Pardon, but your tie is not symmetrical.

Troy: (about Joyce’s painting) It’s very, um, it’s very… atmospheric.

Barnaby: Who is this?

Joyce: Alan Pinkney.

Barnaby: Why has he got huge whiskers growing out of his ears?

Joyce: They’re paint brushes.

Troy: These trees are very good, Mrs Barnaby.

Joyce: They’re clouds, Gavin.

Barnaby discovers a glitch in his repair job

“Domestic life is harder than it looks to do while saying your lines. The art of the ‘bustle’ is an underrated skill.” – Jane Wymark

Midsomer Murders, Early Seasons  –  Tom and Joyce at Home

Joyce and Tom

Midsomer Murders, Season 11 - Midsomer Life

This may have been the episode where it was painfully clear that they were fvcking whenever possible. I just… cannot remember which episode it was!

Midsomer Murders Season 13, Episode 3: Blood on the Saddle Tom Barnaby & Joyce Barnaby

"average Midsomer resident discovers 3 bodies a year" factoid actually just statistical error. Joyce Barnaby, who lives with a DCI and discovers entirely more than seems plausible, is an outlier and should not have been counted.

“Domestic life is harder than it looks to do while saying your lines. The art of the ‘bustle’ is an underrated skill.” – Jane Wymark

Midsomer Murders, Early Seasons  –  Tom and Joyce at Home

“Because, Joyce, it’s ridiculous. It is ridiculous, it’s irrational, it’s neurotic…”

“So, you’re human, just like the rest of us?”

“Yeah, it would seem so.”

Midsomer Murders, Season 13 - Fit for Murder

My kink is husbands & wives who are still portrayed as very much in love with each other, because even after years of commitment and kids, they still talk to each other, go on fun random adventures and try new things. No resentment. No portrayal of marriage as a chore. Just actual love.

@lordnegan

YES 😍! Like on Midsomer Murders, Tom and Joyce Barnaby:

And John and Sarah Barnaby:

Two of my favorite otps!