Dysfunctional Fictional Couples On TV

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“Being Mary Jane’s” Mary Jane Paul and Andre Daniels

On the outside looking in, “Being Mary Jane’s” Mary Jane Paul has got it all. She’s a fit and fabulous working woman who’s got her act together and anchors her own news talk show on network television. And she fell in love with the sexy and handsome businessman Andre Daniels. But there’s just one thing: he has a wife and two small children. By the time she found out that he was lying about his marital status, she was already in love and had agreed to be his woman on the side. The first season ended with the two on the outs after he had finally left his wife ad tried to make it work with Mary Jane.

Source: Netflix

“Orange Is The New Black’s” Dayanara “Daya” Diaz and John Bennett

Love can blossom anywhere and in “Orange Is The New Black,” it bloomed behind bars. But unlike most prison couples, inmate Dayanara “Daya” Diaz fell for someone on the opposite side of the bars. She took up a romance with corrections officer John Bennett and soon she became pregnant. To hide their romance and the true identity of the father of her child from his superiors, they concocted a scheme where she bedded one of his co-workers — sleazy pornstasch — and pinned the pregnancy on him.

Source: John Goldwyn Productions

“Dexter’s” Dexter and Rita Morgan

A relationship can never truly be a healthy one if one half of the couple is a serial killer. By day Dexter Morgan was a forensic specialist with the Miami Dade police department but by night he rid the town of the bad guys who had gotten away with crime all while fulfilling his craving to kill. All of this was unbeknownst to his girlfriend Rita, who was just happy that as a single mother of two, she was able to find a nice man with a job. They got married and she was found dead in a bathtub filled with her own blood in “Dexter’s” season four finale.

Source: Carson Productions

“Amen’s” Reverend Reuben Gregory and Thelma Frye

It’s never a healthy start to a relationship when one person chases another so much, he or she gets tired of running and eventually agrees to be with the chaser. But that didn’t stop “Amen’s” Thelma Frye from pining after Reverend Reuben Gregory anyway. Her feelings for him were so well known, the entire congregation knew Thelma couldn’t wait to get her hands on the Reverend. Her relentlessness paid off and by the fourth season they were married. The series ended with Thelma giving birth to their first child.

Source: Paramount Domestic Television

“The Parkers’” Nikki Parker and Professor Stanley Oglevee

Nikki Parker chased Professor Stanley Oglevee on “The Parkers” like Thelma Frye chased Reverend Reuben Gregory on “Amen,” and just like the Reverend, the Professor couldn’t run away fast enough. Mama Parker was so bad she resorted to scaring off his girlfriends or sabotaging his relationships until he was left alone. But when she stopped chasing him and was ready to settle down with another man, Professor Oglevee was having second thoughts. He crashed her wedding and stole the bride for himself.

The Game’s” Tasha Mack and Rick Fox

“The Game’s” Tasha Mack has been in several toxic relationships, one no less dysfunctional than the last. She started dating former NBA player and fellow co-worker Rick Fox but once her time at the sports management agency came to an end, so did their roller coaster relationship. Then she got her cougar on with Dante before ending up with a male prostitute. When Mack finally settled down with her old childhood friend Pookie, it looked like she had finally found happiness but she managed to mess that up by sneaking around with her ex Fox.

Source: High Bridge Entertainment

“Breaking Bad’s” Walter and Skylar White

Women love being with a man in a position of power. “Breaking Bad’s” Walter White started out as a high school chemistry teacher but after being diagnosed with terminal cancer, he decided to work in the underbelly of the drug game to stack up enough cash to leave for his family after he died. But along the way he morphed from a bumbling meth cook to a cold, blooded drug kingpin killer. And when his wife Skyar found out she was cool with being with a man who was suddenly making so much money. At first. But she changed her mind when the family’s lives became in danger. Stuck in the marriage, she decided to wait for the cancer to kill her husband and she made her feelings be known.

Source: ShondaLand

“Grey’s Anatomy’s” Meredith Grey and Derek Shepherd

How often does a one nightstand end up in holy matrimony? On “Grey’s Anatomy,” Meredith Grey first hooked up with Derek Shepherd after meeting up at a local bar and didn’t find out until the next day that he was her boss at the hospital. Despite not having the best example of a healthy relationship because of her cold mother, Grey decided to give Shepherd a chance and as soon as she got used to the idea of having a significant other, she found out that Dr. Shepherd already had a significant other: a wife.

Source: ShondaLand

“Private Practice’s” Addison Montgomery and Sam Bennett

There arecertain things that go against the girl code and dating your best friend’s ex-husband is definitely one of them. But that only gave Addison Montgomery a slight pause before she decided to give in to her urges anyway when she began a relationship with Sam Bennett on “Private Practice.” Deep down, they knew what they had would never last and Montgomery’s desire to be a mother finally drove a wedge in their relationship because Bennett was done raising children and would soon become a grandfather. She moved on to date another doctor at the practice.

Source: Warner Bros. Television

“Family Matters’” Steve Urkel and Laura Winslow

Steve Urkel had been madly in love with Laura Winslow since kindergarten but she never had any time for him, his coke bottle glasses or his highwater pants and suspenders. But when he cloned a cooler, more suave version of himself, she was all over him. It took nine whole seasons for Urkel to win Laura over and although she first fell for Stefan Urquelle, she ended up picking the dorkier original as the one she wanted to spend the rest of her life with.

Source: Chase Films

“The Sopranos’” Tony and Camille Soprano

There wasn’t anything that Camille Soprano wanted that her husband Tony couldn’t give her. Except for an honest, faithful spouse. He was a mafia boss and with a lot of responsibilities and power came a lot of benefits that Camille enjoyed. Which is probably why she continuously looked the other way whenever he broke the law or bedded a mistress or had a one nightstand. After 20 plus years of marriage, Camille had finally had enough and demanded more of her husband and kicked him out of the house.

Source: Darren Star Productions

“Sex and the City’s” Carrie Bradshaw and Mr. Big

Even though he was a bit of a cad, we liked Mr. Big and secretly rooted for him to end up with Carrie Bradshaw on “Sex and the City” anyway. But she sure made it hard for us to keep singing his praises. First Bradshaw busted him on a date with another woman. And even though he swore he would never remarry again, just months after Mr. Big and Bradshaw broke up, she ran into him and his new fiancée. They finally ended up together with a few affairs and years of heartache in between.

Source: Weiner Bros.

“Mad Men’s” Don and Betty Draper

“Mad Men” is set in the 60’s and back then above all, personal business never left the kitchen table. Betty Draper put up with her husband’s continuous cheating ways and turned a blind eye to his roving hands and genitals in hopes of keeping their disastrous marriage a secret from their neighbors. What’s more, there wasn’t any chemistry between the two and she despised her advertising executive husband so much it’s a wonder how she faked it for so long.