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If I ever get out of here Gonna Give it all away... If I ever get out of here If we ever get out of here — Wings, "Band on the Run"
Two characters, usually two characters sharing a large amount of animosity, get locked in a room (safe, elevator, etc.) and must spend the episode alone together. During which time they learn a new appreciation for each other.
If being locked in the room also puts the characters in danger, then they are Locked In A Freezer. If their mates locked them there intentionally, to get them to resolve an issue or light a spark between them, it's also Ten Minutes In The Closet. If they must work together to accomplish something (such as escaping from the room), it's also Enemy Mine. They're in trouble if one of them suffers from Claustrophobia.
See also Chained Heat.
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Subversions
- Masterfully subverted in the episode Dawg Days from The Shield. After an escalating feud between two gang members threatens to spiral out of control, a group of police officers lock them together in a storage container overnight, they jokingly assume that the normal course of events will occur and the two will settle their differences. However, when they return the next morning one of the gang members walks out and proclaims of his 'container-mate' "he ain't coming".
- Lisa and Jackson from Red Eye are Locked In a Plane. By the end of the flight? They definitely don't kiss and make up.
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