After years of
Unresolved Sexual Tension, Mulder cupped Scully's face in his hands, their eyes locked, their mouths moved closer...
There's also an
unresolved sexual tension with student lodger Hannah (Katie Holmes), while his New York publisher Terry Crabtree (Robert Downey JR) is only interested in bedding his next conquest.
And there's just a hint of UST -
Unresolved Sexual Tension!"
But what has been created instead of a thing called love is a phenomenon known as UST,
unresolved sexual tension, and it has become part of the lure of the X-Files.
That means there's lots of
unresolved sexual tension between Ned and Chuck, as the pair cannot physically express their feelings.
"They've never had an overt romance, I'd say it was more just a lot of
unresolved sexual tension," says Cathy.
The television phenomenon of the 90s, Chris Carter's intelligent, sophisticated hunt the alien series has a stock in trade of murky government conspiracies, shadowy figures, bizarre occurrences and, of course, the
unresolved sexual tension of FBI agents Mulder and Scully's smoulderingly platonic relationship.
A MAJOR rule of drama is that
unresolved sexual tension should stay unresolved, if you want to keep people watching.