It is essential for a movie or TV series to deliver an interesting story to reach the audience. But there is one element that is even more important when it comes to attracting people: characters. If they are well constructed, they manage to captivate the heart of the public, which follows their evolution closely. For example, many characters from movies and TV shows have become favorites, with millions of people cheering for their adventures, watching them grow, make mistakes and even fall in love.
Through the history of film and television, many couples have won over viewers. Many of us wanted to experience a romance like Harry and Sally’s, or a brief but passionate affair like Jack and Rose’s in Titanic. With TV series, which often run for several seasons, this situation is magnified: these characters are not just with us for a few hours, they become part of our lives and stay with us for a long time. If a movie manages to get the audience addicted to the love affair of the main characters, a TV series can take this to the extreme. Thus, fans of couples from TV shows follow the characters in their daily lives and follow every important step in their relationship.
Many characters in TV series are destined to find each other and consolidate as a solid couple from the very first chapter. A few examples of this are Lily and Marshall, from How I met your motheror Jim and Pam from The office. And while the latter had a little more trouble coming together, their chemistry transcended the screen from the very beginning of the series. However, there are other famous TV series couples who have gone down a bumpier road, breaking up and getting back together many times over the course of the series. As such, here are the best flashing light relationships in TV history.
8/8 Haley and Dylan – Modern Family
Haley and DylanThe relationship with his relationship completely won the audience, because who has not experienced such love as a teenager? In the course of Modern familyOver the 11 seasons of the series, these characters went through both happy and hard times, and their relationship grew tremendously from their first teenage relationships. As much in love as these characters were, they broke up several times and Haley tried to date other men. However, eventually they both realized they were good for each other and moved on in their relationship. By the series finale, they became parents to twins Poppy and George.
7/8 Kelly and Ryan — The Office
There is no couple in the history of TV series that are as bad a match as Kelly and Ryan from The office, and maybe that was why the public was so addicted to this bizarre relationship. They started dating on Valentine’s Day in 2006, and from then on they broke up and made up hundreds of times. Kelly was completely in love with him, determined to make up the wildest stories to keep him with her. Ryan, on the other hand, believed he was somehow better than Kelly, and behaved manipulatively throughout their relationship, losing his temper when dating other men, but ignoring her when she was by his side ( something screen frenzy mentions as one of the things that wasn’t right about their relationship). By the end of the series, Kelly was in love with Ravi, a very respectable man who was genuinely interested in her, but when she saw Ryan at Angela and Dwight’s wedding, she fell for him again, and the two ran off together, Ryans baby with Ravi.
6/8 Luke and Lorelai – Gilmore Girls
Luke and Lorelai from Gilmore Girls were friends for a very long time before dating, although it was clear from the first episode that they were destined to be together. After a long meeting as restaurant owner and customer, the two decided to give love a shot and went on a first date, although they eventually broke up and started dating other people. For the series finale, Luke and Lorelai gave their relationship another chance, but the public had to wait until 2016, when Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life premiere, to witness the highly anticipated wedding of these characters.
5/8 Robin and Barney – How I Met Your Mother
After a lot of back and forth on How I met your mother, Robin ended up in pairs with Ted. However, there is another person Robin was in a relationship with that made a lot more sense: Barney. Although these two characters were initially friends, they began to develop feelings for each other over the seasons. Still, their relationship was influenced by Ted’s feelings for Robin, so they grew apart several times. Eventually, these two got back together and even got married. But their relationship deteriorated: Robin’s job caused problems, they were fighting all the time and they decided to break up and just stay friends. This made fans very angry, especially after Ted and Robin gave each other a second chance in the series finale.
4/8 Miranda and Steve – Sex and the City
Miranda and Steve met in a bar during Sex and the city‘s second season, and from then on they began a relationship that spanned two spin-off movies and the sequel series And just like that. After dating for a while and breaking up several times, Miranda got pregnant and they both co-parent until they rediscovered the spark between them. In the end Steve cheated on Miranda, something that was very difficult to overcome, but they did it. However, in And just like thatMiranda realized her feelings for Steve weren’t the same anymore, so she filed for divorce (a storyline that sparked complaints from viewers).
3/8 Meredith and Derek – Grey’s Anatomy
Meredith and The stretch‘s relationship on Grey’s Anatomy is one of the sweetest in TV series history. However, like everyone else on this list, it had its ups and downs. The two met at the bar and spent a night together, but it didn’t take off and they decided to cut ties shortly after. Meredith continued to date other men, although her feelings remained intact, and when she found out that Derek was married, she felt utterly devastated. Eventually, they both found out that they were good for each other, and Derek left his wife to be with Meredith. They had a beautiful relationship and three loving children, but disaster struck the family when Derek died of a head injury after an accident.
2/8 Blair and Chuck – Gossip Girl
Looking back, it makes perfect sense that Blair and Chuck from Gossip Girl would become a couple, even though it may not have seemed that way in the first few seasons of the series. The two grew up together on the Upper East Side and were friends, but as time went on, they began to have feelings for each other. Their relationship was quite tumultuous, especially as they were teenagers with very strong personalities, but much to the delight of the fans, they both got married and had a baby boy named Henry.
1/8 Rachel and Ross — Friends
friends‘ Rachel and Ross sure to take the top spot on this ranking, and their relationship was discussed by millions of viewers, still wondering if they? were on break. Since the serial pilot, it was clear that Ross had feelings for Rachel, but it took her a little more time to figure out how she felt about him. Their relationship was pretty unstable, and in fact they both dated other people during different periods, and even got married and divorced after a crazy night in Las Vegas. Eventually, they both had a daughter named Emma, and by the end of the series, they moved into Ross’s apartment together. Despite being one of the series’ most iconic couples, many viewers still want Rachel to end up with Joey.