In ballet, it's called adagio, which means slow and sustained movements – a slow and sustained dance. And it's what I've loved about John and Evangeline these past few weeks.

From not being in sync, as Evangeline described it to Marcie in John's office that day, to saying so much to each other with what seems to be so little every time they're together, it's been a frustrating but wondrous ride to watch. These two are clearly in love and their feelings for each other just can't seem to keep from popping out whenever they're together.

After some pretty rocky moments, moments where they couldn't communicate – couldn't quite hear what the other was saying, it all began to come together with John's romantic gift of his mother's pearls for Evangeline's birthday. Face it. What's more telling than the guy you're with giving you his mother's pearls for your birthday? Still it was good that Evangeline spelled out the significance for John. She put it out there for them both to hear and understand at a time when both hearing and understanding each other wasn't happening all that well. And John’s response of “Stop talking and turn around” let her know that he recognized and wanted that change in their relationship.

Since then, we've unfortunately seen all too few scenes with John and Evangeline together – scenes where they can actually concentrate on each other. But what there's been has been priceless – an impromptu dinner in John's office, two or three brief moments at the diner with John lovingly getting Evangeline bundled up against the cold outside, the briefest but sweetest kiss in the LPD squad room, a tender touch from him at a moment of intense frustration for her – a physical as well as emotional “connection”. And, as usual, it's not only what they say or do that counts. As usual, it's in the how it's said and done - with eyes only for each other no matter who else is nearby, eyes brimming over with so much feeling – the kind of feeling that would make anyone else inadvertently wandering into the moment feel as if they're intruding, the love in her eyes when she looks at or thinks about him, the palpable happiness in his heart when he thinks about or talks about her.

There's another word in the world of dance called ballon, which means the appearance of weightlessness, of taking off from the ground and seeming to float in mid air. In one brief scene after another, Goldsberry and Easton have taken off from the script and have floated into the air, giving us one gem of a moment after another, continuing John and Evangeline's beautiful and sustained dance in the process. Their scenes have been frustrating to watch simply because they haven't been long enough. But they've also been very satisfying because of each scene's own ballon. No matter who else you've seen John and Evangeline with, no matter for how long, their scenes with each other have had enough ballon to make other interactions feel completely insignificant in comparison. That’s the real test, isn't it – several scenes of seemingly endless length here surrounded by this little one and that little one there. But which ones do you really remember? Which ones stand out in your mind and in your heart? Which ones make the strongest impression – have the most impact? Now, that's what I'm talking about, folks.

Here's to many, many more gems like the ones that came before!

Oh, and have I mentioned lately how much I LOVE Renee Elise Goldsberry and Michael Easton?