The Four Loves: Difference between revisions

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** Kurt and his dad's relationship is widely regarded as one of the best on TV.

* Dylan Hunt and Rommie in ''[[Andromeda]]''

* ''[[~~ICarly~~]]'': Carly and Spencer Shay, sister and brother.

* ''[[iCarly]]'': Carly and Spencer Shay, sister and brother.

* ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'': Sammy and Dean are this.

* Quark with almost everyone on ''[[Deep Space Nine]]''.

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* Jon Lovitz of ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' did an impression of Harvey Fierstein, the playwright of ''[[Torch Song Trilogy]]''. The parody version of Fierstein had a variant of this as his [[Catch Phrase]]. "I just want to be loved. Is that so wrong?"

* Kirk, Spock, and McCoy in ''[[Star Trek]]''.

* Carly and Sam in ''[[~~ICarly~~]]''. Carly towards Freddie, although that could end up in Eros in the future.

* Carly and Sam in ''[[iCarly]]''. Carly towards Freddie, although that could end up in Eros in the future.

* From ''[[Merlin (TV series)|Merlin]]'', Prince Arthur and Knights of the Round Table, all of whom are dedicated to the safety and well-being of Camelot. Merlin and Guinevere are [[Platonic Life Partners]] due to being [[Birds of a Feather]] and their mutual devotion to Arthur.

* ''[[Skins]]'' loves this, and some particularly strong forms of it can be seen with Tony and Sid, and with Freddie and Cook - the latter of whom probably said "I love you" to each other more than they did to their actual mutual love interest, Effy.

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=== Live Action TV ===

* ''[[~~ICarly~~]]'': Freddie towards Carly, who seems to love Carly unconditionally no matter where their relationship lies with regards to Phileo and Eros. He has proven his ability to self-sacrifice for her, being almost killed in order to save Carly from being killed herself by pushing her out of the way of a truck in one episode.

* ''[[iCarly]]'': Freddie towards Carly, who seems to love Carly unconditionally no matter where their relationship lies with regards to Phileo and Eros. He has proven his ability to self-sacrifice for her, being almost killed in order to save Carly from being killed herself by pushing her out of the way of a truck in one episode.

* Lancelot embodies this love on ''[[Merlin (TV series)|Merlin]]'' in regards to his love for Guinevere and Merlin (and to a lesser extent, Arthur). When a tear in the veil between the worlds results in evil spirits roaming the land, Arthur makes the decision to offer himself up as a blood sacrifice to close the rift. Knowing that Merlin intends to take Arthur's place, and having made a vow to Guinevere to protect Arthur with his life, Lancelot steps up and sacrifices himself for both of them, simultaneously saving Merlin's life and preserving Arthur's relationship with Guinevere.

* In the BBC's modern reinterpretation of [[Sherlock]] Holmes, Sherlock and John (i.e. Dr. Watson) go from being complete strangers to living together, and {{spoiler|John is willing to kill to save Sherlock's life}}, in the space of the first episode. Although many (hell, ''most'') of their mutual acquaintances interpret this as romantic interest ({{spoiler|Mycroft's teasing, "Should we be expecting a happy announcement...? }}), John's and Sherlock's relationship is closer to agape, even if most of the "sacrifice" is performed by John, while Sherlock seems more detached. Most notably, in the final episode of the 2010 season, "The Great Game", {{spoiler|John, covered in explosives, wraps himself around the man threatening Sherlock, intending to bring down their enemy at the expense of his own life.}} In the climax of the second series, though, Sherlock more than returns the favour as he {{spoiler|fakes his own death by no less than jumping from a building to save John's life, which could as far as we know also accidentially ended up being a real sacrifice. The whole issue again is orchastrated by the [[Big Bad]] who gives Sherlock the choice to either jump or have John and his two other most important people killed.}}