History Series / Vida

The series follows two sisters - Emma and Lyn - as they return to their hometown in East Los Angeles in a primarily Mexican-American community. The sisters must come together after a long absence in the wake of their mother's death, whereupon they learn that she was secretly married to another woman. From there, they must confront their own issues while Emma tries to sell her mother's bar, even though her widow, Eddy, won't allow it. A sideplot involves a local girl named Marisol who is fighting gentrification in their town.

''Vida'' is a drama series created by Tanya Saracho for Creator/{{Starz}}. It premiered on May 6th, 2018.

* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Lyn is the foolish sibling, Emma is the responsible sibling. Lyn causes wherever she goes, such as starting an affair with Johnny and going on a thousand dollar shopping spree just to cheer herself up. Emma, on the other hand, is hard-nosed and prudent to a fault, driving everyone nuts with her high expectations.

* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Lyn is the foolish sibling, Emma is the responsible sibling.

* LipstickLesbian: Emma and (to a slightly lesser extent) Cruz (or libstick bisexual, in Emma's case). Possibly also Vida, assuming she was a lesbian and not bi.

* CategoryTraitor: Emma and Lyn are accused of not being "real" Latinas frequently, using such slurs as "coconut" or "White-ina", because they left the neighborhood, then came back to do some stuff differently with their mom's bar. Nelson is also accused of this, though with far more justification in his case, as he's gentrifying at the cost of the residents plus showing contempt for most Latinas.

* CategoryTraitor: Emma and Lyn are accused of not being "real" Latinas frequently, using such slurs as "coconuts" "Whitinas", because they left the neighborhood, then came back to do some stuff differently with their mom's bar. Nelson is also accused of this, though with far more justification in his case, as he's gentrifying at the cost of the residents plus showing contempt for most Latinas.

** The second season has Emma revealed to be bisexual, and she's faced with lesbians who are skeptical about it.

* ADateWithRosiePalms: Emma tries this but finds herself unable to do so since Eddy and another group of women are praying or singing for Vida.

* ButchLesbian: Eddy.

* JerkassHasAPoint: Emma's more of an ice queen than a true jerkass but she does have a legitimate (and pretty heartbreaking) reason to speak ill of her deceased mother. After being kicked out--twice--by Vidalia for being gay ([[{{Hypocrite}} especially while Vidalia was working out her own "gay shame"]]), can you really blame her for being angry?

* AmbiguouslyBi: In the first season, Emma is identified as a lesbian, solely having sex or relationships with women. In the second season however she also has casual sex with a man.

** The main reason Emma was estranged from her mother was because she freaked out upon finding out that Emma is a lesbian, and it only angers Emma more to find out Vidalia was married to a woman herself.

* LipstickLesbian: Emma and (to a slightly lesser extent) Cruz. Possibly also Vida, assuming she was a lesbian and not bi.

* NoBisexuals: Emma and Lyn assume their mother was a closeted lesbian for years while being married to their father, after they learn she had married a woman before her death. Neither considers that she might have been bisexual.
* ParentalTitleCharacterization: The Hernandez sisters' relationship with their late mother is clearly demonstrated by how they address her. Emma, who is still angry and hurt about [[spoiler: being sent away for being a lesbian]], calls her by her full name, Vidalia. Lyn had a much warmer relationship with her and calls her "Mommy".

* GranolaGirl: Lyn, to the point that Eddy tries to accommodate her diet with vegan options. [[InformedAttribute Considering that she eats flan in Episode Two she must be a pretty shitty vegan]].

* DisappearedDad: No mention is made of Emma and Lyn’s biological father.

** Marisol falls into this as well. Fighting against gentrification may or may not be a worthy cause depending on one's point of view but Mari gets pretty racist about it, to the point where she considers Emma and Lyn a pair of [[CategoryTraitor race traitors]] and "White-inas" for leaving their neighbourhood.

* LipstickLesbian: Emma and (to a slightly lesser extent) Cruz.

* YourCheatingHeart: Johnny has a pregnant fiancee, but he has sex with Lyn multiple times, despite telling her he is over her.

* MsFanservice: Both sisters whenever they share intimate moments with their lovers.

** Emma calls Mari out for being a “woke activist” who then slut-shames Lyn.

* {{Hypocrite}}: The main reason Emma was estranged from her mother was because she freaked out upon finding out that Emma is a lesbian, and it only angers Emma more to find out Vidalia was married to a woman herself.

* {{Jerkass}}: Not to the point of being malicious--maybe--but Lyn's seducing of an old flame of hers, knowing he had a fiancee who was pregnant with his kid, as well as going on shopping sprees using her dead mother's credit cards don't point towards good character on her part. A saint she is not.

* JerkassHasAPoint: Emma's more of an ice queen than a true jerkass but she does have a legitimate (and pretty heartbreaking) reason to speak ill of her deceased mother. After being kicked out--twice--by Vidalia for being gay ([[{{Hypocrite}} especially while she was working out her own "gay shame"]]), can you really blame her for being angry?

** Marisol falls into this as well. Fighting against gentrification may or may not be a worthy cause depending on one's point of view, but Mari gets pretty racist about it, to the point where she considers Emma and Lyn a pair of RaceTraitors and "White-inas" for leaving their neighbourhood.

* GranolaGirl: Lyn, to the point that Eddy tries to accommodate her diet with vegan options.

* ButchLesbian: Eddy

* LipstickLesbian: Emma and Cruz