Ten Forward: Tragic And Doomed Relationships In Sci-Fi

What makes me bring this up? Well, honestly, my original idea for the 10 best kisses on sci-fi has been done to death, and I sadly no longer put much value on romance. So I took a look at different couples from the past 10 years on sci-fi television and found at least 10 whose ill-fate was sealed with a kiss.

While they are in no particular order, here is a sampling of 10 couples doomed from the beginning.

Wesley Wyndham-Pryce and Winifred "Fred" Berkle -- "Angel"
These two were meant for each other, and we knew that from the end of Season 2 of "Angel." We suffered with Wesley when his chance at being with the woman of his dreams is trampled on as Charles Gunn swooped in and swept Fred off her feet. We watched him in his loneliness and self-loathing as he continued to lose all he held dear, including the trust of Angel. Finally, in Season 5, Fred -- who was once again swept away from Wesley by the charming-but-evil Knox -- lets Wesley know she’s interested in him, complete with a long-awaited passionate kiss.

By the end of the next episode, Fred was dead. By the end of the season, so was Wesley.

Rupert Giles and Jenny Calendar -- "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"
Here is where we learned Joss Whedon would mercilessly kill of beloved characters just as they became interesting. Jenny and Giles were going to become more than co-workers when Angelus killed her, and left her dead body waiting amidst rose petals in Giles’ bed.

T’Pol and Trip -- "Star Trek: Enterprise"
This ill-conceived relationship, while quite intriguing and hot because Connor Trinneer and Jolene Blalock could have chemistry with an ironing board, was so contrived that both its beginning and end were almost embarrassing. The lame excuse for getting them together in their pajamas (Dr. Phlox ordering Trip to have T’Pol teach him how to de-stress) and then the adolescent way in which she blew him off after they became intimate is characteristic of the way The Killer B’s (Rick Berman and Brannon Braga, as our site founder Michael Hinman so famously named them a few years back) portrayed any kind of coupled relationship in all the Star Trek series. The relationships were always on-again, off-again, inconsistent, and exhibiting no loyalty on the part of one partner to the other.

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