To me they felt more like the generic will-they-or-won’t-they pairing that a lot of sitcoms felt the need to include and constantly inject with drama, rather than an intentional exploration of a toxic relationship. I honestly preferred them a lot more as friends and felt like their characters had a lot more chemistry together when their relationship was platonic. I was hoping during the stretch of time when they finally broke up for real after being on and off again for a while, and JD didn’t have feelings for her anymore supposedly, that things would stay that way. But no, they get back together again eventually. Maybe I’m biased because I’m not generally interested in romance, but I didn’t mind the relationship between Dr. Cox and Jordan, or Turk and Carla. It was just JD and Elliot that I disliked. It was honestly my least favourite part of the show.
I’m in complete agreement, the relationship between JD and Elliot was awful. It felt like JD was in a permanent state of puppy love while ignoring a mountain of red flags. The writing always seemed to demand a winner for their disagreements too. There was never any compromise, just one of them deciding to take blame and say sorry while the other accepts the apology. Elliot always seemed to be the winner, even when she was objectively way in the wrong. The worst example I can think of is when
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Elliot cheated on her boyfriend with JD. I think she believed their relationship was over but it wasn’t? JD wants to tell so they will break up. Elliot doesn’t want him to so they can keep dating. They never bother to think about the boyfriend’s feelings. JD “does the nice thing” and doesn’t tell so Elliot can continue her relationship built on a lie. Whole episode felt sleazy.
Funny enough, Elliot sort of became a heel character for me, I enjoyed it when she got knocked down a peg. From what I understand she’s a lot of people’s least favorite.
To me they felt more like the generic will-they-or-won’t-they pairing that a lot of sitcoms felt the need to include and constantly inject with drama, rather than an intentional exploration of a toxic relationship. I honestly preferred them a lot more as friends and felt like their characters had a lot more chemistry together when their relationship was platonic. I was hoping during the stretch of time when they finally broke up for real after being on and off again for a while, and JD didn’t have feelings for her anymore supposedly, that things would stay that way. But no, they get back together again eventually. Maybe I’m biased because I’m not generally interested in romance, but I didn’t mind the relationship between Dr. Cox and Jordan, or Turk and Carla. It was just JD and Elliot that I disliked. It was honestly my least favourite part of the show.
I’m in complete agreement, the relationship between JD and Elliot was awful. It felt like JD was in a permanent state of puppy love while ignoring a mountain of red flags. The writing always seemed to demand a winner for their disagreements too. There was never any compromise, just one of them deciding to take blame and say sorry while the other accepts the apology. Elliot always seemed to be the winner, even when she was objectively way in the wrong. The worst example I can think of is when
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Elliot cheated on her boyfriend with JD. I think she believed their relationship was over but it wasn’t? JD wants to tell so they will break up. Elliot doesn’t want him to so they can keep dating. They never bother to think about the boyfriend’s feelings. JD “does the nice thing” and doesn’t tell so Elliot can continue her relationship built on a lie. Whole episode felt sleazy.
Funny enough, Elliot sort of became a heel character for me, I enjoyed it when she got knocked down a peg. From what I understand she’s a lot of people’s least favorite.