What is the best slow-burn TV romance of all time?

Seasons of near-misses, one look held a beat too long, and a payoff the writers kept delaying.

1. 1
   Jim and Pam

   The Office's receptionist and salesman, three seasons of glances before the first date.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Jake and Amy

   Brooklyn Nine-Nine's rival detectives who bet their way into a relationship.
   857pts
3. 3
   Leslie and Ben

   Parks and Recreation's parks deputy and the state auditor sent to gut her department.
   833pts
4. 4
   Josh and Donna

   The West Wing's deputy chief of staff and his assistant, seven seasons unresolved.
   769pts
5. 5
   Ross and Rachel

   Friends' decade-long on-again, off-again centrepiece.
   769pts
6. 6
   David and Patrick

   Schitt's Creek's shop partners, from a business plan to a wedding.
   755pts
7. 7
   Mulder and Scully

   The X-Files partners whose relationship stayed unspoken for years.
   755pts
8. 8
   Nick and Jess

   New Girl's roommates, whose kiss arrived halfway through the run.
   755pts
9. 9
   Ted and Robin

   How I Met Your Mother's central will-they, stretched across nine seasons.
   667pts
10. 10
    Chidi and Eleanor

    The Good Place's ethics professor and his unwilling student, across several afterlives.
    666pts
11. 11
    Luke and Lorelai

    Gilmore Girls' diner owner and the customer he made coffee for every morning.
    564pts
12. 12
    Tim and Dawn

    The UK Office's original almost-couple, resolved in the Christmas specials.
    444pts
13. 13
    Niles and Daphne

    Frasier's brother and the physiotherapist he pined for across seven seasons.
    444pts
14. 14
    Sam and Diane

    Cheers' bartender and the graduate student who could not stand him.
    133pts
15. 15
    Andy and April

    Parks and Recreation's shoeshine musician and deadpan assistant, married on a whim.
    133pts