MEMORABLE FIRST KISSES FROM FILM AND TV

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Any one of us who loves TV shows or a good TV show relationship all know that a good first kiss is, well, memorable. As we approach World Kissing Day (who knew), we’re going to look at some of these moments in a memorable first kisses list. From fan favorite characters to underrated ones, let’s see who shows up in our memory, and yes, through research, too.

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Like anything we curate and think through and consider, I have zero doubt I’m neglecting some of the best memorable first (or last, too!) kisses from cinema. But my memory, unfortunately, isn’t that good, so we have to settle for what we do find and what our research discovers beyond this. Plus, this just leaves room for future collections of favorite moments such as this and allows me to hear from you all which such scenes you adore.

Ps: we do already have a collection of this Baker’s Dozen Kisses list from 2021.

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MEMORABLE FIRST KISSES from FILM and TV

Note; there will be some spoilers below; and while we strive to research episodes, some of the episodes these kisses occur in may be wrong

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BEN and BEA from ANYONE BUT YOU

Far from their first kiss, it’s really the last kiss between these two that matters and is, as a result, really their first.

BILLY and JOANNA from BURDEN OF TRUTH

THE SCENE: Season Two, Episode 6

Like others on this list, I cannot remember if this is the first kiss between these two, but I love their romance and relationship. They reconnect when Joanna returns to her hometown, and how they reestablish the relationship as adults (even with their respective baggage, which is burdensome) is good because it’s built up before it grows into a love story. The lighting, the set up, the emotion, everything about the scene is lovely. I also love, surprisingly, that while their pasts and this romance is messy, there’s also this idea of staying and fighting for the other side.

LT. BUD ROBERTS and ENSIGN HARRIET SIMS from JAG

THE SCENE: Season Two, Episode 5

This first kiss is all kinds of darling because it’s Bud, and if you have met this character, well, you know how fun he is. He’s also particular about rules and not crossing boundaries. Though he outranks her in their military service, Harriet gives him the green light to kiss her, and even still, he double checks on permission in what starts an adorable romance.

CAL MADOX and MADDIE TOWNSEND from SWEET MAGNOLIAS

THE SCENE: Season One, Episode 7

I don’t think this is this couple’s first kiss, but I love the moment when Maddie impulsively kisses Cal in this seventh episode. It’s a bold moment for her as she’s been nervous about letting people know she’s interested in her son’s baseball coach, but finally she lets go, to a degree, and kisses him. The scene in season three, episode nine is also flirty and charming, too.

CAROLINE and RICHARD from CAROLINE IN THE CITY

THE SCENE: Season One, Episode 1

The kiss for these two is in episode one of season one when Caroline, desperate, needs Richard to play her date in order to make an ex jealous. Of course, this kiss isn’t special in the way others between them are, but it’s spontaneous, same as season one, episode nineteen when on the set of a film as extras, Richard and Caroline try to have a first kiss with meaning after subtle albeit wonderful episodes leading in but it’s wonderfully awkward and they don’t manage to kiss. However, they finally do as we all know and it’s cute.

ELIOT and KAT LANDY from THE WAY HOME

THE SCENE: Season One, Episode 8

Cute and sassy and coming after Eliot plays hard to get (because he’s been the one waiting for Kat, while she treats him unfairly), this kiss is a fan favorite. Beyond this, I will confess, I really do have reservations about loving this romance. Though, depending on Kat, I think I could come to love it.

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HARDISON and PARKER from LEVERAGE

THE SCENE: Season One, Episode 12

Although this kiss doesn’t mean anything in terms of leading to something immediately, it IS cute. It’s also fun that it’s Parker who leads the kiss considering her personality. It’s a kiss that adorably leaves Hardison flummoxed.

JACK ROBINSON and PHRYNE FISHER from MISS FISHER’S MURDER MYSTERIES

THE SCENE: Season One, Episode 7

These two should be a rulebook on how to write the slow burn romance. They’re simply marvelous. This kiss doesn’t (sadly) lead to anything (at least not for a long time), but it’s spontaneous and I like that Jack initiates it, even if it to protect Phryne.

JAMIE and EDDIE from BLUE BLOODS

THE SCENE: Season Seven, Episode 8

This kiss, which I think is their first, comes after years of partnering together, all while Jamie falls silently in love with Eddie, never crossing the bounds of impropriety. After Eddie too falls for him, she arrives one night at his apartment. The two seem to silently agree that they cannot remain partners because they need to acknowledge their respective feelings. But they also cannot act on these feelings because they do need to be together. Before she leaves, Eddie kisses him where, for a moment they linger before she pats him on the buttocks and walks out the door.

JAKE and MELANIE from SWEET HOME ALABAMA

Not their first kiss, no, but one does love a good rain kiss, and this one IS good.

KAZ and ZOE from WHAT’S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT?

I love the awkwardness and uncertainty in this moment. Some viewers don’t care for this in film because they find awkward, well, awkward, but I think the scene has a realness (and justified nervousness) that we don’t see often in rom-coms.

MARGARET and MR. THORNTON from NORTH & SOUTH

This miniseries from BBC is all kinds of romantic and charming and gorgeous. There’s so many romantic moments between them, even if they are “understated,” they’re still beautiful. The kiss at the train station, first Margaret taking his hand and kissing it (swoon!) and then Thornton, gently turning her face to meet his gaze, kisses her with great tenderness, leaving no doubt his affection is still there.

NICK PARK and HARRIET MANNERS from GEEK GIRL

THE SCENE: Episode 10

These two are so cute together. I think the books break them up though we see them together at the end of the Netflix adaptation, but not before Harriet, having taken charge of her life and owning that her awkwardness in social situations is part of who she is, plants an epic kiss on Nick, all while they’re on the runaway!

NICK and JESS from NEW GIRL

THE SCENE: Season Two, Episode 15

I honestly cannot remember where I stopped watching New Girl. But I loved what I saw. Research tells me that the midway kiss in season two between Nick and Jess is quite well loved.

WILLIAM and ELIZA from MISS SCARLET and the DUKE

THE SCENE: Season One, Episode 6

Honestly, this is probably the only moment between these two that floors me. I do love the letter (!!), which is owing way more to William and his choice (but more importantly, his awareness of what has to happen for him and Eliza), but as a moment they mutually share, their first kiss, at the end of season one, well, that’s really the only moment I adore.

What are your thoughts on these scenes? Do you have any favorite or memorable first kisses from cinema? Comment all of your thoughts down in the comments section below. Let’s fangirl.

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