As February comes to an end and I have nothing to say about the Olympics, I must revisit some of my own thoughts of love as the light of sitcoms shine into my heart.

Ahhh, love. All I have to say to that is BLERGHHH! No, I’m not some spinster living in an upstairs apartment with two cats and a pint of homemade triple fudge brownie ice cream in the freezer. I’m a married woman living in an upstairs apartment with two cats and a pint of homemade triple fudge brownie ice cream in the freezer. I’m not put off by love. I love my hubby. But I frustrate him every year with my vitriol against the Hallmark sponsored day of red and pink. He wants to do nice things for me, but I completely rebuff every flower, every chocolate and ever traditional valentiney thing that he would try to do. This year, though, the lead up to Valentine’s Day was paved with comedic gold with Valentine themed or tinged episodes of my favourite comedies. Will the lessons learned soothe the heart of this savage anti-valentiner?

Cougar Town – When a Kid Goes Bad

This was a Valentine tinged episode in that it wasn’t wholly about Valentine’s Day. Jules is bummed because she’s about to spend Valentine’s Day alone. Laurie meets Smith’s dad, who is Andy’s client and that guy does not like Laurie. Greyson deals with not wanting to grow too attached to Jules, while still wanting to be there and a Christmas lights war between Allie and Greyson gets super crazy. Also, Jules and Bobby play a trick on Travis where they teach him that he always has one parent to call when he starts drinking.

That rough gist is the best you can hope for in a show like this so we’re going to skip right to lessons learned.

Lesson Learned by this Anti-Valentiner: Cougar Town really isn’t the place you should be getting Valentine’s Day advice from, especially when the main holiday celebrated is Christmas… two months later…