It’s About Time! TV Couples We Need to See Get Together in 2023

30.12.2022 - 22:19 / usmagazine.com

Let’s get this show on the road! While TV has mastered the art of the slow burn — looking at you, Law & Order: SVU — there comes a time for every relationship to flourish. And for certain TV couples, that time is 2023. 

While Outer Banks introduced its main love story as the opposite side of the tracks romance between John B (Chase Stokes) and Sarah (Madelyn Cline) during season 1 of the Netflix series, which premiered in April 2020, viewers instantly became attached to the chemistry between pals JJ (Rudy Pankow) and Kiara (Madison Bailey). 

The twosome remained strictly platonic for the first two seasons, with Kiara even considering a relationship with fellow pogue Pope (Jonathan Daviss) for half of season 2. However, viewers are still rooting for the pair to take their relationship to the next level when the show returns in 2023 — especially now that the gang has found themselves stranded on a desert island. 

Pankow, for his part, exclusively spoke to Us Weekly about the fan-favorite couple in April 2021, revealing that while he thinks the duo needs to take their time, he’d be OK with them becoming an item somewhere down the line. 

“I think the end game, the endgame of the OBX, I can see JJ and Kiara being like, ‘All right there’s something here,’” he shared. “Because it starts out with JJ saying that he had tried getting with Kiara. So, who knows?”

While JJ and Kiara may be on their way to a blossoming romance, other couples have been in each other’s orbit for years without ever admitting how they feel. 

Evan “Buck” Buckley (Oliver Stark) and Eddie Diaz (Ryan Guzman) are fellow firefighters and best friends that are known for teaming up on the more daring rescues on Fox’s hit drama 9-1-1, but their dynamic has been a