1. Anna Friel as Chuck. Need I say more?
2. The aesthetics of the show. From the architecture to décor to the fifties-inspired outfits Chuck gets to wear, it's all gorgeously whimsical. *drool!*
3. The fact that especially at first, Chuck is the more proactive one in her relationship with Ned, and she's not labelled a slut, and doesn't die a horrible tragic death. (Well, she does kind of die once, but she doesn't stay dead, and it's before she even sees Ned.)
4. Reference to masturbation that's anything other than "you will go blind/rot in hell for all eternity/have an otherwise terrible fate".
5. Chuck and Ned's relationship is far from sexless even though they can't touch each other.
5a. This is seen as good and healthy, rather than a source of comedy.
5b. That they would work around their inability to touch each other if they wanted to have sex was assumed, and the idea that they would just never do anything sexual because of it wasn't seriously raised.
5c. They have an awesomely creative sex life, probably in part because of the fact that they can't touch each other.
5d. While lots of the things they do might appeal to various fetish communities, it's not a point of moralising, nor is it dwelt upon. It's just how they happen to have sex and/or enjoy sex.
5e. Most of this is absolutely not a big deal in the show, which makes it doubly awesome.
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