Iskripthi yabhalwa nguKate Merriman noDavid Newman, kepha isahluko sizokwenza izichibiyelo. Ngakho-ke icebo: Umqashi uyaqasha umhleli walo magazini, ngolunye usuku yena futhi waba matasa kakhulu ukuba ahambe ngezinsuku futhi afune umbhangqwana. Ukuze ungalahli lesi sikhathi esiyigugu somsebenzi, anquma ukulala nomunye ngaphandle kokuzibophezela nemikhawulo. Futhi konke kuzolunga, kepha isimo siba yinkimbinkimbi ngokwengeziwe lapho omunye wabo ethandana nomunye.
I-Paramount Studio futhi isebenzisa leli gama ukuthola amahlaya othando ngokubamba iqhaza kukaNatalie Portman no-Ashton Kutcher, umqondisi wawo ozoba ngu-Ivan Wrightman. Kepha kuyabonakala ukuthi amagugu wesikrini senkampani aqale abhalise leli gama, ngenkathi ifilimu elisandayo ibizwa nge- "fuckbuddies" (abalingani ngaphandle kwesibopho). Ngenkathi i-Paramount isebenzisa igama elithi "abangane abalusizo" ngomsebenzi, kepha kungaba ukuzibulala ukuze lilisebenzise ehhovisi lebhokisi, ngoba kuzokwanela ukumemezela ifilimu emithonjeni yokuphrinta naku-TV. "I-Fuckbuddies" akuyona umsindo omkhulu wamagugu wesikrini, ongeke uwasho ngochungechunge lwe-TV "abangane abalusizo", lapho i-NBC yanikeza ukukhanya okuluhlaza ngenyanga edlule. Lesi siza sochungechunge siveza ubudlelwane obuseduze labangane abahlanu, ngasinye sazo sifuna uthando lwangempela.