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There's no happier occasion than a wedding...right? Not so much, according to these TV shows! What's supposed to be the happiest day in a person's life can actually be literally the worst. Click through our gallery to find out what the worst TV wedding of all time is!
19. Ross and Emily on Friends
"I, Ross, take thee Rachel—" Yep, you remember. Things we love about the London episodes: Monica and Chandler hooking up in secret. Things we hate about the London episodes: Everything having to do with Ross' wedding to Emily. Poor Emily just thought she'd landed an American dream guy in a whirlwind romance, but Ross was in love with somebody else, and that somebody else decided to ill-advisedly go all the way to London to show up at the wedding to chase after Ross and ruin everything. (We may or may not hold unpopular opinions about Friends.)
18. Stella and Ted on How I Met Your Mother
A lesson to everybody ever in the world: Do not invite your ex to your wedding. Simple as that. Robin's arrival at the rushed nuptials and the inclusion of Tony, Stella's ex, were just more problems on top of problems for this wedding that never happened.
Another tragic HIMYM wedding: After some time apart, Ted and Victoria cross paths once again, but this time she's engaged. That doesn't stop Ted and the two drive off into the sunset together, Victoria in her wedding dress. But we all know it wasn't a happy ending. For really, anyone.
17. Alex and Dave on Happy Endings
RIP Happy Endings, RIP. The show started off simply enough: Alex left Dave at the altar for a guy in roller skates. And thus, our beloved comedy was born.
16. Oliver and Nyssa al Ghul on Arrow
There's nothing worse than an arranged marriage...unless it's arranged by Ra's al Ghul, and you were just about to murder your new fiance on his orders! Talk about awkward. Plus, Nyssa is gay and was in love with Oliver's ex Sara...so there's really no upsides to this League of Assassins wedding. Yikes.
15. Jimmy and Chloe's Wedding on Smallville
If you're pals with Clark Kent, chances are all your special events are in jeopardy. Chloe and Jimmy's wedding was no exception and Jimmy Olsen was nearly killed by Doomsday. He lived, but eventually lost his life saving his wife.
14. Josh's Wedding on The Mindy Project
Sure, Josh was a cheater. And kind of the worst. But also not! He was one of Mindy's first steady boyfriends on The Mindy Project and we liked him. Sometimes. Anyway, Peter ruined the wedding by sleeping with the sex addict bride after he and Mindy become the life of the party.
13. Ellie and Captain Awesome on Chuck
Ellie and Devon "Captain Awesome" Woodcomb's original wedding would have been picture-perfect...if it weren't for Chuck losing track of the ring he was trusted with, and for Ted Roark deciding to wreak havoc. However, it all worked out fantastically in the end, with Chuck giving his sister a simple, lovely beach wedding that was probably better than the fancy church shindig. Plus, we got a magnificent performance by Jeffster as part of Morgan's attempts to stall the ceremony and we're almost never mad at a Jeffster performance.
12. Beckett and Castle's Wedding on Castle
A wedding AND a cliffhanger in one major finale ended this past season of ABC's Castle. A series of events seemed aligned to keep the wedding of Castle and Beckett from happening, but the twists were undone and everything was going well…until Beckett got a call and found Castle's car engulfed in in flames.
11. Sabrina's Wedding on Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
Was there ever any doubt that Sabrina and Harvey belonged together? Sabrina was visited by Doubt, yep, and went to make sure she and Aaron's soul stones fit together. They didn't and Aaron realized they weren't meant to be either, no hard feelings! Enter Harvey Kinkle (swoon) and the two ran off.
10. Rebecca and Justin’s Wedding on Brothers & Sisters
Not wanting to derail Rebecca and Justin's big day, Kitty hid the fact her chemotherapy didn't work. While reading a poem, she collapsed and was rushed to the hospital where it was revealed her cancer had indeed gotten worse. We are guessing this wasn't on their registry.
9. Emily Gets Shot by Daniel on Revenge
A drunk Daniel was not too pleased with his new wife, Emily, after discovering her whole secret-identity deal. She'd been plotting revenge against his family for three seasons. No big whoop. Emily's wedding night was capped off with a gunshot wound, a trip into the water and..."amnesia." Just how every little girl dreams her wedding will be.
8. Edith’s Wedding on Downton Abbey
Poor Lady Edith. She always gets the short end of the stick, even on her wedding day. Her family was never too keen on her relationship with Sir Anthony Strallan, but they relented and blessings were given. Just when things were looking up for the middle sister, Sir Anthony left her at the altar. "I'm a useful spinster, good at helping out. That is my role," Edith said afterward. And of course there was William's wedding to Daisy, a union of the downstairs staff that was doomed from the start seeing as William was gravely injured from World War I.
7. Brenda Miscarries Before Her Wedding on Six Feet Under
While it didn't quite derail the wedding, it sure put a damper on the nuptials. Brenda miscarried a baby right before she and Nate were set to tie the knot. They decided to go on with the wedding, but it seriously made Brenda question everything.
6. Donna the Runaway Bride on Doctor Who
Poor Donna Noble. First, she disappeared into a magical time-traveling box just as she was about to marry the love of her life, then she got attacked by evil Santas, then she found out that her fiancé has been working for an evil bug empress and was just trying to use Donna to free the empress's evil bug children. At least Donna went on to become the Doctor's next companion. We can just pretend he never had to erase all her memories of their time together. We'll also pretend we're not crying at the thought of it.
5. Cristina and Burke on Grey's Anatomy
The saga of Cristina Yang and Preston Burke is a storied one. After much hesitation, the wedding day between the two finally came in the show's third season. As Cristina prepared to walk down the aisle, Burke called it off and departed the show. And everybody remembers this scene.
4. Anya and Xander on Buffy the Vampire Slayer
One's a witty, kind-hearted human, the other's a 1,000-year-old vengeance demon, and they're a match made in heaven...sometimes. Xander and Anya were not without their problems, but for the most part they were a bright spot in an otherwise grim, apocalypse-laden world. Their wedding could have been beautiful, until an old enemy of Anya's showed up pretending to be Xander from the future with the goal of breaking Anya's heart. Even when Xander learned the truth, he decided he couldn't go through with the wedding for fear of becoming an angry drunk like his father, prompting Anya to go back to her life as a vengeance demon. We hate when that happens.
3. Blair and the Prince on Gossip Girl
Despite everybody scheming to stop it and a scandalous video blasted out by Gossip Girl, Blair Waldorf's wedding actually happened. But it was during the reception that she learned her marriage would be a sham, a contract. Blair wasn't having it and capped the 100th episode by speeding off with...Dan. And depending on which fandom you ship, the running off with Dan might have been the worst part of all.
2. The Moldavian Massacre on Dynasty
There are cliffhangers and then there are cliffhangers. Dynasty's Moldavian Massacre capped off the fifth season, leaving the major players at Amanda and Prince Michael's royal wedding lifeless on the floor. The nuptials were interrupted by terrorists staging a military coup in Moldavia and the episode had 60 million viewers. Sixty!
1. The Red Wedding on Game of Thrones
Every wedding on Game of Thrones is tragic in some way, but this one takes the cake in terms of whyyy, George R.R. Martin, whyyyy? Catelyn! Robb! Talisa! Their unborn child! We still haven't gotten over it.