>>>I have no doubt whatsoever that Thelma Lou and Barney were deeply in love >>>but he had the proverbial cold feet to which many bachelors can attest....I >>>don't however understand why he hadn't written to her after leaving town and >>>perhaps the writers could have added a bit more to explain that one. >>>Possibly they didn't realize we would have the opportunity to view each >>>episode a myriad of times and dissect each as we are now doing.<<<
That's really a good point, Lydia. Having Barney drop all communication with Thelma Lou after he left town was not consistent with his character nor with their relationship throughout the show's previous years. Barney was apparently a conscientious letter writer, since he used to write letters to Andy even while he was only on a week's vacation at Raleigh. Also, Barney and Thelma Lou had several standing dates per week, every week, for a few years. It doesn't make sense that he would move away and then just casually put off communicating with her. The only logical reason was if they had a huge fall-out which prompted Barney's departure from Mayberry. But that is never mentioned or even hinted at, is it? I, too, feel that the writers dropped the ball on this one. Even those who only saw each episode one time during the original run must have scratched their heads at Barney's comment. When I looked at the Episode Guide on www.Mayberry.com<http://www.mayberry.com/>, I saw that the show was penned by good writers (Bill Idelson and Sam Bobrick, I think). I wish we could find out just what they were thinking when they wrote this episode! Thelma Lou (Janet) _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list [email protected] http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
