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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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