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3	''Lip Service'' (2010-2012) is a [[Creator/TheBBC BBC]] drama series about a group of lesbian friends in UsefulNotes/{{Glasgow}}.
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7	* AllGaysArePromiscuous: Played straight with Frankie; most of the other gay characters, however, are looking for something more long-term and substantial.
8	* BlackComedyRape: In episode 4, Frankie suggests to Ed "you should stay. The state [Tess] is in, you won't even need Rohypnol." Ed's response is to give her a look that says DudeNotFunny.
9	* BoyishShortHair: Both Frankie and Sam, the two {{butch lesbian}}s, sport this (in the latter's case it's actually a bob, though she frequently pulls it back). Fin is also an example.
10	* BritishBrevity: Both seasons have only six episodes.
11	* ButchLesbian:
12	** Sam and Frankie are both prone to wearing pretty masculine attire, along with short hair [[spoiler: although the latter swings both ways]].
13	** Fin also has this style, along with her football team.
14	* ButtMonkey: Tess. Flitting between soul-crushing temp jobs, cheated on by her girlfriends, and surrounded by more successful friends.
15	* TheCasanova: Jay appears to have been one of these, but is now trying to go monogamous.
16	* CastFullOfGay: All of the main and most supporting characters are lesbians (plus bisexuals in a couple cases).
17	%%* CuteClumsyGirl: Both Cat and Tess.
18	%%* DeadpanSnarker: Ed.
19	* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler: Cat]] is abruptly killed off with a random car accident.
20	* EverybodyHasLotsOfSex: There's at least one sex scene each episode (often multiple ones). As you'd except, they're nearly all lesbian ones.
21	* FairCop: Sam is a good-looking woman who's a Glasgow police constable.
22	* FamilyRelationshipSwitcheroo: [[spoiler: Frankie's "uncle" is really her father. He blackmailed her into giving up Frankie because he'd got evidence she was involved with a murder (her friend really did it, but that couldn't easily be shown). Then after the deaths of his brother, sister-in law and their child, he passed Frankie off as his niece]].
23	* FiveFingerDiscount: Sadie's preferred method of acquiring possessions.
24	* FriendsWithBenefits: Lexy has this relationship with Bea, a fellow nurse at the hospital.
25	* {{Gaydar}}: Funeral homes, bookshops, random street corners -- Frankie can find lesbians ''anywhere''.
26	* GenderBlenderName: Sam, Frankie, Jay, Fin. Frankie tried to make use of this to pass herself off as Jay, which would have worked better if it weren't for his EmbarrassingMiddleName.
27	* HospitalHottie: Lexy and Bea are two attractive nurses who have a FriendsWithBenefits relationship.
28	* TheImmodestOrgasm: Sadie brings home an Italian tourist named Gabriella who's ''very'' loud when they're having sex, much to Tess's annoyance while being kept awake by it near there.
29	* InterruptedIntimacy: In the fourth episode when the interruptor turns out to be [[spoiler: the husband of one of the women who is hoping to watch [[GirlOnGirlIsHot his wife and Tess have sex]]]].
30	* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy:
31	** Ed fits this trope very well. Despite his long-standing crush on Tess (which is doomed to failure because of her IncompatibleOrientation), he actively tries to help her love life: in the opening episode, he made a feeble excuse for not joining Tess and Lou for a drink, so that it would have some chance of turning into a date.
32	** Frankie says she wants Cat to be happy in episode 3, but it's undoubtedly an inversion-since as Cat points out all Frankie cares about is herself.
33	* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: Cat in the second episode of series 2.]]
34	%%* TheLadette: Frankie.
35	* LesbianJock: Fin, who's on a whole football team with many more examples.
36	%%* LezBro: Jay.
37	* LipstickLesbian: Tess and Cat have long hair with feminine styles of dress, though Tess is a bit more "chapstick".
38	* LookBothWays: [[spoiler: Cat]] is texting Frankie when she steps into the street without looking. She's immediately struck by a car.
39	* MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces:
40	** In the funeral parlor, close to the corpse? It's an unusual location, to say the least.
41	** In a police station? Really?
42	* MasculineFeminineGayCouple:
43	** Cat, a LipstickLesbian, seems to prefer soft butch women, dating Sam and Frankie (who both qualify).
44	** Tess, also a LipstickLesbian, dates Fin (a proud LesbianJock).
45	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: The driver who struck [[spoiler: Cat]] accidentally had this reaction, becoming so distraught the hospital staff had to sedate him.
46	%%* NeatFreak: Cat.
47	%%* NiceGuy: Ed.
48	* NoBisexuals: Frankie doesn't mind sleeping with guys but she doesn't consider herself bi, as she says "men are only when women are not around".
49	* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: Most of the actors are English, even those playing supposed Glasgow natives. They don't even attempt a Glaswegian or any other kind of Scottish accent.
50	%%* OddCouple: Cat and Tess.
51	* ObliviousToLove: Tess has no idea that Ed has feelings for her. [[EveryoneCanSeeIt Frankie, however, does]].
52	* {{Polyamory}}: Bea is in an open relationship, so when her girlfriend leaves town she sees Lexy. [[spoiler: This turns out to be a lie. She's actually married-to a man. He is ''not'' okay about it.]]
53	* PutOnABus: Frankie returns to the US early in Season Two and isn't seen again.
54	* QueerRomance: The series is all about the lives and relationships of queer women in Glasgow.
55	* ReallyGetsAround: Frankie, who's the most sexually active of all the characters. She has casual sex frequently.
56	* RightThroughTheWall: Tess can't sleep when Sadie is having sex with an Italian tourist named Gabriella (who is quite loud). Lexy, meanwhile, is also getting it on with a woman at the same time (not so loudly, but still to a degree she can hear). The next morning, she lets them all have it.
57	%%* ShrinkingViolet: Cat.
58	* SwitchedAtBirth: [[spoiler:Frankie. Or rather, switched at age three]].
59	* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: This seems to be Cat's preferred relationship model, as she was with tomboys Frankie and Sam in succession. Fin and Tess are an example as well.
60	* TomboyishName: Frankie, which is short for Francesca, Sam (which may or may not be short for Samantha) and Fin. All are lesbians, but only Frankie is really a tomboy.
61	* TheUnFavourite: Frankie's family seem to pretty much hate her, apparently just because she's a lesbian (although given how she behaves, there may be other reasons).
62	* WhatTheHellHero: Cat finally snaps and gives Frankie a lecture on how selfish she is in episode 2. It seems to have been a long time coming.

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