"TV Couples We Wish Never Got Together" - Rosita and Gabriel

[JamesG]

Desperation makes strange bedfellows, and the desperate survivors of "The Walking Dead" had their fair share of strange relationships on the series. The oddest of them all, not counting spur-of-the-moment hook-ups, was between Rosita Espinosa (Christian Serratos) and Father Gabriel Stokes (Seth Gilliam).

The romance was revealed halfway through Season 9, having taken place sometime during the six-year time jump since the mid-season finale. The relationship endured for several years, ending off-screen during the latter portion of the final season, with the pair sharing custody of Rosita's daughter.



Though Gabriel refered to Rosita as his soulmate in the 10th season finale, their relationship always seemed like one of convenience. Rosita had been adrift ever since the death of her first love on the series, Abraham Ford (Michael Cudlitz), and Gabriel had long been a lonely figure.

A romance blossoming between them felt like an easy way to signal how much had changed for the characters following the ninth-season time jump. Just as their love story quietly started off-screen, it also ended the same way, closing out the most awkward relationship on "The Walking Dead".

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