Favorite TV Relationships

[Guest This is classic Ringy]

Yes. We always talk about favourite characters, shows and all that, but never about our favourite on-screen relationships. So what is everyone's favorites? There's lots of obvious ones, but the most awesome for me has got to be Winnie and Kevin from The Wonder Years. I never was an enormous fan of that show, but that relationship was awesome purely on the basis that it's pretty much works as the standard childhood relationship because they never wound up together. It was realistic and just works on so many levels.

Other honourable mentions go out to:

- Angel/Cordelia from Angel. Angel/Buffy was good, but Angel and Cordelia just belonged together, damnit

- Wesley/Fred from Angel. Same as Angel and Cordelia. Two people that just fit in together really well.

- Veronica/Logan from Veronica Mars. Fuck Duncan up his fucking ass. Those two work really well despite being worlds apart and it makes them awesome.

- Corey/Topanga from Boy Meets World. Everyone loves Corey and Topanga. If you don't, you suck.

- Mulder/Scully from the X-Files. Not really a logical explanation, but I think that over all the years, seeing them evolve together really made me want them to get together

I'm sure there's loads others.

Discuss .

[stokeriño]

I could throw out literally dozens of anime relationships, but it would take too long and no one would understand what I was talking about anyway.

But just to provide one: Sousuke and Kaname from 'Full Metal Panic'. They just keep teasing us and teasing us and when will they make the fourth series damn it?

Plus, needless to say, if Harima and Eri don't get together by the end of 'School Rumble' then heads will have to roll. Fuck Tenma. And fuck Yakamo too, even though I kind of feel sorry for her.

Edited September 12, 2006 by stokeriño

[YI]

Kurt and Brian - Teachers (Not gay...but still, best relationship in nearly any program together. They're just characters that work so well together...plus there was the episode when Brian "Divorced" Kurt)

Erm...erm...I don't really watch much 'coupley' TV. I just seem to stick to comedy....erm...erm...I always liked Steve McDonald and that one (Karen or something) on Corrination Street, purely for the fact that Steve McDonald may be the greatest character in any program ever...he's pretty much the only person in a soap who can act.

Edited September 12, 2006 by Mr. Kurt McKenna

[stokeriño]

If we're going to go into non-coupley relationships, then the hatred, going into competitiveness, going into inseperable friendship between Chief O'Brien and Doctor Bashir on Star Trek DS9 was greatness. I mean, a working class Irish engineer and a middle class English doctor - it writes itself.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Kurt and Brian - Teachers (Not gay...but still, best relationship in nearly any program together. They're just characters that work so well together...plus there was the episode when Brian "Divorced" Kurt)

Erm...erm...I don't really watch much 'coupley' TV. I just seem to stick to comedy....erm...erm...I always liked Steve McDonald and that one (Karen or something) on Corrination Street, purely for the fact that Steve McDonald may be the greatest character in any program ever...he's pretty much the only person in a soap who can act.

OH YES! Kurt and Brian for the win! Especially when they got the letter for "Kurt and Briony"

Definitely the best.

As well as Mark and Jeremy in Peep Show...Genius.

Rene and Edith/Yvonne/Maria in 'Allo 'Allo! (Y)

[Skummy]

Niles and Daphne in Frasiers, one of the best written TV romances in recent memory.

That's the first that comes to mind, I'm sure I'll think of some more very soon.

[ADG]

Sticking with the DS9 love then I have to cast a vote for the relationship between Odo and Quark. The dynamic between those two just worked so well.

I'd also like to throw out Sam and Al from Quantum Leap as an excellent relationship.

[Jook]

Karl & Susan

Kurt & Brian

Tim & Daisy

Alan & Lyn

Vince & Howard

JD & Elliot

[MDK]

Lister and Rimmer.

God, they hate eachother so much, both annoys the other no end, but they can't function without eachother. And they love to wind eachother up which makes for fun viewing. One of my favourite Rimmer/Lister moments is when Lister is trying to console Rimmer after he gets a letter saying his Dad is dead.

[NobBe Nobbs]

Like YI's example, the Rimmer and Lister relationship on Red Dwarf takes some beating, particularly as it's in a sitcom. It's mostly because the characters naturally grate on one another in the first few series, but it just evolves so well later on.

[MDK]

I find moments like that more touching because its more realistic. Real people make you laugh as well as have these touching moments. Which is why I can sympathise with comedy characters more than drama/serious ones.

[stokeriño]

The epitomy of the Lister/Rimmer relationship is the series 7 episode 'Blue', after Rimmer's gone and Lister starts to miss him. Not least because it gives us an alternative reconstruction of the relationship as taken from Rimmer's diary, which is absolutely hilarious (and the subsequent munchkin song of course).

Could have done without them kissing each other though.

[MDK]

Agreed. I could have done without that.

I loved the relationshop between Kochanski and Lister before she was actually on the show. Her pinball smile

[stokeriño]

Which relationship are you referring to? The one outlined in series 1, series 3, the books, or series 7? They have no continuity whatsoever.

[MDK]

Well, all the bits that I liked I guess. I just mash all my favourite bits together >_>

[stokeriño]

I believe Doug Naylor personally advises that as the best route to take.

[NobBe Nobbs]

The epitomy of the Lister/Rimmer relationship is the series 7 episode 'Blue', after Rimmer's gone and Lister starts to miss him. Not least because it gives us an alternative reconstruction of the relationship as taken from Rimmer's diary, which is absolutely hilarious (and the subsequent munchkin song of course).

[Lord Nibbler]

Tim and Dawn, Willow and Tara, Jerry and Elaine, Mark and Sophie...

Earl and Randy

Edited September 12, 2006 by Hipster Doofus

[ClaRK! Kent]

If we're going to go into non-coupley relationships, then the hatred, going into competitiveness, going into inseperable friendship between Chief O'Brien and Doctor Bashir on Star Trek DS9 was greatness. I mean, a working class Irish engineer and a middle class English doctor - it writes itself.

[stokeriño]

If we're going to go into non-coupley relationships, then the hatred, going into competitiveness, going into inseperable friendship between Chief O'Brien and Doctor Bashir on Star Trek DS9 was greatness. I mean, a working class Irish engineer and a middle class English doctor - it writes itself.

Bashir was Indian, you numpty. Universal Translators FTW.

Though born in the Sudan, Alexander Siddig spent most of his life in England. And as for Bashir himself - well, he's got a love for James Bond, the Battle of Britain, and sings "Jerusalem" when drunk. I mean, come on.

Edited September 12, 2006 by stokeriño