#26: Eric and Sookie from True Blood
They FINALLY kiss in season 3. A real kiss that is…
#27: Felicity and Ben from Felicity
Their first kiss! Swoon!
#28: Noel and Felicity
Nothing like a kiss during Boggle…
#29: Olivia and Fitz from Scandal
First episode kiss that revealed remarkable chemistry.
#30: Heather and Jake from Jericho
The kiss that made me love this short-lived show (until Heather disappeared for a good long while).
#31: Helen and Tesla from Sanctuary
Beginning their onscreen relationship with a teasing kiss was a smart move.
#32: Emma and Hook from Once Upon A Time
Time for Emma to admit she has feelings for this attractive pirate.
#33: House and Cameron from House
A great kiss and the perfect representation of their relationship… Loved it, and wish they had more!
#34: Pam and Jim from The Office
Their kiss from season 2’s “Casino Night” was just what everyone was hoping for and more!
#35: Kara and Lee from Battlestar Galactica
They had been separated for a while, so when Lee finally sees her again, he couldn’t help but plant a romantic kiss in front of everyone.
#36: Kenzi and Hale from Lost Girl
Hale finally tells Kenzi in season 3 and plants a kiss while planting something else in her pocket to save her life.
#37: Caroline and Klaus from The Vampire Diaries
Caroline tells the truth with a goodbye kiss that leads to more…
#38: Luke and Lorelai from Gilmore Girls
This kiss took FOUR seasons but it was worth the wait!
#39: Rory and Jess from Gilmore Girls
Rory and Jess share a kiss at last!
#40: Ianto and Jack from Torchwood
A tragic kiss for Ianto as Jack kisses him goodbye.
#41: Inara and Mal from Firefly
Inara kisses Mal while he’s knocked out, only to get knocked out by the poisonous lipstick herself. A very telling kiss!
#42: Mary and Matthew from Downton Abbey
Before other problems arise for this tragic pairing, they share a kiss in season one.
#43: Sybil and Branson from Downton Abbey
My heart melted when these two kissed and in the process became engaged.
#44: Max and Liz from Roswell
A first kiss that felt earned 100 percent
#45: Michael and Maria from Roswell
When Michael first kissed Maria in season one, I think my heart stopped. Adore these two.
#46: Max and Logan from Dark Angel
Their first kiss in a moment when Max thought she was leaving him behind forever, only to later sense his impending danger. A very romantic episode about kindred spirits.
#47: Mick and Beth from Moonlight
While I love their other kisses, the surprise kiss Beth gave Mick in episode 5 was so unexpected that I smiled every bit as much as Mick.
#48: Nikita and Michael from La Femme Nikita
In one of the most romantic and epic kisses of all time, closed off and cold Michael confesses his feelings to Nikita with a fairy tale kiss while she is unconscious and can’t hear him.
#49: Dracula/Alexander Grayson and Mina from Dracula
In the finale, Mina kisses Dracula after she realizes he is still alive.
#50: Mindy and Danny from The Mindy Project
When Danny gets up on the plane and plants one on Mindy, my heart jumped. A perfect romantic comedy kiss!
So many good ones! I love it. Soooo with you on Moonlight, Lost, Castle, and Bones.
Thanks! All of those were fantastic kisses but I have to admit that I am partial to Moonlight and Lost…
Excellent taste! No pun intended.
So with you on Emma and Graham. Our screen nearly got a remote hurled through it when he was killed. And I remember we laughed ourselves sick when Inara passed out. “Oh, you stupid son of a….!” *thunk*
And, of course, Castle and Beckett. Was anyone *not* screaming ‘Just do it already!’ at the screen for a season and a half?
Clearly you have excellent taste as well…I’m with you on that remote. Graham is my favorite character on that show (one to be honest I’ve mostly lost interest in). It was a big mistake to kill him off. And the Inara kiss was hilarious! I just had to include that one…I don’t watch Castle often but I wanted to include it because I knew everyone had been waiting for that kiss like forever! Maybe I’ll catch up on that show one day. If they put it on Netflix or something. I love Nathan Fillion.
Yeah, doing that pretty much spoiled any kind of redemption arc for me with Regina, *ever*. They’d try to drum up sympathy for her, and I’d be there yelling, “Yeah? What about GRAHAM?” My husband was about to make me a sign with ‘Suffer in the Name of Graham, Regina,’ so I could just hold it up at appropriate intervals.
We love Fillion, too. I don’t know if you’ve seen Dr. Horrible, but if you haven’t and if you like musicals, *do* watch it. It’s one of the funniest superhero parodies you’ll ever see. Felicia Day is as close to a girl crush as I’ll ever get.
Have you ever seen the movie Waitress? It was an off-beat rom-com flavored indie. Not one which came out as one might expect, but still an HEA, which is fine by me.
I think you’d really like Castle. The main reason we tried it *was* Fillion; we kind of have a pact at home about no-cop-no-lawyer-no fictional crime scene shows because we both know too much to suspend disbelief and we fail to suspend disbelief rather loudly at the screen. Castle drew us right in, though. Just great interplay all around the cast, not to mention the Castle-Beckett relationship. It wasn’t just the UST; it was the growth and change on the part of both characters. Classic romantic arc, but it’s never dominated the show.
I actually wish DC would look at the character of Beckett and give it to the writers for Wonder Woman and say, “Okay, THIS is how you write a kick-ass but feminine woman with command presence. Now, go dump Gal Gadot, hire a real actress and start writing.” But I digress.
I shamelessly want more Firefly just to see more of Mal and Inara. And about a million other reasons. But still! Such a great kiss!
All of Caskett’s kisses are swoon-worthy and of course, I adore Bones and Booth! Aw, Moray and Denise, so sweet. Emma and Hook… haven’t decided about them and am super nervous about the upcoming changes when ‘Once’ returns (I’m busy reading up on S3 spoilers to keep me up-to-date until the DVD arrives). I like Logan (he’s SO protective of Veronica) but… I go back and forth if I want them together for good; Sydney and Vaughn (so cute!) and then, YES! I adored Ned and Chuck. They have to be one of THE cutest TV couples ever. Phryne and Jack – another BIG yes! 😉
Moray and Denise’s kiss has to be one of my personal favorites just because it was so romantic. With Emma and Hook, I included them because Rebecca loves them so much but I only check out a scene or two that has to do with Emma and Hook when I hear about it. I’m more of a Graham fan (LOVE him), but I prefer anyone to Neil (one of the main reasons I lost interest in this show aside from some of the head scratching choices by the writers).
I’m definitely all in with Logan and Veronica. I can’t wait for the movie….Looking forward to their interaction, along with all the snark. And Ned and Chuck really are one of the cutest couples ever. Adore them and I adore Phryne and Jack.
I’m *dying* to see the Veronica Mars movie! Especially now that I found out it’s going to play in one of the theaters I use – I didn’t expect that! I’ll be surprised if V ends up with anyone but Logan. 😉
Me, too! I really liked Graham (‘Once’). Too bad he was murdered – and I agree. The writing is flawed in the show, but I’m such a fairytale fan, I cannot seem to resist. 🙂
I’m seriously dying too. I’ve been waiting almost seven years for this to happen. It is in one of my theaters as well so I’m super excited. I was a backer though so I will at least be getting my digital copy!! And I think if there is a happy ending, it will be ambiguous more than anything. I’m okay with that as long as it feels more like an ending than the show.
And Graham was awesome! When I say I love him, I mean it. Like he was my favorite character on the show. I thought it was such a weak and cliche choice to kill him in that episode rather than to think of a creative way to keep him around (i.e. Graham remembers everything but has to keep it from Emma and therefore distance himself romantically because the Queen threatens to kill him at any moment. Just one idea as I have many…).
The writing is flawed and I had a lot of problems with the dialogue and some of the creative choices. That said, this was a real bummer for me because I am such a huge fairy tale fan as well and I kept trying to like it more than I did. Maybe eventually I’ll give it another chance because I do like aspects of it. And I do tune in occasionally because I find Hook intriguing.
Great article. I can’t pick my favorite so many good ones.
Thanks and there really are a lot of good kisses on TV.
Oh, my! Ten and Rose, Nick and Jess, Michael and Maria! So many fabulous kisses. I’m a Star Trek geek, so B’Elanna and Tom and Trip and T’pol are on my list, and Leslie and Ben from Parks & Rec!
Hmm. I know nothing about Star Trek kisses! I’ll have to look those up for future reference and I’ve never seen Parks & Rec either. I could probably do round two of kisses that I missed and include recommendations!
Thank you for including Nine and Rose! There are dozens of great kisses here, but that one is absolutely fantastic!
Sure! That is one of my favorite kisses. Very romantic.
I would add John and Aeryn in FarScape and Lucy and Wyatt in Timeless.