Your favorite TV romances and why?

[Joe Washington]

What are your favorite TV romances? And why are they your favorites?
And do you think TV romances are realistic or just rotted in the world of TV than the touch of real life?

 

[Caleuche]

John and Aeryn in Farscape and John and Delenn in Babylon 5. In both cases they were realistic relationships, neither was ever perfect and yet you never doubted that they didn't really love each other and both characters were always equal. A large number of television shows even today seem to view marriage/love as something sickly sweet in which the woman adopts a vacant 'husband knows best' attitude. It always just to confuse me as a kid that no one on television ever had a arguement like my parents did and yet still be shown to still love each other.

 

[Greg Cox]

Xena and Gabrielle.

(Hey, somebody had to say it.)

 

[Sakrysta]

Paul & Jamie Buchman. I have a hard time picturing them NOT married in real life. They just belong together so completely.

 

[Kegg]

Fraiser & Lilith in Cheers. One of the most viciously hilarious couples I've seen on TV, which isn't half bad for basically a couple of supporting players. Their post-divorce banter on Frasier was also excellent. A corrollary: Sam & Diane, same series. Very, very funny stuff.

Also, Dexter & Rita on Dexter. A dearly damaged relationship that can be darkly funny and even oddly heart-warming at times.

 

[Top41]

Blair and Chuck on Gossip Girl. There's something really fresh and fun about them, and they've got that special chemistry that makes a couple really fun to watch.

Chandler and Monica on Friends. Not only were they hilarious together, but they also made so much sense. Their romantic moments were so incredibly sweet. Loved them so much as a couple.

Buffy and Angel and Buffy and Spike--I loved the journey in both relationships for Buffy. Even Buffy and Riley--her relationships really followed a coming of age pattern. And the best thing was that the show ended making it clear that the best was yet to come for her.

Kira and Odo on DS9--there was something so sweet and right about their arc and the way they came together. I also really liked Jadzia and Worf and Ezri and Julian. DS9 knew how to do couples.

Tony and Michelle on 24/Karen and Bill on 24--Loved these couples! For a thriller show, 24 does romances pretty well.

There are probably a lot I'm missing... but those are the ones that come to mind right now.

 

[Taylirious]

Chandler & Monica on Friends, I knew from the first season that they belonged together, they just work.

I liked Buffy & Spike also, just because it is just wicked cool...I wouldn't call it a true romance though.

Clark & Lex On Smallville, WOW! wait...

S.

 

[Caleuche]

Chandler and Monica on Friends. Not only were they hilarious together, but they also made so much sense. Their romantic moments were so incredibly sweet. Loved them so much as a couple.

Forgot them. The candle proposal was one of Friends better scenes. Apparently the intention of the writers when the series started was for Monica to end up with Joey and Chandler with Rachel. I just can't see either of those.

Buffy and Angel and Buffy and Spike--I loved the journey in both relationships for Buffy. Even Buffy and Riley--her relationships really followed a coming of age pattern. And the best thing was that the show ended making it clear that the best was yet to come for her.

Disagree. Her relationship with Angel would always go wrong because True Love/Sex = Evil. Buffy and Riley didn't work because Riley was a weak character. As for Buffy and Spike - they didn't love each other, they hid from their internal pain by using each other for sex. This got to the point that when Buffy saw sense to call it off, Spike tried to rape her. How can a relationship involving attempted rape be one of televisions greatest romances?
Williow and Tara or Williow and Oz were both greater romances from Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

 

[Sakrysta]

Another one I love - Joe & Allison Dubois. I just love the reality of their marriage.

 

[SalvorHardin]

Penny & Desmont from Lost... such a great, sad and happy story

 

[Sakrysta]

Another one I love - Joe & Allison Dubois of Medium. I just love the reality of their marriage.

 

[Kestra]

I loved Carter and O'Neill on SG-1. Hints of things here and there, you could tell there were strong feelings without it being shouted out all the time.

 

[sidious618]

Bill Adama and Lauren Roslin. You rarely see two older individuals as a romantic couple and those two worked so well together and were so well written compared to the usual TV trash.

I also love the Desmond and Penny relationship from LOST.

 

[cardinal biggles]

Adama/Roslin was one of the better-written ones I've seen over the years.

Unconventional as it is, the relationship between Alan Shore and Denny Crane on Boston Legal really was fascinating (and its conclusion was nothing short of unexpected).

 

[auntiehill]

^Definitely agree on the Alan & Denny relationship. It was both bizarre and surprisingly touching. As ridiculous as they were at times, they were also the most believable couple on TV.

I will third the mention of Desmond & Penny. I would also add Rose and Bernard to that list. With all the insanity, tension and danger of LOST, it makes me smile to think of Rose and Bernard, just sitting there, hand in hand, watching it all.

 

[Too Much Fun]

I just started watching "Freaks and Geeks" recently and I really love the relationship between Jason Segal and Linda Cardellini's characters. They had such great chemistry right away and I was wanting them to get together so much for so long that I was overjoyed when she finally kissed him. It saddens me that the two of them actually did get together in real life, but it didn't work out.

I like Pam and Jim on "The Office" a lot too. It was much more interesting before they got together, but I still like them. I remember how when Jim was still pursuing Pam, I'd never wanted two fictional characters to get together so badly. His confession to her about his feelings in the parking lot is one of the most awesomely touching scenes I've ever seen on television.

 

[Too Much Fun]

Sorry, accidental double post.

 

[The Borgified Corpse]

I used to be big on the nerd/loner pines for and ultimately gets the girl storylines-- Niles & Daphne on Frasier, Odo & Kira on DS9, Wesley & Fred on Angel (don't remind me of the ending!). But I've found that those storylines are starting to wear a bit thin on me, particularly when it seemed like they were getting overused on shows like Chuck & Reaper.

I never really bought the whole Buffy/Angel romance except during Buffy's appearance on Angel in "I Will Remember You."

 

[Michael]

Off the top of my head, of all the TV romances I enjoyed the Niles/Daphne (Frasier) and Odo/Kira (Deep Space Nine) relationships the most. And incidentally, I liked them both for similar reasons: In the beginning both were portrayed as unrequited love, which eventually led to a relationship. I guess I can identify a lot with the 'unrequited love' part.

But I also enjoyed a great deal of the Riker/Troi (The Next Generation), Homer/Marge (The Simpsons) and David/Keith (Six Feet Under) pairings.

 

[sidious618]

Ah, yes, Odo and Kira were good, too.