History Main / WorkingWithTheEx

** [[Spoiler: David and Patrick try this, but it takes them less than a day before they get back together.]]

* ''Series/SchittsCreek'': Ted hires his ex Alexis as his receptionist, a move which makes little sense outside of a RomanticComedy context. This leads to much UnresolvedSexualTension between them. [[spoiler: Alexis eventually quits and they get back together.]]

* An episode of ''Series/TheOuterLimits1995'', "Tribunal", featured the son of a Holocaust concentration camp survivor attempting to bring a suspected camp guard to justice, with his ex-wife offering somewhat reluctant assistance in the matter.

* According to [[spoiler: The Cage Family trailer, [[VideoGame/MortalKombatX Johnny Cage and Sonya Blade are divorced, but still work together]]]].

* In ''Series/BabylonFive'', Sheridan deliberately hires his ex-wife, Elizabeth Lochley, to command the station when he has to resign by reason of [[AwesomeMomentOfCrowning becoming a president]], choosing her because the side she served on during Earth's then-recent civil war. They didn't work out romantically, but he still trusts her. Of course, this causes some minor drama when he fails to mention this previous relationship to his paranoid chief of intelligence or his ''current'' wife.

** Also, Chuck and Sarah themselves briefly become this in early season 3. (Because it was always real under the cover.)

** Also, Chuck and Sarah themselves briefly become this in early season 3.

* Linkara and Iron Liz of WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall were dating when Liz made her debut on the show; while her character [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome disappeared]] around the time they broke up, she has since appeared in Vlogs and Behind The Scenes roles on crossovers with Linkara and they have planned to re-introduce Iron Liz.

* CountryMusic singer Music/LeeAnnWomack divorced singer Jason Sellers before both began their solo careers in 1997, although Womack was the only one of the two to have hits. She recorded songs written by him on her first three albums, and had him sing backing vocals on several of her albums (most humorously on the cheating song "I May Hate Myself in the Morning").

* This is the reason why many adults in the work force, or high school students in small schools, don't date even if they want to. Despite liking each other, the potential awkwardness following a break-up is enough to make them avoid the situation entirely.

* In the short-lived sitcom Ink, Ted Danson played a star newspaper reporter with his real-life wife Mary Steenburgen playing his ex-wife and editor/boss.

* CountryMusic singer Lee Ann Womack divorced singer Jason Sellers before both began their solo careers in 1997, although Womack was the only one of the two to have hits. She recorded songs written by him on her first three albums, and had him sing backing vocals on several of her albums (most humorously on the cheating song "I May Hate Myself in the Morning").

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'', it's pretty much the entirety of Tenzin's relationship with [[UnluckyChildhoodFriend Lin Beifong]]. Especially in "[[Recap/TheLegendOfKorraS1E6AndTheWinnerIs And the Winner Is...]]"
** This was the situation between Asami and Mako after their breakup at the end of Book 1. By Book 3, [[spoiler:Mako is working with ''two'' ex-girlfriends on the same team after his breakup with Korra at the end of Book 2. Korra and Asami handle it pretty well; Mako...''not'' so much, at least at first.]]

* Joyce Nettles, first casting director for ''MidsomerMurders'' is star John Nettles's ex.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Namco x Capcom}}'', Taizo Hori of ''VideoGame/DigDug'' fame fights alongside the heroes, and his ex-wife [[GenderBlenderName Toby]] [[DubNameChange "Kissy"]] [[SamusIsAGirl Masuyo]] (from ''Baraduke'') also joins their ranks. Although they divorced long ago, Toby still holds a grudge against Taizo. Toby also makes a few cameos alongside her ex-hubby and son in the ''MrDriller'' series, with her personality more or less intact.

* On ''Series/GameOfThrones'', Lena Headey (Cersei) and Jerome Flynn (Bronn) dated some time before 2014; reportedly it ended on very bad terms. However, there is some debate as to how badly it ended, with there being rumors that they had to use a body double for Flynn in a scene where he was just in the same room as Cersei and not speaking to her.