Jack♥Samantha Relationship

WaT's creator Hank Steinberg Jack♥Sam shipper
Mission Statement

"We had earned the right to go to that melodramatic place, of having this really intense payoff to a full season of trauma and difficulty and stress in Jack's life and in Samantha's life and in their relationship, says Steinberg regarding the final 2-3 episodes"

It was briefly revealed early last season that Jack Malone (LaPaglia) and Samantha Spade once had an affair that ended before "Without a Trace" began. But those feelings and sexual tension continued "simmering and seething and boiling" under the surface, Steinberg said.

"We'll continue to have complicated adult relationships between our characters that don't move at light speed--they'll move like glaciers, " says Steinberg.#

At the end of season 2, he left his job for his wife, then his wife left him. Yes, Jack (Anthony LaPaglia) has hit hard times in this rare detective show that delves into its characters as much as its crimes. "He's going to have to decide: move to Chicago and chase his wife or stay in New York and fight a custody battle," says exec producer Hank Steinberg. "He's going to have to get his job back, which might cause conflict." Particularly since that means either vacating Vivan (MJB) from his old gig or reporting to her in a tricky reversal of fortune. Jack's return may also not be the healthiest for Sam (Poppy Montgomery). "Whether she pines for Jack, I'm not sure yet," Steinberg says. "But his being there will definitely make complications for her." (EW Sept. 23)

Reasons we are Jack♥Sam shippers...

Their affair is canon - Five months
Its creator Hank Steinberg says they love and are in love with each other
Anthony and Poppy have amazing onscreen chemistry
ALP and PM are J/S shippers too
"It hints at an affair all the time, and Anthony and I both love the storyline."
The network wants to reunite the flame
Montgomery roots for Jack and Sam to rekindle their romance
Montgomery "really want them back together"
Montgomery "think it’s a great love story"
Montgomery "Would love to see them ride off into the sunset together at the end of the series"
Montgomery "There’s so much drama between them"
Their feelings and sexual tension continue "simmering and seething and boiling" under the surface
He is her ex-lover, and her future beau
He WANTS Samantha
He has a particular attachment to her
She loves him, and he loves her
They're in love
They have what they both need
He confides in her; she's his confidante
There's a romantic connection
She doesn't judge him
She has what he needs
He's self-destructive, but she wouldn't want him any other way
He loves and is in love with her, but it's complicated
Their love story is far from over
Their affair isn't criminal
They kiss off-screen
They hug in public
It's a good thing
He's the boss of her heart too
She's a willingly subordinate to her boss
Their love isn't criminal
They are more than partners
Both feel guilty for their love
He trades his life for her life
Sam's his blond bombshell
She makes him feel again
He doesn't want her to lie about them
She wants everyone to know about them
The man she loves rescues her
He rescues the woman he loves
In another life, they'll be together
What they had, it was good
She likes his massages
He risks his career for her again and again
Their feelings haven't faded nor died
Both strayed, but they always find themselves again
He can write a dissertation about her
He thinks highly of her opinion
He loves the way she smells, he loves the curb of her back, the glint in her eye, bounce in her step, but most of all, he likes the feeling that he gets when he looks at his woman he can see the little girl in her
She isn't just anyone to him
She is his sweetheart
She is his honey
He is her doll
He tells her she has a good heart
He tells her she'll be fine
He tells her she makes goods decisions (work)
He tells her to do the opposite of him
They'll be together in another life
He can't sleep thinking about her
He has an illicit rebound affair because he misses her
She has a rebound affair because she thought he is gone
Both have rebound affairs because they couldn't be together
He asks her to seek therapy, and she agrees
He asks her therapist how she's doing
She talks to her therapist about them
They're both sorry if they ever hurt each other
She has seen his tattoo
She has seen his appendix scar
He wants to know how she's doing (Showdown)
He asks how she's handling a case
He's concern of her fallout
He's alone and grumpy without her
She lost something in the office (him)
They have confidence in each other
For ex-lovers, they get along well
Jack's been a bad boy
She accepts him as he is
They long and lust for each other
She's attentive and supportive to her man
She still got feelings for him
She helps him pack his belongings
They have an emotional, professional and personal bond
They both haven't moved on
His marriage is in limbo; His wife is a shrewd
They inject little sex in their scenes
They would go out for drinks
Sam gives him what he needs
He shares his mobile with her
She shares her iPhone with him
They know their boundaries
He thanks her for checking in on him
She would jump off a building if he ask (Doppelganger 2)
He does what's right, even if it means not being with his love
They work well professionally and personally, and they're supportive of each other
She invites him to see her working undercover
They gaze at each other for 8 long seconds
They can't keep their hands, and eyes off each other
He's the only one who knows her secret past
He knows her well
She knows him
She knows when he's upset about a case
He lies to protect her
She lies to protect him
She told him the truth (about her past)
She meets his dad
He meets her mom
Her mom likes her partner (Deleted scripted scene At Rest)
He meets her sister Emily
He travels with her to her hometown
Both have no problem sitting on each other desks
She adjusts his collar
He gives her a neck massage (and she likes it)
He gives her a sunflower plant
He fears for her safety when she's undercover
She fears for his saftey when he's taken hostage
Only he can call her Sam
He's jealous when she's with someone else
They act like a married couple
They talk to each other in low-tones, almost whispering
No one else exist when they're together
They are constantly sharing touches, glances and gazes, and lots of banter
They are constantly having PSV's
They have amazing eye-sex
He has a lot to confide to her, but he doesn't know where to start
She asks if they are his divorce papers
He owes her a lot, and keeps her inform of his personal life
She notices his short hair and she approves
He knows where she lives and she knows where he lives
They would go to her place 2 to 3 times a week
They always left the office together
They always call each other
He brings her coffee
She notices his psychology degree
Both have been married and divorced
They snuggle, do crossword puzzles, and listen to the rain. It's nice
She tells him about her Circus Museum story
Both have smoked pot
She tells him about running away
They're protective of each other
They have their own regular meeting spot
If he looked as good as her in black, he wouldn't need to change
They both wear coordinating black attire
She's always looking at his mouth
He's concern for her health
She notices his different tie
It is really hard for her not telling anyone ... being around him all the time...
If there's anyone he would confide in, it would be her
She likes him busy and unavailable
They like their relationship, nice and complicated
She cries for him
He was going to miss her
He knows she likes pretzels (deleted scripted scene 1x21)
They're both sorry if I ever hurt each other
He hasn't lost faith in her, least of all him
They mix love with a healthly dose of guilt, it can last a lifetime
She takes a long odds for him, and she is right
He's just not ready to see her leave
She let's him help her and no one else
He knows she has a chip on her shoulder
He knows she has a thing for men
While sleeping with the enemy, she still pines for him
Nothing compares to him
He calls her "hilarious"
He's relationship with Sam is "undetermined"
He is her ex-lover, and her future beau
She worries about him
She knows something isn't right with him
He tells her she'll do fine
He tells her she has a good heart
He compliments her, and she thanks him
She can always use him as a role model
They're always thinking of one another
She assures him he'll be fine too
He treats her to a lunalicious pie
She assures him she's by his side
She stays vigil while he's hospitalized
Only she can calm him down
He calls out for her name
Even his boss believes they will be together in "another life"
She laughs at his jokes
If he needs her, really needs her, she'll do whatever he asks
He asks her if she wants to stick around for his sponge bath
He calls her whenever he needs backup
She's his backup without question
They are there to backup each other
She's used to him being a pain in the ass
She calls him 8 times trying to reach him
She's willing to do whatever it takes for him
She goes to him as he's placed in gurney, strokes his leg and caresses his shoulder
She'll "ride with him" in the ambulance anyway
Goes to see Sam upon returning back to work.
He offers her a banana from his gift basket
He wants to know if he met her baby's daddy
He calls her a "smart girl"

Quotes about Jack♥Sam

I think she's in love with Jack. I think she's always been in love with Jack. He's her mentor and she looks up to him," (Poppy Montgomery) she says in a recent interview.

It was briefly revealed early last season that Jack Malone (LaPaglia) and Samantha Spade once had an affair that ended before "Without a Trace" began. But those feelings and sexual tension continued "simmering and seething and boiling" under the surface, Steinberg said.

Montgomery acknowledges that acting out her character's flaws have been fun. "The relationship between Samantha and Jack came about one moment in the pilot when I went and fixed Anthony's tie," she says. "There was a lot of chemistry."

(TV Guide Dec. 2004) But in coming episodes, when the newly single Jack finds out about Sam and Martin's surreptitious romance, the sparks will really start to fly. "Jack tries to revisit his relationship with Samantha, only to find out it's no longer available," LaPaglia says. "And the enemy is within."

The tweaks to the formula are, in part, the result of nudging from the cast. "I'm all for messing with the formula," ALP says. "Formula is just luck." In fact, the cast had already tried spicing up the landscape. "We get these scenes that were a bit flat and we'd think 'What can we do with them?'" ALP says. "And we'd say 'Let's inject a little sex in there.' Source: YTDAW (Amazing Trace 2003)

Steinberg won't reveal how the triangle is going to be resolved but says, "It's definitely going to get complicated." He believes that Jack represents a "self-destructive" relationship for Samantha and that Martin would be the "healthy choice."

"I wanted to play somebody who got it wrong often, who screwed up their life, who wasn't quite coping with how it went, let the pressure of the job get to him and made mistakes. He is not a completely honorable person." LaPaglia says in a interview.

A Trace Of Romance: An office romance for Anthony's character, Jack Malone, was not originally on the cards. In fact, he tells us that, "when we shot the pilot, there were no personal relationships between the five main characters because the producers wanted to make it a procedural drama".

Anthony had other ideas, however, and before long "there was a romantic connection between Jack and Samantha Spade that the writers picked up on, dropping more hints along the way".

The secret affair was only revealed at the end of season one - but by then, Jack had broken it off, telling Sam (Poppy Montgomery) that he was going back to his wife. It's not over yet, though!

Anthony reveals that next season "there is a palpable tension between the two as a result of that decision. And there could also be somone else on the team interested in Sam!" Our money is on baby-faced Martin (Eric Close), who has already asked Sam on a date. Source:YTDAW (TV Week Nov. 22 - 28)

Yet healthy choices don't always make great drama, so don't be surprised if Jack and Samantha end up together again. "It's definitely possible," LaPaglia says. "It's certainly going to come into play when the three of them are all on the same page about what's going on. It'll come to the point where Samantha has to make a choice. Or Jack will get a new love interest. Whatever we do, we're going to let the tension play out for awhile." (TV Guide Dec. 2004)

Jack and Sam should "ride off into the sunset together", says PM on CBS Early Show, March 2007

"You've got to tell me if Jack, Anthony LaPaglia's character and Sam Spade acutally get it on at any stage?"

"...we do.. we think they're maybe....Here's what I'll say, I think Jack and Sam love each other... and they should end up together...at some point (PM laughs)"

(Hank)"Steinberg intended to slowly reveal personal details in the early episodes, including hints that Spade and Malone were having an affair." (Neal Justin: 'Without a Trace' makes itself known, September 4, 2003)

Spade seems to be torn between her boss, Jack Malone, and the newest member of the team, Martin Fitgerald, played by Eric Close. So you can expect to see a love triangle this season, says Montgomery, “But I'm not sure how it's developing really. I know as much as the audience knows.” #

So what does she really know? Montgomery says, “I know that Samantha's still got feelings for Jack, and he's trying to work it out with his wife.”

The question then is, does Jack still have feelings for Samantha? “I hope so,” Montgomery says with laughter, “I think so. I think they're sort of torn, you know, and they really have this genuine affection, and attraction, and everything, for each other. But he is trying to give it a shot with his wife. And I know that there's chemistry developing between Samantha and Martin. But what's going to happen, I don't know.”

Perhaps Martin is going to be the rebound guy for Samantha. And Montgomery agrees, “I think so. That's how I would play it. He really likes her. She loves Jack. That's my theory,” she says.

So, which one is it? "I think she's in love with Jack, and she's going to use Martin to get over Jack, because she thinks Martin's hot. That would be my guess. I think Samantha's torn about the fact that Jack's going back to his wife."

As for the Spade-Malone affair, the show hinted at sexual tension between them in the pilot, then touched on it again in the third episode. The show didn't overtly explain the affair until the 20th episode, although the actors knew of it from the third episode on.

"The typical way would be to build a flirtation that was going to be," Steinberg says, citing Moonlighting and Cheers. "We sort of came up with the idea that a really interesting thing would be if it was all kind of in the past and it was just sitting there."

Poppy and Without a Trace in TVG. "Montgomery plays an agent who wears Gucci suits and may or may not have had a past fling with her married boss, played by fellow Aussie Anthony LaPaglia. "It hints at an affair all the time, and Anthony and I both love the storyline," says Montgomery.#

"Jack doesn't care," quipped LaPaglia. (Yeah, right. Of course, he doesn't care.)

"Jack cares. Jack cares," responded Montgomery.

What did the actors know and when did they know it? LaPaglia noted a scene in last fall's pilot in which "we were both going to go home, and she was fixing my tie. And that's basically all that was really said. And I thought that was a very intimate thing for someone...to do, like only your wife or your mother would do it. And she wasn't like my mother...And I think from that moment we started to try and slide stuff in there," he said. "We had a scene about how many hundred feet the bus had gone or something, and we tried to make it about sex."

In the series' inaugural season last year, Spade was shot with her own gun and had to be rescued by Malone, a married man with whom she had had an affair - a relationship revealed after the fact.

"I love the way it was done. It's kind of mysterious - so unexpected," says Montgomery, who started out thinking there would probably be an eventual love connection between her character and Malone, only to learn it had already happened.

Montgomery says fans ask, "'What's happening with Jack and Sam?"' Yet she doesn't know what will transpire, beyond the fact that Malone, played by Anthony LaPaglia, is back with his wife, and that some sort of relationship seems to be building between Spade and Fitzgerald.

LaPaglia chuckles wryly about fans' interest in "that stuff."

He feels "that's maybe because we underplay it so much. We really don't give them concrete answers. Everything is kind of insinuated. I like that. I prefer that - you actually have the audience participate by wondering. You let them think."#

Trace has even begun to explore the staff's sexcapades--such as they are. "I found out that I'd been married in one episode," says Montgomery of the now-single Sam. "Didn't work out, I guess." Likewise, Jack's estranged wife (Talia Balsam) was just introduced, and the reason for their split will soon be revealed. "Jack's been a bad boy," LaPaglia teases.#

TV Guide reports that a love triangle featuring LaPaglia's character is in the works. The idea is to humanize the robotic professionals, to loosen them up a bit and inject some sex and soap opera, making it more like "ER." It could be risky. The reason people may have flocked to "Without a Trace" is because it was all business. #

Jack will attempt to reconcile with his still-unseen wife but will discover he still has feelings for Sam. Simultaneously, Martin will slowly pursue Sam.

"Wait until you see that episode," said LaPaglia.

"I think there's going to be a love triangle," Montgomery dishes. "It's apparently between Jack (Anthony LaPaglia) and Martin (Eric Close) and me. And I'm like, Bring it on, they're both gorgeous!"

So, which one is it? "I think she's in love with Jack, and she's going to use Martin to get over Jack, because she thinks (UGLI) hot. That would be my guess. I think Samantha's torn about the fact that Jack's going back to his wife."#

LaPaglia is so secure that he's doing what some actors might regard as the unthinkable: at times, he's getting his role reduced. "I have walked in to the office of the writers and said, 'I don't really like this episode, would you write me out of it please? Would you put somebody else's name at the top of my dialogue?' Which they have done." (Source: YTDAW: The Main Man, July 17, 2003)

WGA.org HS 2005 interview: It's the guest cast that gets the big emotional scenes. Predictably, the core actors would like more of the juice, but they are, after all, FBI agents, the solvers not the victims of crime. It is the downside of steady work on television. "You don't want Anthony LaPaglia to be a traffic cop," Redlich says. "I remember saying to him at the beginning of the season, when he was pushing a little against just being on a procedural show, 'Anthony, I would love to write scenes with you and your girlfriend or your wife or mistress at home having a huge fight. But the audience is going to be saying, 'Please finish fighting. Please finish having sex. And let's get back to that missing person case.'"

And characters on television series, Steinberg learned, are less fixed than two-hour film characters. They evolve over time and are shaded by their actors. "Anthony [LaPaglia] pushes the character darker than I had imagined him going, but I embrace it," Steinberg says. "It makes perfect sense to me that somebody doing this job for such a long time would carry that. We knew we were going to have an alienated wife and that he was a workaholic and felt this need to save everyone. But it wasn't until year two that we came up with the backstory idea of his mother's suicide being the core thing that drives him." LaPaglia's intensity, Steinberg says, became "an almost Freudian urge to save the world because he couldn't save his mother. It doesn't make him happy, and it will never be enough because there will always be another missing person."

Major Jack♥Sam shipper Moments

Pilot (Season One)

Samantha: Think a fresh change of clothes will make up for a lost night's sleep?
Jack: Well, if I looked as good as you in black, I wouldn't need to change.
Samantha: Jack...your collar.
Jack: You're starting to sound like my wife.
Samantha: You should listen to your wife.
Jack: You do this for Dr. Fred?
Samantha: Sure.
Jack: How is Dr. Fred?
Samantha: Busy and unavailable, just the way I like 'em

He saw, She Saw (Season One)

SAMANTHA: (concerned) Are you all right?
JACK: (confesses) Marie and I separated.
(JACK pulls off his glasses and rubs his tired eyes.)
SAMANTHA: When?
JACK: Three months ago.
SAMANATHA: Three months.
JACK: (nods) Yeah.
SAMANTHA: Well, I don't know what to say.
JACK: Well, you know, we were trying to work it out, and, uh we're in kind of, uh ... limbo.
(SAMANTHA nods her head. She looks at JACK. For a moment, they don't say anything, each with their own thoughts.)
SAMANTHA: I'm going to go home.

Maple Street (Season One)

(SAMANTHA is up in front of the laptop. Behind her, JACK approaches carrying a cup of coffee for her. He puts it down on the table next to her.)
[...]
SAMANTHA: Ah. Thank you.
JACK: Looks like I should have brought you eye drops.
SAMANTHA: Yeah, and you look like a million bucks. […] I've been sitting here all night looking for clues, looking for suspects. I mean, I'm not just seeing her I'm seeing ... everything she sees and I keep thinking that if I get to know her maybe that'll help, you know? And then I think maybe I'll get to know her and it won't make any difference at all, it just ... (SAMANTHA covers her eyes with her hands.) ... God, I'm sorry.
(JACK rubs her back.)
JACK: This is ... well, you're not supposed to get used to this. You're not. (She nods.) When you do ... it's time to hang it up.

Victory for Humanity (Season One)

SAMANTHA: I remember when I saw (my mother) ... just having someone look for me, that was enough to keep me from trying it again.
JACK: It's a good thing.
(SAM looks up at JACK. Their look holds.)
SAMANTHA: (quietly) Yeah.
(For a moment, they look at each other. JACK looks away.)
JACK: I got to, uh, pack up.
LYRICS: I can live with my regrets ..
SAMANTHA: All right. Me, too.
JACK: Good night.
SAMANTHA: Good night.
(SAMANTHA stands up and leaves the office.)

Are You Now Or Have You Ever Been (Season One)

JASON FARRELL: …Oh, oh, one other thing, Agent Spade. Have you and Agent Malone ever had a sexual relationship?
(This stops SAMANTHA cold.)
SAMANTHA: I beg your pardon?
JASON FARRELL: Unless you're going to go Clinton on me, it's a fairly straightforward question.
SAMANTHA: You have no right to ask me that.
JASON FARRELL: Actually, I do. Administrative Operation Procedures of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, section 23 ...
(FARRELL reaches for the manual and flips it open to the page.)
(SAMANTHA puts a hand to the bridge of her nose. She murmurs her incredulity at the man's audacity.)
JASON FARRELL: "A supervising agent--" that would be Agent Malone -- "is strictly forbidden from having a sexual relationship with an agent in his immediate reporting chain."
(He turns to look at SAMANTHA.)
JASON FARRELL: That would be you.

SAMANTHA: He asked me about us. He had all this stuff. Um, security card access records of nights that we left together; phone logs.
(JACK sits down next to SAMANTHA. He sighs.)
JACK: And what did you say?
SAMANTHA: I told him it wasn't true.
(JACK turns to look at SAMANTHA.)
JACK: You have no idea of what he knows or doesn't know. That's his ace up the sleeve -- that's how he wins.
SAMANTHA: I was just trying to protect you.
JACK: Yeah, but you didn't have to lie. Even if he had hard evidence, there's nothing he could do about it.
SAMANTHA: We broke at least half a dozen conduct codes.
JACK: And lying to an OPR investigator could get you fired.
SAMANTHA: And sleeping with an agent under your command could get you fired. (JACK pulls back a bit.) I'm sorry I lied. I was just trying to save your ass.

SAMANTHA: You were right, you know.
JACK: About what?
SAMANTHA: It was dumb to lie to Farrell […] You know, when Farrell asked me about us, my instinct was to tell him the truth ... because it's been really hard for me not telling anyone, ... being around you all the time and pretending like nothing never happened, you know?
JACK: (quietly) I know.
SAMANTHA: I don't think I was lying to save you. I think, in that moment, I thought maybe ... if I say this, if everybody knows ... then it really will be over.
(She pauses and looks at JACK.)
SAMANTHA: It is over, isn't it?
(JACK reaches out and lightly brushes his knuckles over the hair by her temple. He nods his head slightly.)
JACK: Yeah, it's over.
(SAMANTHA looks into JACK'S eyes, then nods her head also. She slowly leans into him and rests her head on his shoulder. JACK puts his arm around her and rests his cheek on the top of her head.)

So, that's it for Jack and Samantha, right? Not exactly...

Fallout (Season One)

PAULA VAN DOREN: And Special Agent Spade is one of these hostages?
JACK: Yes.
PAULA VAN DOREN: Mm-hmm. […] Drummond should step in and be the negotiator on this.
JACK: With all due respect to you and Drummond, I am knee-deep in this […], not to mention the fact that there's one of my agents in that bookstore.
PAULA VAN DOREN: Which is what makes me doubt whether or not you have proper objectivity - particularly because it's ... this agent, Jack.
JACK: (lowers his voice) Which is exactly why I should do it. Because if she tries to communicate something to me covertly, I am the best one to interpret it. I know her. Drummond doesn't.

(BARRY unlocks and opens the door and sees JACK standing in front of the store a good distance away.)
BARRY MASHBURN: (shouts) Who the hell are you?!
JACK: I'm the guy you've been talking to. (JACK takes off his badge and shows it to BARRY.) Jack Malone, FBI.
BARRY MASHBURN: Well, what do you want?
JACK: I want to come in.
BARRY MASHBURN: No way!
JACK: (coaxing) Yeah, yeah, come on, let me in ...
(JACK takes off his tie and throws it aside.)
JACK: Look, I got nothing, all right?! […]
(He takes off his jacket and drops it to the ground.)
JACK: […] No gun. I'm not wired ... […] Nothing, see?
BARRY MASHBURN: (yells back) What do you want?
JACK: I want Samantha!
(Camera cuts to: SAMANTHA on the floor, pale and shivering, fully aware that JACK is standing just beyond the door.)
BARRY MASHBURN: And why should I give her to you?
JACK: (shouts) Because she is bleeding to death ...
(JACK takes a cautious step toward the bookstore.)
JACK: ... and I know that you're not a murderer!
BARRY MASHBURN: Well ... what do I get in return?
(Without hesitation, JACK answers him.)
JACK: Me. You get me.

JACK: Every day is the same. […] And you just get a little tied up in your ... job, your kids, your life. Pretty soon you forget the last time you had a real feeling.
BARRY MASHBURN: What about, um ... what about Samantha?
JACK: What about her?
BARRY MASHBURN: Well, you seem to have a particular attachment to her.
JACK: That's fairly observant, Barry.
BARRY MASHBURN: Yeah. Is that why you traded yourself for her?
JACK: I don't know.
BARRY MASHBURN: You were willing to trade your life for her life.
JACK: In that moment, yes, I was.

Revelations (Season Two)

SAMANTHA: (quietly, her voice full of hurt and uncertainty) I just feel like you've lost faith in me.
(JACK stares at SAM for an eternally long beat, then, he looks down at her hands. He reaches out and covers both her hands with his, hesitant to touch her yet unwilling to pull away. He looks down at their hands, then up at her.)
JACK: Nobody has lost faith in you. (beat) Least of all me.
(Instead of answering him, SAM reaches out and lightly fingers JACK'S wedding ring. JACK looks down at the motion.)
(He swallows.)
JACK: Come on, I'll walk you out.
(He stands up and waits for her. She grabs her jacket off the back of her chair, stands and they both head out to the door. JACK puts his hand lightly on the back of her shoulders to guide her out. He drops his hand back down to his side, then slips them into his pockets.)

Lost & Found (Season Two)

SAMANTHA: Aren't you going to miss this? (She glances sideways at JACK. He turns to look at her.) […]
(She turns to look at him fully.)
JACK: (eyes still on SAMANTHA) Yeah, I'm going to miss it.

SAMANTHA: I was just talking to (my therapist). […] About you.
JACK: (nods) Oh.
SAMANTHA: About us, I should say.
JACK: I'm afraid to ask.
SAMANTHA: Don't be. It's, um ... What we had, it was good. It was what we both needed at the time.
JACK: Yeah, I guess it was.
SAMANTHA: In another life, maybe?
JACK: Maybe.
SAMANTHA: Yeah.
(They're quiet for a moment.)
SAMANTHA: I, um ... (she swallows) ... I really hope that you and Maria will be happy in Chicago.
JACK: (sighs) I'm sorry if I ever hurt you.
SAMANTHA: Me, too.
JACK: I better keep doing this or I'm going to lose my nerve.
(JACK turns around and slowly walks back to the wall […])
(SAM watches him for a moment, then turns.)
(JACK takes the frame down then […] he looks over and sees SAM […] start to slide the books off the shelf, (she) stops and looks over to find JACK watching her.[…] Camera slowly pulls back on JACK and SAM standing over the boxes. They turn to look at each other before JACK goes to remove the next frame on the wall.)

Nickel and Dimed II (Season Three)

(Samantha and Jack meet.)

SAMANTHA: Floor Manager seems like the best choice for a recruiter. He's the
only one with access to the whole floor. (Samantha stretches her neck.)
JACK: What's the matter?
SAMANTHA: My whole body hurts from those stupid machines.
JACK: Turn around. (Jack turns Samantha around so that her back is to him.)
Come on. (He starts massaging her shoulders.)
JACK: So who do you think the mule is?
SAMANTHA: (shakes her head) I don't know, Jack. It's so hard to keep my eye
on everybody when I've got to move forty pieces an hour. I'm going to have to
start asking my coworkers out for beers after work.
JACK: I got something for you.
(He reaches into the car through the open car window and takes out a large pot
with a yellow daisy in it. She looks at it, puzzled.)
JACK: Put it in your windowsill. If you're in trouble, take it out.
SAMANTHA: Okay.
(She takes it from him.)
SAMANTHA: You know, if you really cared about me ... you wouldn't have told my
boss that I could lift eighty pounds.
JACK: (deadpans) I didn't. I told him you could dead lift a hundred and
fifty. (They laugh.)


(Samantha meets with Jack at Bridge)

SAMANTHA: Look, Jack, all I need is a couple more days. Just long enough for
them to make contact with me about the drop.
JACK: We're not set up for you to go deep undercover.
SAMANTHA: (shouts) Then set it up, Jack! Listen, if I don't do this, this
whole case is based on paper trails, and sketches. We'll be lucky if we bust a
couple of low-level guys on minor drug charges. Do you get that?
JACK: It's not your decision, do you understand that?
SAMANTHA: You know, if we didn't have a history, you would let me do this, no
questions asked.
JACK: It's got nothing to do with our history.
SAMANTHA: Then the only conclusion I can jump to is that you don't trust me.
Jack, please.


Tail Spin(Season Five)

JACK: Is this seat taken?
(Sam indicates he’s free to sit down. Jack sits down and sighs. Samantha
continues writing in her file.)
JACK: I'm sorry about what happened before.
SAMANTHA: If you don't want me knowing about your personal life, that fine.
But don't come to me and tell me that Anne's pregnant, and then the next day act
like I'm butting in. I don't care what you do with your personal life anymore,
okay? I don't.
(Sam goes back to writing in her file. Jack clears his throat.)
JACK: If there was anyone ... that I was going to confide in ... (She lifts her
head and looks at him.) ... it would be you.
(Jack looks away and shakes his head.)
JACK: But I don't even know where to start.

At Rest (Season Five)

(Jack looks at Samantha.)

JACK: Sorry to blindside you like that.
SAMANTHA: You made it impossible for me to tell the truth without getting you
in trouble.
(The elevator bell dings.)
JACK: I know.
(They step into the elevator.)
JACK: So did you get the bone marrow test?
SAMANTHA: I'm not a match, but they did an HLA test. It looks good for my mom
JACK: Great.
(The elevator doors close.)
SAMANTHA: I was gonna tell the truth. (Jack nods.) I'm kind of tired of being
stuck in this.
JACK: But you're not stuck anymore. You did tell the truth ... to me.
SAMANTHA: What do I do? I just forget about it?
JACK: No. You learn how to forgive yourself. You learn how to forgive
yourself so that if you screw up, it's for something you do now, not for
something that happened decades ago that you have no control over.
(The elevator bell dings.)
SAMANTHA: (a small smile) Is that supposed to be wise?
JACK: No, not really.
(They step out into the hallway and walk a little.)
JACK: I’m just not ready to see you leave yet.
(They stop. Samantha turns and looks at Jack.)
SAMANTHA: I'm tired, Jack.
JACK: I know you are, honey. Why don't you take a couple days off?
SAMANTHA: (nods) I will.
(Samantha walks into the bullpen. Jack turns and heads back down the hallway
toward his office.)

Its creator Hank Steinberg says they (Jack♥Sam) love and are in love with each other.

haven't watched a single episode of Moonlight yet, but I keep hearing buzz about it and the Mick/Beth ship looks awesome. I'll give it a go sometime in the near future.

Show: Hollyoaks
Couple: John Paul and Craig



I think that trailer ^^ pretty much specifies the outline of their relationship