History EveryoneCanSeeIt / LiveActionTV

** ''Series/{{Arrow}}'': The ever-lengthening list of characters to notice or comment in one way or another about the relationship between Oliver and Felicity includes:

*** Despite this long list, it took the two of them almost 3 seasons to mutually confess their feelings.
** Speaking of Iris West, everyone in ''Series/TheFlash2014'' see that she returns Barry's affection toward her despite her protests that she only likes him as a friend. [[spoiler:Eventually Iris' boyfriend Eddie leaves her partially because of this.]]

* The {{UST}} between Detective Kate Beckett and Richard Castle in ''Series/{{Castle|2009}}'' is getting to the point where '''everyone in the world''' seems to be able to see it except Beckett. Complete strangers casually ask whether they're a couple, people who've never met one of them can tell that something's going on just from how one of them talks about the other, and it is awesomely line-dropped by Kate's friend Lanie Parrish:
-->'''Beckett:''' Anything else?\\

* Ross and Rachel on ''Series/{{Friends}}''. At one point Rachel realizes she's still subconsciously attracted to Ross and Phoebe tells her everyone just assumed she knew. "It's like telling Monica 'You like things to be clean.'"

*** Xaro Xhoan Daxos also mentions it to Daenerys in "The Ghost of Harrenhal", but she denies it at first.

* ''Series/GilmoreGirls'' did this for ''five seasons''. Each season brought in a [[RomanticFalseLead new love interest]], for either Lorelai, Luke, or both of them, only for the relationship to dissolve because "you're in love with someone else." When [[spoiler:Lorelai and Luke finally got together in season five]], the entire town of Stars Hollow[[note]]well, Miss Patty, but she represents the town's collective subconscious[[/note]] said, "Took you long enough." Emily could see it the first time she met Luke, and after he and Lorelai both tried to cast their relationship in terms of coffee supplier and consumer, Emily said "You're idiots, the both of you."
** To a lesser extent Rory and Jess. Lorelai, Lane and Paris know, and the whole town notices even if they disapprove. Even Rory's boyfriend is all too-aware of their attraction. Hell, even [[{{ObliviousToLove}} Luke]] picks up on it!

* ''Series/{{House}}'' and Cuddy. Several characters through the series comment on Cuddy's lenience with House and often question whether or not she loves/is attracted to him, which she obviously is but always seems surprised by the fact that others can see it, too. Strangely, people don't seem to suggest that House ''loves'' Cuddy, though this might be because of his deliberately open appreciation of her physical features, notably his sexual harassment of her (and all other female staff members), which causes people to take his advances less seriously, and in some cases see them as completely fabricated and done for the shock factor (as one of the women he interviewed for his new team did, knowing he liked to 'play games').

* Fabian and Nina from ''Series/HouseOfAnubis'' embody this trope so much, it's almost painful to watch. It gets to the point where other students in the house (not to mention the entire fandom) are asking Fabian to please just ask her out already.
** This conversation alone proves it:
--->'''Mick:''' So, Fabian, who are you planning on asking to the prom?\\

*** Dr. Jimmy Palmer and Jessica Knight fall into this during Season 20 after their RelationShipUpgrade during Season 19. Despite their efforts to keep their relationship low profile, everyone in the agency figured out their relationship. Other individuals privy to this information which include the Hawaii team (including Knight's secret admirer Ernie Malik), and Knight's ex-boyfriend, Gage Winchester.

* ''Series/OnceUponATime'': According to Regina, everyone in Storybrooke can tell that Emma and Hook are ''not'' JustFriends.

** Even the BigBad of Season 3, Zelena, can see it. After all, [[spoiler:why else would she curse Hook's lips if she didn't think he and Emma would be kissing]]?

* Parodied on ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' when Kramer makes a totally out-of-left-field attempt to [[EnforcedTrope enforce this trope]]. Jerry and Elaine are having a typical argument, which he interrupts, roaring, "Now don't you two see that you're in love with each other?!" They give him a look, shake it off and resume yelling at each other.
** Generally speaking however, this trope is in force with Jerry and Elaine, with many characters noting that they spend an incredible amount of time together despite being ex-boyfriend and girlfriend. Creator/JuliaLouisDreyfus even interpreted their relationship as such, stating that they were in love with each other but too immature to realize it.

** ''Series/StargateAtlantis'' has John and Elizabeth. Everyone from the team to visiting superiors learns ''very'' fast not to get in between the pair when one of them's in danger... or they're arguing... or just having private time on the balcony...
*** Hell, even the recurring ''villain'' knows what was going on. The amount of times he uses John or Elizabeth as leverage to blackmail the other makes him look like a ShipperOnDeck!

** Speaking of Nancy, everyone can tell that there is a growing attraction between her and Jonathan over season 1, leading to a moment of Steve mistaking her for cheating on him when he catches them in her bedroom. By the start of season 2, Nancy is being less and less subtle about her attraction to Jonathan, to the point that Steve even refers to Jonathan as her "other boyfriend" after she blows up at him while blackout drunk at a party and Jonathan has to take her home. When Jonathan and Nancy go to Murray Bauman in Season 2, Murray had been under the assumption that they were already together. [[spoiler:And his prompting is what encourages them to actually get together]].

* On ''Series/TheVampireDiaries'', Stefan and Elena fit this. Almost all of the characters on the show can see or have commented on Stefan and Elena's undying love for each other. An example of this would be Klaus telling Damon referring to Stefan and Elena's love for each other: "Crazy or not, that kind of love never dies". A second example is when Caroline told Elena: "Stefan is your epic love". A third example is Lexi telling Elena referring to her love and relationship with Stefan: "When it's real, you can't walk away". Other characters on the show have noticed and commented on Stefan and Elena's love and devotion to each other, such as Damon, Katherine, Klaus, and Rebekah. Various characters on the show have also been shown to be Stelena supporters or shippers. Such characters include Klaus, Caroline, Bonnie, Matt, Lexi, Jeremy, Jenna, etc. The producers of the series, Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec have both referred to Stefan and Elena as being the true epic love story of the show. Kevin Williamson has repeatedly referred to Stefan and Elena as soul mates. He also suggests that although the plot is about a love triangle (between Elena, Stefan and Damon), the series revolves around Stefan and Elena's love story and that their relationship is the central plot and "anchor" of the show.
** Then in season 6, (Elena and Stefan had become just friends and aren't a couple anymore) Caroline's feeling for Stefan. In fact Damon points it out perfectly when he's teasing Stefan about it.

*** It's to the point where one of the White House reporters chooses to call Toby (whose ex-wife was in the same bombing but survived unharmed) rather than Josh because Josh is probably too upset over Donna. Toby [[LampshadeHanging has a few biting remarks to say about that.]]
* ''Series/TheXFiles'': Mulder and Scully. Oh, sweet Jesus. Even people who met them earlier that day can see it.
-->'''Holiman:''' You spend every day with Agent Scully, a beautiful, enchanting woman. And you two never, uh...? ''[no response from Mulder]'' I confess I find that shocking. I've seen how you two gaze at one another. [[note]]"The Rain King"[[/note]]

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* The {{UST}} between Detective Kate Beckett and Richard Castle in ''Series/{{Castle}}'' is getting to the point where '''everyone in the world''' seems to be able to see it except Beckett. Complete strangers casually ask whether they're a couple, people who've never met one of them can tell that something's going on just from how one of them talks about the other, and it is awesomely line-dropped by Kate's friend Lanie Parrish:

** Throughout season 7, Spike and Buffy swear up and down that there's nothing going on between them anymore after their disastrous DestructiveRomance the previous year. Nobody else is buying it, and all the LongingLook{{s}} and FreudianSlip{{s}} don't help their case. From strangers around Sunnydale, to the [[FamilyOfChoice Scoobies]], to the [[AmazonBrigade Potentials]], to Buffy's [[HopelessSuitor own date]] one episode; everyone can tell they only have eyes for each other.

** Season 2 continues this pattern with demons, mortals, and angels, most notably [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demon Shax]], mortals Nina and Maggie, and even [[spoiler:Metatron Metatron]]. [[spoiler:Turns out all of them [[OneTrueLove are right]]]].

** Season 2 continues this pattern with demons, mortals, and angels, most notably [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demon Shax]], mortals Nina and Maggie, and [[spoiler:[[Metatron Metatron]]]]. [[spoiler:Turns out all of them were right]].

* ''Series/GoodOmens2019'': Aziraphale and Crowley are assumed to be a couple by multiple people, including Uriel who refers to Crowley as "your boyfriend in the dark glasses" while talking to Aziraphale -- and Uriel, a stern and no-nonsense angel, is ''not'' the kind of character who would say something like that just for a joke.

** Everyone knew there was still something going on between Spike and Buffy after he got his soul, even though Buffy and Spike had denied it many times.

** And one of the latest episodes has them "apparently" hooking up [[spoiler:on a mission in Paris]]. The episode heavily hints at it the entire way through, with even [[spoiler: the witness they had met a few days before]] commenting on it.

* ''Series/RookieBlue'' has Sam and Andy, whose chemistry is noticed by everyone including Luke, Andy's [[spoiler: ex-]]boyfriend.

** Alexis is the first to notice that Patrick might be attracted to David, followed by Stevie, and they both encourage David to pursue him. When Patrick and David do get together, David's family and Stevie support the relationship so much that it becomes a plot point in that David worries their support will somehow mess things up. When [[spoiler: David says he's going to get back together with Patrick after a brief separation, Stevie says that "everyone" will be happy not just because they want the couple together but because David is very needy when not with Patrick.]]

* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'': Lana saw immediately that Lois and Clark were attracted to one another from the start of their friendship , even though Lois and Clark deny it (Clark insists that he and Lois are merely VitriolicBestBuds and Lana notes "the best ones always start that way"). One episode later, Chloe notices a spark of attraction between them during the dunk tank event at Smallville High, Jimmy repeatedly notices UST, Oliver makes his share of observations, and Jonathan and Martha both have their own bemused suspicions that Clark and Lois's VitriolicBestBuds routine is masking something else. By Season 8, the {{UST}} gets to the point where neither Lois nor Clark can deny it much longer.

* Subverted on ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' somewhat. When Elliot and J.D. eventually hook up, the hospital staff are pretty apathetic about it since they've seen it coming for as long as they have. Likewise for their subsequent relapses into coupledom. Amusingly, before they get back together [[TheyDo for the last time]] they had become closer and spent more time together than they ever did before, but remained platonic. The instigating event that brought them together is an innocent comment that they WERE a couple anyway, they just didn't let themselves see that.

** In the fifth season, Josh rants in the Oval Office about killing everyone involved with the Gaza bombing [[BlackDudeDiesFirst where Admiral Fitzwallace is killed]] and [[BerserkButton Donna is seriously injured]].

** This is taken UpToEleven in the fifth season, when Josh rants in the Oval Office about killing everyone involved with the Gaza bombing [[BlackDudeDiesFirst where Admiral Fitzwallace is killed]] and [[BerserkButton Donna is seriously injured]].

* ''Series/{{Life}}'': Reese and Crews are often mistaken for a couple, and an FBI agent helping comments how he met his wife in the bureau and that she was his partner. Only the word "too" is missing.

* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': Pretty much every angel and quite a few of the other characters comment at some point on how Castiel's complete devotion to Dean doesn't seem to be just a "friend" thing. This includes Balthazar who refers to Castiel as "the angel in the trenchcoat who's in love with you" while talking to Dean, Meg who says that Dean was Castiel's "boyfriend" before her, and Ishim -- an angel who fell in love with a human -- saying that Castiel has a "human weakness" like him before attempting to kill Dean. For a long time, many fans thought all this was just the series ribbing on the HoYay between Castiel and Dean and didn't really mean anything, until certain developments in the final season made it clear that all these characters' comments really ''were'' spot on about Castiel having more than friendly feelings for Dean.

%%* ''Series/TrueJacksonVP'': True and Jimmy.

** Renly's homosexuality and his supposed SecretRelationship with Loras Tyrell are an OpenSecret to the entire Westeros but Robert.

* The {{UST}} between Detective Kate Beckett and Richard Castle in ''Series/{{Castle}}'' is getting to the point where '''everyone in the world''' seems to be able to see it except Beckett. Complete strangers casually ask whether they're a couple, people who've never met one of them can tell that something's going on just from how one of them talks about the other, and it is awesomely line-dropped by Kate's BlackBestFriend Lanie Parrish:

** Everyone but Angel knew Nina was attracted to Angel.

** With [[MentorShip House and Cameron]], on the other hand, there is no question. In just the first season, Wilson (House's best friend), Cuddy (his boss), a random clinic patient ("Do her. Or you're gay,") and even Vogler (an ArcVillain who stuck around for only five episodes) all figure out that one of them feels something special for the other, even if they do not realize that those feelings are mutual. Chase's reaction warrants a special mention: when Cameron first takes him up on his friends-with-benefits offer in season three, he suspects that she only does so in order to [[OperationJealousy make House jealous]], and when [[spoiler:the two of them divorce in season six]], Chase asks Cameron if she ever loved him. (She confesses that she doesn't know.) Cameron and House, for their parts, do their best to deny their mutual attraction, even when that denial is completely implausible.

* On ''Series/{{Lewis}}''about the title character DI Lewis and Dr Hobson

* In one episode of ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'', in which Kirk and Spock have been thrown back in time to 1930, Spock asks guest character Edith Keeler, in response to a comment she makes about them being out of place, where she would say that they ''do'' belong. Where does she think Spock belongs? "At [Kirk's] side, as if you've always been there and always will." It can be debated whether the implications are [[HeterosexualLifePartners platonic]] or [[HoYay romantic]], but Edith clearly recognizes that Kirk is someone very special to Spock.

* In one episode of ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'', in which Kirk and Spock have been thrown back in time to 1930, Spock asks guest character Edith Keeler, in response to a comment she makes about them being out of place, where she would say that they ''do'' belong. Where does she think Spock belongs? "At [Kirk's] side, as if you've always been there and always will." It can be debated whether the implications are platonic or romantic, but Edith clearly recognizes that Kirk is someone very special to Spock.

** Amy and Rory used to be this. Luckily, their best friend [[spoiler:and future daughter]] informed them that everyone could see it and gave them the push they needed to start dating before their first proper appearance. In a SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}}, due to Amy's obliviousness to his feelings for ''her'' and having never seen him interested in any ''other'' girl, up until then she had assumed Rory was ''gay''.

* ''Series/{{Lizzie McGuire}}'': Lizzie and Gordo's unspoken attraction to each other is obvious to their mutual friends and family and is occasionally implied or directly acknowledged by other characters.

** Throughout the series, Miranda appears to pick up on the hints of jealousy felt by Lizzie (in "Gordo and the Girl") and Gordo (in "First Kiss") respectively when the other begins pursuing someone else. When pressed, Lizzie and Gordo both outwardly deny any feelings, but Miranda's knowing glances suggest otherwise to the audience.

** Throughout the series, Miranda appears to pick up on the inklings of jealousy felt by Lizzie (in "Gordo and the Girl") and Gordo (in "First Kiss") respectively when the other begins dating someone else. When pressed, Lizzie and Gordo both outwardly deny any feelings, but Miranda's knowing glances seem to suggest otherwise to the audience.

'''Gordo:''' Oh, no. No, see, that would mean that I like Lizzie as more than a friend.\\