10. Let’s start with a blast from the past. I’m going all the way back to the early 90’s for Brenda & Dylan. Probably my first dalliance with a bad boy (although looking back, how bad was Dylan?) Brenda & Dylan were THE couple for me during my teen years. They provided your daily dose of drama & I loved every second of it. The big dance? The pregnancy scare? The break up to R.E.M.’s “Losing My Religion” (you know it makes an impact when I can remember the song). That was when 90210 was on point. Once Brenda & Dylan broke up, the show lost something for me. I never quite bought Kelly & Dylan together & no one ever sparked with Brenda the way Dylan did. You know you’ve got something when all I can think about on the new 90210 was that it is a shame that Luke Perry turned it down because it would have been fantastic to see Brenda & Dylan together all these years later.
9. I know the big love story on Grey’s Anatomy is supposed to be Meredith & Derek and there were points along the way where that could have happened. But for me, nothing will ever, ever beat Izzy & Denny. I came into Grey’s late. I fought the power & did not start watching the first season on dvd until the series was already in Season 3. So I knew about Denny. I remember all the brouhaha on the internet after the episode aired but holy crap did I sob when it actually happened! Jay was in the other room & came in to see what was wrong with me. That’s how bad I was sobbing. It is one thing for me to tear up, but really for a show to make me sob, well that’s an accomplishment that is usually reserved for Joss Whedon. Although I still watch and occasionally really enjoy the show, that was the moment Grey’s peaked for me and I doubt it will ever be able to top it.
8. I was a big fan of Friends & of Ross and Rachel. In my opinion, the whole relationship was fantastic in the beginning but after a few years, it got a little old (plus then Monica & Chandler took center stage). The reason I have them on this list is because if I’m flipping through the channels and happen to land on a Friends re-run and it happens to be the episode with the Prom video, it gets me, every…single….time.
7. For a while I loved the WB and then for a while I hated it. But during those dark times there was a little show about a little town in Colorado called Everwood that kept me tied to my former favorite network. Everwood was not your every day WB teeny-bopper show. The cast was amazing and I felt like I knew & loved every single one of them, most of all Amy & Ephram. It is your typical story of the outcast who falls in love with the most beautiful girl school, but with the addition of a coma ridden boyfriend, a famous neurosurgeon dad and a hot blond babysitter. Things in Everwood were never as they seemed and I really appreciated that (hello, they freakin killed Colin). In fact, Everwood is the reason for my embargo against the CW (cancel Everwood & bring back 7th Heaven??? Seriously! I’ll never get over that)…anyhoo, you could always see the love between Ephram & Amy even when they weren’t together and when they finally were, it was worth the wait (and of course the breakup was heartbreaking too) but it was all ok in the end when Amy performed the grandest gesture of all with the ferris wheel.
6.The Pacey-Dawson debate continues to rage on years later but I stand by my assessment that it was ALL ABOUT PACEY. Dawson was whiny & stupid & had bad hair. Pacey was sarcastic, biting, and yes boys & girls, romantic. The Pacey & Joey romance brought something back to the Creek. Things were getting B-O-R-I-N-G until Pacey told Joey to ask him to stay. Remember the wall? Talk about romantic gestures, that one still gets me.
5. As we all know, the Whedon is the master of ripping your heart out of you chest, showing it to you, and then throwing it on the ground & stomping on it. He has done many things that have traumatized me over the years (see Buffy & Angel) but this was one of the worst things…ever. Talk about sobbing…uncontrollably. Winifred Burkle joined Team Angel & at once Wesley Wyndham Pryce was smitten. One would think the two would be a perfect match with their mutual love of research & the supernatural, but it took Fred four seasons to realize her feelings for Wesley and just when she did, well, I can’t even talk about it here or I might have a break down. But yeah, it was bad and Wesley never recovered & I’ll never forgive the WB for cancelling the show during its best season because I really would have loved to have seen what the Whedon had in store for everyone.
4. At this point I’ve accepted that once the bad boy shows his vulnerable side, I’m a sitting duck. When Veronica Mars premiered Logan Echolls was the typical spoiled rich boy with an attitude. I pretty much hated his guts. But then you see a little into his home life, realize he is still reeling from his girlfriend’s murder and you go a little soft. Then he loses his mother & it is all over. I fell for him just as hard as Veronica did. The first kiss between the two of them in front of the motel is one of the top five kisses I’ve ever seen on tv (quite possibly my favorite). Logan & Veronica were electric & every time she hurt him or he came through for her my heart fluttered.
3. So I know this is probably going to cause an uproar, but for me, the most emotional breakup of Sex & they City was Carrie & Aidan, both times. I was never the biggest fan of Big, (I think although he loved her he was so self-centered and closed off) and Aidan just gave himself so completely to Carrie, both times. I was devastated when Carrie slept with Big & then told Aidan on Charlotte’s wedding day (!) I was even more traumatized when I realized (when she broke into hives in the tacky wedding gown) that she would never marry Aidan. Oh, and then that breakup. That last night when they cuddled together in the room that would never be their apartment. Heartbreaking.
2. As I previously mentioned, I’ve been watching a lot of tv on dvd. While re-watching Lost this summer, I realized just how much I love Sun & Jin. Some tears did fall in the finale when Jin was left behind on the freighter, so I knew that I was affected by them, but it wasn’t until I re-watched the first two seasons did I realize how much. In the beginning, Jin came off as cold hearted. But as their story evolved and you saw how their love was completely mutilated by Sun’s family, it was easy to root for a reunion.
Sun & Jin are the emotional heart of Lost. Their story encompasses so many great things, it shows the power of redemption and forgiveness. I’m going to keep out hope that an another emotional reunion is in their future.
1. I’m sure you are all sooo shocked. Yes, for me it is all about Angel & Buffy. As Cordelia pointed out “They’ve got the forbidden love of all time”. Ahh, the slayer in love with a vampire. At first it didn’t seem so bad, I mean sure he was over 200 and she was 16, but it wasn’t until they consummated their relationship that this love story took its Shakespearian turn. I was so shocked & distressed about the second half of season 2 that I started reading spoilers. I couldn’t afford to be taken completely off guard like that. I mean, for the love of God, it is a tv show! Angel becoming evil, Buffy killing Angel, the prom, Faith’s poison, graduation, the Crossover! Even at the end, when Buffy told him that she was “cookie dough”. Buffy & Angel are one of the greatest couples because their love is eternal, no matter what happens or how much time they spend apart they will always love each other and thus, hurt each other (and all of us in the process!)
So that about wraps things up. My favorite tv couples and let me tell you, Edward Cullen & Bella don’t even come close to them (and don’t get me started on that final book, worst ever!!). Did I leave someone off the list, if so let me know?
The fall season starts next week, so I’ll be profiling the shows I’m going to watch & then doing a quick report card once everything has premiered. Looking forward to an eventful fall season! Hooary!
