There’s nothing some of Us want more than for our favorite TV shows — including Outer Banks and The Summer I Turned Pretty — to move on from certain fictional couples.
Prime Video’s The Summer I Turned Pretty has found success leaning into the love triangle between Belly (Lola Tung), Conrad (Christopher Briney) and Jeremiah (Gavin Casalegno). As the show nears its third — and possibly final — season, fans are waiting for Belly to make a decision.
According to Casalegno, there is a chance season 3 will stray from its source material when it comes to who Belly ultimately chooses, exclusively telling Us Weekly in July 2024, “I do feel like there’s a strong chance that that’s a possibility [that they will shake up the series’ conclusion].”
Casalegno’s support for a Belly and Jeremiah being endgame could be considered a controversial opinion since Jenny Han made a different decision in her book series. While some TV adaptations might have more success straying from its source material, The Summer I Turned Pretty is better off sticking to the page.
In the Outer Banks world, viewers are still reeling from JJ’s (Rudy Pankow) unnecessary death. The fan-favorite character’s body wasn’t even cold before the creators were being asked about pairing JJ’s soulmate Kiara (Madison Bailey) off with their arch nemesis Rafe (Drew Starkey).
“It’s a hard turn to go straight to a Rafe and Kiara ’ship given where they’ve been in the past,” Josh Pate told Cosmopolitan in November 2024 before adding, “We also know how great Drew and Madison are as actors and how great they are together. So we’re definitely going to explore that relationship.”
The promise of something more between Rafe and Kiara didn’t go over well. Unfortunately fans have to wait until season 5 to see whether the show properly pays tribute to JJ by not having his girlfriend move on moments after his death or not.
Keep scrolling for more examples of TV couples we don’t want to see grace our screens in 2025:
