1. Matt and Harriet from Studio 60
Obviously this is the couple everyone is rooting for and I hate to be unoriginal (but seriously, in a blog titled "TV Couples I'm Rooting for..." how can I not be? Unoriginal, I mean) however, I'm willing to make an exception for this couple. How can you not root for a couple with sizzling chemistry and blatant roadblocks. Their problems seem real (if the characters themselves seem less than tolerant) and the characters are clearly defined. Plus, I love that I never know how they will react around each other. Teasing each other like old friends or blowing up at each other or ridiculing the other's beliefs or (like in the Sting episode, one of my all-time favorites) none of the above? It's a mystery but one definitely worth watching.
Example:
Danny: We don't need to do it now, but at some point I'm gonna ask you to level with me about Harriet. I need to know how big a problem it's gonna be.
Matt: It's not gonna be a problem at all.
Danny: It will if you're in love with her.
Matt: I'm not. (beat) I'm not. Danny. I love her talent. The woman's got millions of fans, but there are maybe fifty guys in town who really understand how good she is and we're two of them. That's all, I admire her. I'm knocked out by her talent. I like it when she makes me laugh and I like making her laugh, which isn't an easy thing to do, so it's gratifying. She's undeniably sexy, and I like it when she smiles at me, and a couple of other things, but that's it.
Danny: Oh my God, we are so screwed.
Matt: I know.
2. Jim and Pam from The Office
The real question is: who doesn't want to see these two get together? It's hard to decide what I love more: the deliciously awkward
Example:
Pam: What time is it there?
Jim: What time is it here? Um, we’re in the same time zone.
Pam: Ah yeah, right.
Jim: How far away did you think we were?
Pam: I don’t know. It felt far.
Jim: Yeah.
or the ridiculously hilarious.
Example:
Pam: I’m inventing new diseases.
Jim: Oh great.
Pam: So like, let’s say that my teeth turn to liquid …
Jim: Mmm-hmm.
Pam: … and then, they drip down the back of my throat, what would you call that?
Jim: I thought you said you were inventing diseases. That’s spontaneous dental hydroplosion.
Pam: Oh … nice.
Jim: Thank you.
3. Bones and Booth from Bones
Their relationship is the perfect mix of professionalism and ribbing/teasing. The hint of romance that occasionally appears along with David Boreanaz's and Emily Deschanel's palpable chemistry only makes me hope that they string us along for quite some time before Bones and Booth hook up. Plus, it's a nice switch to see the man be the one to connect and identify with living victims while the woman can only connect with them after seeing their dead bodies. It's also refreshing to see someone who has no sense of popular culture. These always make for interesting exchanges.
Example:
Booth (on their partnership): We're Mulder and Scully
Bones: I don't know what that means.
OR
Booth (to Bones in a Hazmat suit): How's it going there, Darth? Seen anything on Saturn? Please tell me you've seen at least one Star Wars movie?
4. Veronica and Logan from Veronica Mars
Okay, let's face it: they have so many problems that there's no way they would EVER make it in real life. However, Kristen Bell and Jason Doring are such talented and believable actors that I totally buy whatever they are selling week after week. Even convenient coincidences (Logan just happening to stumble upon a drugged Veronica in an abandoned parking lot and saving her before she is raped) are swallowed easily. I have the following conversations with myself every Tuesday after watching the latest episode: "Jason Doring is the most talented actor on TV. No, Kristen Bell is. No, Jason Doring. No, Kristen Bell. But then Jason Doring. Okay, Kristen Bell is the most talented actress on TV and Jason Doring is the most talented actor. Yeah."
Example:
Veronica: I love the smell of testosterone in the morning.
Logan: This is why I suggested attack dogs, but no, my mother wanted an Alpaca.
Veronica: My father sent me with paperwork for your mom.
Logan: You just wanted to say hi. I would have had my slam book out.
Veronica: I wanted to ask you about the game.
Logan: I've been meaning to ask you something. Does your super sleuth kit come with a decoder ring? Do you have a pen that writes with invisible ink? Never mind. Don't care. Mush! Mush!
5. Danny and Jordan from Studio 60
Just the perfect mix of sophistication, wit, charm, and unencumberedness. Their dialogue is charming and I love how they can both be very detached from the chaos that's going on around them and get extremely (perhaps overly?) worked up over the chaos that's going on around them.
Example:
Danny: You're very winning.
(Jordan looks stunned.)
Danny: ...Not to me. But to everyone else.
6. Charlie and Claire from Lost
Even though they look like long lost twins separated at birth, I can't help but love Charlie and Claire the mostest. They're sweet and simple, a refreshing change from Kate/Sawyer/Jack. So come on, you all everybody (i.e. Lindelof & Co.): we want moe Charlie and Claire!!
Example:
Claire: Charlie read me the riot act last night for waking him. And as mad as it made me - turns out he was right. You know, it's like we're playing mum and dad to this baby. Yet, I don't remember marrying him.
7. Matt Albie and Danny Tripp from Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
Sometimes it's hard for me to decide who is the cutest couple: Matt and Harriet, Danny and Jordan, or Matt and Danny. Okay, I'm gonna be honest: I totally am voting for Matt and Danny. The relationship between Matt and Danny is always a highlight of the show for me.
Example:
Matt: Are you people using the confidential information that Danny failed a drug test to force him into taking over Studio 60 to deflect attention from what happened on the air tonight?
Jack: ...he failed a drug test?
Jordan: Yeah, actually Matt, I was the only one who knew about that. Shoulda trusted me a little, Danny.
Matt: Sorry about that, that one was all me.
