'Ship Shape: How Your Fave Pairs From Mindy, Parks, Scandal And Other Shows Are Faring
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THE COUPLE | The Following's Ryan and Claire
THE LATEST | Ryan stares at Claire as if he has just seen a ghost. "It's okay. I'm real," Claire says as they embrace. After Ryan says he would have joined her in witness protection and she says she wouldn't want that, she cuts right to the chase: She wants to kill Joe.
OUCH! | Claire is clearly upset that Ryan didn't take her with him to find Tanner's son.
THE FORECAST | Cloudy — especially after Claire finds another woman's lipstick in bachelor Ryan's bathroom.
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THE COUPLE | Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Ward and Skye
THE LATEST | Mid-battle, Ward suggests that he and Skye go on a date – if they survive, of course.
AWW! | They agree to grab some drinks, and Skye gives Ward a kiss before possibly dying because — as she says – "Why the hell not?"
THE FORECAST | Unclear. The whole Ward-might-be-a-bad-guy thing can be such a turn-off.
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THE COUPLE | The Mindy Project's Mindy and Danny
THE LATEST | The lovebirds keep making up excuses to go into each other's offices (Danny, please work on your excuses) and share some secret alone time, but things go downhill once Brooke, Danny's ex, enters the picture. After an impromptu party at Morgan's Mindy's, Mindy and Danny have a talk.
OUCH! | Mindy gives Danny a fake ultimatum (a magazine said it was a good idea!) and Danny uses the "I don't want to ruin our friendship" excuse.
THE FORECAST | Cloudy for now. That fire from last week is officially put out – by Mindy's tears! But doesn't every rom-com worth its salt need a good obstacle in the middle?
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THE COUPLE | Chicago Fire's Casey and Dawson
THE LATEST | Dawson and Shay go away for a girl's weekend (and for Dawson to get away from her relationship with Casey). Shay comes to the rescue – with alcohol, of course – and the ladies bond... until a car crash interrupts the fun. Good thing a couple of EMTs are around! The couple makes amends amid the bleeding, which gets Dawson thinking...
AWW! | She arrives home ready to work on her relationship with Casey, and Casey is ready, too — but that phone call puts everything on hold.
THE FORECAST | Chance of a proposal. Next episode's preview shows the lovebirds comforting each other in the wake of tragedy and Casey shopping for... a ring?!
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THE COUPLE | Glee's Sam and Mercedes
THE LATEST | After admitting her reluctance to date a white guy, Mercedes eventually comes to her senses and agrees to take her relationship with Sam public.
AWW! | Mercedes invites Sam to the recording studio to watch her sing "Colorblind" (an Amber Riley original, by the way).
THE FORECAST | Mild turbulence. Next week's episode focuses on Sam and Mercedes' very different views on sex in relationships. Could that be a deal-breaker for Samcedes?
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THE COUPLE | NCIS: Los Angeles' Kensi and Deeks
THE LATEST | Kensi returns to find that Deeks has brought her favorite coffee (aww!) but she and Deeks are disappointed to find out that Hetty is mixing up the teams until she knows that Kensi is ready to be back. She may be ready soon (like very soon) though...
AWW! | When Deeks says that they haven't had a lot of chances to talk, Kensi reveals that is going to change because she's back! Deeks jokes about Nell falling in love with him and Kensi gives Deeks a playful punch. "And there she is," Deeks says.
THE FORECAST | The skies are looking sunnier and sunnier for Kensi – and just as sunny for her and Deeks!
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THE COUPLE | Justified's Raylan and Winona
THE LATEST | Raylan visits Art in the hospital and is surprised to find out that his transfer to Florida has been approved, which means that he and Winona can be together with their baby.
AWW! | Raylan video chats with Winona – who has the baby happily sitting on her lap – and tells her the good news. With tears in her eyes (happy ones of course!) Winona says to her baby, "Daddy's coming home so that momma can finally take a nap." Raylan looks at his baby and says with a smile on his face, "Goddamn, she's beautiful."
THE FORECAST | A big ol' thundercloud rolls in when D.A. Vasquez and Rachel tell Raylan that they intend to prosecute Boyd Crowder under RICO statutes, so of course he must stay in Kentucky (aka away from his baby).
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THE COUPLE | Scandal's Olivia and Jake
THE LATEST | Things get awkward when Fitz shows up at OPA and Jake blurts out that Olivia slept with him to get B613's secret information (using phrases such as, "a quick tug on a zipper" to describe it.) After a long day at the office, Olivia gives Jake a call.
OUCH! | Jake tries to convince Olivia that there is something between them, and while Olivia admits that she does feel something for him, it's Fitz that she loves. "I felt something with you last night," she tells him, "and that feels like betrayal."
THE FORECAST | Overcast, and with one episode left in the season, not much time to get the sun shining again.
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THE COUPLE | Parenthood's Drew and Natalie
THE LATEST | Natalie pours her heart out, telling Drew that she only slept with his roommate because she was mad at him. His response? OK. Between finals week and Natalie trying to fix things, Drew is not a happy camper – in fact, he's a very angry one.
AWW! | Luckily, he comes to his senses and asks Natalie to be his girlfriend at a finals countdown party.
THE FORECAST | Their emotional storm seems to have passed, freeing them up to bask in post-finals revelry together.
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THE COUPLE | Community's Jeff and Britta
THE LATEST | Jeff finds Dean's mom's wedding ring and Dean explains that he wears it because...well, it fits! And because everyone dreams of settling down, right? Well, everyone except Jeff who only loves scotch and himself. Jeff and Britta discuss their plans now that Greendale is Sandwich University. Britta knows that she's going to be a bartender and Subway offers Jeff a job.
AWW! | Oh and they're going to get married! In a spur of the moment decision, Jeff proposes to Britta because as Jeff says, "this is what keeps us all from being pointless."
THE FORECAST | If the quick and nonchalant proposal is any indication, there is not a very high chance of love for these two...although there is a high chance of what they almost do on that table before being interrupted.
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THE COUPLE | Parks and Recreation's Leslie and Ben
THE LATEST | Leslie thinks her queasiness is attributable to the flu, but takes a pregnancy test anyway. Meanwhile, Ben drinks a little too much blueberry wine and spills his personal problems to Ron.
AWW! | Ben starts to think that he wants a family to go home to like Ron so he tells Leslie – messy hair and all – that he is ready to expand their family. Surprise! Leslie's pregnant!
THE FORECAST | There's nothing but beautiful days and happiness (and diapers) ahead for these two!
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THE COUPLE | Hart of Dixie's George and Lemon
THE LATEST | After spending the night together – and having some interesting flashbacks – George and Lemon cannot even talk to each other without stuttering and making us all feel awkward. Through some scheming and a couple bouquets of flowers, Zoe gets George and Lemon together on a date.
OUCH! | When Lemon sends back her salmon, she and George get into a screaming fight. Well, it looks like they are just as incompatible as everyone thought. You should have listened to Lavon, Zoe!
THE FORECAST | Clouds are rolling in but that last flashback George has – and the look on his face – has us thinking maybe the drama between them is not over just yet.
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THE COUPLE | Once Upon a Time's Hook and Emma
THE LATEST | After getting Hook to admit Emma broke his heart, Zelena casts a curse on Hook's lips; if he ever kisses Emma again, she'll lose her powers.
AWW! | Hook pining for Emma from across the street (with a telescope, no less) is oddly heartbreaking.
THE FORECAST | Partly cloudy with a possible silver lining. As long as Zelena's curse is in effect, Hook will do the honorable thing and keep his lips to himself. Then again, if there's one thing Emma knows how to do, it's break a curse.
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THE COUPLE | Once Upon a Time's Regina and Emma
THE LATEST | Seeing how Regina barely survived the first showdown with Zelena, Emma decides that they must join forces to take down the Wicked Witch. But first, Emma is going to need magic lessons – and who better to teach her than the evil queen herself?
AWW! | When the lessons do not start out so well, Regina takes a new approach to teaching and forces Emma to save herself from a crumbling draw bridge, which she does – even if it isn't in the way Regina expects.
THE FORECAST | A Storybrooke free from clouds is looking more and more possible with this magical dream team.
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THE COUPLE | The Good Wife's Alicia and Peter
THE LATEST | Peter is concerned about how upset Alicia is about Will. A blowout fight ensues. Peter tells her she lost a friend, not a child or a husband (!) and goes on to say that when he cheated, it didn't mean anything.
OUCH! | "Well then, that was a waste. Because when I cheated, it did," Alicia fires back. (You go, Alicia!)
THE FORECAST | Heavy rain is sure to pour on this "marriage." Alicia isn't asking for a divorce because they're too important to each other professionally, but for all intents and purposes? They're done.