In an interview with E! earlier this week, “Parks and Recreation” executive producer Michael Schur confirmed what everyone who saw last’s week “Operation Ann” episode already assumed: “It’s real. Tom and Ann are dating and will have a relationship for some amount of time.”

So, it’s definitely happening, but is it a good thing? I’m onboard with Tann? Aom? PerkFord? because, as Schur said, “We have a lot of soul-matey relationships…and we just wanted to do a comedy relationship.” Yay comedy, boo love. It also gives both of them something to do (which has occasionally been a problem, especially with Ann) in the post-Entertainment 720/dating Chris Traeger-era of the show.

But just because seemingly every “Parks” character has hooked up with every other “Parks” character at some point (I can’t wait for the inevitable Ron/Donna fling to happen), that doesn’t mean every show should just start pairing characters all willy-nilly like. Here are 10 romantic relationships on other shows that should never by no means ever happen. Happy Valentine’s Day, no one!

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Last night’s “Justified,” titled “The Devil You Know,” was yet another very strong episode. It was mostly centered around the hunt for Mags’ money, and the continued evolution of Boyd Crowder’s new gang of rapscallions. I’ll get to the highlights in a moment, but first allow me to make one observation: so far, the third season has done a great job of juggling a number of flaming knives. There is a lot going on in the show, and A LOT of characters to cover. For example, we’ve barely seen Tim, Art, Ava, or Winona in the past few weeks, and I barely even noticed because of how strong the Boyd/Raylan/Limehouse/Quarles storylines are shaping up. Don’t get me wrong, I’d love to see Tim pop another dude in the apricot as soon as reasonably possible, but it’s a credit to the show that I can go a couple weeks without seeing characters I like and still come away delighted.

The highlights:

• Prison escapes featuring stone cold dudes with ponytails
• Dewey Crowe freaking the freak out — hilariously, I might add — while inside a bodybag
• HEADSHOTS
• Limehouse making threats and barbecue
• A discussion of which colleges have the prettiest girls
• “GIMME A GODDAMN AMEN!”
• Raylan neutralizing the criminal element using the front and rear bumpers of his car
• “You can pretty much live without a spleen.”
• “Goddamn if I don’t have to save Dickie Bennett.”
• Boyd Crowder proving yet again that he is the smartest criminal on television.
• Putting the Devil way down in a hole

Click through to the next page for Chet Manley’s awesome GIFs, and as always, feel free to engage in a spoiler-laden discussion in the comments. Writer Jon Worley said he’d swing by later this afternoon for the discussion (screen name: jubbs), so feel free to leave questions in the comments, then check back later in the day to see if they’ve been answered.

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Southland (TNT) — I know we’re all about “Justified” here on WarmingGlow, and for good reason, but I thought we’d give some header love to “Southland,” which is probably the best television drama you’re not watching. It’s a slice-of-life cop drama, the anti-procedural, and it’s brilliant and dark and Regina King is television’s most unsung actress. Start from the beginning or jump in tonight. Whatever you do, find it. It’s outstanding.

Justified (FX) — Tonight’s episode is more episodic than serial in nature, as Raylan tracks down two prisoners on the run while Boyd turns on someone in the inner circle. Check back tomorrow for Danger’s discussion post, and maybe Jon Worley will drop by again and tell you how all your hunches are wrong.

Parenthood (NBC) — Another fantastic, underappreciated drama, this one from Jason Katims, who also brought us “Friday Nights” (which explains why a lot of the actors who have appeared in both). Peter Krause directed tonight’s episode, so it will probably be double heart-warming. Bring tissues, fellas.

The River (ABC) — Two-hour series premiere. This is a thriller about a trip to the Amazon river to find a missing adventurer. It was either pushed back to mid-season because it’s not very good, or because it’s great and doesn’t appeal to a large audience. I personally hope it’s the former because my Tuesday doesn’t need another hour-long drama. Reviews so far, however, have been positive.

The New Girl (FOX) — I think we should all start mis-using the term “Adorkable,” applying it only to decidedly masculine things. Hopefully, by May we can mangle it so badly that it’s eradicated from our cultural lexicon.

LATE NIGHT GUESTS: Letterman has Denzel and The Fray, which was a band manufactured by trailer editors to create music for sappy films. Leno has Chelsea Handler (two reasons not to watch!), Damon Wayans, Jr. and Michelle Williams are on Kimmel, Ferguson has Kenneth Branaugh, and Fallon has on The Cranberries. I heard their new song on the radio the other day and I thought I fell into a wormhole that took me back to 1992.

In today’s feature, we’ve got GIFs from last night’s game (including the middle finger seen ‘round the world), as well as selections from “Archer,” “The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret,” “Parks and Recreation,” and even something from “Community.” That’s right, if you needed a new movable Alison Brie image, we’ve got you covered. Also Madonna doing a dance that looks a lot like one from a favorite show of ours…

World peace and GIFs, or GTFO.

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Another week, another great episode. There were a bunch of moving parts, all centered around a story about some low-to-mid level Oxycontin dealers who were in way, WAY over their heads dealing with our favorite trigger-happy U.S. Marshal. While the whole thing was great, the last scene was… it was… uh, exclamation point-y. Calm, cool Raylan is neat and everything, but furious, rampaging Raylan is still my favorite. The vague, spoiler-free highlights:

• An exciting round of Harlan Roulette (which, for the record, is TERRIFYING).
• Raylan toying with Oxycontin addicts the way a cat plays with a mouse before killing it.
• Neal McDonough’s Detroit gangster character, Quarles (aka Carpetbagger), and Wynn Duffy plotting.
• Quarles talking on the phone with his son while some dude is tied to a bed like it’s no big thing.
• Boyd punching people and repossessing family property.
• Johnny Crowder, wheelchair bandit.
• Headshots, obvs.
• No Tim or Art :(
• [after tossing a bullet at someone's chest] “Next one’s coming faster.”

As always, feel free to discuss the episode in its spoiler-y glory in the comments. The word on the street is that “Justified” writer Jon Worley may try to swing by (his screen name is “jubbs”), so if you’ve got questions for him, fire away. There are a lot of balls in the air right now, with Carpetbagger, Limehouse, Boyd, Mags’ money, etc. How do you think this is all going to shake down? All I know is this: if I was playing Harlan roulette, I would gladly pull twice for immediate access to the rest of the season.

Necessary GIFs courtesy of commenter Chet Manley after the jump.

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