Even though it took a long time, television is catching up to the fact that LGBTQ+ make up a sizable audience and want to see themselves reflected and represented on the screen. The past couple of decades have seen a proliferation of LGBTQ+ representation, and thankfully, many TV shows haven’t shied away from showing queer love in all of its forms. As a result, audiences everywhere have been given many notable LGBTQ+ couples in whom they can become invested.
While not every single one of them gets a happy ending, they all manage to show how the joyously complicated nature of love. Eve and Villanelle Killing Eve might have stumbled a bit in its final season, but there’s no question that Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer had palpable chemistry as Eve, a detective, and Villanelle, the ruthless assassin with whom she develops an attraction. They certainly make for a compelling and fascinating couple, though they don’t truly admit their desire until near the very end, after which Villanelle ends up dying (thus buying into the “bury your gays trope”).
Even though their story doesn’t go out with a happy ending, viewers can still enjoy their cat-and-mouse dynamic, as well as see the tremendous talents of Oh and Comer put to good use. Ola and Lily Throughout its four seasons, Netflix’s Sex Education excelled at showing various relationship dynamics, particularly among its younger cast members. The bond between Ola and Lily, which starts to gel in the second season, is complicate.