2003 Posts: 1,396	Jack and Janet Hooking Up -- Would It Ruin The Show? 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?

09-05-2004, 06:09 PM	#3
verynsanedru Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Aug 31, 2004 Location: Here Posts: 124	I think it would be a long rocky relationship that would work out in the end.
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09-06-2004, 04:44 PM	#12
Sean Snow moo Forum Fanatic Join Date: May 06, 2001 Location: Georgia Posts: 10,408	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.
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09-05-2004, 06:02 PM	#2
MRS. Ralph Furley Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Aug 15, 2004 Location: Knocking on apt 201's door! Posts: 133	I think we would must of all would like to have seen J&J together on the finale, not Denise for god sake!!!!!

09-05-2004, 06:57 PM	#4
Janet McFarland Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 09, 2004 Posts: 4,344	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 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.

09-05-2004, 07:30 PM	#7
Bella_KitKat Checotah Princess Senior Member Join Date: Apr 26, 2003 Posts: 1,396	how would that have changed the finale?

09-05-2004, 07:56 PM	#9
MRS. Ralph Furley Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Aug 15, 2004 Location: Knocking on apt 201's door! Posts: 133	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.

09-05-2004, 08:10 PM	#10
verynsanedru Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Aug 31, 2004 Location: Here Posts: 124	I think if they hooked up they should have gotten a spin off and that would have done great!