For me the best (and the only gay couple whose relationship even
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the1andonlybbb — 14 years ago(January 22, 2012 02:26 PM)
Well I don't know that any of these pairs are "gay" in the sense of open confession of their sexual orientation but they are definitely committed to each other and had made a conscious choice to stay together by the end of the series:
Detectives David Michael Starsky and Kenneth Hutchinson of "Starky & Hutch" (TV Series - 1975 - 1979) - Often cited by early TV critics for the exorbitant amount of violence contained in the show, the two main characters were Los Angeles undercover cops who, while living the late 70's California lifestyle dream (good weather, cheap gas, and loads of available pretty scantily clad women), were utterly devoted to each other. Many of this series episodes captured them boldly rubbing and hugging on each other for no other apparent motive than they just felt like it and the camera just happened to be there when they did. They wound up in each others arms more than with the women they were supposedly chasing (but curiously never caught). Even the episodes that revolved around either the cops losing women they really cared about ended with them crying in each others arms. The last episode of the series had them in bed together (albeit a hospital bed) surrounded with their friends drinking to their continued happy life together.
Constable Benton Fraser and Detective Stanley "Ray" Kowalski of "due South" (1994-1999) This show started out life on CBS with Const. Fraser being partnered with Ray Vecchio a balding hard-nosed cop who enjoyed an uneasy love-hate relationship with the Canuck patrolman. But in the last season of this quirky series, the dynamic on the show was changed when the character of the younger and blonder Stanley Raymond Kowalski was introduced. The physicality between the pair was notched up about a thousand percent in their very first episode together with the Mountie putting his hands on "my inner thigh and calf" as Ray puts it, and falling into his arms after getting shot, prompting the Mountie to emotionally revenge his supposed killing. Their relationship only got more personal after that. Ray Kowalski did not even attempt to make lasting connections with any women as the character had an ex-wife that he was obsessed with. But he spends his time almost exclusively with Fraser and his Wolf, Diefenbaker, and they pretty much become their own little family. The cop is pretty much very accepting of the Mountie's "wildly bizzare" approach to solving crimes, and in several episodes was extremely jealous of any woman who showed any interest in getting close to the Red Serge clad cop, starting first and foremost with Francesca Vecchio, the real Ray Vecchio's sister. The last thing that happens when this series went off the air was the pair
literally
riding off into the sunset on a dogsled into the Alaskan wilderness when the cop decides to give up everything to stay with his Mountie. The implications of this action could not have been a more loving statement.
Denny Crane and Alan Shore, Attys At Law "BOSTON LEGAL (2004- 2008) The pair met during the final episodes of the show THE PRACTICE and over time their relationship only got stronger and stranger. Many people thought (including the shows producers) that theirs was merely going to be a father/son interaction but something in the chemistry of the actors playing the parts (Shatner and Spader) just ignited and the characters personal stories started writing themselves. In the first season of the show Alan is linked almost exclusively to his fellow lawyer Tara but then they break up. Alan does not take this well so Denny decides to take him along on his annual visit to Nimmo Bay where the two "accidentally" sleep together (you have to watch to see how). Now any other program would have been all like "What happens in Canada, stays in Canada" but this show was braver than that. Alan and Denny's relationship bloomed into a full blown love affair of the type that has never been seen anywhere. Not only did they continue to sleep together (their infamous "sleepovers"), throughout the rest of the series even though they remained notorious and lecherous skirt chasers (the list of names is too long even go into here) but between them there was a lot of hand holding, dancing, and crossdressing, and the occasional kissing and mutual genital ogling. It was understood by everyone that they were in love with each other, and their relationship was not only completely approved of, but even encouraged as the best thing for them both. The last two episodes were devoted to the build up to Denny and Alan's wedding which was a grand affair held at the site where they first fell in love, the dock of Nimmo Bay, and was officiated by U.S. Supreme Court Judge Antonin Scalia.
Other show characters that have ambiguously gay connotations are/were:
Det. Jim Ellison/Prof. Blair Sandburg THE SENTINEL (1994-1999)
Dr. Gregory House and Dr. James Wilson HOUSE (2003 - present)
Dean Winchester and the angel Castiel SUPERNATURAL (2005 - pres -
hadmatter — 11 years ago(July 23, 2014 01:34 PM)
Denny Crane and Alan Shore were an absolutely amazing couple! Their relationship was full of conflict, quite prickly at times, but they were truly devoted to one another. The final episode was really something beautiful.
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LaTigra1313 — 12 years ago(September 06, 2013 06:57 PM)
I LIVE for the subtext so naturally Im picking the following
Rizzoli and Isles(cmon you know its true!)
Buffy and Faith
Xena and Gabrielle
Then the Obvi ones.
Brittany and Santana
Cally and Arizona
Mitch and Cam
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kueskues — 12 years ago(December 28, 2013 10:37 PM)
Northern Exposure
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LadyofAzul — 12 years ago(March 14, 2014 03:28 AM)
My top 3 favorites are:
- Brian and Justin (Queer as Folk US)
- Captain Jack Harkness/Ianto Jones (Torchwood)
- Ian Gallagher/Mickey Milkovich (Shameless US).
None of them are perfect relationships, but you can feel the love they have for each other.
Honorable mention goes to Xena and Gabrielle (Xena Warrior Princess). They are my most favorite Lesbian couple to date.
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hadmatter — 11 years ago(July 23, 2014 01:37 PM)
I wanted so much to like Vicious. I've managed to catch a couple of episodes and while McKellan and Jacobi do an admirable job of trying to elevate the material, it just feels so beneath the both of them. Though I've no doubt it's a hell of a lot of fun for them to make.
I am the sod-off shotgun.
