Shipping always involves risk. You may be invested in a will-they-or-won’t-they where the creator ultimately chooses not to go the romance route. Or maybe the creator WAS planning to pay off the relationship, but didn’t get to finish the story on their own terms. Jennifer and Heather know the pain of shipping pairings in these situations, and they have compiled a list of 10 TV couples who deserved a better ending to their story. Buckle up for rants about Criminal Minds, How I Met Your Mother, Veronica Mars, and more!

Show notes & couples discussed in the episode (by timestamp):

• 18:30 - Couple #1: Barney and Robin, How I Met Your Mother
• 30:26 - Couple #2: Veronica and Logan, Veronica Mars
  • 35:15 - Major warnings for Veronica Mars character deaths
• 40:29 - Couple #3: Derek and Penelope, Criminal Minds
• 47:58 - Couple #4: Kara and Lee, Battlestar Galactica
  • 50:38 - Major warnings for Battlestar Galactica character deaths
• 57:00 - Couple #5: Mike and Ginny, Pitch
  • 01:01:35 - Hulu's cruel Pitch teaser
• 01:06:36 - Couple #6: A tie between Bellamy and Clarke & Clarke and Lexa, The 100
• 01:08:45 - Bellarke’s first reunion hug gifset via nina-zcnik.tumblr.com
  • 01:09:57 - Major warnings for The 100 character deaths
• 01:17:25 - Couple #7: Quentin and Eliot, The Magicians
  • 01:20:55 - Major warnings for The Magicians character deaths
• 01:26:15 - Couple #8: Ichabod and Abbie, Sleepy Hollow
  • 01:27:43 - Major warnings for Sleepy Hollow character deaths
• 01:31:02 - Honorable Mention #1 - Karen and Frank, The Punisher
• 01:31:47 - Honorable Mention #2 - Helen and Max, New Amsterdam
• 01:35:45 - Honorable Mention #3 - Maura and Eyk, 1899
• 01:37:37 - Honorable Mention #4 - Norma and Alex, Bates Motel
• 01:39:18 - Honorable Mention #5 - Booth and Bones, Bones

We would love to hear from you! Drop us a line at our email address (shipteasepodcast@gmail.com) or on Twitter (at @ShipTeasePod) about the ships you believe deserved better and we may read your note in a future episode of the podcast.