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3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
Most Infuriating Will They/Won't They TV Couples
Romantic tension between two leads can make a TV show practically impossible to turn off. However, when the potentiality of a relationship drags on for too long, it can become more frustrating than fun to watch. Recently, redditor u/phantom_avenger asked, "What TV show handled the 'will they, won't they' trope in the most infuriating way?" Here are 30 of the top responses: "Mulder and Scully from The X-Files. The OGs: 25 years, nine seasons, two limited series, and two movies for crumbs." —SydneyRose0025 Ted and Robin from How I Met Your Mother. It would have been less aggravating if there weren't like four different episodes in which Ted has an 'I have to stop chasing Robin' epiphany. It's like they wanted the drama and impact of him finally letting her go, but at the drop of a hat, he's all, 'Pick me. Choose me. Love me.'" —naomigoat "Guys, it's 100 percent Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and it's not even close. Stabler and Benson have been in an on-and-off will they/won't they for 26 seasons, LOL. That is, since 1999." —AnalConnoisseur69 "Eve and Villanelle in Killing Eve. The finale was such a blow. They finally get together, only for Villanelle to get killed." —thehappyherbivore "Luke and Lorelei from Gilmore Girls. Once a couple finally gets together after years of will they/won't they, please don't do a stupid breakup." —lynypixie "Troy and Britta in Community." —TJTrapJesus "Ross and Rachel from Friends. After they had a baby, they should've just stayed together." —Slow_Impact3892 "Bones and Booth from Bones were my first experience with a will they/won't they, and now I kind of hate the trope in general." —BadAspie "New Girl messed around with Jess and Nick and waited far too long. By the end of the series, we didn't even care. Schmidt and Cece were the real couple." —iJon_v2 "Lana and Clark on Smallville. A will they/won't they that lasts for seven years without the couple ever evolving. They get together, and they have trust issues because would-be Superman lies about his powers. She gets rightfully pissed, and the thing drags on. The worst thing is a will they/won't they, that's utterly boring to watch, and it's basically known it will be a 'won't' because Superman ends up with Lois. At least make them interesting with each other!!!" —normott "On Dawson's Creek, Joey and Dawson had zero romantic chemistry. Like none. Then you see Pacey and Joey, and you wonder why they even bothered with Dawson." —bambinoquinn "Jonah and Amy in Superstore. Legit drove me insane." —General_Sprinkles386 "This totally dates me, but Moonlighting. After Maddie and David hooked up, the show was boring. —UnimaginativeRA "Desperate Housewives with Mike and Susan. Friends, dating, breakup, dating, breakup, dating, coma, breakup, dating, marriage, divorce, marriage, death. Exhausting." —babysherlock91 "Sookie and Eric in True Blood. They had off-the-charts chemistry, but it never went anywhere." —mamalo31 "LaGuerta and Batista in Dexter. There was never a hint of anything between them, then in a season premiere, they're suddenly in a relationship, and she's like, 'Tell me again this isn't crazy,' so we know it's been going on for a while. Then their relationship deteriorates. By the next season, they had split, but it happened off-camera, same as how the relationship started. Why would the audience care about them together? The writers never bothered to even show them flirting. They were just together, and then they weren't." —Row1734SeatJ "C.C. and Niles from The Nanny. Just kiss already." —luludarlin "Roman and Gerri from Succession." —Apesma69 "Stiles and Lydia on Teen Wolf. They get the characters together after five seasons for obvious fan service, which I already hated, but then you never get to see the characters TOGETHER. They kiss in one scene, make eyes at each other in another, then one of them is missing for the entirety of the second half of the season and they only mention the relationship one time. Infuriating!" —FiPhillips1999_SW "Beckett and Castle on Castle. Loved the chemistry in the early seasons when she could duke it out with him on equal footing. The payoff... not so much. 😣" —Thrownawaybyall "Jaime and Brienne from Game of Thrones. When they finally banged, the writers threw out years of character growth and turned Jaime into a villain again." —growsonwalls "Honestly, my big one is Mordecai and Margaret from Regular Show, LOL." —leoconrad "Andy and Erin from The Office. They didn't seem to know what they wanted to do with these guys, and they would get together, then break up for no reason. One would go after the other, then the other way around, and nobody could possibly care any of the times because they were both so awful together. The show was trash at this point anyway." —Kaylascreations "I give Lucifer a little credit (just a little) for being incredibly self-aware with Chloe and Lucifer. But it was still painful." —GingerVampire22 "Scrubs. JD and Elliot were constantly getting back together and breaking up in more and more convoluted ways." —Kooky_Celebration_42 "House and Cuddy from House 100 percent. So frustrating, they really built it up and then let their storyline end in the most terrible, unresolved way." —anonymouslyamature "Honestly, Sam and Diane from Cheers. They were the first major (American) sitcom example, but the relationship was a disaster. It's impossible to root for them. You know it's just toxic as fuck. It was such a relief when Shelley Long left the show." —TfnR "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. did the will they/won't they thing with Fitz and Simmons for far too long. They finally get together, and you'd think that would be the end of it, right? NOPE! They then spend the next God knows how many seasons ripped apart from each other throughout space and time. I'm quite certain that by the end of the show, we've spent twice as much time with them apart than we have with them together." —Icy_Prior "Caroline and Klaus from The Vampire Diaries. Sure, they wouldn't have been a good couple, but their chemistry was off the charts. I felt like Caroline and Stefan were better off as friends." —Every-Piccolo-6747 And finally: "Clarke and Bellamy. The 100. Insane build-up to NOTHING." —IOvercookedMyPasta Okay, let's flip the script — which TV shows do you think did the "will they/won't they" trope perfectly? What made them so great? Let us know in the comments or in the anonymous comments box below!
Perth Now
12-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
David Duchovny had to point out plot holes in The X-Files
David Duchovny had to call out character inconsistencies in The X-Files. The 64-year-old star found fame as FBI agent Fox Mulder in the hit sci-fi series and recalled how he often needed to correct episodic directors on plot holes. Speaking on his Fail Better podcast, David said: "It was a bit of a pet peeve of mine when I was doing X-Files - not so much the others that I've done - but, as with Bones, it's episodic, but every episode is pretty high drama. It can be life and death. "Sometimes the directors would come on and they'd know they had a great script and (since) this was on The X-Files, this could happen, you know? Like, 'Holy s***, this is a great script,' and the really wanted to kill it. Those guys were dangerous. "So often they would say, 'We've never seen Mulder like this before', and I'd say, 'Yeah, like 10 other times we've seen Mulder like this before." David recalled how he had to correct show bosses when Mulder revealed that he had a fear of fire in the season one episode Fire - as his alter ego had appeared unmoved by a blaze in the show's pilot. He explained to guest Emily Deschanel: "I remember like in the middle of the episode, I had this thought. I think I went up to (director) Chris Carter - who wrote that episode I believe - and I said, 'Didn't Mulder and Scully watch a building burn down in the pilot? I think Mulder was fairly cool with it, you know, it didn't bother him.' "It's like that kind of stuff, you know where you're going, you're kind of the curator of the character and sometimes you have to go, 'I can't actually do that.'" David recently lamented how Netflix has changed the TV landscape as he doesn't believe that modern shows can have the longevity and reach of The X-Files, which aired from 1993 to 2002 before being revived from 2016 to 2018. He told the Daily Telegraph newspaper last month: "Netflix kind of f***** the business in a way. Well, I mean, look at The X-Files, which had a foothold on the culture and then lasted. Now, there's just so much – things become incandescent for a year or two and then they just fade away."
Indianapolis Star
11-07-2025
- Business
- Indianapolis Star
Meet IndyStar photojournalism intern HG Biggs
IndyStar's newsroom internships are an important tradition that benefits readers, the news industry and aspiring journalists. We have nine summer interns for 2025 — students who have shown a passion for local journalism and have prior internship or student media experience. Their presence provides a bridge from student journalism to the professional ranks and helps the Star fill the gaps as our full-time staff take well-earned vacation time. Similarly, we're taking a break from our "Meet the Staff" feature for the summer to give you a chance to, yes, meet the interns. We also call them Pulliam fellows — in recognition of the family that used to own the newspaper and has continued to support journalism in Indianapolis — and past participants have gone on to rich careers at the Star and elsewhere in journalism. Up this week is 2025 IndyStar intern HG Biggs. As a photojournalist, I have the opportunity to help cover anything and everything happening around Indianapolis. While I don't have a specific beat, I will always have a soft spot for baseball because photographing Little League and tournament team games in Jackson, Mississippi, was my introduction to this job. I also enjoy covering stories that localize national and international issues. I graduated from the University of Mississippi with a bachelor's in Mandarin Chinese in May 2024. I am currently a master's student at Ohio University studying visual communication in the Scripps College of Communication. I'm at a point in life where I enjoy knowing my daily schedule is going to be unpredictable. I get to meet some of the most interesting people, and it's always an honor to be trusted with documenting their stories. Getting the occasional front-row seat to sporting events isn't half bad, either. My good friend and colleague Brett Phelps was the IndyStar's photojournalism intern last summer, and he spoke highly of his time here. Hearing Brett talk about his experiences, the atmosphere between coworkers, and everything he learned from the editors and photojournalists at the Star encouraged me to apply. I'm excited to have the opportunity to learn from such a robust visuals team. In a time when visuals staff around the country are being cut, IndyStar is a newsroom challenging that trend and proving the value of investing in photojournalists. Reading: "All We Can Save" Watching: "The X-Files" "Insufficient facts always invite danger." — Mr. Spock, "Star Trek: The Original Series" "Dancin' in the Ruins" by Blue Oyster Cult and anything by Rage Against the Machine I see myself as a documentary photographer. I have no idea what that will look like, whether I'll be working in a newsroom, freelancing, or working a different job and documenting visual stories on my personal time. The world is always changing, and we have to be open to any opportunities. No matter where I go, two things will always be true: I'll always be a Mississippian, and I'll always be a photographer. Hiking the Appalachian trail, although that's a much longer undertaking than just a vacation.
Euronews
07-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Euronews
Celebrated ‘The X-Files' composer Mark Snow dies aged 78
This weekend, we learned of the disappearance of American composer Mark Snow, the celebrated artist best known for his iconic and eerie theme for the hit TV show The X Files. He was 78. A cause of death has not been provided, but Variety said Snow died Friday at his residence in the northeastern state of Connecticut. Snow's impact on the world of television cannot be understated, as he created the unique mood of numerous television and film productions. In addition to The X Files main theme, which was released as a single in 1996 and charted internationally, Snow composed the music for over 200 episodes and both feature films (The X Files: Fight The Future and The X Files: I Want To Believe) of the hit science-fiction show created by Chris Carter. In 2022, Rolling Stone magazine named The X-Files theme one of the 100 greatest TV theme songs of all time. Snow also composed the music for Carter's shows The Lone Gunmen and Millennium, as well as other US television series including Starsky & Hutch, Hart to Hart, T.J. Hooker, Blue Bloods, Smallville and The Twilight Zone. Born Martin Fulterman on 26 August 1946, Snow grew up in Brooklyn, New York and attended the prestigious Juilliard School. He began composing music for television in the late 1970s under the name Mark Snow, initiating a fruitful collaboration with producer Aaron Spelling on series such as The Rookies. His pioneering mastery of synthesizers and ability to create memorable atmospheres was recognised the world over, and led him to work with French filmmaker Alain Resnais on several films – including Cœurs, for which he was nominated for a César for best film score, as well as Les Herbes Folles and Vous n'avez encore rien vu. Over the course of his illustrious career, Snow garnered 15 Emmy nominations. His final score was the X-Men spin-off The New Mutants in 2020. Snow is survived by his wife Glynnis, three daughters, and grandchildren.
News18
06-07-2025
- Entertainment
- News18
Legendary Music Composer Mark Snow, Creator Of Iconic ‘X-Files' Theme, Passes Away At 78
Legendary Music Composer Mark Snow, Creator Of Iconic 'X-Files' Theme, Passes Away At 78 | N18G Last Updated: July 06, 2025, 22:00 IST Movies Videos Mark Snow, the legendary composer behind the hauntingly iconic theme of The X-Files, has passed away at the age of 78 at his home in Connecticut on Thursday. A 15-time Emmy nominee, Snow's prolific body of work spanned several decades and included scores for popular television shows like Hart to Hart, T.J. Hooker, The Ghost Whisperer & more. Watch the video for more. bollywood news | entertainment news live | latest bollywood news | bollywood | news18 | n18oc_moviesLiked the video? Please press the thumbs up icon and leave a comment. Subscribe to Showsha YouTube channel and never miss a video: Showsha on Instagram: Showsha on Facebook: Showsha on X: Showsha on Snapchat: entertainment and lifestyle news and updates on: RRR Music Composer MM Keeravani Says Life Hasn't Changed After Oscar Win RRR Music Composer MM Keeravani Says Life Hasn't Changed After Oscar Win More Videos homevideos Legendary Music Composer Mark Snow, Creator Of Iconic 'X-Files' Theme, Passes Away At 78 | N18G CNN name, logo and all associated elements ® and © 2024 Cable News Network LP, LLLP. A Time Warner Company. All rights reserved. CNN and the CNN logo are registered marks of Cable News Network, LP LLLP, displayed with permission. Use of the CNN name and/or logo on or as part of does not derogate from the intellectual property rights of Cable News Network in respect of them. © Copyright Network18 Media and Investments Ltd 2024. All rights reserved.
