“Glee” star Matthew Morrison’s recent comments to E! Online that his character Will will finally get together with his lady love Emma (Jayma Mays) “by season 14” got us thinking about that eternal TV dilemma: should TV couples consummate their unconsummated sexual tension and risk ruining their show? Here are ten TV duos where the question wasn’t “will they or won’t they,” it’s “should they or shouldn’t they?”

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With its gruesome autopsy and crime scenes, never has a show been less about sex and romance than “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.” But all work and no play makes for lower ratings so producers introduced the rather mysterious romance between lead forensic investigator Gil Grissom (William Petersen) and his co-worker Sara Sidle (Jorja Fox). Their mutual attraction was hinted at early, but Grissom rejects a season 3 dinner invite from Sara. His distance sends Sidle into a tailspin during the next two seasons, but the season 6 finale revealed them to be a couple. Many fans criticized the romance, saying it detracted from its procedural aspect.

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