"Hey, no prob', this lead apron'll protect me."

Salut!
Although I have a distant memory of seeing "Balloon" when it first aired, I first fell in love with NewsRadio during high school, when I watched re-runs on the WB's late-night syndication block. My best friend and I bonded over our mutual love of this show and about half the things I say are direct or indirect…

And that's why the otter will always be the jester of the sea.
"So, I've been thinking about our past and how I chummed the waters of our friendship with fish guts of dishonesty."

Generally it hasn't seemed to really detract from the show. The only episode that I felt really suffered was "Bioshuffle," where we lost potential Phil/Lem/ Dr. Bhamba greatness. Linda and Ted can be very funny together, but less so with the romantic tension and more so when they are in conflict over company policies…

Ted and Linda
It isn't so much that I dislike the sitcom relationship pattern that Ted and Linda fit into, though I think the very best shows have dispensed with or subverted it, but I just don't really see the two characters as really working well in that mold. Their moments of flirting just don't seem to work very…