As if fictional love triangles weren’t complicated enough, certain shows such as The Summer I Turned Pretty and My Life With the Walter Brothers kicked it up a notch by getting siblings involved.
The Summer I Turned Pretty, which is based on Jenny Han‘s books, focused on Belly (Lola Tung), who gets caught up in a love triangle with the Fisher family. After exploring her feelings for Conrad (Christopher Briney), she started to reconsider whether his brother, Jeremiah (Gavin Casalegno), was her perfect match.
In the original book trilogy, Belly made her final choice in We’ll Always Have Summer, but Han and the cast chose to stir up more drama between fans by hinting at some shakeups on screen. At the same time, Netflix stirred up trouble with My Life With the Walter Brothers where Jackie (Nikki Rodriguez) is stuck between brothers Alex (Ashby Gentry) and Cole (Noah LaLonde) — who she lives with, by the way.
But teen dramas have relied on love triangles with family members more often than expected. Keep scrolling for which shows will go down in history for stirring the pot with siblings fighting over the same person:
‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’
Han’s book series, which was adapted into a show on Prime Video, explored a love triangle between Belly (Tung) and the Fisher brothers: Conrad (Briney) and Jeremiah (Casalegno). Season 3 premiered in July 2025, and it will reveal Belly’s final decision based on the third novel, We’ll Always Have Summer.
‘The Vampire Diaries’
From 2009 to 2017, The CW had Us seated as Elena (Dobrev) found herself thrown between brothers — and vampires — Stefan (Wesley) and Damon (Somerhalder). The hit show ended with Elena choosing Stefan after plenty of back and forth.
‘Baby Daddy’
Freeform introduced a love triangle between Ben (Jean-Luc Bilodeau), Danny (Derek Theler) and their childhood friend Riley (Chelsea Kane). While the sitcom, which aired from 2012 to 2017, kept viewers guessing on which Wheeler brother Riley would choose, she made the right decision by committing to a future with Danny.
‘My Life With the Walter Brothers’
Based on Ali Novak’s novel of the same name, the coming-of-age drama follows recently orphaned teen Jackie (Rodriguez) after making the move from Manhattan to Colorado to live with a family of seven sons and one daughter. As if that isn’t dramatic enough, Jackie explores her chemistry with Alex (Gentry) while finding herself drawn to his brother Cole (LaLonde) as well.
‘Bridgerton’
During season 2, Anthony (Jonathan Bailey) found himself caught between Kate (Simone Ashley) and Edwina (Charithra Chandran). Even though he was only interested in one of the Sharma sisters, Anthony ended up complicating the situation by pursuing Edwina instead of Kate. Fans of Julie Quinn’s Bridgerton book series knew that Anthony would eventually end up with Kate.
‘One Tree Hill’
The teen drama will go down in love triangle history after Peyton’s (Hilarie Burton) on-again, off-again connections with brothers Nathan (James Lafferty) and Lucas (Chad Michael Murray). Before the series came to an end in 2012, Peyton chose Lucas.
‘The White Lotus’
While not exactly a love triangle, there’s no way Us wouldn’t find a way to bring up brothers Saxon (Patrick Schwarzenegger) and Lochlan (Sam Nivola) sleeping with Chloe (Charlotte Le Bon) together in season 3.
‘Reign’
Throughout the regency show’s run on The CW from 2013 to 2017, Mary (Adelaide Kane) struggled to pick between her love for Francis (Toby Regbo) and her growing interest in his half-brother Bash (Torrance Coombs). She remained committed to Francis before his onscreen death.
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