May is literally right around the corner, which means the end of school and, more importantly, the end of our favorite TV shows. While some students are worrying about their finals, others are more focused on the question of “Will they or won’t they?” for major characters on TV shows.

In the tradition of Mulder and Scully on “The X-Files” and Ross and Rachel on “Friends,” television couples rarely have an uncomplicated and happy relationship. Instead, writers and show-runners drag the relationship on for years, leaving the viewers wading through a pool of unresolved sexual tension.

According to TV fans like Marissa Mayer, there is a fine line between drawing out the drama between characters and letting it go too far.

Mayer, a sophomore psychology major, said that the buildup between characters can either be well-balanced or nauseating.

“You have relationships like Booth and Brennan on ‘Bones,’ where the tension is building up to a boiling point, but it remains realistic,” she said. “The main thing with them is that they are two very different people, but they see eye-to-eye on the important things. They would make a really great couple and I like that they are friends first.”

Mayer compared the relationship between the characters on “Bones” to the relationships on “Scrubs.”

“And then you have relationships like the one between J.D. and Elliot on ‘Scrubs,’ where the on-again, off-again status just ends up irritating the audience in the end,” she said. “And when they finally do get together, it’s anticlimactic and awkward.”

Caylin Braun, a sophomore biology major, thinks that when the main couple in “The Office,” Jim and Pam, got together the show kept the same tone and integrity as before the hook-up.

“There were four seasons of sexual tension,” Braun said. “And then they finally get together and it’s still really great and perfect. They still act the same and the dynamic of the show didn’t change.”

However, there are shows that falter when it comes to handling the relationship shifts between characters.

Braun said “Grey’s Anatomy” is a prime example of the dilemma of what to do once a couple has hooked up.

“The relationships between Izzie and George or Callie and Hahn were all about the buildup,” Braun said. “The whole time you want them to get together and then when they do, the tension is gone so someone new has to come in and make more. It seems like the writers do whatever they want and then see what the reaction is and plan accordingly.”

In the case of the relationships on “Grey’s,” both were destined to slowly fizzle out due to the loss of the sexual tension that was driving them forward.

Getting back to this season, it has been confirmed that the hopes of many and fears of some will be realized on TV.

David Shore and Katie Jacobs, the creators of “House,” commented about the House/Cuddy relationship in a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly.

“There is a light at the end of the tunnel for fans of ‘Huddy’ hoping for a hookup,” Shore told EW. He confirmed the couple will be sealing the deal before the end of this season.

The question of how they will handle it still remains.

Meagan Jean, a sophomore philosophy, politics and law major, expressed concerns about the hookup.

“It will mess up the show,” Jean said. “If it happens, it will take away the excitement and will make the relationship weird. It would change how they act around each other, which is what we love about House and Cuddy.”

Likewise, David Boreanaz confirmed in an interview with EW that Booth and Bones end up in bed together — whether or not sex is involved he left up to the imagination.

Sami Simon, a freshman mathematics major, said the show will be changed if Booth and Bones start a sexual relationship.

“It will definitely change the dynamic of the show, and they could be awkward,” she said. “It all depends on how they take it. Together and happy or awkward and won’t work. It could go either way.”