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doyle ruining bodie’s relationships, bless him

#doyle's body language in the first two pics #hoo boy! (via @thekesslerboy)

He fucking SQUARES UP TO HER. Hands on hips, looks her up and down, smirks derisively, then deliberately calls her by the wrong name. After addressing her as ‘sir’, of course. She’s competition. Doyle views the woman who Bodie canonically has a wild sex life with as competition.

#the professionals #the pros #bodie/doyle #and he eliminates the competition

Bodie: *flirts with female colleague*

Liz: Bodie, are you flirting with me so I’ll help your fucking boyfriend again?

#the professionals #the pros #bodie #doyle #bodie/doyle #liz spalding #i like to imagine that the whole squad know by this stage #and all the female agents discuss their relationship in the canteen #and can't work out why bodie and doyle continue to keep up the pretence #when they're about as subtle as a brick in the face #actionhusbands

ali15son

minori1009

DIAG. Legendary episode IMHO.

halotolerant

Thing about Pros is, it’s a great show. It’s a classic 70s/80s buddy-cop show, it’s got great partner chemistry, good banter, some interesting and occasionally provocative plots, and many great episodes. Like, on any level it would be awesome and generate fandom.

BUT THEN THERE’S THESE THREE EPISODES:

Mixed Doubles a.k.a DON’T HURT HIM, YOU HURT HIM I WILL HUG HIM PROTECTIVELY. NOW LET’S HAVE A SLEEPOVER AND DISCUSS OUR INNERMOST SECRETS

In the Public Interest a.k.a UNDERCOVER AS GAY. NO REALLY. FOR REAL. THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENS.

Discovered in a Graveyard a.k.a HE HAS BEEN SHOT SO I WILL GO BATSHIT BETWEEN TRYING TO AVENGE HIM AND ALSO STAY BY HIS SIDE 4EVA SIMMERING WITH ANGST

It is genuinely like someone went into the future, figured out the fandom catnip and then did that. The fandom for this show has lasted nearly forty years for a reason <3

(And I’ve not even listed all the amazing Bodie/Doyle moments, like these are just the three eps with stories which are, IMHO, most like something we’d otherwise invent. There are many other classics and beloved pieces of canon - if anyone would like to add more examples, please do *g*)

realpotztausend

halotolerant

YESSSSSSSSSSSS, this is the quality content I’m talking about <3 Bodie and his grabby hands *g*

ramesesniblickthethird

#the professionals #the pros #bodie/doyle #do you understand how much i hate them?

Yessssss. Bodie’s weight fluctuates a lot. They don’t shy away from the subject in canon (Doyle is forever telling him off for eating unhealthily/overeating/being out of shape), so I would love to see more fics addressing it. Give me Bodie with a belly and Doyle nagging him at first but fucking loving it.

#the professionals #bodie #bodie/doyle #body image #honestly though #i am so here for curvy bodie #and doyle would be too

No, really, lean in a bit closer...

#the professionals #the pros #bodie/doyle #set photos #why are their faces so close all the time?#appalling

jothehat

Saw this adorable guide dog from Liverpool (no, really) and knew it reminded me of something…

ramesesniblickthethird

OMFG

#the professionals #the pros #bodie #is an adorable puppy #or an angry rottweiler #depending on whether or not you try to hurt doyle

otpdisaster

Your OTP known for pranking/teasing each other. One day Person A is asleep on the couch with their back to Person B. Ominously… Person B approaches them, looming over A’s body for a few foreboding moments before harmlessly pulling the blanket higher to A’s shoulder. Awake the whole time, Person A’s anticipatory rigidity melts into endearment.

#the professionals #the pros #bodie/doyle #otp imagines #they veer between being tender and caring towards each other #and being total assholes

Just lying there with their heads resting on each other, nbd :’)

#the professionals #the pros #bodie/doyle #set photos #i can't #i cannot with these two #and their lack of personal space

phasewriter

Imagine your OTP:

Person A is getting their ass kicked, person B tries to help them and gets hit once. Then person A goes ballistic and wins the fight.

Person A insists upon fussing over person B even though they’re hurt far worse.

ramesesniblickthethird

Person A is Bodie. Bodie could summon the strength to single-handedly defeat a small army in order to protect Doyle.

#the professionals #the pros #bodie/doyle #otp imagines #relationship goals

ramesesniblickthethird

Do you think Preston phoned his wife going ‘how’s the plan coming along? Have you managed to seduce Doyle yet?’ and Kathie was just like 'we have a big fucking problem, dear’?

thekesslerboy-blog

Just rewatching this episode and I’d forgotten how awesome the car scene is- it really was the moment i went from ‘hmm am i reading too much into this?’ to ‘bloody hell you can see this from space!’ I expected from the setup for it to be a throwaway comedy bodie-&-doyle-compete-for-a-girl’s-affections scene but it’s so the opposite it’s hilarious- Bodie spends the whole time aggressively marking his territory with Doyle instead- leaning in close to talk in his ear, answering his questions to Kathie, touching him and running his hands through Doyle’s hair. He’s literally eyerolling and facepalming from the minute Kathie appears and he’s banished to the back seat, he mimicks her posh accent (“oh yes? What’s that?”) sits far back and yells to her rather than lean in close as he does with doyle and (I only realised it this viewing) he rather cattily insinuates she has a fat arse “what did you do at the yard?” “Sit behind a desk for 5 years” “oh yeah? They say it’s a great way of broadening your (pause) outlook” He knows they have a connection that predates his own connection with Doyle and does it ever bring out his territorial side!

ramesesniblickthethird

#if you were being charitable you could say he senses something is up with cathy but nah #he's worried about this woman literally and figuratively usurping his rightful place next to doyle

OMG YES. All of this. Bodie and Doyle are so freaking bitchy towards each other’s girlfriends.

#the professionals #the pros #bodie/doyle #i have a lot of feelings about this

ali15son

#the professionals #the pros #bodie/doyle #these photos capture the constant eye contact so well

endeavour-holmes

Bodie & Doyle and their nonexistent personal space 19/57 ♣

Series 2

Episode 5 - In The Public Interest

halotolerant

This, kids, is the episode where Bodie and Doyle go undercover as gay youth workers. No. No I’m not kidding. Not, no in fanon. Not in subtext. In your actual fact script. YUP.

thekesslerboy-blog

I don’t know what it says about me (or about them) but it took me a while to realise they were meant to be playing gay in this ep- they actually seemed to tone down the flirting/touching compared to other episodes!

ramesesniblickthethird

It says that Bodie and Doyle don’t have to alter their behaviour one iota to pass as a gay couple. So you’ve got to wonder whether, you know, they are a gay couple...

#the professionals #the pros #bodie/doyle #can you imagine if a show did 'undercover as gay' as an actual plot today?#fans would flip their shit

dailypros

ramesesniblickthethird

#I love how they grin at each other for no 'in story' reason #did they not realise it was a proper take?

I also love the way Gordon Jackson seemingly has to bring some sense of order to the proceedings in a lot of the scenes. MS and LC will be pissing about, making each other laugh, and GJ will interrupt with his line or an ad-libbed(?), ‘now stop it, you two!’ to get the scene back on track.

#the professionals #the pros #bodie #doyle #cowley #their particular brand of pissing about #looks an awful lot like flirting #is all i'm saying

guiwatson-deactivated20211118

Ah, CI5. The British Criminal Intelligence. The Action Squad. The Big A. The Squad… (Ep. Rogue)

ramesesniblickthethird

#the professionals #are not very professional #if presented with a chance to show off their insouciance to authority & impress the boyfriend #heh

Yeah, all the things that are supposed to be about impressing women are usually just about impressing each other. And all the machismo and competitiveness is also about impressing each other. Basically everything. Everything they do is about each other.

#the professionals #the pros #bodie/doyle

guiwatson-deactivated20211118

I think I’ve already said this but, I soooo love them 💕

#the professionals #the pros #bodie/doyle #look at these gays

Psychic husbands exchanging glances in Blind Run

#the professionals #the pros #bodie #doyle #bodie/doyle #i hate them both so much #the broccoli test #my gifs #actionhusbands

ramesesniblickthethird

If anyone has 5 On Demand, you might want to watch ‘The Best of Bad TV: The 70s’

The Pros is on there (1977, natch), complete with obligatory debate on whether or not Bodie and Doyle were banging. The general consensus seems to be that, yes, they definitely were.

thekesslerboy-blog

I’ve never been in a fandom before which had so much mainstream nonchalance about the otp totally being a couple-it was LITERALLY “do we think they were doing it?” “Yeah they probably were doing it” “aaand that’s the professionals folks!”

ramesesniblickthethird

I KNOW RIGHT?! Every time there’s a documentary. Every. Single. Time.

#the professionals #the pros #bodie/doyle #documentary

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