History HeterosexualLifePartners / LiveActionTV

* ''Series/RizzoliAndIsles'': Maura Isles and Jane Rizzoli. Rizzoli gets threatened by a serial killer? Goes to stay with Isles. Isles' friend gets killed? Reaches straight for Rizzoli. Eat together, run together, have drinks together, [[TheyFightCrime Fight Crime(!)]] together, far and away each other's MostImportantPerson. Isles is the product of a FriendlessBackground: she has never had a best friend before Rizzoli, and has a worrying tendency of pointing out to any potential LoveInterest that they have a dire, undiagnosed medical condition--Rizzoli claims that men either run away from the badge or want to misuse the handcuffs. Some people see LesYay, others merely intense friendship, but either way, very, very close--and hilariously codependent. They can't seem to do a thing without each other.

* ''Series/OnceUponATime'': Red ("Literature/LittleRedRidingHood") and Snow ("Literature/SnowWhite"). They meet when Snow is fresh on the run from her evil stepmother, and remain close friends until the [[IdentityAmnesia curse]] takes them. At one point Red even risks her life by [[TheBigBadWolf going into wolf form]] to give Charming time to escape and find Snow. It helps that it's also implied that Red's grandmother ends up being a ParentalSubstitute to Snow.

* ''Series/LostGirl'': Kenzi and Bo are a clear example (though Bo ''isn't'' heterosexual). They are roommates for most of the show, and very clearly the most important people in each other's lives. Both have put themselves into incredible danger to help the other one out. So much so that it is Kenzi, [[spoiler:and not either of Bo's love interests--Lauren or Dyson--who counts as Bo's "heart" when it comes to magic.]]
-->'''Kenzi''': No, Dyson; she loves you, yes; she loves Lauren. [[spoiler:But you know that it's me. I'm her heart, you know that.]]

* ''Series/FullHouse'': Danny and Joey were best friends since childhood. Over the course of the series, Jesse also becomes this to them.

%% * ''Series/TheOddCouple'':
%% ** Oscar and Felix.
%% ** Falani and Eric during season six, this being outrageous fortune everyone ignores the first word when talking about them.

* ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'': Sherlock and John, in keeping with their [[SherlockHolmes historic portrayals]], as very much this -- especially by the end of the second season. [[{{Dominatrix}} Irene Adler]] even points out that they're a couple. When John once again claims that he's not gay, Irene simply says it doesn't matter. Sherlock does this in the episode "The Sign of Three" [[NoSocialSkills awkwardly]] admitting admiration towards John in his best man's speech despite the fact it's [[NarmCharm hilariously bad.]]

%% * ''Series/PrettyLittleLiars'': A Heterosexual Life Quartet in the form of the four Liars: Spencer, Emily, Aria, and Hanna.

* ''Series/BostonLegal'': Denny Crane and Alan Shore. They discuss their relationship, as well as social opinion of such relationships, frequently. Alan even discussed the English word "love", and how it's a shame that people use it lightly and a further shame that you can't be precise about your meaning, and then firmly applied it to Denny: "I love you." All in a non-sexual way, and yet these two are more intimate than a good number of television married couples. Subverted in the series finale when they get married, making them literal (but not heterosexual) life partners. The two ''do'' end a lot of episodes with some pretty heavy duty male bonding moments--sitting on the balcony, drinking Scotch and...well, without more to go on we'll just have to assume that in this case, a cigar (or rather ''two'' cigars) ''is'' just a cigar.

* ''Series/OnceUponATime'': Red ("Literature/LittleRedRidingHood") and Snow ("Literature/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs"). They meet when Snow is fresh on the run from her evil stepmother, and remain close friends until the [[IdentityAmnesia curse]] takes them. At one point Red even risks her life by [[TheBigBadWolf going into wolf form]] to give Charming time to escape and find Snow. It helps that it's also implied that Red's grandmother ends up being a ParentalSubstitute to Snow.

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* ''Series/{{Blackadder}}'': Blackadder and Bladrick may be the most extreme example since this relationship has literally gone on for ''centuries''. While Edmund give Balders a lot of abuse, it's apparent he's at least very used to having him around. One idea Creator/RichardCurtis had for [[WhatMightHaveBeen a fifth series]] was "Blackadder as a very fed up and corrupt university don, and Baldrick has been his 'scout' for the past forty years, so in effect they've been married for forty years." (However, the back cover of ''Blackadder: The Whole Damn Dynasty'' calls Baldrick Blackadder's [[WordOfGay catamite]]...)

** Jerry and George, ChildhoodFriends and constant companions so comfortable around each other that when a reporter primed with the misinformation that they're a closeted couple interviews Jerry while George is visiting, they obliviously spend the entire conversation [[LikeAnOldMarriedCouple confirming her belief in spades]]. Another episode dealt with George—who was unhappily engaged at the time—trying to force Jerry and his fiancée's best friend together in the hopes of finally being able to enjoy himself in the relationship by having an excuse to bring Jerry to everything. Jerry is happy enough with this BestFriendsInLaw-type arrangement to declare the girl a potential romantic endgame after one DoubleDate despite cheerfully admitting that he barely talked to her, the fun part of the date being [[SeinfeldianConversation his standard chitchat with George]].

** Jerry and George, ChildhoodFriends and constant companions so comfortable around each other that when a reporter primed with the misinformation that they're a closeted couple interviews Jerry while George is visiting, they obliviously spend the entire visit [[LikeAnOldMarriedCouple confirming her belief in spades]]. Another episode dealt with George, who was unhappily engaged at the time, trying to force a relationship between Jerry and his fiancée's best friend in the hopes of finally being able to enjoy himself in the relationship by having a reason to bring Jerry to everything. Jerry is happy enough with this BestFriendsInLaw-type arrangement to declare the girl a potential endgame after one DoubleDate despite cheerfully admitting that he barely talked to her, the fun part of the date being [[SeinfeldianConversation his standard chitchat with George]].

* ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'': George and Jerry, ChildhoodFriends and constant companions so comfortable around each other that when a reporter primed with the misinformation that they're a closeted couple interviews Jerry while George is visiting, they obliviously spend the entire visit [[LikeAnOldMarriedCouple confirming her belief in spades]]. Another episode dealt with George, who was unhappily engaged at the time, trying to force a relationship between Jerry and his fiancée's best friend in the hopes of finally being able to enjoy himself in the relationship by having a reason to bring Jerry to everything. Jerry is happy enough with this BestFriendsInLaw-type arrangement to declare the girl a potential endgame after one DoubleDate despite cheerfully admitting that he barely talked to her, the fun part of the date being [[SeinfeldianConversation his standard chitchat with George]].
-->'''George:''' If this works out, forget about it. Vacations together, movies together, dinner together. It...it's almost as good as if I didn't get married.

* ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'': George and Jerry, ChildhoodFriends and constant companions so comfortable around each other that when a reporter primed with the misinformation that they're a closeted couple interviews Jerry while George is visiting, they obliviously spend the entire visit [[LikeAnOldMarriedCouple confirming her belief]]. Another episode dealt with George, who was unhappily engaged at the time, trying to force a relationship between Jerry and his fiancée's best friend in the hopes of finally being able to enjoy himself in the relationship by having a reason to bring Jerry to everything. Jerry is happy enough with this BestFriendsInLaw-type arrangement to declare the girl a potential endgame after one DoubleDate despite cheerfully admitting that he barely talked to her, the fun part of the date being [[SeinfeldianConversation his standard chitchat with George]].

* ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'': George and Jerry, ChildhoodFriends and constant companions who are so comfortable around each other that when a reporter primed with the misinformation that they're a closeted couple interviews Jerry while George is visiting, they obliviously spend the entire visit [[LikeAnOldMarriedCouple confirming her belief]]. Another episode dealt with George, who was unhappily engaged at the time, trying to force a relationship between Jerry and his fiancée's best friend in the hopes of finally being able to enjoy himself in the relationship by having a reason to bring Jerry to everything. Jerry is happy enough with this BestFriendsInLaw-type arrangement to declare the girl a potential endgame after one DoubleDate despite cheerfully admitting that he barely talked to her, the fun part of the date being [[SeinfeldianConversation his standard chitchat with George]].

* ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'': George and Jerry, ChildhoodFriends and constant companions who are so comfortable around each other that when a reporter primed with the misinformation that they're a closeted couple interviews Jerry while George is visiting, they obliviously spend the entire visit [[LikeAnOldMarriedCouple confirming her belief]]. Another episode dealt with George, who was unhappily engaged at the time, trying to force a relationship between Jerry and his fiancée's best friend in the hopes of finally being able to enjoy himself in the relationship by having a reason to bring Jerry along to everything. Jerry is happy enough with this BestFriendsInLaw-type arrangement to declare the girl a potential endgame after one DoubleDate despite cheerfully admitting that he barely talked to her, the fun part of the date being [[SeinfeldianConversation his standard chitchat with George]].

%% * ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'': George and Jerry. Not that there's anything wrong with that.... They even go as far as to spend large part of an episode on George having a girlfriend who looks an awful lot like Jerry. It turns out to be more than he is able to handle, though.

** Missandei (former slave, made free by Daenerys) is Daenerys' best friend, and they have a bond that is more than queen and her loyal servant. They discuss their love life and other issues very intimately, and with much more candour and less regal airs than she displays to anyone else.

* ''Series/{{Letterkenny}}'': Reilly and Jonesy, to the point where [[spoiler:when Katy decides to date Reilly exclusively of Jonesy, unlike their previous relationship]] Reilly spends most of the episode missing Jonesy, and vice versa.

%%* ''Series/KenanAndKel''.

%%* ''Series/LaverneAndShirley''.

%% * ''Series/WalkerTexasRanger'': Cordell Walker and [[BlackBestFriend Jimmy Trivette]].

%% * ''Series/WeirdScience'': Gary and Wyatt in the 90s television show.

--->'''Boomer:''' We've been in tighter spots.
--->'''Starbuck:''' We have?
--->'''Apollo:''' And we'll get out of this one, too. I promise. %% ** Starbuck is best friends with Boomer, and the novelizations state that Adama and Tigh were their generation's Starbuck and Boomer, albeit in a somewhat more serious, responsible fashion.

%% ** [[FriendlyNeighborHoodVampire Mitchell]] and [[{{Werewolf}} George]].