# TV romances that the show kept pushing despite the fact that it sucked **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 7, 2016, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-romances-that-the-show-kept-pushing-despite-the-fact-that-it-sucked/756712 "2016-06-07T03:30:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2016, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-romances-that-the-show-kept-pushing-despite-the-fact-that-it-sucked/756712/81 "2016-06-14T14:44:47Z")
> [@iamthewalrus\_3](#): > > 100% agreed on How I Met Your Mother. What the hell were they thinking? > > I disagree with the OP on Veronica Mars, though. Sure, Logan was often an asshole, but he was an asshole with heart. I bought their relationship as that of two deeply wounded people who couldn’t get past their brokenness. The problem for me isn’t that he’s broken, it’s that he’s axe-crazy. His beating of whatshisname–Veronica’s non-psychotic boyfriend was way, _way_ beyond tv-show vengeful boyfriend behavior. You just know that in a few years, they’ll be vacationing in a hotel and Logan will fill reams of pages of paper with “ALL WORK AND NO PLAY MAKE LOGAN A DULL BOY” before chopping down her door. He’s a loaded gun ready to go off. ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2016, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-romances-that-the-show-kept-pushing-despite-the-fact-that-it-sucked/756712/82 "2016-06-14T18:04:35Z")
> [@Fenris](#): > > The problem for me isn’t that he’s broken, it’s that he’s axe-crazy. His beating of whatshisname–Veronica’s non-psychotic boyfriend was way, _way_ beyond tv-show vengeful boyfriend behavior. You just know that in a few years, they’ll be vacationing in a hotel and Logan will fill reams of pages of paper with “ALL WORK AND NO PLAY MAKE LOGAN A DULL BOY” before chopping down her door. He’s a loaded gun ready to go off. That was when he thought that Piz had made a sexy-time video and shared it with various douchebros, right? Yes, over the top, but I can see lots of people reacting that way. He’s definitely fucked up. I would be too if my dad murdered my girlfriend, my mom committed suicide, my best friend’s little brother killed himself, I were framed for a murder I didn’t commit…. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2016, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-romances-that-the-show-kept-pushing-despite-the-fact-that-it-sucked/756712/83 "2016-06-14T19:19:08Z")
> [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](#): > > Chakotay and 7 of 9 on Star Trek Voyager. That came out of nowhere and made no sense. There was no chemistry there. Didn’t help that Chakotay was as dull a character you could ever create. > > Now the Doctor and 7 of 9 had actual chemistry. There was clear groundwork being put into the show for their relationship which, ultimately, led nowhere. I guess 7 of 9 had to have that baby. Hell, they simply didn’t have the balls to go for the obvious connection: Seven and Janeway. And I say that as someone who finds lesbian sex scenes dull as ditchwater. That Seven was in love with Janeway was pretty damn obvious; she, Seven, just didn’t understand her feelings. ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2016, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-romances-that-the-show-kept-pushing-despite-the-fact-that-it-sucked/756712/84 "2016-06-14T22:53:50Z")
> [@iamthewalrus\_3](#): > > That was when he thought that Piz had made a sexy-time video and shared it with various douchebros, right? Yes, over the top, but I can see lots of people reacting that way. > > He’s definitely fucked up. I would be too if [spoiler]my dad murdered my girlfriend, my mom committed suicide, my best friend’s little brother killed himself, I were framed for a murder I didn’t commit… I thought Veronica and Logan had great chemistry, and I really enjoyed watching the writers trying to figure out how to redeem him (after the paid ‘bum’ fights). Sorry. They were hot together. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2016, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-romances-that-the-show-kept-pushing-despite-the-fact-that-it-sucked/756712/85 "2016-06-15T00:05:09Z")
> [@koeeoaddi](#): > > I was going to point to two specific characters, but to save time, every single couple, potential couple, excouple and couple-to-be on Grey’s Anatomy. Yes. And I am glad the big quarterback omniverous omnisexual lesbian orthopedic surgeon is finally taking a hike. The endless endless fighting with the blonde with one leg - enough! It ain’t working! Split up!..though I’ve read none of the relationships on Greys Anatomy are very good because they spent all of their formative dating-and-courting years in med school, and are acting on sexual feelings without knowing how to form real relationships. (Christina and the surgeon-boss - they could screw till the cows came home but on a date in a restaurant! Crickets! lol.) ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2016, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-romances-that-the-show-kept-pushing-despite-the-fact-that-it-sucked/756712/86 "2016-06-15T00:43:24Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Ross and Rachel. Who are they kidding? That dork with the embodiment of Venus? No way. > [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > That nice guy with that stuck up rich bitch? No way. That dork with that stuck-up rich bitch? I watched a lot of TV I wouldn't otherwise have watched when I was in the hospital, and FRIENDS wasn't that bad, except when the plot of the episode revolved around Ross & Rachel's relationship. I DO agree, however, that they WERE ON A BREAK! ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2016, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-romances-that-the-show-kept-pushing-despite-the-fact-that-it-sucked/756712/87 "2016-06-15T12:23:08Z")
Ooh–I just thought of another. Excluding the first season, Smallville: Lana and Clark. Hell, Lex and Clark made a better couple. Lana just sucked. ETA: Dammit, Mr. Dibble beat me to it! ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2016, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-romances-that-the-show-kept-pushing-despite-the-fact-that-it-sucked/756712/88 "2016-06-15T16:57:54Z")
Despite the final episodes, Tony Nelson would have to be some kind of gay to resist Jeannie’s advances. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2016, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-romances-that-the-show-kept-pushing-despite-the-fact-that-it-sucked/756712/89 "2016-06-15T17:27:22Z")
> [@Don\_Draper](#): > > The seemingly irresistible sex-goddess treatment that “True Blood” afforded Sookie was what finally made me give up on it about halfway through its run. Was there ever a hetero male character on the show (aside from her brother) that DIDN’T want to bone her?? It’s why ( or a big reason ) I quit reading the books. Sookie was one of the biggest Mary Sue’s I’ve seen in recent literature. Her milkshake brought all the boys to the yard and she was just the bestest, sexiest thing going. I know the book series was popular, but IMHO they never rose above journeyman-level at their best and just got worse and worse with each new volume. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2016, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-romances-that-the-show-kept-pushing-despite-the-fact-that-it-sucked/756712/90 "2016-06-15T17:52:33Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > Despite the final episodes, Tony Nelson would have to be some kind of gay to resist Jeannie’s advances. I think that would be an interesting reveal if there is ever a reboot of the series. It turns out Tony Nelson is gay, and in a long term closeted relationship with Roger Healy, and Jeannie has to find other … avenues … to release her sexuality. Maybe the writers can juggle the timeline so Nelson and Healy go through the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” phase of military service, and finally come out and get married as a series finale or something. ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2016, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-romances-that-the-show-kept-pushing-despite-the-fact-that-it-sucked/756712/91 "2016-06-15T18:09:44Z")
> [@iamthewalrus\_3](#): > > He’s definitely fucked up. I would be too if my dad murdered my girlfriend, my mom committed suicide, my best friend’s little brother killed himself, I were framed for a murder I didn’t commit…. Uh, sorry for screwing up my spoiler tag. Hopefully nobody’s too bothered by a spoiler for a decade-old TV show. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-romances-that-the-show-kept-pushing-despite-the-fact-that-it-sucked/756712.md?page=4)