History TheyDoLoveEachOther / LiveActionTV

* ''Series/MarriedWithChildren''
** Al and Peg. Strange, because one of the show's creators, Ron Leavitt, relates a story in which, during a pitch session for selling the show, someone suggested they write this trope in for the Bundys, whereupon Leavitt replied, "You are everything that is wrong with American television today." Of course, they might've decided to give Al a reason to stick around. Maybe because it's funny for him to be trapped with his wife ''because'' he cares -- Al once says about getting a new car that it would be like "trading you [Peggy] in for a young blonde with new, smooth, factory-warranted hooters. Sure the first few rides would be nice but in the long run, and this Peg, is what depresses me everyday, I realize that... You're the one I want."
** One might say that this also involves his family. When in Hell during a near-death experience, Al is given the choice of returning to Earth with a trio of gorgeous women (leaving them in Hell), or returning WITH his family. He chooses his family, and even as their bickering resumes, observes it with a smile on his face.
** Bud and Kelly too. They insult each other and scheme against each other constantly, but when the chips are down, they do stick up for family. (Biggest example: On one occasion, a girl humiliates Bud at a homecoming dance, and while Kelly did nothing to stop it, she did punish the girl for it later; at the end of the episode, the girl was BoundAndGagged, [[ChainedToARock chained to a wall]] in the school hallway, wrapped in [[ShamefulStrip nothing]] but a ModestyTowel, with Buck's leash tied to the towel and a huge sign saying "DON'T MESS WITH A BUNDY" taped to the locker. Then Kelly walks in and calls Buck to her, and he runs to her, [[StrippingSnag dragging the towel]], just as the students start to come in.)

* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'': In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS4E119PassageOnTheLadyAnne Passage on the Lady Anne]]", Alan and Eileen Ransome book a cruise on the titular ship in order to save their troubled marriage. By the next morning, they are already at each other's throats and decide to get a divorce as soon as possible. However, after hearing the various romantic stories of the elderly passengers, Eileen begins to cry and both she and Alan realize that they are still in love. When Eileen briefly goes missing, Alan is devastated at the thought that something might have happened to her. When he finds her safe and sound, he is overjoyed and decides to give up his {{Workaholic}} lifestyle. Ian Burgess' comment that people always seem to be rushing nowadays also strikes a chord with him.

* ''Series/{{Castle}}'':

Examples of AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther in live-action TV.

** Gordon and Bullock do this a lot, of the platonic variety. They're VitriolicBestBuds, and have a few serious arguments over the course of the series, but they always have each other's backs.
** Penguin and Riddler have the VillainousFriendship version of this trope. They've gone back and forth for seasons stabbing each other in the back, but when push comes to shove they do care about each other. The most prominent example of this is Penguin admitting in Season 5 that he saved Nygma's life because he was the only friend he had left. Ed, who had previously thought that Oswald saved him just to use him later or collect on a debt, lowers his gun and looks quite touched at this revelation.
-->'''Oswald:''' What was I supposed to do? ''(voice breaks)'' Let you die?
** Barbara and Tabitha, and Tabitha and Butch.

* This trope probably appears in any Creator/DisneyChannel sitcom where a character has a sibling. Taken UpToEleven in ''Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace'', to the point of a RelationshipWritingFumble with siblings Justin and Alex. Consequently, they are the show's FanPreferredCouple.

** Subverted in Season 1 by Tyrion and Cersei when they are left in charge of Kings Landing. There are several moments when they could have shown support or affection for each other but never do, most notably when an overwhelmed and vulnerable Cersei breaks down in tears, and Tyrion looks uncomfortable the leaves. It shows that they really don’t love each other, their mutual resentment and anger is just too old and too deep.

* ''Series/Scoundrels2010'': Hope and Heather [[TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry might hate each other most of the time]], but when Hope sees Heather getting tricked by a BitchInSheepsClothing, she rushes to her sister defense and prevents her from being tricked.

* This trope probably appears in any Disney Channel sitcom where a character has a sibling. Taken UpToEleven in ''Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace'', to the point of a RelationshipWritingFumble with siblings Justin and Alex. Consequently, they are the show's FanPreferredCouple.

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* This trope probably appears in any Disney Channel sitcom where a character has a sibling. Taken UpToEleven in ''Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace'', to the point of a RelationshipWritingFumble with siblings Justin and Alex. Consequently, they are the show's FanPreferredCouple.

* Lance Hunter and [[Comicbook/{{Mockingbird}} Bobbi Morse]] on ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD''. [[WorkingWithTheEx Formerly married]], the pair of them spending most of any mission [[DeadpanSnarker snarking]] or [[TeethClenchedTeamwork bickering]], but they still care deeply for each other and will go to any lengths to protect and save each other.
* ''Series/AllInTheFamily''
** Once or twice every season or so there would be a special episode made just to prove that Archie may be a Jerkass, but he still is just as much in love with Edith as she is with him.
** In the episode where Michael and Gloria move out, Archie is obviously broken up about his little girl leaving. More surprising is his tender farewell scene with the Meathead, whom he admits was LikeASonToMe.

** Also, most people forget that, over the course of the entire series, there were one or two of these for Tobias and Lindsay (notably at the end of season one, when he overcame his never nude status).

** While Castle isn't exactly secretive about his feelings toward Detective Beckett, as he constantly jokes about it, Beckett belittles Castle -- sometimes jokingly, sometimes not -- at least once an episode, if not more. Throughout the first season she can't wait for him to leave and in the finale of season 3, [[spoiler: ends her partnership with Castle for good though]]. But she also, at least once an episode, shows that she really does enjoy having him around, whether by stating that she'd break him out of jail, defending him to someone else, or simply by the look on her face. Castle himself also gets a rather serious one in the season 3 finale when [[spoiler: Kate is shot and he tells her 'I love you' right before she loses consciousness. According to WordOfGod, she heard him]].

** The TARDIS and the Doctor. ''Many, many, many times!'' She may be older than old can be, broken, falling to bits and unreliable, but he loves her, often affectionately calling her "old girl"; he may be mad, occasionally heartless, often changeable, never the same (due to his regenerations) and often smacks her with a hammer (in his 9th and 10th incarnations at least!) but when the TARDIS gets a body (that makes sense in context!) she outright states "what makes you think I'd ever give you back?" and that she deliberately felt the Doctor coming and left her doors unlocked, despite being an obsolete museum piece at the time — she wanted to see the stars... and the Doctor was just mad enough to take her. She also states that, though she doesn't take him where he ''wants'' to go, she does take him to where he ''needs'' to be. Done in TearJerker fashion too; when her body fades and she has to return to her box form, the TARDIS's last words to the Doctor are "I love you." The Doctor even mourns her return to the box.

** Despite the bickering and vicious mocking, Yara and Theon care about each other deeply. She even defies her father in organizing a rescue mission for Theon immediately after receiving his castrated penis. When Theon returns to Pyke again in Season 6, Yara — already on edge and a bit paranoid after Balon's death — is furious at first, but when Theon tearfully confesses that he's there purely to support her as the new ruler of the Iron Islands, she is stunned and untenses at once. All the bravado leaves her, and she nearly hugs him on the spot.
** Yara also isn't terribly fond of her father, but still swears gruesome, bloody vengeance when Euron murders him. Even when they're arguing at the beginning of Season 6, Balon never threatens to disinherit Yara, and mentions he expects that she'll rule after he's dead — though in the very angry climax to their last argument he says that if she won't obey he'll make another who will (it's unclear how much he meant that last one). In the books, Balon considers Yara his heir, given that he thinks Theon is outright dead, even though he could easily name his younger brother Victarion (cut from the show) as his heir, or even his other brother Aeron the priest. In fact this was a particular sign of favoritism by Balon, given how shocking the Ironborn consider it for a woman to rule, and he must have known it risked a succession crisis when anti-Yara lords rallied behind her uncles.

** Penguin and Riddler have the VillainousFriendship version of this trope. They've gone back and forth for seasons stabbing each other in the back, but when push comes to shove they do care about each other. The most prominent example of this is Penguin admitting in season 5 that he saved Nygma's life because he was the only friend he had left. Ed, who had previously thought that Oswald saved him just to use him later or collect on a debt, lowers his gun and looks quite touched at this revelation.

* ''{{Series/Hannibal}}'': Hannibal and Will have both screwed one another over a few times each over the course of three seasons, from season one where Hannibal [[FrameUp frames Will for his murders and gets him jailed]] ([[LonelyTogether don't worry, he also gets him out again]]), to season two where Will sic's another killer on Hannibal, points a gun at his head, seduces him with the promise of being a murder partner while plotting his capture ([[ConflictingLoyalty sort of]]), and when Hannibal eventually learns of the betrayal, he guts Will in a way that'll keep him alive, kills their surrogate daughter and leaves the country without him. Despite all this utter madness, there are several moments where Hannibal and Will share tender words and looks with one another when alone. Look no further than the ''HoYay/{{Hannibal}}'' page for a long list of multi-season proof.
** Once season three rolls around and the two have forgiven one another, Hannibal for Will's betrayal and Will for Abigail's murder, their DestructiveRomance turns less and less on each other and more on the people around them. In the series finale, [[spoiler: they defend one another and kill the Red Dragon together, admit their mutual feelings of love, and disappear together over a cliff side and into the Atlantic ocean. ]]

%%* ''Series/{{JAG}}'': In the final episode and after 9 seasons, Harm and Mac go from friends to lovers.

* Sun and Jin on ''Series/{{Lost}}'' spend most of season 1 emotionally estranged, but they get a fabulous moment in "Exodus Part 1" as they declare their love before Jin sets off on the raft.

* ''Series/MamasFamily'': For all the bickering, arguing and name calling that goes on, the Harpers – even Thelma and Naomi, who were constantly at each other's throats – will grudgingly admit they love and care for each other, and ultimately they will always stick up for one another.

* ''Series/TheOfficeUS'': In "Back From Vacation", Dwight catches Pam--who is known for assisting Jim in playing elaborate pranks on him--crying in the hall in response to Jim getting more serious with his new girlfriend. He immediately demands to know who made her cry and gives her a handkerchief. The effect is somewhat spoiled by Dwight saying [[AllPeriodsArePMS "So you're PMSing pretty bad, huh?"]]

* ''Series/{{Primeval}}'', season 2: Connor and Abby spend the first half of an episode arguing, but when Abby is taken by one of the creatures of the week, Connor cries.

%%* ''Series/TheXFiles'': Mulder and Scully have ''several'' moments like this.

* In ''Series/{{Seinfeld}},'' Frank and Estelle Costanza. Particularly visible in "The Junk Mail" when [[StrangeMindsThinkAlike they're seen using the same trick Jerry and George use to get out of a phone conversation]], and later [[PrimalScene George is horrified to find them]] getting hot and heavy in [[AutoErotica Jerry's used van]].

-->'''Frank:''' "And it ''was safe.''

* ''{{Series/Hannibal}}'': Hannibal and Will have both screwed one another over a few times each over the course of three seasons, from season one where Hannibal [[FrameUp frames Will for his murders and gets him jailed]] ([[LonelyTogether don't worry, he also gets him out again]]), to season two where Will sicks another killer on Hannibal, points a gun at his head, seduces him with the promise of being a murder partner while plotting his capture ([[ConflictingLoyalty sort of]]), and when Hannibal eventually learns of the betrayal, he guts Will in a way that'll keep him alive, kills their surrogate daughter and leaves the country without him. Despite all this utter madness, there are several moments where Hannibal and Will share tender words and looks with one another when alone. Look no further than the ''HoYay/{{Hannibal}}'' page for a long list of multi-season proof.

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* [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Puck]] and [[{{Tsundere}} Quinn]], from ''Series/{{Glee}}''. Usually, [[BelligerentSexualTension they're too busy snarking and insulting each other]], but every once in a while when they're alone we get to see just how much they care for each other.[[MomentKiller Finn interrupts most of the time]], but still.

** Xander and Cordelia have their fair share of this during early seasons; "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" comes especially to mind.

** After they break up for good, and Cordelia's family loses their fortune, resulting in Cordelia being unable to afford a prom dress, Xander surreptitiously buys it for her.
** ''Series/{{Burnistoun}}'': While Paul and Walter are normally constantly at each other's throats, in the last episode of Series 2 they take a break from fighting and bond over a childhood game and their dead mother's memory.

** Once season three rolls around and the two have forgiven one another, Hannibal for Will's betrayal and Will for Abigail's murder, their DestructiveRomance turns less and less on each other and more on the people around them. In the series finale, [[spoiler: they kill the Red Dragon together, admit their mutual feelings, and disappear together over a cliff side and into the Atlantic ocean.