These series kind of get frustrating cause there's always that long period where you don't know if this is going to be a "status quo only" series or if they'll actually get together.
I think series where there's no development are extremely rare but I still have ptsd from the handful I've stumbled upon.
I forgot about his family. But can you imagine if you wanted a son, had three daughters, then finally had a son only for him to essentially become a fourth daughter? Would probably be at least a little disappointing.