Yay! I’m so glad you’re liking it, thanks for letting me know! I love those shows too, I think the focus on character lets them spring some really emotional stuff on you amidst the deliberate cheesiness and humor (I smell apples).
Heh, um, honestly? You’re never going to like Dutch with him as much as Dutch with Johnny. At best, when Delle Seyah and Aneela take the relationship focus and the plot in s3 expands and everyone has to worry about much bigger things, he can be a good confidante and right-hand man. The more solid and supportive background guy he is for her or involved in his own other plots, the more tolerable. By the end, I just shrugged and accepted it, but again, part of that was because I was so happy with Delle Seyah and Aneela as the big romance.