Grr... I love my friend. No, really, I do. But sometimes we disagree. So I wanted to ask people here - in the Mecca of QL Fandom - for their opinion.
The dispute is about Al and Sam's behavior towards each other. I insisted that if there were a family situation going on in Al's life, and if he and Sam had a private moment to talk about it - say, while working on a new piece of the project - Al would confide in Sam about what's going on and how Al feels about it. Now, I know Al doesn't do the mushy thing, and that Sam a little more prone to being "mushy" - but there have been several times in the show when something was going on with Al and he'd eventually tell Sam what it was.
Leap of Faith? Jimmy? Runaway? MIA? Heck, even in Hurricane, Al glumly tells Sam that he's had a fight with Tina. It's just how Al and Sam are, and is not them acting like seventeen year old girls who wear friendship bracelets. Right?
Even keeping in mind that Al is a near-seventy year old Admiral, and Sam is a nobel prize winning scientist . . . they're still best friends, and they would talk about it if they had a chance. That's my opinion.
So, again, the question is this: If Al were going through a rough time with his family, dealing with it in the best way he knew how, and he and Sam had a private moment together at the Project, working (this is assuming Sam is now home), would he confide in Sam about his problems?
The dispute is about Al and Sam's behavior towards each other. I insisted that if there were a family situation going on in Al's life, and if he and Sam had a private moment to talk about it - say, while working on a new piece of the project - Al would confide in Sam about what's going on and how Al feels about it. Now, I know Al doesn't do the mushy thing, and that Sam a little more prone to being "mushy" - but there have been several times in the show when something was going on with Al and he'd eventually tell Sam what it was.
Leap of Faith? Jimmy? Runaway? MIA? Heck, even in Hurricane, Al glumly tells Sam that he's had a fight with Tina. It's just how Al and Sam are, and is not them acting like seventeen year old girls who wear friendship bracelets. Right?
Even keeping in mind that Al is a near-seventy year old Admiral, and Sam is a nobel prize winning scientist . . . they're still best friends, and they would talk about it if they had a chance. That's my opinion.
So, again, the question is this: If Al were going through a rough time with his family, dealing with it in the best way he knew how, and he and Sam had a private moment together at the Project, working (this is assuming Sam is now home), would he confide in Sam about his problems?