Talk:Road Trips & Reunions/@comment-5569148-20131031010452/@comment-228338-20131101232328

Well MacyZC55, I don't agree entirely with your latest message on this thread, but I do agree that every plot summary doesn't have to be about Auslly all the time. Originally the writers didn't make them out to be boyfriend and girlfriend, and the songwriting partners becoming love interests storyline really didn't start to happen until about a quarter of the way through Season Two. Between the short-lived romance in Couples & Careers and the ending of Tunes & Trials there didn't seem to be that much of an indication that they truly wanted to be lovers again. Then Trish finally made Austin admit in court that his song was about Ally, and the "mushiness" started all over again.

If anything would bring doubts about a fourth season, it's the erosion of the original premise of the series. Originally it was about an internet based pop star and his partnership with a brilliant but shy songwriter with chronic stage fright. That stage fright is gone, and Ally can perform now. Sure she's fantastic, you love to see Laura's character do well, and everybody in the show's universe gets to see how great she is, but it diminishes the focus of the original plot. It didn't turn me away from the show, but I suspect it may have turned other people away.