Summary

When it come to romance in idiot box shows , role need to work up to a family relationship , and if it happens too before long , it could cause problem down the blood . A long - running serial nearly always include characters that fans of the show will ship , who have natural chemistry and audiences expect them to end up together . However , the creatives navigate these kinship have a hard undertaking with a couple that vex together too tardily missing their probability to display their love affair , and one that come too before long growing stale .

Couples likeRoss and Rachel inFriendswent around in circuit , constantly hinting at a relationship and being hot and stale , but ultimately , when they got together for good at the end , it was a immense payoff for fan . When other couples get into a relationship early on , theshow then has to keep the interview engaged with the relationship , so new drama are introduced . These could be major way out the couple needs to get the better of ; unfaithfulness , long - distance , or several other things , but they all put a strain on what is mean to be a great relationship .

9April And Andy

Parks And Recreation

Andy Dwyer is initially in a human relationship with Ann Perkins at the start ofParks and Recreation . Andy and Ann break up at the end of season 1 due to Andy ’s lazy and selfish behavior , and he spend the next time of year keen their relationship and getting closer to April . Within a short time , Andy and April fall for each other , and in time of year 3 , theyshare their first candy kiss and get splice in the same episode . The issue is that as soon as they get together , the human relationship is no longer used to modernise storylines . The couple does n’t experience any material issues , and the show travel in to follow other characters .

8Nick And Jess

New Girl

New Girl’sNick and Jessare both extremely way-out characters , but their chemistry was undeniable from the start of the show . At the end ofseason 2 , they solidify their relationship and get together , but it ’s way too soon and the couple have a stack of baggage and stuff to mold through . As a result , they fall apart thing off the following season and do n’t occur back together until the sixth season coda . All the time in between becomes unenviable tension between exes instead of a sweet habitus - up for the couple thanks to perplex together too soon .

Every TV show has an iconic , long - await twosome , but these fibre took their sweet time before finally admitting their true feelings .

7Clarke And Lexa

The 100

Clarke and Lexa ’s pair up inThe 100season 2 , episode 7 , before Lexa is killed in season 3 , sequence 7 . Lexa is a recurring quality , but she first join the serial as anenemy of Clarke and within two weeks , they stop up share a osculation . calendar month pass before they meet again , and then they have another two weeks together . For most of the five seasons after her death , Clarke sorrow her ex , but the human relationship was n’t give enough time to develop such an intense connexion . Had the duo been pass more time to train , mayhap it would have made sense , but as it is , it does n’t .

6Chuck And Blair

Gossip Girl

Chuck and Blairare the very definition of a bouldery , on - again , off - again relationship inGossip Girl . They first get together in season 1 , and spend the majority of the first two season going back and onward before have it prescribed . Then , the relationship only assist to create more dramafor the series as the couple always navigates issues , before breaking up and go back to being on and off . The serial then tries to terminate on a high school with the pair getting tie , but with how unstable the relationship has been up to that point , it does n’t feel like it will last .

5Betty And Jughead

Riverdale

Six episodes intoRiverdale , Betty , and Jughead make it official . While their romance issweet and apparently secure for much of the show ’s run , it eventually flatlines . The show is a dramatic mystery series and even strange relationship dynamics between the foursome battle to tot any sorting of tension or emotion . Betty and Jughead end their relationship ahead of time in time of year 5 before the seven - year time jump and , ultimately , they both terminate the series alone .

4Jim And Pam

The Office

Jim and Pam are the romanticistic core ofThe Office . While many other relationships occur and go , theirs is the one that endure and is a favorite for many fans . There is a lot to be praise about the build - up towards the couple getting together , but , with the show uphold for a further six seasons after they got together , itled to a destiny of play for the couple that did n’t make senseconsidering how much they were willing to put away for each other in the first place .

Not every TV duet go the distance or even gets a shot , here are some of the most popular couples that were never endgame but should have been .

Pam is enlist at the startle of the show , and when Jim profess his feelings , he ab initio gets rejected as Pam tries to honour her commitment to Roy . Jim then run and influence elsewhere , commence a happy and healthy relationship with Karen , and is on cut to be promoted to corporate . However , despite all of this , they choose each other and put aside other relationships and career panorama . So , when later season seek to drum up drama because of relationships and life history prospects , it feels forced . The show has already proved they will pick each other .

Michonne and Rick in The Walking Dead and Mulder and Scully in The X-Files

3Blaine And Kurt

Glee

Kurt meets Blaine inGleeseason 2 , and ten installment by and by , they make their relationship official . Again , this results in the oddment of the show sample to patch up the ups and down in their relationships and see them break up , get back together , move in , move out , and date others . Then , thefinal season of the show sees them spontaneously reconnectand get wed alongside Santana and Brittany , but once again , this feel more empty because of the elementary things that have put a straining on their relationship up to this point and made the relationship find unstable and unearned .

2Donna And Eric

That ’70s Show

1Leonard And Penny

The Big Bang Theory

The Big Bang Theorydepicts Leonardas an awkward geeky guy who clamber with self-confidence and develops a relationship with the beautiful female child next door , Penny . They go on a appointment , although Penny does n’t have sex it was a date , in the third episode . In thesixth installment , they share their first osculation , and they make it official for the first clock time at the terminal of season 2 . The entire series melt down , with 12 seasons , follows their relationship as it goes through high and lows .

Aside from its wonk - centrical plot lines , The Big Bang Theory was also roll in the hay for its many love affair . However , not all of them were make adequate .

The couple skin to find the right rhythm for most of that time , with other relationships happening in between and separation . However , the final payment of their relationship could have been a hatful more satisfying if the pair had worked through more of the issue and reached close about what they require before get under one’s skin together in season 2 . If the family relationship was delayed , and they pass more clip operate on themselves while becoming salutary supporter , it would have been better than theforced relationship that was insert early in the show .

Castiel and Dean Winchester in Supernatural with Sherlock and Molly from Sherlock

Big Bang Theory Sheldon Amy Leonard Penny

eric and donna in that 70s show, and Penny and Leonard from The Big Bang Theory

Nick and Jess stand against a holiday party and look at one another in New Girl S1E09 The 23rd

Clarke and Lexa’s kiss in The 100

Chuck and Blair holding hands and looking into each other’s eyes in Gossip Girl

Jim and Pam embracing after fighting in season 9 of The Office.

Blaine and Kurt talking in the hallway in Glee

Donna (Laura Prepon) and Eric (Topher Grace) lean in for a kiss on That ’70s Show.