Carly and Freddie Are Finally a Couple on ‘iCarly’ and Fans Are Losing It
If you were a cool teen in the late-aughts, you were probably in your first relationship, while rooting for Blair and Chuck to get together on Gossip Girl. The rest of us were home alone on Gaia Online, discussing which of the two iCarly girls (played by Miranda Cosgrove and Jennette McCurdy) were going to end up with their one guy friend, Freddie (Nathan Kress).
I swear this wasn’t just me; there were dozens of us! Judging by the reaction to the latest episode of Paramount+’s iCarly reboot, in fact, there are several thousands of us! More than 10 years after Nickelodeon aired the original series finale—in which Carly gave Freddie one last kiss goodbye, before she moved out of the country—the lifelong besties have officially gotten together.
Season 3 of the revival, which premiered in May, opened with a three-episode arc about Carly reckoning with her true feelings for Freddie. Despite spending the entirety of their friendship confident that they were nothing more than friends, when Freddie gets engaged, Carly realizes she can’t take the thought of not being with him. After Carly stops ignoring her feelings for Freddie and instead tries to convince Freddie that he feels the same way, the pair admit their love for each other by the end of last week’s episode, “iMake New Memories.”