Romantic Pairings that Should Have Been—But the Show Didn't Go There

[Forever8]

Patrick and Elizabeth - GH 

Imagine if that was the pairing instead of him and Sabrina, especially when Robin came back during their wedding. Patrick could've bonded with her boys and Liz could've been a great mother figure to Emma.

[Gray Bunny]

 

Agreed. 

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[BetterForgotten]

Trevor St. John and most of his male co-stars on OLTL...

[DramatistDreamer]

ATWT Frannie Hughes and Casey Perretti. 

Julianne Moore and Bill Shanks had so much more onscreen chemistry than Moore had with Steve Bassett who played Seth Snyder. 

Even if the show tried it only for a brief spell, it would've been fun to watch Bob Hughes lose his sh*t and by the time Bob and Casey started to get along, Frannie could dumped Casey for Seth, then of course, she'd eventually get cheated on by Seth and her identical half-sister/cousin Sabrina. 

I realize that the show wanted to root the Snyders even more to the canvas by connecting them with one of Oakdale's core families but the Frannie/Seth relationship never truly took root anyway, so before Casey eventually married Lyla, they should've had Frannie and Casey date for a spell.

 

Y&R should have pursued a relationship between Nikki Reed Newman and Bobby Marsino.  We know that Melody wanted it, lol and it might have been interesting since there was a ready-made backstory that connected the two. We know that eventually Nikki finds her way back to Victor but instead of trying Nikki with Jack a third and fourth time, it might've been more interesting to see how Nikki and Bobby's chemistry as a couple would fare.

[brwnsugar33]

Jason and Elizabeth GH. I think it would have been awesome to have two legacy family characters together.

Sami and Lucas Days.

Emily and  Patrick GH

 

[Chris B]

 

So true! He had great chemistry with both, especially Brooke. It amazes me they never went there. 

 

Id add Neil/Victoria (Amelia Heigl’s) on Y&R. For years she struggled to be interesting and they always had nice chemistry but they never did anything with it. 

[Soapsuds]

The guy has so much sex appeal. He made such a better Todd than Roger Howarth and IMO was a better actor too. 

[slick jones]

TSJ makes me cringe. He and Howarth now are interchangeably bad.

 

 

 

 

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[SamandWillowFan]

Jason and Elizabeth were paired. It might have not been for long, but if two characters slept together and had a child together, I count that as them being paired. Also, I've only watched a bit of Days, but aren't Sami and Lucas Will's parents?

[carolineg]

GH

Alexis and Jax-so much wasted chemistry

Nik and Robin back in the late 90's

Georgie and Spinelli

Kristina and Ethan (I know LA looked only 15 at the time)

 

 

Yes, Sami and Lucas were married and have 2 kids together.  They were paired off and on for years.  Agree about Jason and Elizabeth too.  They were paired it was just highly unsatisfying for their fans.

[SamandWillowFan]

Thank you, so they were certainly paired. I agree 100% with you about Ethan and Kristina. LA did look young, but that never stopped them with Robin and Jason. I think Steve Burton and Kimberly McCoullough also have a larger age difference than Lexi Ainsworth and Nathan Parsons who were only four years apart. More than anything, I think they just had fantastic chemistry.

[carolineg]

 

Honestly even though KMc was young and looked it, her and Jason didn't look that far apart in age to me.  Maybe it's because Robin is a more mature character or the fact we saw them going to high school together so I knew they were fairly close in age on the show-I think they were only 2 years apart.   I did think it was slightly weird they kept Robin in high school for so long when her (slightly) older peers (Jason, Keesha, Brenda, Karen, Jagger) were all moved into very adult stories.  I legit felt Robin was in high school for most of the 90's while Brenda was on her 3rd engagement/marriage by the time Robin graduated.  Plus before SBu got all big and buff, he did have a baby face I think.

 

Regardless, I thought LA and NP had great chemistry.  I loved when Kristina said she would marry him someday at S&B's wedding.  It could have been a sweet, slow burning love story where the young girl actually lands her crush ala Jason/Robin.  Such a missed opportunity as I feel like the show STILL doesn't know what to do with Kristina and NP probably won't ever return.

 

I am surprised the show never paired Lucky and Emily.  When they were kids/young teens that looked like where the show was headed.  I did love young Liz and Lucky though.

[mango]

 

They dabbled with the idea slightly when Greg Vaughan and Natalia Livingston were in the roles. Nikolas was presumed dead, but he was actually with Mary Bishop. GV and NL had nice, relatable chemistry. I recall a sweet scene in the park when they were eating cookies during a picnic and were looking up at the clouds describing what they looked like. Then moody Nikolas showed up and the moment was for naught. 

 

[carolineg]

 

Thanks.  I must have missed that.  I remember GV's Lucky paired with Emily's eyeliner loving random twin but no real sparks between him and Emily.  I really dislike NL's version of Emily mostly I think because of her stupid endgame pairing with Nik and her creepy romance with Sonny.  Plus I really liked Zander.

[Soapsuds]

ATWT's Luke and Kevin.....what a waste and blown opportunity.