“But while Schur knows his way around the first stages of a TV show romance, he breaks with tradition when it comes to what happens next. So many shows, hoping to recapture the watchable tension of a Will They/Won’t They, throw up false-feeling obstacles or hard-to-believe acts of infidelity in order to bust up couples that are clearly meant to be. For example, some time after Schur stopped receiving full writing credit on episodes of ‘The Office'—he was busy launching ‘Parks and Recreation'—the show made the mistake of driving a wedge between Jim and Pam in its final season. That’s not to say real couples don’t go through tumult, but the character assassination of Jim Halpert in the pursuit of high-stakes drama caused a beloved show to end on a sour note. No such trauma ever touched Leslie and Ben’s marriage and it feels unlikely that anything like it would befall Amy and Jake. These two couples not only share similar weddings days (and, if you think about it, surprise marriage proposals as part of a larger misdirected plot), but also a similar affection and mutual respect that sustains beyond mere chemistry. Ben and Leslie’s famous wedding vows say it all: these people love and like each other.”
— “What Michael Schur Gets Right About Love That Everyone Else Gets Wrong” | Vanity Fair
