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01-26-2011, 10:14 PM
The Most Absolutely Awful TV Couples (That You Still Watched)
When love is in the air, you'll want to bone up on all the wonderful TV pairings you NEVER want to be, courtesy of UGO's Most Absolutely Awful TV Couples.
25
Seven of Nine and Chakotay
The Love-Sick: Jeri Ryan and Robert Beltran of Star Trek: Voyager
So Wrong: To the Voyager writers' credit, this coupling had some precedent earlier in the season when Seven selected a holographic Chakotay to aid in her dating exercises. Still, the love connection (which arose when Robert Beltran complained of not having enough story involvement) only appeared in the series finale, and felt entirely random.
Happily Ever After?: We don't presume to wrestle with the various canons of post-Voyager novels. We're just upset Harry and the Doc couldn't get any love.
24
Lana Lang and Lex Luthor
The Love-Sick: Kristin Kreuk and Michael Rosenbaum of Smallville
So Wrong: Nope. Just no. We don't care what bonded the two, be it mutual issues with Clark, business ventures, or the two secretly manipulating each other, but no force on Earth or Krypton can erase our discomfort with the relationship.
Happily Ever After?: We're free! It turned out Lex faked Lana's pregancy, and then she faked her death with a clone or...let's be honest, does it really matter how they managed to nullify this unholy pair? And with Lex (sort of) dead, and Lana (sort of) gone, the matter's been safely put to bed.
23
Bender and Amy
The Love-Sick: John DiMaggio and Lauren Tom of Futurama
So Wrong: Because not only had the two never shown any prior interest in one another over ten years (discounting a fantasy world in which Bender was human), we don't even want to think about the mechanics of robot on human sex, given what we know of Bender's design.
Happily Ever After?: Thankfully not. Once all the meta-satires of Proposition 8 were out of the way, Bender returned to being Bender and Amy returned to her other questionably attractive boyfriend, Kif.
22
Ben Linus and Danielle Rousseau
The Love-Sick: Michael Emerson and Mira Furlan of LOST
So Wrong: Because not only had Ben and The Others practically made a living out of tormenting this expedition-survivor, alternate-afterlife-universe or no, this was still the man who had stolen and raised her only child.
Happily Ever After?: Presumably. Even though Danielle died long before Ben in the real world, it's likely that Ben's choice to stay in the afterlife involved some seriously twisted family-time with Alex and Danielle.
21
Jack O'Neill and Samantha Carter
The Love-Sick: Richard Dean Anderson and Amanda Tapping of Stargate SG-1
So Wrong: Colonel O'Neill was her superior officer, and the two had never expressed any romantic attachment to one another. Not to mention, stories seemed fickle on whether or not the two were interested in each other at all, and nothing was explicitly confirmed.
Happily Ever After?: It would seem so. Deleted scenes and the presence of a framed photo of O'Neill in Stargate: Atlantis seemed to suggest they'd made it work.
20
George O'Malley and Izzie Stevens
The Love-Sick: T.R. Knight and Katherine Heigl of Grey's Anatomy
So Wrong: Eww! It's one thing for best buds to finally decide there might be something between them, it's another when they're horrifically out of each other's league and share zero chemistry. Also, need we mention he was married?
Happily Ever After?: Nope! The two (and the writers) realized just how awful their pairing was. And then he joined the Army. And got hit by a bus. And she had cancer, or something. I don't know, I don't watch this crap.
19
Peter Bishop and Olivia Dunham
The Love-Sick: Anna Torv and Joshua Jackson of Fringe
So Wrong: We like the tension that's been created by Faux-livia's relationship with Peter, having assumed her double's role long enough to devastate the group dynamic in her wake. Still, that didn't change the fact that the Fringe agents' initial coupling over there felt entirely rushed and premature, given Olivia never showed much interest before that moment.
Happily Ever After?: It could take a long road (and longer still if Fringe's move to Friday affects the renewal), but the two may eventually overlook Olivia-B's intrusion into their otherwise accomodating courtship.
Runner Up: Mulder and Scully
18
Nate Fisher and Brenda Chenowith
The Love-Sick: Rachel Griffiths and Peter Krause of Six Feet Under
So Wrong: It was tough to decide whom we liked less with Peter, Brenda or suicidal baby-mama Lisa, but the former annoyed us far more with their relationship never finding even footing through love or marriage, her shrill ball-busting or the near-constant back and forth.
Happily Ever After?: Well, he died leaving Brenda pregnant and alone. And while she lived until a ripe old age having carried the baby to term and eventually re-married, we imagine they're still arguing in Hell.
17
Veronica Mars and Piz
The Love-Sick: Kristen Bell and Chris Lowell of Veronica Mars
So Wrong: Of all the romantic entanglements Veronica shared over three seasons, none expected she'd actually give into the somewhat pathetic mooning of Stosh "Piz" Piznarki, given she'd been ignoring his crush all semester. Not to mention, enough to make a sexy video together? Gross.
Happily Ever After?: We don't know! WE DON'T KNOW!!! Damn you, cancellation!!!!
16
Thirteen and Doctor Foreman
The Love-Sick: Omar Epps and Olivia Wilde of House
So Wrong: House is no stranger to a few bizarre couplings, be they Cameron and Chase, or even House and Cuddy themselves. Still, we found it rather jarring to have Dr. Foreman and the elusive Dr. "Thirteen" Hadley go from sharing uncomfortable talk about the Huntington drug trials in the locker room, to jeopardizing careers for one another in the span of about two weeks.
Happily Ever After?: Well, here's a hint. Firing your girlfriend to prevent your relationship from being frowned upon doesn't always go over so smoothly.
15
The Tenth Doctor and Rose Tyler
The Love-Sick: Billie Piper and David Tennant of Doctor Who
So Wrong: As a basic rule of thumb, Doctors tended almost never to hook up with their companions. It made for two series of David Tennant's Tenth Doctor and the somewhat ordinary Rose Tyler's mooning for each other ending up an unwelcome distraction from the post-war Time Lord stories.
Happily Ever After?: Uh...sort of? The Doctor wound up leaving Rose behind on a parallel Earth...with a clone of himself. Because that isn't awkward.
14
Spinner Mason and Emma Nelson
The Love-Sick: Shane Kippel and Miriam McDonald of Degrassi: The Next Generation
So Wrong: Yeah, okay. Let's break up fan-favorite couple Jane and Spinner, throw in some drunken shenanigans, and have Spinner wake up married to Emma, two people who've almost never spoken. That seems like a marriage they'd both want to make work. What? They do? Huzzah!
Happily Ever After?: Evidently, as despite a few false starts the two share a second beachfront wedding and Jane backs down from messing things up.
13
Saul Tigh and Caprica Six
The Love-Sick: Michael Hogan and Tricia Helfer of Battlestar Galactica
So Wrong: We get it. Saul underwent an identity crisis upon discovering himself as a Cylon, and Caprica reminded him of his dead wife. But Gods help us if that didn't make this random pairing, complete with miscarriage any easier to swallow. And who the hell was guarding the cell where this all took place?!
Happily Ever After?: With the baby gone and Ellen returned from the grave, the two went back to their long-standing love interests, happily settling on Earth.
12
Dale Cooper and Audrey Horne
The Love-Sick: Kyle MacLachlan and Sherilyn Fenn of Twin Peaks
So Wrong: It often reflects poorly on an FBI man's career when he takes in an 18 year-old girl as a lover, and thankfully Agent Cooper had the good sense to resist her advances...mostly. Kyle MacLachlan himself personally vetoed the story, which was to have been the focus after solving Laura Palmer's murder.
Happily Ever After?: Thankfully, no. But the fandom was none too happy about their replacement love interests, either.
11
Lieutenant LaGuerta and Sergeant Batista
The Love-Sick: David Zayas and Lauren Velez of Dexter
So Wrong: The two Miami Metro officers' eventually pairing off and marrying to avoid career ramifications wouldn't have been so bad, if there were, you know...ANY implication of a mutual attraction in the prior seasons.
Happily Ever After?: Until death do them part (which we're hoping for in season six!), these mismatched detectives remain husband and wife.
10
Steve Urkel and Laura Winslow
The Love-Sick: Jaleel White and Kellie S. Williams of Family Matters
So Wrong: Not that we're arguing that the show made any coherent sense (it went from heartwarming Chicago family to time-travelling super-nerd), but Laura overcoming her decade long revulsion to Steve through sheer erosion never felt right, with the alternatively suave Stefan Urqel pining for her affection as well.
Happily Ever After?: Yes, provided he never went into outer space again. And no, we're not making that up.
9
Christian Troy and Liz Cruz
The Love-Sick: Roma Maffia and Julian McMahon of Nip/Tuck
So Wrong: Let's see. Sarcastic, frequently put down lesbian takes pity on her heavily misogynist and womanizng boss due to his pending death, and enjoys her midnight raping enough to agree to marriage for the six months he has left. Yeah, that has a bright future.
Happily Ever After?: Divorce about...five minutes after he discovers his cancer's gone into remission. Let's just say the writers weren't banking on this one.
8
Sylar and Maya Herrera
The Love-Sick: Zachary Quinto and Dania Ramirez of Heroes
So Wrong: Sylar...is creepy. Sylar with a love interest? Creepier. It felt somewhat more natural to pair the skull-slicing villain with Kristen Bell's sadistic Elle, but the first attempt at pairing Sylar with the conflicted fugitive Maya made us feel like ripping our own brains out. Particularly with her twin brother's corpse five feet away from their first kiss.
Happily Ever After?: Nope! That whole "you violently murdered my brother, and are also evil" put a bit of a damper on things.
7
Velma and Shaggy
The Love-Sick: Norville Rogers and Velma Dinkley of Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
So Wrong: We're Team Velma. Foxy redhead though Daphne might have been, we'll take the sexy librarian look any day. And we're not against the (mostly) uncessary pairing of Velma and Shaggy, but when the relationship starts becoming complicated by the presence of a dog...something just ain't right.
Happily Ever After?: They've been a little back and forth about things in the 13 aired episodes thus far, but we're sure they'll solve that mystery.
6
Worf and Deanna Troi
The Love-Sick: Michael Dorn and Marina Sirtis of Star Trek: The Next Generation
So Wrong: We have...questions...about Worf. Alexander's mother was half-human, and the only women we ever saw him express any real interest in were Deanna Troi, Jadzia Dax, and even Ezri Dax. Somebody had himself some Terran fever. Yes, we know they were Betazed and Trill respectively, you nerds.
In any case, Worf's pairing with Deanna arrived late in TNG's run, and only then out of the Klingon having seen a parallel universe counterpart's relationship with her, which raises all kinds of philosophical questions in addition to the ick factor.
Happily Ever After?: Thankfully, we seem to have forgotten all about that by the movies' time, with Riker and Troi picking up where they left off.
5
Connor and Cordelia Chase
The Love-Sick: Charisma Carpenter and Vincent Kartheiser of Angel
So Wrong: It was odd enough having Angel develop feelings for Cordelia, considering their history in Sunnydale, but we accepted the growth principle. Falling for and sexing his teenage son on the other hand...possessed or no, still scars Whedon fans to this day.
Happily Ever After?: With that whole "posessed by a demon goddess who gave birth to itself and put Cordy in a coma" thing out of the way, the romance between Connor and Cordelia was safely crushed and swept under the rug.
4
Fez and Jackie
The Love-Sick: Wilmer Valderrama and Mila Kunis of That 70's Show
So Wrong: Look, Wilmer Valderrama's Fez certainly wasn't an unattractive fellow. But a near-decade of creepy weirdness and unrequited pining shouldn't have been enough to finally win over a girl with the looks of Mila Kunis.
Happily Ever After?: Sadly, the producers saved this pairing for the very last episode, set New Years 1980. We'll never know if Jackie snapped to her senses.
3
Shannon and Sayid
The Love-Sick: Naveen Andrews and Maggie Grace of LOST
So Wrong: Okay. Life and death situations, pre-conceptions melting away and opposites attracting. Fine. But the idea that the tortured torturer actually loved the vapid Shannon in their brief time together, particularly enough to end up as soulmates in the afterlife, with no afterthought of Nadia? Really?
Happily Ever After?: We...guess? The two jogged each other's memories of their time in the real world, and presumable ascended together...wherever the hell they were going.
2
Sam and Diane
The Love-Sick: Shelley Long and Ted Danson of Cheers
So Wrong: Practically the origin of "Will They/Won't They," Sam and Diane certainly attracted as opposites but their eventual breakup, subsequent mooning and countless attempts to rekindle things wore on the audience's patience.
Happily Ever After?: Not quite. Shelley did return in the series finale to discuss the possiblity of re-kindling things, but the two ultimately discounted the idea. We like Kirstie Alley better anyway.
1
Joey and Rachel
The Love-Sick: Matt LeBlanc and Jennifer Aniston of Friends
So Wrong: It worked for Monica and Chandler, as their respective neuroses blended quite well. Lightning doesn't always strike twice however, as the Friends writers discovered with the experimental and universally reviled pairing of Rachel and Joey. It made some sense, the characters having grown closer since her pregnancy but Ross help us, it NEVER felt right.
Happily Ever After?: Thankfully, no. The two realized how awkward it made things, freeing Rachel to finally (and somewhat more believably) return to Ross.
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When love is in the air, you'll want to bone up on all the wonderful TV pairings you NEVER want to be, courtesy of UGO's Most Absolutely Awful TV Couples.
25
Seven of Nine and Chakotay
The Love-Sick: Jeri Ryan and Robert Beltran of Star Trek: Voyager
So Wrong: To the Voyager writers' credit, this coupling had some precedent earlier in the season when Seven selected a holographic Chakotay to aid in her dating exercises. Still, the love connection (which arose when Robert Beltran complained of not having enough story involvement) only appeared in the series finale, and felt entirely random.
Happily Ever After?: We don't presume to wrestle with the various canons of post-Voyager novels. We're just upset Harry and the Doc couldn't get any love.
24
Lana Lang and Lex Luthor
The Love-Sick: Kristin Kreuk and Michael Rosenbaum of Smallville
So Wrong: Nope. Just no. We don't care what bonded the two, be it mutual issues with Clark, business ventures, or the two secretly manipulating each other, but no force on Earth or Krypton can erase our discomfort with the relationship.
Happily Ever After?: We're free! It turned out Lex faked Lana's pregancy, and then she faked her death with a clone or...let's be honest, does it really matter how they managed to nullify this unholy pair? And with Lex (sort of) dead, and Lana (sort of) gone, the matter's been safely put to bed.
23
Bender and Amy
The Love-Sick: John DiMaggio and Lauren Tom of Futurama
So Wrong: Because not only had the two never shown any prior interest in one another over ten years (discounting a fantasy world in which Bender was human), we don't even want to think about the mechanics of robot on human sex, given what we know of Bender's design.
Happily Ever After?: Thankfully not. Once all the meta-satires of Proposition 8 were out of the way, Bender returned to being Bender and Amy returned to her other questionably attractive boyfriend, Kif.
22
Ben Linus and Danielle Rousseau
The Love-Sick: Michael Emerson and Mira Furlan of LOST
So Wrong: Because not only had Ben and The Others practically made a living out of tormenting this expedition-survivor, alternate-afterlife-universe or no, this was still the man who had stolen and raised her only child.
Happily Ever After?: Presumably. Even though Danielle died long before Ben in the real world, it's likely that Ben's choice to stay in the afterlife involved some seriously twisted family-time with Alex and Danielle.
21
Jack O'Neill and Samantha Carter
The Love-Sick: Richard Dean Anderson and Amanda Tapping of Stargate SG-1
So Wrong: Colonel O'Neill was her superior officer, and the two had never expressed any romantic attachment to one another. Not to mention, stories seemed fickle on whether or not the two were interested in each other at all, and nothing was explicitly confirmed.
Happily Ever After?: It would seem so. Deleted scenes and the presence of a framed photo of O'Neill in Stargate: Atlantis seemed to suggest they'd made it work.
20
George O'Malley and Izzie Stevens
The Love-Sick: T.R. Knight and Katherine Heigl of Grey's Anatomy
So Wrong: Eww! It's one thing for best buds to finally decide there might be something between them, it's another when they're horrifically out of each other's league and share zero chemistry. Also, need we mention he was married?
Happily Ever After?: Nope! The two (and the writers) realized just how awful their pairing was. And then he joined the Army. And got hit by a bus. And she had cancer, or something. I don't know, I don't watch this crap.
19
Peter Bishop and Olivia Dunham
The Love-Sick: Anna Torv and Joshua Jackson of Fringe
So Wrong: We like the tension that's been created by Faux-livia's relationship with Peter, having assumed her double's role long enough to devastate the group dynamic in her wake. Still, that didn't change the fact that the Fringe agents' initial coupling over there felt entirely rushed and premature, given Olivia never showed much interest before that moment.
Happily Ever After?: It could take a long road (and longer still if Fringe's move to Friday affects the renewal), but the two may eventually overlook Olivia-B's intrusion into their otherwise accomodating courtship.
Runner Up: Mulder and Scully
18
Nate Fisher and Brenda Chenowith
The Love-Sick: Rachel Griffiths and Peter Krause of Six Feet Under
So Wrong: It was tough to decide whom we liked less with Peter, Brenda or suicidal baby-mama Lisa, but the former annoyed us far more with their relationship never finding even footing through love or marriage, her shrill ball-busting or the near-constant back and forth.
Happily Ever After?: Well, he died leaving Brenda pregnant and alone. And while she lived until a ripe old age having carried the baby to term and eventually re-married, we imagine they're still arguing in Hell.
17
Veronica Mars and Piz
The Love-Sick: Kristen Bell and Chris Lowell of Veronica Mars
So Wrong: Of all the romantic entanglements Veronica shared over three seasons, none expected she'd actually give into the somewhat pathetic mooning of Stosh "Piz" Piznarki, given she'd been ignoring his crush all semester. Not to mention, enough to make a sexy video together? Gross.
Happily Ever After?: We don't know! WE DON'T KNOW!!! Damn you, cancellation!!!!
16
Thirteen and Doctor Foreman
The Love-Sick: Omar Epps and Olivia Wilde of House
So Wrong: House is no stranger to a few bizarre couplings, be they Cameron and Chase, or even House and Cuddy themselves. Still, we found it rather jarring to have Dr. Foreman and the elusive Dr. "Thirteen" Hadley go from sharing uncomfortable talk about the Huntington drug trials in the locker room, to jeopardizing careers for one another in the span of about two weeks.
Happily Ever After?: Well, here's a hint. Firing your girlfriend to prevent your relationship from being frowned upon doesn't always go over so smoothly.
15
The Tenth Doctor and Rose Tyler
The Love-Sick: Billie Piper and David Tennant of Doctor Who
So Wrong: As a basic rule of thumb, Doctors tended almost never to hook up with their companions. It made for two series of David Tennant's Tenth Doctor and the somewhat ordinary Rose Tyler's mooning for each other ending up an unwelcome distraction from the post-war Time Lord stories.
Happily Ever After?: Uh...sort of? The Doctor wound up leaving Rose behind on a parallel Earth...with a clone of himself. Because that isn't awkward.
14
Spinner Mason and Emma Nelson
The Love-Sick: Shane Kippel and Miriam McDonald of Degrassi: The Next Generation
So Wrong: Yeah, okay. Let's break up fan-favorite couple Jane and Spinner, throw in some drunken shenanigans, and have Spinner wake up married to Emma, two people who've almost never spoken. That seems like a marriage they'd both want to make work. What? They do? Huzzah!
Happily Ever After?: Evidently, as despite a few false starts the two share a second beachfront wedding and Jane backs down from messing things up.
13
Saul Tigh and Caprica Six
The Love-Sick: Michael Hogan and Tricia Helfer of Battlestar Galactica
So Wrong: We get it. Saul underwent an identity crisis upon discovering himself as a Cylon, and Caprica reminded him of his dead wife. But Gods help us if that didn't make this random pairing, complete with miscarriage any easier to swallow. And who the hell was guarding the cell where this all took place?!
Happily Ever After?: With the baby gone and Ellen returned from the grave, the two went back to their long-standing love interests, happily settling on Earth.
12
Dale Cooper and Audrey Horne
The Love-Sick: Kyle MacLachlan and Sherilyn Fenn of Twin Peaks
So Wrong: It often reflects poorly on an FBI man's career when he takes in an 18 year-old girl as a lover, and thankfully Agent Cooper had the good sense to resist her advances...mostly. Kyle MacLachlan himself personally vetoed the story, which was to have been the focus after solving Laura Palmer's murder.
Happily Ever After?: Thankfully, no. But the fandom was none too happy about their replacement love interests, either.
11
Lieutenant LaGuerta and Sergeant Batista
The Love-Sick: David Zayas and Lauren Velez of Dexter
So Wrong: The two Miami Metro officers' eventually pairing off and marrying to avoid career ramifications wouldn't have been so bad, if there were, you know...ANY implication of a mutual attraction in the prior seasons.
Happily Ever After?: Until death do them part (which we're hoping for in season six!), these mismatched detectives remain husband and wife.
10
Steve Urkel and Laura Winslow
The Love-Sick: Jaleel White and Kellie S. Williams of Family Matters
So Wrong: Not that we're arguing that the show made any coherent sense (it went from heartwarming Chicago family to time-travelling super-nerd), but Laura overcoming her decade long revulsion to Steve through sheer erosion never felt right, with the alternatively suave Stefan Urqel pining for her affection as well.
Happily Ever After?: Yes, provided he never went into outer space again. And no, we're not making that up.
9
Christian Troy and Liz Cruz
The Love-Sick: Roma Maffia and Julian McMahon of Nip/Tuck
So Wrong: Let's see. Sarcastic, frequently put down lesbian takes pity on her heavily misogynist and womanizng boss due to his pending death, and enjoys her midnight raping enough to agree to marriage for the six months he has left. Yeah, that has a bright future.
Happily Ever After?: Divorce about...five minutes after he discovers his cancer's gone into remission. Let's just say the writers weren't banking on this one.
8
Sylar and Maya Herrera
The Love-Sick: Zachary Quinto and Dania Ramirez of Heroes
So Wrong: Sylar...is creepy. Sylar with a love interest? Creepier. It felt somewhat more natural to pair the skull-slicing villain with Kristen Bell's sadistic Elle, but the first attempt at pairing Sylar with the conflicted fugitive Maya made us feel like ripping our own brains out. Particularly with her twin brother's corpse five feet away from their first kiss.
Happily Ever After?: Nope! That whole "you violently murdered my brother, and are also evil" put a bit of a damper on things.
7
Velma and Shaggy
The Love-Sick: Norville Rogers and Velma Dinkley of Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
So Wrong: We're Team Velma. Foxy redhead though Daphne might have been, we'll take the sexy librarian look any day. And we're not against the (mostly) uncessary pairing of Velma and Shaggy, but when the relationship starts becoming complicated by the presence of a dog...something just ain't right.
Happily Ever After?: They've been a little back and forth about things in the 13 aired episodes thus far, but we're sure they'll solve that mystery.
6
Worf and Deanna Troi
The Love-Sick: Michael Dorn and Marina Sirtis of Star Trek: The Next Generation
So Wrong: We have...questions...about Worf. Alexander's mother was half-human, and the only women we ever saw him express any real interest in were Deanna Troi, Jadzia Dax, and even Ezri Dax. Somebody had himself some Terran fever. Yes, we know they were Betazed and Trill respectively, you nerds.
In any case, Worf's pairing with Deanna arrived late in TNG's run, and only then out of the Klingon having seen a parallel universe counterpart's relationship with her, which raises all kinds of philosophical questions in addition to the ick factor.
Happily Ever After?: Thankfully, we seem to have forgotten all about that by the movies' time, with Riker and Troi picking up where they left off.
5
Connor and Cordelia Chase
The Love-Sick: Charisma Carpenter and Vincent Kartheiser of Angel
So Wrong: It was odd enough having Angel develop feelings for Cordelia, considering their history in Sunnydale, but we accepted the growth principle. Falling for and sexing his teenage son on the other hand...possessed or no, still scars Whedon fans to this day.
Happily Ever After?: With that whole "posessed by a demon goddess who gave birth to itself and put Cordy in a coma" thing out of the way, the romance between Connor and Cordelia was safely crushed and swept under the rug.
4
Fez and Jackie
The Love-Sick: Wilmer Valderrama and Mila Kunis of That 70's Show
So Wrong: Look, Wilmer Valderrama's Fez certainly wasn't an unattractive fellow. But a near-decade of creepy weirdness and unrequited pining shouldn't have been enough to finally win over a girl with the looks of Mila Kunis.
Happily Ever After?: Sadly, the producers saved this pairing for the very last episode, set New Years 1980. We'll never know if Jackie snapped to her senses.
3
Shannon and Sayid
The Love-Sick: Naveen Andrews and Maggie Grace of LOST
So Wrong: Okay. Life and death situations, pre-conceptions melting away and opposites attracting. Fine. But the idea that the tortured torturer actually loved the vapid Shannon in their brief time together, particularly enough to end up as soulmates in the afterlife, with no afterthought of Nadia? Really?
Happily Ever After?: We...guess? The two jogged each other's memories of their time in the real world, and presumable ascended together...wherever the hell they were going.
2
Sam and Diane
The Love-Sick: Shelley Long and Ted Danson of Cheers
So Wrong: Practically the origin of "Will They/Won't They," Sam and Diane certainly attracted as opposites but their eventual breakup, subsequent mooning and countless attempts to rekindle things wore on the audience's patience.
Happily Ever After?: Not quite. Shelley did return in the series finale to discuss the possiblity of re-kindling things, but the two ultimately discounted the idea. We like Kirstie Alley better anyway.
1
Joey and Rachel
The Love-Sick: Matt LeBlanc and Jennifer Aniston of Friends
So Wrong: It worked for Monica and Chandler, as their respective neuroses blended quite well. Lightning doesn't always strike twice however, as the Friends writers discovered with the experimental and universally reviled pairing of Rachel and Joey. It made some sense, the characters having grown closer since her pregnancy but Ross help us, it NEVER felt right.
Happily Ever After?: Thankfully, no. The two realized how awkward it made things, freeing Rachel to finally (and somewhat more believably) return to Ross.
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