Line #45 Series/YouMeHer


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:Left to right, our [[{{Polyamory}} throuple]]: Jack, Izzy and Emma]]
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4	''You Me Her'' is an American live-action TV show about a married couple, Jack and Emma Trakarsky, who love each other but are [[DeadSparks seriously lacking spice]]. To get the mojo back, Jack decides to hire an escort (psychology grad student Isabelle "Izzy" Silva), but after she's left, he can't stop thinking about her. Then Emma finds out about this and then demands an explanation, saying "I want to know everything that happened". Emma even sets out to meet the girl, with [[LoveAtFirstSight unexpected results]]. A complicated [[{{Polyamory}} polyamorous]] relationship grows out of this.
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6	The show describes itself as ''TV's First {{Poly\|amory}}romantic Comedy'', and indeed, does not shy away from romcom tropes--and sometimes lampshades them.
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9	!!This series features examples of:
10	* AboveTheInfluence: Jack manages to pull himself back from sleeping with Izzy the first time they meet, and thus not cheat on his wife Emma.
11	* AbusiveParents: Jack's mom copied the worst possible male role model after his dad died to bring him up, which has left him somewhat scarred to this day. They start to reconcile when she shows up again in Season 4.
12	* AffectionateNickname:
13	** After they get into a relationship, Izzy starts to call Emma "Em" at times. Emma's best friend Carmen also calls Emma this.
14	** Izzy's dad calls her "peanut", which she tells him to stop at first. Later her mom also does. She then calls Leo, a boy whom she bonds with [[spoiler:and later adopts as her son]] this too.
15	** Nina also calls Izzy "Iz" sometimes, as does her dad.
16	** Izzy and Andy, whom Nina dates early on, call her "Neen".
17	* AgeGapRomance: Jack and Emma are in their mid/late 30s, while Izzy is in her mid/late 20s. This leads to their lives not fitting together super seamlessly.
18	* AlcoholicParent: Izzy's parents were both like this. Her mom used vodka and pills, while her dad was a general alcoholic, leaving years before.
19	* AllTheOtherReindeer:
20	** Everyone who knows Jack, Emma and Izzy are a [[{{Polyamory}} throuple]] disapprove of this initially. Lori in particular tries all that she can to punish them for it. Granted this is partly over Emma threatening to break her daughter Ava's leg when Ava had attempted blackmail over it.
21	** [[spoiler: Lori]] has a grudge against Emma and Jack because they have excluded her from community activities.
22	* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Izzy's mom tells a funny story of her as a girl which involved her pooping, mortifying her.
23	* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler:Jack, Emma and Izzy get back together once again in the series finale. After this, a TimeSkip takes place, then we see Izzy in the hospital while giving birth to a baby. She also has adopted Leo now, with them all happy together.]]
24	* TheBeard: {{Discussed}} due to people who know them thinking Jack has been this for Emma all along once they enter a [[{{Polyamory}} throuple]] with Izzy. Jack also worries, though it turns out she's bisexual like she had said and this isn't the case.
25	* BestFriend:
26	** Emma and Carmen are these, living in the same neighborhood while doing things such as yoga together often while they confide with each other.
27	** Izzy and Nina are not only this, but also roommates who attend the same college classes pursing a psychology degree. In fact, the two of them are ''so'' close, it goes right into PseudoRomanticFriendship.
28	* BetaCouple: Carmen and Dave. Friends of Jack and Emma, they are HappilyMarried, serving as a {{foil}} somewhat with their far less complicated relationship (although they have some spats). Though in a secondary role, they get some focus to a lesser degree.
29	* TheBigDamnKiss: After being very torn about Andy being a serial monogamist and unsure whether she'd like an actual relationship with him, Nina finally kisses him passionately in public, to cheers from the people nearby. She {{lampshade\|hanging}}s this as being from every romcom's finale. [[spoiler:However, they don't last long being a couple, breaking up offscreen before Season 3.]]
30	* BlackBraAndPanties: Izzy has on these once, which she slowly reveals to Jack and Emma while she's undressing before walking alluringly up the stairs while inviting them for sex in their bedroom.
31	* {{Blackmail}}: Ava overhears Jack and Emma talking about them being with Izzy. She tries to use this for blackmail so they'll give her different favors. Emma though browbeats her into backing down.
32	* BlatantLies: Jack and Emma try to pretend Izzy is their niece rather than having become lovers with [[{{Polyamory}} them both]], though no one really buys it. This goes for the lies they try to spin on the fly in general.
33	* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Ava is a rude, sarcastic teenage girl who addresses both her mom and dad [[CallingParentsByTheirName by their names]] just because [[{{Troll}} it annoys them]], taking devilish glee in getting at other people generally.
34	* TheBroCode: {{Discussed}} once between Izzy and Nina, who both make clear that sleeping with an ex-boyfriend of either would be utterly unacceptable.
35	* BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler:Jack has to learn his deceased dad, whom he'd idolized, cheated on his mom over many years, starting when he'd just been a baby.]]
36	* BumblingDad: Dave struggles with taking care of his young kids more after his wife Carmen starts working part time again, to her annoyance and Dave's embarrassment, causing some friction between them as he's unused to this, having previously been the sole breadwinner. This is {{downplayed}} however as it's just due to inexperience, rather than inherent incompetence.
37	* TheBusCameBack: Andy left Nina offscreen between Season 2 and 3, returning near the end of the latter... just as Nina's moving on.
38	* CallingParentsByTheirName: Ava calls both her mom and dad by their first names, which is just because [[ItAmusedMe it amuses her]] how much this annoys both of them.
39	* CampGay: Marty, a gay man, is mildly camp, as he has slight vocal dry and obsessively loves a soap opera. This isn't extreme though.
40	* CatapultNightmare: Ava has a nightmare in Season One of Emma (à la ''Film/{{Misery}}'') breaking her legs with a hammer for supposedly revealing her and Jack's having a threesome with Izzy, waking up in sweaty panic when the blow comes down.
41	* CaughtWithYourPantsDown: Emma catches Jack masturbating to football, of all things, in the pilot, which showcases their marriage's [[DeadSparks lack of a fulfilling sex life]].
42	* ComingOutStory: Jack and Emma come out as polyamorous to their friends (in Emma's case, also bisexual), introducing their girlfriend Izzy to them. Emma also does the same with her parents later. While they're resistant at first, everyone accepts this.
43	* ComingStraightStory: Gabriel pretends he's pansexual at first to be cool, thinking this will impress Sasha. Then he confesses he's straight after going on a date with Alex, a gay teen in his school, who's pissed naturally but forgives him later.
44	* CommonalityConnection:
45	** Izzy feels drawn to a homeless girl named Sasha whom she meets while working at a center for at risk youth, since they both had {{alcoholic parent}}s. Sasha is distrustful given her past, but Izzy tries to help her anyway, in part because of this and wins her trust over time. Izzy manages to help Sasha get a job, back in school and into the home of her grandmother.
46	** Emma tries to forge a bond with gay couple Marty and Will after meeting them, on the grounds that she's bisexual. Both are pretty put off (Will particularly).
47	** Lala later tries to introduce Alex, her son, to Marty and Will as he's also gay with the same intention. They have a similar reaction.
48	* ContrivedCoincidence: [[spoiler:In the series finale, Jack and Emma drive to San Diego so they can find Izzy. They pull into a diner on the way that Izzy just happens to be leaving with Leo at the same time.]]
49	* ControlFreak: Nina feels driven to dictate to other people and frequently micromanages things when she has any control at all (or pushes herself into that position otherwise as well pretty often). [[spoiler:This is what helped make her decide on being a wedding planner in the final season.]]
50	* CountryMatters: The word ''cunt'' gets used and its uses are discussed multiple times in the series.
51	* DarkAndTroubledPast: Izzy had lots of difficulty growing up as both her mom and dad were substance abusers. When she becomes a counselor, Izzy meets Sasha, who's dad is an alcoholic like hers, and empathizes immediately with her over this.
52	* DeadpanSnarker:
53	** Izzy, Nina and Ava especially like to drop many sarcastic comments when they dislike things going on.
54	** Shaun, Nina's boss, occasionally gets sarcastic too, such as exclaiming over when Nina (who's usually a slacker) began cleaning the bar in a hyperdramatic way after seeing it.
55	** Later on, Will rarely says anything that isn't a sarcastic remark.
56	* DeadSparks: Jack and Emma have a waning sex life when the series starts. His friend suggests he spice things up through sleeping with another woman. Izzy, the escort he hires, ends up attracting them both and their marriage does get more sexual... as both [[{{Polyamory}} start seeing her too]].
57	* DisappearedDad:
58	** Izzy's father Ben left her as a teenager, and comes back into her life in Season 3 when she's grown up. He's an alcoholic, coming to apologize as part of his recovery. She's very hostile to him at first, as you'd expect, and only gradually forgives him for leaving her.
59	** Jack's dad died in his youth, it turns out.
60	* DrowningMySorrows: Andy, after Izzy dumps him, gets drunk with her best friend Nina before they sleep together.
61	* EasilyOverheardConversation: Ava just happens to be nearby as Jack and Emma discuss their dealings with Izzy, revealing she's not their niece while the two also paid her for sex. She promptly records it and uses this for {{blackmail}} material.
62	* EmbarrassingTattoo: Jack, Izzy, and Emma get tattoos early into season 2 after drinking too much due to losing their patience with how their relationship won't be tolerated by their respective friends. The tattoo in question has their initials, "EJI", which they pronounce "[[FunWithAcronyms edgy]]".
63	* ExtraParentConception: {{Subverted}}. They don't actually go through with it, but Emma, Jack, and Izzy discuss having a kid with Emma and Jack as the genetic parents and Izzy as a surrogate, making them all physiologically involved with the pregnancy.
64	* FantasySequence: Jack and Emma both fantasize that Izzy comes to their workplaces, having sex with them there, which at first isn't clear as even a fantasy to the viewer.
65	* FirstWorldProblems: Izzy calls other thirds' complaints about such things as being given very expensive vacations they didn't want by their partners this after hearing them vent while at the {{polyamory}} support group.
66	* FootsieUnderTheTable: Izzy gives Emma a foot job in the restaurant where they meet the first time, to her pleasant surprise. Emma does the same thing with Jack later.
67	* FunWithAcronyms: In-universe, Emma, Jack, and Izzy sometimes jokingly call themselves EJI, which they pronounce as "edgy".
68	* GayRomanticPhase: Emma reveals to Jack after she becomes attracted to Izzy, who gives her a foot job under the table, that she's not the first woman or even second for her. It turns out she'd been with three women in the past already before him. At first he thinks this was just a lesbian phase, but Emma [[SubvertedTrope makes it clear that no, she's really bisexual]].
69	* GirlOnGirlIsHot: Izzy gets harassed while in a bar by a man whom Emma stops. Once he hears they're married, it turns him on.
70	* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: [[spoiler:After she gets accidentally pregnant from Jack, Emma isn't sure what she wants and considers having an abortion. Jack isn't happy at the idea, pointing out they had been trying to have a baby for seven years and urges against it. Her girlfriend Kylie on the other hand doesn't want kids, offering to be with Emma at the clinic. Emma ultimately decides to have the baby, wanting to be a [[{{Polyamory}} throuple]] with Jack and Izzy again as co-parents. Kylie dumps her at once on learning Emma's keeping it.]]
71	* GoshDangItToHeck: Emma, Jack and Izzy start saying "fudge" instead of the f word when Emma's conservative parents visit. At the end, both her mom and dad [[PrecisionFStrike drop f bombs]] and say Emma is old enough to also, which results in her doing it too along with Izzy.
72	* HappilyMarried:
73	** [[spoiler:Jack, Emma and Izzy, despite many bumps in the road, love each other, ending up with a happy marriage.]]
74	** Carmen and Dave, in spite of the spats they have, are also happy together.
75	* HatesTheirParent: Izzy isn't happy to see her dad initially despite him trying to reconnect, as he had been a neglectful alcoholic during most of her life. She's very hostile to him at first as a result. It takes some time for her to forgive this.
76	* HeterosexualLifePartners: Izzy and Nina are very close, in spite of their [[VitriolicBestBuds faux vitriol to each other]]. They confide in and give each other comfort whenever it's needed, acting very much like a [[PseudoRomanticFriendship romantic couple at times]] (as Izzy's also pansexual, they could be even more mistaken as such). Even when both have serious romantic relationships with other people, their own friendship remains like this.
77	* HighClassCallGirl: Izzy and Nina are both beautiful, working as escorts temporarily while going to college so they can pay for tuition. They appear to earn a good amount from it, and there's no sign it's unsafe nor any issues from it.
78	* HomePornMovie: Dave and Carmen decide one way to spice up their marriage would be filming themselves while doing some light S&M. It doesn't get that far though.
79	* HomophobicHateCrime: Due to a misunderstanding, Gabriel is accused of egging Alex's house (who's gay) as a hate crime due to homophobia. He's soon exonerated as he'd had an alibi though.
80	* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Jack refers to Izzy, who's an escort, with this exact phrase early on, and she is indeed a kind, friendly young woman (though imperfect). Her best friend Nina is one too, with a [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold more obnoxious exterior]].
81	* HouseHusband: Dave becomes one, staying home with his young daughters.
82	* HumiliationConga: Nathan relates that he caught his wife and brother having sex at their family's Thanksgiving get together. After that, he humiliated himself by begging her to not leave him. Didn't work-she's now his brother's wife. Jack is suitably awed by how bad that story is.
83	* IdealizedSex: Jack, Emma and Izzy always seem to have very pleasurable sex together without difficulty of any kind, even when they first engage in [[ThreewaySex threesomes]] with no prior experience at this.
84	-->'''Izzy:''' You came back and the three of us had objectively transcendent sex, would you agree?
85	* IHaveBoobsYouMustObey: Nina easily gets lots of matches from men on a dating app just by taking a picture of herself showing cleavage, to Shaun's disbelief at how fast they respond. She's very pretty to begin with, so this simply makes it easier. Nina doesn't want to actually date them, just have these men as psychological subjects and lures them in using her good looks this way.
86	* InsistentTerminology: Izzy is an escort, rather than a hooker. She does not have sex with her clients (at least, this isn't her explicit service).
87	* InterruptedIntimacy:
88	** The first time Jack and Izzy try to have sex, Izzy's roommate/best friend Nina interrupts them when she comes home.
89	** Jack, Emma and Izzi's heated [[ThreewaySex threesome]] gets interrupted by their {{nosy neighbor}}s outside, curious about what they were doing.
90	* IntimateMarks: Izzy has a tattoo on her left side near her breast, which is seen sometimes when she's wearing revealing tops or undressing.
91	* IResembleThatRemark: Jack gets annoyed by a woman saying he's "loud and aggressive" while canvassing. This causes him to genuinely get that way during his heated denial of it.
92	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Nina can be quite rude, is usually [[DeadpanSnarker dripping sarcasm at best]] and practices BrutalHonesty. She's not bad at heart though, mostly just having little patience when other people's BS gets to her, being Izzy's close, quite loyal friend.
93	* LadySwearsALot: Izzy probably uses the most profanity (usually [[PrecisionFStrike the f word]]) of all the characters. Especially when she gets upset it becomes a continuous stream.
94	* LateComingOut: Emma comes out as bisexual when she's nearly forty.
95	* LawOfInverseFertility: Jack and Emma have been trying to have a baby for years with no success. They see a specialist and Emma gets fertility medication, but even so this doesn't work. When their doctor recommends surrogacy, they ask Izzy, [[{{Polyamory}} their third]], if she'll be the surrogate. She agrees to the idea, but proposes instead reciprocal in virto fertilization, which means implanting her ova, fertilized by Jack, into Emma. [[spoiler:However this turns out to be not what Emma wants, leaving them. After they have another threesome, Emma gets pregnant accidentally by Jack anyway, while it turns out it's ''twins''.]]
96	* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Nina and Carmen, while stoned during Season 4, at one point conclude both are the supporting characters for someone else's drama. Specifically, besties of Izzy and Emma. Which, of course, is indeed precisely what the characters are.
97	* LegFocus: Izzy and Emma both get long shots of their shapely legs in stockings or while putting them on, which is clearly erotic to Jack.
98	* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: Izzy and Nina almost constantly snipe at each other, but they are nonetheless best friends with an undying loyalty, to the point of [[PseudoRomanticFriendship coming off like a couple]].
99	* LingerieScene: Emma and Izzy both have a lot of scenes weaing their lingerie while undressing, often to get intimate with each other or Jack.
100	* LipstickLesbian: Izzy (pansexual) and Emma (bisexual) are both feminine, particularly the latter. Both of them wear blouses, skirts and makeup regularly, with Emma having fairly long hair, Izzy's slightly shorter, while they act conventially feminine overall, though it's not especially pronounced. [[spoiler:Later on, Emma's girlfriend Kylie is also feminine, as are Jett and Kim, whom they meet.]]
101	* LoveConfession:
102	** Emma and Jack confess they love Izzy, who says the same, multiple times in the series.
103	** Shaun tells Nina he loves her in Season 4, which she reciprocates (kind of, saying "me too" in return). After this they start cohabiting.
104	* LoveTriangle: In Season 3, Nina becomes attracted to her boss Shaun, the bartender, and then her ex-boyfriend Andy comes back, whom she also still has feelings for. [[spoiler:She chooses neither at first, as Nina decides working on herself is necessary at the time instead of being what men want. Then she ends up dating Shaun.]]
105	* MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces:
106	** Izzy gives Emma a foot job under the table at a restaurant the first time they meet.
107	** Jack goes down on Emma in their kitchen to spice up their marriage. Next time, they have sex on the kitchen floor after this.
108	** Emma gives Jack a foot job while they're out in a restaurant just as Izzy did with her.
109	** Izzy and Emma have sex for their first time on the roof of a building. This was revealed to also be a spot Emma and Jack used. He's a little miffed that they used the same one.
110	** [[spoiler:Emma, Jack and Izzy get back together after making out in the Amaris' bathroom. It makes the Amaris believe they're having sex inside.]]
111	** Nina and Shaun have sex on the table in his bar. Izzy notes later they've set up the bar to have spontaneous sex in other places there too.
112	* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Jack tries to spice up his marriage through seeing sexy escort Izzy when his life has become staid and boring. She not only inspires new excitement for him and his wife Emma, but is this for them both. They both start becoming more carefree and uninhibited as both of them fall for Izzy, who reciprocates. Soon it evolves into {{polyamory}} between them all.
113	* ManlyTears:
114	** [[spoiler:Jack starts to weep after his mom confesses his dad had died not just in a car accident, but while with his mistress.]]
115	** [[spoiler:Later he cries as well after Izzy apparently leaves both him and Emma for the last time.]]
116	* MasturbationMeansSexualFrustration:
117	** Emma catches Jack masturbating to football, of all things, in the pilot, which showcases their marriage's [[DeadSparks lack of a fulfilling sex life]].
118	** Emma sets her cell phone on vibrate to [[PoorMansPorn use as a makeshift vibrator]] while fantasizing about sex with Izzy when she's working.
119	** Similarly, when he's in the office, Jack masturbates at his desk to his own Izzy fantasy.
120	** Izzy later also starts to masturbate as she fantasizes about Emma.
121	* MetaphoricalMarriage: Emma, Jack and Izzy marry each other in an extralegal commitment ceremony to cement their [[{{Polyamory}} polyamorous]] trio.
122	* ModestyBedsheet: After they have sex the female characters will have something covering their chests while their male partners are barechested.
123	* MorningSickness:
124	** Izzy believes her vomiting one morning is this, because her period is slightly late. It transpires she wasn't pregnant however.
125	** [[spoiler:Emma getting this is another sign she's pregnant.]]
126	* MsFanservice: Emma and Izzy are both beautiful women, often shown in their lingerie or having sex (with each other or Jack).
127	* MyBiologicalClockIsTicking: Jack and Emma feel pressured to have a child as she's nearing 40. [[spoiler:They end up having twin girls.]]
128	* NewAgeRetroHippie: Dave and Carmen go out to camp along with his colleague Janet who they both call "Weird Janet". She and her lover Caleb ([[ReallyGetsAround the latest of many]]-Janet's bisexual as well) are pretty hippieish in how they act, along with clearly stoned. It turns out they fed Dave and Carmen a vegetable soup which includes two different hallucinogenic plants along with this (without asking first). Then, after Dave and Carmen are stoned too as a result, all four swim naked in a hot tub (uncomfortably, in their cases).
129	* NewOldFlame:
130	** Jack's ex-girlfriend Ruby is introduced during Season Two. She wasn't mentioned beforehand.
131	** [[spoiler:After she's left Jack and Izzy, Emma starts dating her ex Kylie. She's one of Emma's previously unnamed ex-girlfriends.]]
132	* NoBisexuals: Many people have doubts that Emma isn't a lesbian once she gets involved with Izzy, even though Jack is [[{{Polyamory}} also a part of the relationship]]. He thinks this for a time too, worrying Emma and Izzy are only attracted to each other really, not him. Emma doubts it herself for a short time, but it turns out [[SubvertedTrope she's genuinely bisexual]]. [[spoiler:However, after she's left him and begins dating her ex Kylie again, Jack believes this means she always was a closeted lesbian, as does Carmen. Yet they still have another threesome with Izzy. After confessing this to her girlfriend Kylie, the latter angrily calls Emma a "tourist lesbian", while describing her having sex with Jack as some kind of “closure” to their relationship. Emma denies it, claiming that she's a full on lesbian. Later though she admits to wanting Jack and Izzy back, leaving Kylie to reunite with them, calling herself bisexual again to others. Izzy is never questioned about being pansexual, whether by words or actions however.]]
133	* NosyNeighbor: Lori and her daughter Ava. They spot Izzy going to Jack and Emma's across the street, which Ava teases him about (she's Jack's student, Lori becomes his boss). Realizing this, they decide to not have Izzy visit them there again in hopes of keeping their relationship with her secret. Before long they instead claim she's Jack's niece, though neither Lori and Ava fall for it. Their nosiness reveals this shortly after. Carmen and Dave prove themselves fairly nosy too, monitoring the goings on after Izzy moves in officially later with Jack and Emma.
134	* OfficeRomance: Nina dates her boss Shaun starting in Season 4. This however avoids issues with his authority over her as Nina is far more domineering.
135	* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Izzy is only called "Isabelle" occasionally. She even says only her parents are allowed to.
136	* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Creator/RachelBlanchard, playing American Emma, gives away that she's Canadian only a few times, pronouncing "about" and "sorry" the Canadian way with a long "o".
137	* OpenMindedParent: Emma worries deeply at her conservative parents knowing she's bisexual and in a [[{{Polyamory}} throuple]] with her husband and her girlfriend. However, after she's come out they both are surprisingly chill about it, saying they're [[HiddenDepths deeper than she thinks]].
138	* OppositesAttract: Nina, an uptight JerkWithAHeartOfGold and ControlFreak, falls in mutual love with easygoing NiceGuy Shaun.
139	* ParentalSexualitySquick:
140	** Emma's mom tells her that her dad's "insatiable", making Emma cover her ears comically with both hands.
141	** Izzy is way less than pleased when she realizes her dad is having sex with Lala, but he reasonably protests that he's an adult.
142	* ParentWithNewParamour: Izzy is at first not at all enthused when her dad starts seeing Lala, and even less after they get engaged. Slowly she comes around though.
143	* PassThePopcorn: In "Depressive Muppets Need Love, Too" (Season 3, episode 9), about a soap opera:
144	-->'''Nina:''' I hate that I still find this shit show so damn riveting.\
145	'''Carmen:''' Eh, I’ve surrendered to the shame.
146	* {{Polyamory}}: The basis of the plot, and its title. After attempting to spice up his marriage through seeing escort Izzy, Jack soon falls for her, along with his wife Emma. She reciprocates for them both, and the trio get into relationship troubles, with realistic issues to overcome from this. First is that it's disapproved of by most people in their lives to start, with Izzy greatly resenting that they both hide her away at times. Jack further worries that they like each other more than him, and this means Emma's really a lesbian rather than bisexual. They overcome this though, even proposing having a baby together. Jack and Emma can't conceive naturally, so Izzy could be a surrogate. [[spoiler:Emma however it turns out doesn't want this though, breaking up with both of them and moving. Soon though it's shown they all still want each other, having another threesome. They get back together later after Emma gets pregnant. After overcoming further humps, they commit to each other formally with a ceremony together. However, they still have to deal with issues, meeting many other poly couples and a coach offering seminars for them. Izzy later also temporarily leaves the relationship, but comes back and gets back together with them for good.]]
147	* PortmanteauCoupleName:
148	** InUniverse, Nina called her and Izzy "Izzny" once, which is fitting given they have a PseudoRomanticFriendship.
149	** Emma, Jack and Izzy also get called "EJI" (pronounced "edgy") from their initials.
150	* PrecisionFStrike: Characters regularly drop f-bombs either in surprise or else to emphasize displeasure.
151	* PregnancyScare: Izzy has one briefly because her period's (which is usually "like clockwork") a little late, though she soon turns out to not really be pregnant. However, it makes Izzy realize that she'd like a baby someday, as she's a bit disappointed about this.
152	* PreviouslyOverlookedParamour: For multiple seasons, Nina carries on various drama with her sometimes-boyfriend Andy. All the while Shaun is in the background, being generally grounded and solid. Shaun eventually lampshades it near the end of season 3:
153	-->'''Shaun:''' For the record, I'm also your "Mr. Right There in Front of You."
154	-->'''Nina:''' What the fuck is that?
155	-->'''Shaun:''' Like in [[RomanticComedy rom-coms]]. The one who's always there if you just take the time to notice.
156	-->'''Nina:''' Yeah, no, but nice try.
157	-->'''Shaun:''' Well, no. It's true.
158	-->'''Nina:''' Okay, look, you're a lot of things, including ginger-ish and intermittently ruddy--but you are definitely not my--
159	-->'''Shaun:''' Mr. Right There in Front of You. And here's the beautiful twist: [[SheIsNotMyGirlfriend the more that you deny it, the more that you're just proving my point.]]
160	* PseudoRomanticFriendship: Izzy and Nina, her roommate/best friend, seem ''really'' close. Nina acts like a jealous girlfriend when Izzy starts being with other people more as she's entering a relationship, going from pouting to even weeping over their distance. They also like {{holding hands}} pretty often, confide in each other, cuddle fairly often and profess their love for each other. Given that Izzy's pansexual and she enters a [[{{Polyamory}} trio with a man and woman]] one might think it's more than simply friendship, but this turns out to be just a reflection of how close they are (Nina [[IncompatibleOrientation only shows attraction to men]]).
161	* PutOnABus: The Matherfields move away after Season 2 due to a job transfer.
162	* QuirkyCurls: Izzy has loose curls and she's an energetic, fun-loving young women who helps her [[{{Polyamory}} two lovers]] get more uninhibited like her.
163	* RaceForYourLove: The season 1 finale features this, as Izzy prepares to go home Jack and Emma race after her into the airport so they can stop her. They don't manage to, but she still finds them, and goes back with both. Jack and Emma both {{lampshade\|hanging}} this as a romcom trope repeatedly. Emma {{lampshade\|hanging}}s it by asking the airport staff if they could be cooperative and help her out, in the name of this trope.
164	* RashomonStyle: [[spoiler:Izzy, Jack and Emma recount their breakup later in Season 5 this way quite humorously at first before the real event is related, with comically exaggerated initial versions.]]
165	* RelationshipRevolvingDoor: [[spoiler:Izzy gets together with Jack and Emma. Then later Emma breaks up with them. After this, they get back together again. Then however Izzy breaks up with them, but wants them back later. Jack and Emma break up with her to stop it a final time. You'll guess by now that they take this back and then reuinite with her.]]
166	* SecretRelationship: Izzy is not okay with being Jack and Emma's secret lover, as they're worried over the consequences for them if it was revealed. When they initially make this clear, Izzy tearfully breaks up with them. They come out as a [[{{Polyamory}} throuple]] later, but also still fall into this often, such as while Emma's conservative parents visit.
167	* SexGod:
168	** It turns out Andy is highly skilled at sex, having given Nina multiple orgasms.
169	** Shaun too later is capable of having sex with Nina four times in a row, satisfying her deeply, and she even says his penis is "magic".
170	* SexMontage: One occurs in "Check A Box" when Emma and Jack have sex in a variety of positions.
171	* SexyDiscretionShot: All of the sex scenes are handled by people involved getting undressed or kissing, then showing them after having had sex.
172	* SexyShirtSwitch: In Season 3 when it's just Jack and Izzy together, she puts on his football jersey, asking if there's anything sexier than having her do this as she flirts.
173	* SexWithTheEx: [[spoiler:After they break up, Emma has sex with Jack and Izzy again impulsively before saying this was a mistake, leaving the two of them again.]]
174	* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: In season 3, Nina tells Shaun that He Is Not Her Mr. Right There In Front Of You. Shaun, being trope savvy, knows better.
175	-->'''Shaun''': And here's the beautiful twist: The more that you deny it, the more that you’re just proving my point.
176	* ShouldersUpNudity: Izzy is shown from the shoulders up when she goes topless to have her threesome with Jack and Emma.
177	* ShowerOfLove: Jack and Emma first start to get it on while in the shower before they move outside in "Check A Box".
178	* SnarkToSnarkCombat:
179	** Izzy and Alex spend most of their interactions trading sarcastic friendly barbs.
180	** Nina and Shaun also do this with most of their dialogue.
181	* [[SpoilerCover Screencap Spoiler]]: The screencap used for Season 5 on the Amazon Prime streaming service spoiled that [[spoiler:Izzy has a baby, showing her in a hospital bed holding it alongside Jack and Emma.]]
182	* StraightGay:
183	** Gay man Will has no stereotypical traits.
184	** Alex is a gay teenager who also does not stand out given his sexuality.
185	* ThreewaySex: Jack, Emma and Izzy decide to have a threesome, though first they do some research on just how it works (they watch some porn but find it unrealistic). They all manage to improvise and have an enjoyable time (before they're [[InterruptedIntimacy interrupted anyway]]), but they resume it soon. After this they continue having threesomes together, with their relationship growing into {{polyamory}}.
186	* TimeSkip:
187	** Between Seasons 4 and 5, things move by a few months at least [[spoiler:as Emma gives birth to the twins in between.]]
188	** The series finale also features one. [[spoiler:After they get back together, Emma and Jack are shown as Izzy gives birth to a baby in the hospital three years later, with Leo and the girls there older.]]
189	* TokenMinority:
190	** Dave, who's half-Turkish, is the sole man of color who's there across the whole series.
191	** Andy is black, and he appears from Seasons 1-3.
192	** Nathan is olive-skinned, though his ethnicity isn't stated. He was played by Lee Majdoub, who's Lebanese-Canadian.
193	* ToplessnessFromTheBack: Emma and Izzy are seen this way sometimes when removing their bras.
194	* TwoferTokenMinority:
195	** Carmen is the show's only woman of color, with East Asian ancestry (eventually revealed as Japanese-American).
196	** In Season 4 one of the new neighbors, Marty, is a gay black man.
197	* TwoPersonPoolParty: Izzy and Emma share a bubble bath in which Jack finds them.
198	* UnproblematicProstitution: Izzy and Nina temporarily work as escorts to pay for college tuition. At no point is there even a mention of any danger which they might face, nor social stigma and other issues.
199	* VitriolicBestBuds: Izzy and Nina quite frequently insult each other, along with play fighting. Despite this, they're really close friends, to [[PseudoRomanticFriendship romantic levels]].
200	* WorkoutFanservice: In "Can You Be Cool" Emma is shown in spandex workout clothing while going to yoga with Carmen. The camera shows her outlined breasts along with her bare stomach in lengthy shots during some of the poses they're doing.

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