Best friends: Micheal and Sucre from Prison Break. Their relationship is one of the best reasons to watch the show.

Worst: Friends. They kept treating each other like crap. I don't know who they were meanest to: Chandler or Ross.

Best friends:

1. Willow/Buffy/Xander (the high school years) from Buffy. Always there for one another, great dynamics.

2. Rhoda & Mary from The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Two single gals, always told each other the truth and had an easy relationsip.

3. Danny & Joey from Full House. Always loved the way these two interacted. Who but your best friend (and your brother-in-law) would come help you raise your 3 kids after your wife died?!

Worst friends
1. Willow/Buffy/Xander (season 4 onward) from Buffy. Never talked to one another anymore, didnt seem to pay any attention to each other's pain.

2. Karen & Grace from Will & Grace. These two are supposed to be friends but they seem to have no respect for one another.

3. Phyllis & Mary from The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Phyllis was constantly putting her down and acting superior. From the comments Rhoda and Mary made behind her back, they obviously didnt think much of Phyllis either, yet they were supposedly "friends".

Willow and Buffy were still pretty good friends in S4, ladyrott. Remember Willow's efforts to convince Buffy she *could* succeed in college, her efforts to help Buffy get over Parker and hook up with Riley? (Never mind whether you like Riley or not, that's a whole 'nother discussion. :-))

The friendships did go pretty much to Perdition in later seasons, but it wasn't nearly that bad in S4, IMO.

Best Friends On a Current Show? Veronica and Wallace on Veronica Mars definitely rate consideration.

Truely awsome friends?
Pres. Bartlett and Leo on The West Wing, or early on at least. It takes a true friend to pull you into another room just to tell you you're an ass, and then inform you you're going to send flowers to your wife to say sorry.

Worst friends:
Elizabeth and Emily from GH. Elizabeth's a fine friend, but little miss Emily has gone around telling everybody and their three mistresses about Liz's miscarriage before Liz herself knew. Bad friend, very bad.

Carly and anybody-Carly herself is a selfish twat so she's not a good friend. Jason's forgot her(literally) and Courtney is all wound up in Prickolas to even know or care that her "friend" is going crazy.

The worst friendship on a show I currently watch is Marissa and Summer on the O.C. Now, Summer is a really good friend to Marissa. She gets angry when Marissa is having problems, supports her on things even if she doesn't like it. However, Marissa sucks as a friend. It's always "me, me, me."

Best Friends:

Seth and Ryan from The O.C. In season 1, Seth went to great lengths to keep Ryan in Newport Beach and away from foster homes, including hiding him in one of his mom's company's model homes, and risking his own safety. He also went to visit Ryan in Juvenile Detention, which anyone who watches The O.C. knows that Juvie is not exactly the kind of place Seth Cohen should be visiting; it's not exactly in his "element." Also, one could argue that he was probably one of the driving forces behind Sandy and Kirsten finally taking Ryan into their house as their own son, as he was constantly trying to convince the Cohens to do exactly that. When Theresa, Ryan's childhood friend from Chino, got into trouble (i.e., got pregnant), Seth cashed in his bar mitzvah bonds and gave the cash to Ryan to use in Vegas in the hopes of getting a lot of money for Theresa. Then he sold his boat to get more money for Ryan and Theresa a few episodes later.

For his part, Ryan immediately had Seth's back as soon as he got to Newport. In the pilot episode, they went to a party at a beach house, and when Ryan saw Seth being picked on by the water polo players, he jumped in and started punching some people in order to protect Seth (and this was after Seth yelled at Ryan for allegedly hitting on Summer and outing him as being from Chino to the entire party; also, this was only the first day he had ever met Seth). The two proceeded to get their asses kicked, but as Seth pointed out later on, he would never forget that night because Ryan had his back. Ryan also wouldn't let Seth go to a party with his coworker alone because he was afraid of what kind of trouble Seth would find himself in. He went to Tijuana against his will because he knew Seth wanted to see Summer. He flew all the way to Portland just to convince Seth to come back home to Newport Beach.

I think the Seth/Ryan friendship is one of the strongest male friendships I've ever seen on television, especially on a teen drama. I love the fact that almost every episode begins with Seth and Ryan chatting in the poolhouse about their various dilemmas and lady drama, and they each take the time to hear each other out and give sound advice to one another. Their relationship is really the heart and soul of this show.

Other Best Friends: Joey and Chandler on Friends. Those two had such a great dynamic in the entire 10 year run of this show. Whether it was just sitting on their chairs, drinking beer and watching bad television together for 3 days straight, playing silly games like Fireball, or giving each other advice whenever one was in trouble, I always loved their relationship. They openly admitted to being each others' best friends countless times during the course of the show, and they hugged A LOT. Some of the best and most obvious hoyay! on television, IMHO.

Worst Friends: Joey and Jen on Dawson's Creek. I know they hated each other at first because Jen was dating Dawson in the first season and Joey was in love with him, but then they pretty much patched things up after high school, and I still could never tell if they actually liked each other or not. I was thoroughly confused by their friendship, because sometimes they would be sweet and caring with one another and other times they would be catty and snippy. I guess it was bitterness left over from the Dawson incident.

Word to this. I always loved Chandler and Joey's relationship and was sad when it was shunted aside a bit in later seasons to make way for Mondler. In those early years their interaction seemed very realistic to me, as did the apartment that they shared, which looked exactly like every mid-20s "guy" apartment I've ever seen.

I love Seinfeld, I really do... but those guys were pretty horrible to one another. They were so self-centered and mean to one another! It showed up especially when Susan died, and no one had anything even remotely nice/comforting to say to George.

Best & Worst Friends: Carly and Jason from GH: The best because of the lengths they would go for each other and how important they are to each other. The worst because of the way only they can hurt each other.

Worst: Chloe/Lana from SV The show keeps telling me they're friends but I've never bought it. Ok, there was a quick small scene one time when I thought, hey maybe they are friends. But it went by quickly.

Best: J.D. and Turk from Scrubs. I don't get a sense from any other characters on any other show that they care for and like and love each other as much as these two best buds. In a non-gay way, of course, as they might add. Hell, Turk actively encourages J.D. to call him "Brown Bear"!

Agreed on Buffy, Willow, and Xander up through season 4. But even though they drifted, as best friends often do as they get older, they still stayed pretty loyal to each other and still genuinely cared about each other. After all, it was Xander's platonic love for and long history with Willow that saved the world in season 6.

Best fiends - Laverne & Shirley . They fought sometimes, and they were incredibly different, but they always, always had each other's backs. When one struggled, the other was there to offer support and caring and pep talks. Two women struggling to make their way in the world and making their own family support system.

Jack and Jen, Dawson's Creek. In the series finale with Jen on her deathbed, she's giving custody of her baby to Jack and she's telling him to help Amy fit in because she herself never felt like she belonged. And then Jack says: "Jen, you belong. You belong to me."

Sigh. Dawson and Joey? Pppfffftt. They could learn from Jack and Jen.

ITA with Veronica/Wallace, High School Buffy/Xander/Willow, and Joey/Chandler. I also think Miranda from SatC was a good and realisticly flawed friend and while Carrie wasn't giving as much as she was taking I like Miranda/Carrie simply for the Miranda. Oh, and I thought Angel/Cordelia were adorable. Not a big fan of them as a romantic ship (though I don't hate it as much as some), but they were adorable as friends.

Worst friendship has to go to The Friendship from Big Brother 6. A group of five people made an alliance, swore that they would be "friends forever," and then even named their group The Friendship. Needless to say, it went downhill from there. They bashed each other when one left the room, thought about evicting each other, and fighting whenever one person got an advantage in the game. Now, after it's over, The Friendship is pretty much over, with Ivette even saying if she could do it again, she would not make friends with The Friendship. And America thanked God they were off our television screens.

Word to Jack and Jen on Dawson's Creek.

Here's my list:

Bestest Best Friends

Shawn and Cory on Boy Meets World
Veronica and Wallace on Veronica Mars
Rory and Lane on Gilmore Girls
Spongebob and Patrick on Spongebob Squarepants
Lorelai and Sookie on Gilmore Girls
Liz and Maria on Roswell
Seth and Ryan on The O.C.
Lizzie/Miranda/Gordo on Lizzie McGuire
Abby and Kate (RIP) on NCIS
House and Wilson on House

Worst. Friends. Ever.

Will and Craig on Reunion
Joey and Dawson on Dawson's Creek
Abby and Jen on Dawson's Creek
The judges on American Idol

BEST FRIENDS:Doug and Mark, ER. They remained friends even while hating each others' behavior, and neither one ever was afraid to tell other when he was being an ass. When Doug left, Mark knew it was right, but still loved him "like a brother". It was totally unrealistic for Doug to not even be mentioned some way at Mark's funeral, even if they didn't get Clooney, a telegram or something?

Worst friendship has to go to The Friendship from Big Brother 6 (from before)

Best reality friendship: The Jedi. They truly cared for one another. Probably the best relationship in the show's history.

Are there actual friendships (and are they good or bad) on the following: DH, Lost, One Tree Hill, Joey, Will & Grace

Some of the best friends I've enjoyed watching on television were Sydney Bristow and Marcus Dixon. They really had The Bond. There seemed to be a lot of innate trust and respect there, even during the dark times of their relationship.

Oh, I had totally forgotten about them! Which is weird, considering I watch at least one episode of the season 1 dvds almost everyday to hold me off until the show (ever) comes back this season. I absolutely love their friendship, because even through everything they've been through together, they still care about each other deeply and support each other. J.D. even kissed Carla, and they're still best friends! I think their friendship is one of the most realistic male friendships on television. The fact that Turk made J.D. his best man at his wedding instead of his brother speaks volumes about the kind of bond they share.

Mike, Crow, and Servo from Mystery Science Theater 3000. With Joel as host, it was more of a father/son relationship he had with the 'bots, but with Mike they all just seemed like three guys hanging out and screwing around in space, despite two of them being robot puppets.

And yes, they were occasionally blowing each other up, but you could tell that they cared for one another.

Hmmm...

Agree on Joey and Chandler...their goodbye was the best part of the finale.

Dan and Harry on Night Court...they always messed with each other, but when it came down to it, they loved each other.

Mega word on Ryan and Seth from the OC.

Haley and Lucas on One Tree Hill, the first season, before they assasinated Haley's character in season two.

Lorelei and Luke on Gilmore Girls, he was the only one who stuck by her...always.

Party of one here: Best friends

Gil and Catherine - talk about a guy that has her back. He stood up for her when Eddy was being a jerk, when she blew up the lab, when she cashed the check from Braun I'll bet I could go on...
On the other hand, she was supportive of him when he had his surgery for his hearing and I suspect that they can talk about anything since she was sitting on his couch in his apartment comfortably drinking (coffee/tea?)

There was some recent debate on the "Housewives" board as to whether or not the four principal characters are friends or acquaintances. I was on the 'friends' bandwagon. I think that they are all very different from each other but they compliment each other well, and scenes where harried Lynette begs for help from prim and proper Bree are always a hoot.

"Will & Grace" used to have very honest and heartfelt friendships, but the characters have become so incosistent now that it depends on what episode you're watching.

I can only really speak for One Tree Hill...

The Good

Haley and Lucas were great in season 1 as haleyj mentioned.

I think Brooke is a great friend to Peyton.

Loved Lucas and Jake's friendship (also season 1)

The Bad

Er...Nathan and Tim because there isn't enough of it.

Lucas and his friends from the Rivercourt. See above.

The friendships have gotten pretty inconsistent.

I need to add one that falls under both categories:
Zack and Screech
The Good:
Best friends since they were little kids.
Zack defended Screech numerous times.
Zack helped Screech fit in with the more popular group he belonged to.
Screech had Zack's back forever, for the schemes etc…
Screech helped him with his homework.

The Bad:
Zack was always getting in trouble, often time because Screech did something dumb.
Zack belittled Screech all the time smacking him in the arm or calling him names.
Zack couldn't believe that a girl liked Screech instead of him and tried to break them up.
Screech lost all of Zack's wedding money.
Screech was annoying and the others called him on it, but they wouldn't dump him because he was Zack's friend.

I'll 3rd the Word on Jack and Jen from Dawson's Creek. The two of them almost saved the word "soulmate" for me in regards to its use on television. I was in tears after Jen said that she had never felt like she fit and he told her that she did and that she had been his soul mate. What made it so special was that it came as a surprise. For 6 agonizing seasons, Dawson and Joey were touted as "The Soulmates". That was the point of the show. They were supposed to end up together. I'll always believe that was the initial plan. However, through continued miscommunication, casual cruelty and emotional abuse the idea that they were soulmates became more and more ridiculous. Even though the series finale still tired to pimp the idea that Dawson and Joey could be soulmates without being romantically involved, Jack and Jen proved the concept (platonic soul mates)right. They proved it by being the real deal.........best friends who cared for and supported each other without any agendas.

As for other best friends on TV, I'll have to add Luke and Loralai to the list. Even though they're now a couple, they started off as friends and I still believe that's what they are at their core. Both of them are there for each other when nobody else is.

Some of the other best on television include OldSchool Sonny and Stone on GH, and Doyle and Angel from Angel.

As far as worst friendships, I have so many I can't even think of them all right now. Some of the most notable are: Ryan/Greenlee to Kendall on AMC. Ryan and Greenlee yell at her, degrade her, grab her, call her a cancer, and try to tear her down to nothing while she does anything and everything to win their approval.

Emily and Elizabeth on GH are on the list because it's so one sided. Everything is about Emily and if Elizabeth wants anything more it's because she's being "selfish".

Pacey and Dawson are on the worst list because Dawson came straight out and admitted that most of the reason he was friends with him was because it made him feel big being friends with a loser.

Almost the entire cast of characters on 90210 get a honerable mintion for their truely craptacular "friendships". Kelly and Brenda fell prey to fighting over a guy with sideburnds, Brandon and Dylan never learned the lesson "bros before hos." Brandon was an ass towards Andrea and I'm still not sure that Donna and David were really friends with the rest of the group to begin with.

As far as Lost, I haven't seen any notable great friendships although the men building the raft towards the season finale came close, IMO. There's quite a few friendships that are dysfunctional and bad. However, the reason why they aren't making my list is because they're supposed to be dysfunctional. The series isn't trying to convince me that these people are "Soulmates" and "Best Friends Forever". They all have something to hide and something to work through. I only get annoyed when writers try to sell crap on a cone and tell me it's chocolate ice cream.

Up until this year, Lorelai and Rory were the best of friends. But now they aren't even talking and Rory just takes up space.

Concerning friendship on Lost, some people are getting to become friends. In situations like Charlie and Claire, and Jin and Michael, it is pretty obvious. It is harder to see friends among the main characters, because after being an obsessive fan since it started, I have no idea as to whether Kate is friends with either Jack or Sawyer. And Locke and Boone used to be friends, kind of. Other than that, there are no real friendships yet, I think.

Well said. The second I saw the title of this thread, I thought of the amazingly genuine, loyal, touching and often hilarious friendship between JD and Turk. Of all the MANY things I obsessively love about Scrubs and gush about here at TWoP on an almost daily basis, the JD-Turk dynamic may stand out as my very favorite aspect of this gem of a show.

While The OC IMO has far more flaws as a show than Scrubs and has even come close to (gasp!) being deleted off my TiFaux season pass, ITA with those who site the Ryan-Seth friendship as one of the best male friendships to ever be depicted on TV. I'm not even a HoYay spotter, so I can say with a straight face that I see their dynamic as purely brotherly and platonic! One of the best aspects of the Seth-Ryan bond IMO is that we would have *expected* these two to start out clashing in classic TV fashion, only to gain a grudging respect for each other after a series of drawn-out, predictable conflicts. Instead, Seth and Ryan bonded immediately and strongly as outsiders united against mainstream Newport society.

And, because I'm too obsessed with Everwood to leave this thread without mentioning it, I have to add that I really love the friendship between Amy and Hannah. Putting aside Amy's intial (and mercifully brief) misconception that Hannah was interested in dating Ephram, these two have a very caring, giving friendship that's lacking the bitchy cattiness you tend to see from adolescent female friendships on TV.



Exactly, and IMO the show has greatly suffered from this change.

Anyone who watched Another World HAD to love the friendship bewteen Cass/Felicia...Now THAT'S a male/female friendship with NO interest whatsoever that was AWESOME!

Worst

Kelly/Anyone-90210...Ugh!

Add to that the friendship of Bright and Ephram. Bright's a little shallow, Ephram overthinks things (or at least he used to) so these two balance each other out well. They are very cute together (or will be, if Ephram gets a flippin' haircut.)

I hate the 'friendship' of Jack and Will on Will and Grace. No one is particularly nice to their so-called friends on any episode I've seen, but Jack is especially nasty to Will, and totally sponges off him to boot. And Will puts up with it. Very off-putting.

Worst

Sonny/Jason-General Hospital. What kind of freind makes you risk your life and your freedom killing people on his whim? Even when he Jason amnesia, Sonny still asked him to kill for him to "protect the fambly." Way to guiltrip a confused and volnurable man, asshat.

Though, I feel no sympathy for Jason. I'm just saying, their freindship sucks.

Actually, Sonny and anyone is the worst. Because to be any type of friend to him always comes with the same conditions. You must help Sonny break the law. Put your life on the line and choose Sonny's needs over the needs of your family and friends.

Bright and Ephram's friendship on Everwood is the most honest I've seen. They started off disliking each other, but after a year and shared tragedy(ies), we got to witness the formation of their friendship. Now, they hang out together, they tease each other, they give each other advice, they get screaming-mad at each other, they support each other, they call each other out on their shit.
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A friendship that I love that hasn't been mentioned (specifically) yet is Willow and Xander from Buffy. That friendship never turned bad in all the seven seasons, did it? As corny as it was, that crayon scene at the end of season 6 will always get to me.

Best:
Meg and Roxanne, American Dreams. It actually seemed real (especially in S1). Reminded me a bit of me n my friends being that age.

JD and Turk, Scrubs. Thats what best friends should be like, I like that they actually show them communicating and honestly sharing their feelings.

Worst:
Marissa and Summer, OC. I don't buy their friendship at all. Summer listens to Marissa's whining actually tries to help out, but Marissa is so self involved its like other people only exsist when she needs them.

That's a great quote, watcha. Everwood is just chock full of great relationships, particularly the friendships, which may be a big reason why I love it so. Harold and Andy have an awesome friendship/partnership too; initially rivals, they turned out to be great for each other. Again, like Bright and Ephram, their distinctive personalities really complement each other.

I only hope that Nina and Andy's friendship isn't ruined by that romantic triangle hovering nearby.

Word. Their scenes together during the last week of episodes encapsulated a lifetime of shared memories. We should all be so lucky as to have one friendship like that in our lives.

Worst friendship? Will Truman and Jack McFarlane from Will & Grace own this half of the thread. Even when the show was at its peak and the characters were written consistently, there was always a mean streak running through their "witty" banter. They were always snide, selfish and jealous of each other. Occasionally, the writers would thow in a warm. fuzzy moment to try to underscore that these guys loved each other deep down inside, but I never bought it. The moment the audience went "Awww", they'd revert right back to bitchface mode.

Their entire relationship was based on the two of them being gay. It's all they ever had in common and all they ever had to talk about. If one of them had been straight, they probably would never have spent more than ten minutes in each other's company and would have had no desire to get to know each other at all.

Unfortunately, I know a lot of real-life gay friendships like this. I've had "friends" that I've had to cut loose because they insisted on defining everything we were to each other through a gay prism. All they ever wanted to do or talk about was "gay stuff". Fortunately, I have two very dear friends who have been with me for the past decade. One of them is gay, one is straight and it's never made the slightest difference. We could all be gay, we could all be straight and it wouldn't change the fun we have or how much we love each other.

Another friendship I always loved and was sad that we never got to see develp more was Rickie and Brian on My So Called Life. I loved how Brian was so accepting of Rickie and I really bought their friendship.

On Third Watch, Davis and Sully had a great friendship. Even in the last season, when there was a tension, Sully stepped up and proved how much Davis meant to him. On the same show, up until the second half of the last season, Faith & Bosco had one of the greatest male/female friendships ever. But the writers decided to turn Faith into a pod version of herself and ruined it.

Best:

Star Trek TOS - what can I say about Kirk and Spock? There was nothing they would do for each other. Spock needs to get to Vulcan in "Amok Time"? Done. Kirk needing help to "forget" at the end of "Requiem for Methuselah"? Done and Done.

And what was great about the show is that there was also Kirk/McCoy friendship ("Balance of Terror") and Spock/McCoy friendship (albeit the noisy and bickering kind). No other Trek crew was so close with each other.

Friends - Chandler and Joey may not have been the most profround friendship, but I loved how they would just chill with each other playing foozeball, or just sit in their big leather chairs in front of their big screen tv, eating takeout. That was CLASSIC.

Worst:

Smallville - Lex and Clark. First two seasons, I would have said it was the best. But by Season Three, Clark is treating Lex like his own personal ATM and lying to him when Lex is trying to find out what Lionel did to him after being committed to Belle Reve. Not to mention being nicer to LIONEL than to the man who's done so much to help his family.

ETA: I was just thinking - it was really hard for me to come up with female friendships that I admired on TV. Wasn't crazy about Lucy and Ethel or Laverne and Shirley cause they were just too ditzy to be believable, but even in dramas its hard to find a female friendship I would rank as the best. Maybe it's because females on TV are always being portrayed as jealous of each other or in competition for men? I think so.

Actually, I think Monica and Rachel on Friends had a great friendship. Maybe it was because I knew the actresses are close friends in real life, but I always thought they had each other's backs. Monica giving Rachel the name she had picked for her own daughter was very sweet to me. Most of the women I know have had their future children's names picked out for years - to give your friend one of those names is kind of a big deal.

Another female friendship that I enjoyed was again from Third Watch - Kim and Alex. As the only women in their respective units, they definitely forged a bond. When Alex died, Kim was the one to tell her mother and comfort her.

How about Mouse and Dot from Reboot? They started off pretty unfriendly but grew closer as time went on.

BEST: Sam Beckett and Al Calavicci from Quantum Leap. Okay, Al was Sam's only link to his life back home, but you could see that he cared about Al beyond that. And, Al would do anything for Sam.

When it comes to female friendships, the first one that comes to mind is M.E. and Renee on Any Day Now. They were best friends as children, became estranged during college (or earlier, I'm not sure) and managed to rebuild their friendship as adults.

Another friendship I enjoyed and was sorry to see fizzle out was Carter and Chen on ER. They started out as trying to one up each other, but after she left and came back, they had a nice friendship. There was so much chemistry that I wanted them to get together romantically, but I would rather they stayed friends. But, ER, in its infinite stupidity acted like you couldn't have a male and female close unless they were sleeping together. Sad day when they stopped calling each other John and Deb.

Another ER friendship: Carter and Benton (although, I think if Benton could come to life, he'd dispute this). Still the best relationship for both of them. Completely antagonistic on the surface, but two episodes showed how close they had become. The episode where Carter gets stabbed, there are two scenes that say clearly that Benton doesn't think of him as just an annoying former student. When he's racing down the stairs, screaming, "Is he conscious" and also, when he's panicking during the operation. And, my other favorite episode dealing with this was when they have the intervention for Carter's drug addiction. Of course, he's in denial, he's angry that they ganged up on him. But, he's hurt that Benton believes any of that. And, in the end when he's finally on his way to rehab (and after he breaks down, only when he and Benton are alone) who's sitting next to him on the trip there?

Oh goodness, Carter and Benton's relationship made me cry so many times. It was one of those relationship that started off as Benton being such a hard-ass superior to Carter, but as time went on, you could tell Benton respected what kind of doctor Carter had become and they really did care about each other. I love the aforementioned episode where Benton operates on Carter and the drug addiction one. Also, Benton's last episode when he's jogging and Carter tracks him down to say goodbye. He gives him the El token that Benton had given Carter as an intern.

"Carter, they don't use tokens anymore," Benton smirks. "Then call," chokes Carter. "I'll come pick you up."

Maybe I should go post in the Crying thread!

I have a hard time seeing almost anyone on that show as good friends. They toss around the phrase "best friend" too often to a point where it's less believable than it already was.

This might be an odd statement, but I kind of like the "friendship" between J.D. and Dr. Cox on Scrubs. I put the word friendship in quotes because I'm not sure if it's a friendship or just a special relationship. They have the mentor/protege thing going on, and I always really enjoyed the dynamic between the mean old doctor and the wide-eyed, impressionable young doctor. I think through time, the mentor/protege relationship has grown into an actual friendship, which was evident when J.D.'s dad died and Dr. Cox went to great lengths to be there for him in his time of need. He covered all his patients so J.D. didn't have to work, then he just sat with him and drank beer and reminisced about his dad with him and his brother. In fact, Dr. Cox was there for J.D. more than Turk was during that time. As much as I love Turk and J.D.'s friendship, my favorite scenes on this show are between J.D. and Dr. Cox. I love when Dr. Cox rips into J.D. because it's funny but I also love how there will be certain scenes or even whole episodes which portray Dr. Cox as a good doctor with a big heart who actually does have a special interest in J.D. and respects him as both a doctor and a person.

Sally and Buddy and Rob on The Dick Van Dyke Show. At the time, the only other working women were waitresses and secretaries. Sally wasn't only "one of the guys" in a professional atmosphere, but they were all great friends.

Kids tv has some great examples of friendship:
Fred and Barney and Wilma and Betty from the Flinstones
Bert and Ernie from Sesame Street I can't picture two other Muppets that could live together without driving each other crazy.
Daria Morgandorfer and Jane Lane from Daria. Their bond was so strong it was able to withstand Daria stealing Jane's boyfriend

Worst

I always thought that Maria and Liz from Roswell... Maria was fine but Liz was always dumping her for whatever the hell Max wanted. And they both treated poor Alex like shit.

Best

Word on the Everwood friendships. I love Hannah and Amy and I love Bright and Ephram. The fact that they can argue, disconnect, connect again, put aside dating sister issues shows that Ephram and Bright are great friends. Plus, they can talk about Bright's mama and he can cry and it's all good. (Sorry... just getting excited for tonight)

I loved the friendship between Rose, Dorothy, Blanche, and Sophia on the Golden Girls. As a kid, I'd watch them sit in their kitchen and eat cheesecake and gossip and think how cool that they could talk about anything with each other.

Another cool friendship - Syd, Will, and Francie on Alias. I loved when the girls would mock or tease Will about something. That was back when Alias was, you know, good.

I don't recall seeing this, but another Everwood friendship I liked, prior to it becoming something more was Bright and Hannah. They were able to be friends even though Hannah had a crush on him, and he knew it.