Janet, Bruce, and Jordan Talk to Assignment X

AX: Because this topic has been discussed in other publications, including TV Guide, with shows like BONES and CASTLE, everybody’s going, “Hey, let them have a romance.” Would it be catastrophic for RIZZOLI & ISLES if they did?

TAMARO: Who’s the “they”? These two [indicates McGill and Bridges], you mean?

AX: Well, that would be a whole different issue.

TAMARO: No, Season Seven, I see it.

AX: No, the characters Rizzoli and Isles.

TAMARO: You know, my job as a writer is to make people interested and make them worry and make them want more. So am I going to answer every demand out there in the Twitter world – “Will you please do this, will you please do that?”

AX: Not in response to an external audience demand, but just, do you think it would unbalance the show if the friendship turned romantic?

TAMARO: Well, think about shows that ended once they kissed.

McGILL: Yeah. There’s something that drives a lot of shows – a lot of sitcoms as well – unresolved sexual tension. I’m sure you’ve heard of it. And it can go in many directions – there’s nothing wrong with that. But resolving it, which is once they kiss, it’s over.

TAMARO: It often is.

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