Soap operas have been giving viewers love in the afternoon for decades with their hot and heavy bedroom scenes and star-crossed lovers relationships. But some couples have taken it to the next level with the anticipation of their inevitable romances that turned into love stories for the ages.
While honorable mentions include, but are not limited to, Maxie and Spinelli from General Hospital, Nick and Sharon from Young and the Restless and Ciara and Ben from Days of Our Lives, some pairings rank even higher on the growing list of iconic soap supercouples.
Lucky And Liz (General Hospital)
The son of the legendary Luke and Laura and his girlfriend Elizabeth Webber were dubbed "LL2" by fans, a nod to the way their romance resembled the iconic one of Lucky's parents' on ABC's General Hospital.
Despite their two marriages and the birth of a son, the two have been apart for decades. Although fans have found a new supercouple in Elizabeth and her late husband Franco, while Lucky is hardly talked about while he's off-screen doing charity work in other countries, LL2 fans are still holding out for a happy ending someday.
Starr And Cole (One Life To Live)
While One Life To Live had a handful of supercouples over the years, there's a special place in fans' hearts for these "starr-crossed lovers."
Starr Manning and Cole Thornhart's love story starts on their prom night, but tragic death, teen pregnancy and jail time get in the way of their romance for years. Their relationship comes to a devastating end when Cole and their daughter are shockingly killed when the characters crossed over to General Hospital in 2012 upon OLTL's cancelation.
Liam And Steffy (Bold And The Beautiful)
The Steffy/Liam/Hope love triangle has been going on for years on CBS' Bold and the Beautiful, and remains an underlying storyline to this day.
While fans have always been divided on whether Liam should be with Hope or Steffy, the supercouple vibes always leaned toward "Steam." Despite his current marriage to Hope, Liam's history with the girl whose life he saved from drowning is too much to be ignored, leaving Liam forever torn between Steffy and Hope.
Sami And Lucas (Days of Our Lives)
What started out as a plan to break up Austin and Carrie turned into a decades-long on and off again relationship between Sami Brady and Lucas Horton on NBC's Days of Our Lives, which led to a real-life fling when the two actors attended prom together.
The couple has been married, divorced, had two children, and engaged in several hookups over the years, usually resulting in cheating on their current partners. Their latest liaison happened during Alison Sweeney's 2021 stint on the show, where Sami cheated on her husband EJ by hopping into bed with Lucas on more than one occasion.
Sam and Jason (General Hospital)
Despite their sultry relationships with plenty of other characters over the years, it always goes back to Sam and Jason on General Hospital.
When a con artist met a motorcycle-riding hitman, it was an on-again-off-again romance for the couple until they finally married in 2011 after finally putting an end to Franco's reign of terror (or so they thought). Although present-day Port Charles finds Sam dating Detective Dante Falconeri and Jason presumed dead at the hand of Peter August, as the couple's theme song says, "we've got a thing they can't shake," assuring JaSam fans their love can't be shaken.
Will And Sonny (Days Of Our Lives)
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The pair nicknamed "WilSon" achieved supercouple status early on in their romance as Days of Our Lives' first LGBTQ couple.
Inklings of this pairing's romance started the very moment Sonny arrived in Salem, long before Will came out. It was thanks to Sonny's wise words and friendly ear that Will found the courage to live his truth, and it wasn't long before he was living it with Sonny. The couple shared daytime's first-ever same-sex wedding between two men in 2015, and despite many bumps in their road, remain together to this day.
Patch And Kayla (Days Of Our Lives)
The love story of Steve "Patch" Johnson and Dr. Kayla Brady rose to daytime fame in the 80's at the height of soap supercouples like Bo and Hope on Days of Our Lives and Luke and Laura on General Hospital.
Despite Kayla's brother being the reason for Steve's eyepatch and Steve's 16-year-long death presumption, the couple found their way back to each other in the early 2000's, proving their romance has stood the test of time, and the two remain together in Salem to this day.
Nikki And Victor (Young And The Restless)
While Young and the Restless has been home to their portion of supercouples, all are beat out by the infamous Nikki and Victor Newman.
Even after three marriages, two children and a slew of grandchildren, Nikki and Victor have been known for their married-one-minute and divorced-the-next relationship. But life in Genoa City always brings the two back to each other, and in celebration of Y&R's 40th anniversary in 2013, the couple got remarried for the third and final time.
Bo And Hope (Days Of Our Lives)
Days of Our Lives' Bo and Hope go down in history as the soap's biggest supercouple, who often went off on adventures together and celebrated their own royal wedding in England. The couple nicknamed "Bope" beat out all other daytime supercouples when they won the America's Favorite Supercouple award at the Daytime Emmy Awards in 2002.
Days paid homage to the iconic way the couple met in the 80's when their daughter Ciara, a mini-me Bo, rode up on her late father's motorcycle and crashed it, the accident introducing her to her soulmate Ben Weston.
Luke And Laura (General Hospital)
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No other couple in soap opera history will ever compare to the legendary romance of General Hospital's Luke and Laura.
While the couple may not be together today — Laura finding love with Kevin Collins and Luke committed to Tracy Quartermaine — Luke and Laura's relationship is one for the Port Charles history books. Their 1983 wedding garnered over 30 million views worldwide, and even Princess Diana herself sent the couple's portrayers a wedding gift after the ceremony.