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We asked the BuzzFeed Community to share which TV couples absolutely deserved to end up together but didn't. Here's what they said:
1. Roy and Keeley from Ted Lasso
"They were such a healthy and super cute couple. They helped each other a lot, and it broke my heart when they broke up and then when they didn't get together again."
—calaveratur
Colin Hutton / ©Apple TV+ / Courtesy Everett Collection 2. Alexis and Ted on Schitt's Creek
"It was not a heartbreaking ending, and I understand why the writers did it, but I wanted to see them have their happy ending after all of that character development."
—bax69
"I couldn’t believe it when they broke up. It was super heartbreaking for me for personal reasons, but I understood why. After all the character development, I just felt like they should’ve ended up staying together. Oh well."
—s_bel
©CBC/POP / courtesy Everett Collection 3. Dean and Castiel from Supernatural
"Fans put up with the queer-baiting for over 10 years just to have Cas confess then get yeeted into super Hell?!?! Nope. They should have been endgame."
—saraho4a20298d2
Colin Bentley / © The CW / Courtesy Everett Collection 4. Amy and Raj from The Big Bang Theory
"Amy and Raj deserved to be together. They would have been a much better couple than Amy and Sheldon. Amy was lonely and starved for romance and affection that she did not get from Sheldon. Raj was a hopeless romantic who wanted to give someone that."
—troper
Cbs / ©CBS/Courtesy Everett Collection 5. Ned and Chuck from Pushing Daisies
"They loved each other soooo much, but literally couldn’t touch or Chuck would die. They had such a fun dynamic, but their relationship was left unresolved because the series was canceled."
—strangerthanitseems
Abc / ©ABC/Courtesy Everett Collection 6. Adam and Kono from Hawaii Five-0
"After everything they’ve been through and fought for, they deserved better."
—kittyplaneworld
Courtesy of CBS 7. Haley and Andy from Modern Family
"They were so good together and made each other better."
—nattyiscool
Abc / ©ABC/Courtesy Everett Collection 8. Shawn and Angela from Boy Meets World
"I'll never get over how the writers handled their story... they allowed us to believe that Angela and Shawn are soulmates only to split them up a few episodes before the end of the series. What was even worse was the fact that in Girl Meets World , they did NOT take the opportunity to give them a well-deserved and longed-for endgame. They reduced Angela to Shawn's ex-girlfriend from his high school days. It's such a sad evolution from the best 'soulmates' trope to the 'disposable black girlfriend' trope."
—antoinette_yoo
ABC 9. Eve and Villanelle from Killing Eve
"Theirs could have been a more layered and unconventional 'happily ever after,' but the writers didn't even try!
—buttercupbailey
"The TV show shoehorned in a cheap shock value downer ending at the last second with no resolution. I'm still angry."
—witchycentipede62
David Emery / ©BBC-America / Courtesy Everett Collection 10. Darlene and David from Roseanne
"I loved this show growing up, and although, yes, they were kind of dysfunctional, I just loved them together. Towards the later seasons, you could see how much they started to grow with each other. I hate how The Conners has ruined David, who was one of my favorite characters. I think it plays a big part in why I stopped watching."
—kristenc40d083bdc
Kimberly Butler / ©Carsey-Werner / Paramount Television / ABC / courtesy Everett Collection 11. Karen and Derek from Smash
"They were clearly being written from the start to end up together, but that was scrapped when the show was suddenly canceled. There was always an underlying sense of both romantic and sexual tension between them. He was constantly trying to be a better man because of her, and she was always looking out for him. They both supported each other, always. I'm forever pissed that the writers scrapped all of that build-up with a cutaway kiss and a lazy explanation of 'Nah, we just wouldn't work!'"
—novacaineblues
Nbc / ©NBC/Courtesy Everett Collection 12. Veronica and Logan from Veronica Mars
"The writers ruined the last ever episode so badly that the entire fandom managed to quickly agree that it simply doesn't exist."
—senpainoticedu
"I was devastated and regretted that there's been a fourth season. But what made it worse is Rob Thomas saying it can't work as a detective show if Veronica has a husband and kids, as if a female character can't still be an interesting and badass detective if she's happy (I'm not saying those are the key to happiness, but Veronica *was* finally happy)."
—silverhera
Warner Bros / ©Warner Bros/Courtesy Everett Collection 13. Rory and Jess from Gilmore Girls
"They were a good couple despite being teenagers; they really understood each other on a deeper level."
—chavirotberg
Warner Bros / ©Warner Bros/Courtesy Everett Collection 14. Jane and Ryan from The Bold Type
"Problem plot points aside, Jane and Ryan should've been together."
—justanobserver
Jonathan Wenk / ©Freeform / Courtesy Everett Collection 15. Susan and Mike from Desperate Housewives
16. Wendell and Angela from Bones
"He was the only person Angela connected with because of his values rather than his sex appeal."
—smellyovercoat47
20thcentfox / 20th Century Fox Licensing/Merchandising / Everett Collection 17. Emma and Sean from Degrassi: The Next Generation
"I've been rewatching Degrassi lately, and I'm still salty that Emma and Sean did not end up together. They should have gotten married, not Emma and Spinner."
—cecer246
CTV 18. Dylan and Toni from 90210
"She was so stinking cute, and she brought calm to the storm called Dylan McKay. They should’ve lasted longer, and to this day, I cannot watch the episode where they get married and she dies. Jack McKay was into some crooked shit, as was her father, too, and she didn’t deserve to die. Add the kitten they found, and it’s a tearjerker. Dylan truly loved her."
—smellytortoise841
CBS 19. Clarke and Bellamy from The 100
"Clarke Griffin and Bellamy Blake absolutely should have ended up together. The chemistry was incredible (so much so that the actors playing them actually fell in love and got married and had a child together), the storylines (for at least the first 5-6 seasons) were clearly hinting at a slow-burn relationship, and the actors have even said that they were told their characters would get together at some point. They were perfect for each other and should have gotten a happy ending together (instead of that nightmare of a final season)."
—cspenc4
Warner Brothers / ©CW Network/Courtesy Everett Collection / Everett Collection 20. John and Sara from The Alienist
"The way he looked at her??????? I wish someone looked at me like that."
—calaveratur
Kata Vermes / ©TNT / Courtesy Everett Collection 21. And finally, Nate and Serena from Gossip Girl
"I’ll stand by this. It should have been Nate and Serena. Dan Humphrey is an awful, manipulative twerp. He also should NOT have been Gossip Girl. That made zero sense. But because he was, he deserves nothing, least of all Serena."
—micahdr
Cw Network / ©CW Network/Courtesy Everett Collection Did your favorite couple make the list? Let us know in the comments!
Responses have been edited for length/clarity.
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