Derek & Meredith: 10 Most Heartbreaking Times Characters Cheated On TV

Everyone loves a good love story, and there have been plenty of couples to root for on television in recent years. The problem is, as the series progresses, writers and creators have to find different ways to stir the pot and tempt the beloved character's fates in order to keep audiences coming back week after week.

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Cheating seems to be the most popular way a show breaks up a fan favorite couple or throws a wrench in the storyline. No matter what show it is, when viewers are rooting for a couple and someone strays, it is heartbreaking to watch.

10 Derek And Meredith - Grey's Anatomy

Derek and Meredith are the couple everyone rooted for from day one on Grey's Anatomy, but their relationship is quickly threatened when Derek's wife shows up at Seattle Grace and drops the bomb that Derek is actually still married.

This revelation causes Derek and Meredith to break up for a period of time, while Derek sorts through the loose ends of his marriage. Of course, Derek and Meredith find their way back to one another, proving that they are indeed, meant to be.

9 Brooke And Lucas - One Tree Hill

There are a lot of love triangles in Tree Hill and a lot of drama, but one of the most heartbreaking moments happens when Brooke sleeps with bad boy musician, Chris Keller, while she's dating Lucas.

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Lucas walks in on them in bed together and it seems like he'll never be able to forgive Brooke, but he does, eventually, once Brooke shows up at his door with a box of love letters she wrote over the summer, but couldn't send.

8 Ross And Rachel - Friends

Were they on a break or were they not on a break? Does it really matter? When Rachel finds out that Ross slept with the copy girl just a few hours after they had a big fight and she said she wanted to break things off, she was devastated.

If they weren't really broken up before Ross' mistake, they were definitely broken up after it.

7 Dean And Rory - Gilmore Girls

Dean and Rory tried to rekindle their high school flame after spending some time apart. During that time apart, Dean got married, and Dean is still married when Rory walks back into his life, which makes things complicated.

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Add in the fact that Dean takes Rory's virginity while he is still married, and this situation becomes not only more confusing, but also really sad for everyone involved.

6 Quinn And Puck - Glee

In the first season of Glee, Quinn tells her boyfriend Finn that she's pregnant and Finn freaks out, as would any high school boy. Finn is also very confused by how it happened, because he and Quinn have never slept together.

Quinn convinces Finn it must have happened when they were in the hot tub together, but really, she has been sleeping with Finn's best friend, Puck, and is pregnant with Puck's baby.

5 Dwight And Angela - The Office

Angela and Andy are engaged, but that doesn't stop Angela from sneaking around behind her fiancee's back to have an affair with another officer co-worker, Dwight.

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Angela and Dwight have a tumultuous relationship, but can't seem to keep their hands off one another. When Andy finds out about the affair, he is so upset he challenges Dwight to a duel. This exchange is as heartbreaking as it is hilarious.

4 Aria's Dad - Pretty Little Liars

Aria Montgomery seems to have the perfect life. She's popular, she's smart, she has great friends, and comes from a solid family. At least that's what everyone in Rosewood thinks.

Aria and Allison are coming home from school one day when they see Byron, Aria's dad, with a woman who is not Aria's mom. Aria is shocked by what she sees and is now put in the position of what to do with that information, which is a really unfair place for a teenager to be.

3 Buffy And Spike

Toward the end of Buffy the Vampire SlayerBuffy and Spike have developed an odd, but loving relationship. Spike is head over heels, in love with Buffy, so when he sees her kissing Angel in the first moments of the series' finale episode, he is pretty upset, angry even.

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At the end of that episode, Buffy tries to tell Spike that she loves him, but Spike knows she's lying and he tells her that right before he sacrifices himself to save Buffy and the rest of the world.

2 Julia And Joel - Parenthood

Julia and Joel's marriage is on the rocks by the time Julia meets Ed, another stay-at-home parent from school. Julia and Ed quickly bond having both found themselves unemployed and parenting full time, and neither really likes it.

Julia and Ed's relationship gets stronger and eventually, Julia realizes she's having an emotional affair. She goes to end things with Ed, but they end up kissing instead, and that kiss is the beginning of the end for Julia and Joel's marriage.

1 Cece And Schmidt - New Girl

Cece and Schmidt have been on again, off again quite a bit, and when they decide to give things another try, Schmidt struggles to break things off with his other love interest, Elizabeth.

Schmidt tries to date Cece and Elizabeth at the same time, and when Cece finds out, she delivers one of the most heartbreaking speeches from the entire series.

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