Some of the best couples on TV have been the ones you've had to wait for.
There's nothing quite like that will-they-or-won't-they tension to get you HOOKED on a show and a ship.
Here are some of the very best.
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Stiles and Lydia from Teen Wolf
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Oliver Queen and Felicity Smoak from Arrow
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Fran and Maxwell on The Nanny
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Jake and Amy from Brooklyn Nine-NIne
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Pacey and Joey from Dawson's Creek
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Luke and Lorelai from Gilmore Girls
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Sam and Diane from Cheers
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Amy and Jonah from Superstore
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Brittany and Santana from Glee
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Charles and Liza from Younger
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Max and Helen from New Amsterdam
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Niles and Daphne from Frasier
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Will Graham and Hannibal Lecter from Hannibal
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Jane and Lisbon from The Mentalist
Who's your favorite TV slow-burn couple?