I Saw Yours, and You Saw Mine
aired June 1983

The following scene took place the morning after Nola and Quint's wedding night.  Not really buying the story anything, the powers that be conservatively waited until they were married for Quint and Nola to first make love.  It was extremely difficult for many to believe that two non-religious, sexually experienced adults as attracted to one another as Quint and Nola presumably were, would wait until marriage to sleep together.  One theory that makes sense is that TPTB knew that many young girls were fans, thus wanted to set a "good example."  Further as part of her becoming a bona fide romantic heroine, Nola's waiting seemed more or less intended to symbolically "re-virginize" the character.

All this aside, the scene "I Saw Yours, and You Saw Mine," is very fun and lighthearted.  Finally after over a year of repressed desires, Nola and Quint enjoyed each other in the way that lovers do.  Nola is ecstatically giddy and maybe even feeling a little naughty.  Quint is charmed by her giddiness, has finally discarded his reserved demeanor ( . . .and his ascot) and impressed his young, new wife with his passionate, animalistic side. While little was actually shown, the subtext that the actors delivered was what brought this scene home.  It would have been hotter on the cruise or in Hollywood, but it was our Quint and Nola, and the little girls loved it.

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I Saw Yours, and You Saw Mine

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