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Just because I saw a young Larry Hagman in Coolgirl's post.... I used to be a Star Trek fan, you know!



How's that? William Shatner and Joan Collins? Admittedly, their chemistry doesn't exactly sizzle!!

Ann

LOL! Ann! If you're gonna mention Bill Shatner then I gotta point out Bill and James Spader on Boston Legal. Those two guys are a riot!

I second the cast of House--especially Cuddy, House and Wilson (and possibly Foreman who plays a good straight man) and Scrub's JD and Turk.

30 Rock's Liz (Tina Fey) and Jack (Alec Baldwin) are hilarious.

Also the whoooole cast of Frasier , which was awesome. I don't think I've ever seen so many talented people and so much amazing writing in one show. *hugs her DVDs*

alcyone

I've just bought the entire 8-seasons and am watching this series so...

Charmed's Leo (Brian Krause) and Piper (Holly Marie Combs).

Charmed's Piper (Holly Marie Combs) and Phoebe (Alyssa Milano)

Oh, I second that and also add a hug to my DVDs hehe. I also have to hug my Grey's Anatomy DVDs. It really impresses me that they've had to shuffle around the cast a few times in the past 4 seasons, and for me, there's a base dynamic still there.

JD

Getting back to 'romantic' chemistry, I'm a bit surprized that no one has mentioned Mitzi Kapture and Rob Estes' Rita and Chris on "Silk Stalkings".

There you had police detective partners, who were best friends, and who eventually became husband and wife even though it was against departmental rules.

Tank (who wonders if perhaps the syndicated late night entry wasn't well distributed even though it lasted several seasons)

Very good pick - Loved Rita and Chris.

Buffy and Angel - when I was a fan, and believe me I was obsessed, I thought they were so HOT together.



Of course, now when I see the show I think, God, she's irritating! and What a wimp!

Oh well. (But I did love Angel very much.)

Also, everyone who knows the program should agree: the presenters of TopGear! They're fantastic!

I thought Lisa Chappell and Aaron Jeffery on ''Mcleod's daughters'' had great chemistry too.

Colin and Emily from The McGregor Saga - there are times when he looks at her like she's the rising sun, brining light to his world. Make you melt.

Some of my favourite pairings have turned up already, but I'll add Jimmy and Lou from The Young Riders - my great love before LNC. Yes, yes, I know - Lou was the Kid's soulmate. And those two had great chemistry, too. But hoo boy, the screen sparked when she had those moments with Jimmy. /me fans herself. I was a huge Kid/Lou shipper, but Jimmy did seriously tempt me into the dangerous waters of Jimmy/Lou ship.

And Gabby and Carlos in Desperate Housewives. Perhaps not the healthiest of relationships, but they do sizzle together and I still harbour hopes they'll get back together.

Bones sounds as though it should be a show I'd like, but I've never been able to watch it because, for some strange reason, I just cannot get past DB as Angel. Which is odd, because I usually don't have a problem transferring from one character to another. Don't know what it is about DB, but I just can't see him as anyone else, sadly.

LabRat

My favorite TV show of all time is Babylon 5, where there is terrific chemistry between a lot of the characters.

John and Delenn - the primary romantic couple


Londo and G'Kar - ambassadors from two warring races - whose very adversarial relationship took a number of surprising twists and turns over the course of the series.

And a L&C link: Tracy Scoggins showed up on the 5th Season of the show as the space station commander, 4 years after leaving L&C...

But the best chemistry for me has been with Lois and Clark (not surprisingly), and with Lee and Amanda on Scarecrow and Mrs. King. It was a joy watching their relationship develop, just as with L&C.


And another L&C link: Beverly Garland played Amanda's mother...

Dr. Smith and Robot B9 - Lost In Space.
Nick and Natalie - Forever Knight

Which reminds me...

Another couple with sizzling on-screen chemistry:



And Beverly Garland played Laura's mother. Hey, maybe that's the key to creating great chemistry on TV. It doesn't matter who you cast, just make sure you cast Beverly Garland as the female lead's mother.

Maggie Doyle and PJ Hasham on Blue Heelers. I stopped watching the show after they killed her off, but I did watch one episode five years after her death where PJ is getting engaged to Jo, and he starts being haunted by Maggie's memory and the engagement is called off.

OMG, C_A, Remington Steele! That's right up there with Moonlighting and Lois and Clark. Too bad Remy and Laura never really got together...what a waste!

Oh, and with regards to SG-1...Jarter, forever!

Full House - I don't know what makes me more. That I didn't know Michelle was played by twins or that I didn't know the twins were the OLSEN twins, for crying out loud. This industry eats kids alive and spits them back out, doesn't it?

Oh, but they did After the series was cancelled there was TV movie (or was it three epsidoes?). And the story was nicely completed

And yes, great chemistry there

c.

Here's something I haven't seen mentioned yet. I used to adore Baywatch, but only the first few seasons. I'm still very fond of season one, with Shauni and Eddie. They were fantastic together.



But it's very hard to find a picture of the two of them togeter. Google does come up with pictures of Full House when you search for their character names. :rolleyes: But those two just had it, until I found Lois&Clark.

Saskia

What? Wanna see! Wanna see!

I know what you mean, LabRat, but more of the opposite. :p I just started watching Buffy after I watched Bones, and now I can't fit DB as Angel because I expect him to act like Booth. :p