Avery proposes to Juliette – ‘Nashville’
Our hearts swelled at the beginning of this year when the two kindred spirits finally admitted their feelings for each other. And while both started off in season 1 as selfish people who couldn’t make genuine connections with others, they changed each other through their friendship, growing together until they became the sweetest, most giving relationship on the show. They respect each other’s talents and see the beauty in what others find difficult to understand; they’re better together and they know it.
Their breakup at the beginning of this year left us heartbroken as they each regressed into the people they had tried to leave behind, but after agreeing to put aside their differences to make the best family for their baby, their undeniable chemistry and never-ending support for one another brought them back together once again. That fake-out was cruel, Nashville writers! But what we thought was the final breakup once and for all turned into the just the beginning.
Mitchel and Cam’s Wedding – ‘Modern Family’
After four tries and eight years, Cam and Mitch finally got hitched! And while the couple itself was, of course, perfectly sweet on their big day, it was the way their family banded together to support them that brought tears to our eyes, from Lily as a Disney Princess flower girl, to Claire as Best Man. But it was Jay that really came through for Mitchel and Cam in the end, pulling strings to secure his country club as a wedding venue, and proudly insisting to walk his son down the aisle.
Baby-Batman and Kiddie-Catwoman’s first kiss – ‘Gotham’
“You think too much, kid,” Selina Kyle insists, and just like a that, a breath of fresh air swept through the gothic and gloomy Wayne Manor. Her charm caught Bruce by surprise, and after months of self-imposed seclusion, she became the first person to really make him smile again. As two children lost amidst the chaos of Gotham, their budding relationship is above all, sweet, and on a show that revels in the dark and dangerous, her devilish-angel antics have mixed well with his straight-laced attitude to liven up the show. So, after teasing him for weeks with the promise of a kiss, the bagel-tossing and building-hopping came to an end as she swept in through Bruce Wayne’s window, stealing a charming first kiss.
Hook gives up his ship for Emma – ‘Once Upon a Time’
We always knew Hook was suave and sexy, but ‘selfless’ was an adjective we’d never have ascribed. That’s why we were knocked off our feet when after months of declaring his unwavering love for Emma, he finally proved it by revealing he traded the Jolly Roger – the thing he most loved, and a piece of his identity – for the chance to save Emma’s memories months before. It was a hero’s move, and his months’ of silence on the matter proved that despite his pirating nature, he could be a quiet, humble kind of hero at that.
Mindy and Danny make-out on the plane – ‘The Mindy Project’
Yay, turbulence! The thought of dropping out of the sky stuck inside a giant metal box forces us all to contemplate what we really want out of life! Danny finally realized he wanted to go all-in with Mindy, shocking us all with a hot and heavy make-out sesh in the airplane bathroom. It was unexpected – for both us and Mindy – and the surprise made it all the sweeter.
Sheldon says, ‘I love you’ to Amy – ‘The Big Bang Theory’
Relationship milestones make Sheldon nervous, so when the pressure of doing the hanky panky at prom gets to be too much for him, he ends up hiding in his room. But Amy’s nervous about another relationship milestone, and as she begins to tell him she loves him, he beats her to the punch line. It’s difficult for Sheldon to come to terms with intangible feelings, so his maturity in supporting Amy is romantic in that it feels like the culmination of his growth in their relationship – he’s learning to put her before himself.
Oliver and Felicity kiss and break up – ‘Arrow’
Here’s looking at you, kid. Sometimes, the ones that make us feel the most are the ones that get away, and though it ended almost as soon as it began, reverberations of their feelings for each other promise to only build to something more.
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