On a much happier note, Lauren and Sadie are meeting for an afternoon delight.
THERE SHE WAS JUST A-WALKIN' DOWN THE STREET
Lauren: If anyone I know sees us, you’re my niece, or something like that. OK?
Sadie: That’s weirdly hot.
AND I REALLY LOST MY MIND
They are holding hands! Why does this make me happy? This show needs a happy-go-lucky relationship, stat. Dr. Lexy, are you on call?
Oh, there’s Dr. Lexy now. Declan is apologizing for being a “superficial prick.” He gives Lexy a hug. Lexy’s face doesn’t show any kind of comfort or reassurance. She might be thinking about where she can actually get those things, with a side of carbs.
Back to Lauren and Sadie: they’re at a sex shop! Sadie doesn’t think anything’s “proper pervy” anymore. She and Lauren soon correct that.
THE BEST DENTIST APPOINTMENT EVER
What is Lauren wearing? Some sort of Little Bo Peep thing? Sadie is in classic leather cop/daddy gear.
Sadie: Take it, bitch. Or your arse gets the fairy wand.
PROMISE?
OMG YES! Er, isn’t that enjoyable? We all need more laughy sexy times in sex-shop dressing rooms.
Ed and Nora are at a cafe. Ed is, understandably, having a hard time with the new information about Cat’s infidelity. Nora dispenses some flat platitudes about Cat being a grownup or something, and then gets back to her own troubles: she’s forgotten to pick up her dress for the book signing. She asks Ed to pick it up for her; he tries to resist, but Nora doesn’t take no for an answer.
Meanwhile, Sadie and Lauren are having lunch or tea at a different restaurant.
Sadie: This morning, why did you call me?
Lauren: Because I fancied being fingered in a changing room.
Sadie looks more and more smitten. Lauren tries to pay the bill, but Sadie takes over. Lauren doesn’t think she can afford it. Sadie hands the waiter a card, then leans forward conspiratorially.
Sadie: There’s a huge limit on that library card. After you: walk, don’t run.
I'VE ALSO NICKED THE SALT SHAKER
Ah, the old dine-and-dash! Forget Sadie as Spike: she’s more like Sadie as this girl I knew in junior high who was always stealing things and smoking cigarettes and slicking back her hair and shooting craps in Sunday school. Sadie is a juvenile delinquent — call Officer Krupke! Better yet, call the governor of G-Wing.
It’s time for the sci-fi book signing thing. Nora says, “Remember, teeth and tits, all right?” as she and Ed and Tess enter the room. That’s kind of great in a Chorus Line way.
AND FLASH SOME PAISLEY IF YOU HAVE IT
Tess asks Ed whether everything’s all right with him and Nora; he lies and says yes. He changes the subject to Sam and Cat and Frankie. Tess tries to apologize for keeping the secret, but that’s not what concerns Ed.
Ed: That’s fine. I totally get why you didn’t tell me. I just… I hope she was happy.
Tess: Me too.
Aw, great. Now I have to think about all the ways in which Cat was happy or not happy and out of her mind and just not a coherent character. No! I won’t do it!
A fan interrupts. That’s right, a fan: it seems Ed has many of them already. It’s very sweet to watch him sign autographs and smile as Tess looks on.
Lexy arrives and flashes the Vulcan “live long and prosper” sign. Ah, now the eyebrows make so much more sense!
ENJOY YOUR PON FARR
Lexy has brought Declan along with her. Great. But never mind; he goes off to get drinks. Lexy suddenly says “Klingon on the starboard bow!” because she’s spotted Meg. She sends Tess off to somewhere, wherever, and says hello to Meg.
How much more awesome is Lexy now that we know she has at least a passing familiarity with Star Trek?
Tess finds herself up on the roof. And Lexy soon joins her. She has brought along a cutout of some sort of amphibian that I’m sure I should be able to identify — as well as a pitcher of “Cheeky Vulcan” cocktails.
MY SPACESHIP WILL ARRIVE SOON
Tess talks about how ridiculous it is that she has a “stalker” after one date. She immediately feels terrible for using that term, but Lexy’s not bothered.
Lexy: Oh, no no. It’s … you’ve been fantastic. And last night was great. Totally took my mind off it. It was, um… great.
DID I MENTION IT WAS GREAT?
I’ll forgive the limited vocabulary. Meaningful gazes everywhere you look!
GREAT IS MY NEW FAVORITE WORD
Tess says “Umm… listen…” but before we can listen — and I really really want to listen to it, whatever it is — her phone rings. Hugh is outside and needs rescuing. Dammit, Jim!
Tess: Look, um, two minutes. Don’t move.
I WASN'T KIDDING ABOUT THE PON FARR
Don’t go, Tess! You were totally about to lock onto her with your tractor beam.
But Tess goes. A drunken Hugh is waiting for her; he’s on a mission of some sort. She tries to say no — “I’m on a balcony with Lexy and loads of booze!” — but a Shakespearean fool is difficult to resist. She reluctantly agrees to drive him to his ex-wife’s house (not quite yet “ex,” I guess?), which he swears is extremely close by.
It turns out Hugh really wants to drop off a birthday present for his dog Ronald. This would actually make it a more defensible mission for me, not less, if it weren’t for the fact that Lexy seemed very very amenable just before Tess left. Tess must be thinking the same thing; she texts Lexy: “Dog wars back in ten. Don’t move!”
The locks have been changed, so Hugh tries the back door. But of course that lock has been changed too, so Hugh grabs a shovel and prepares to break in. Oh, look: the police have arrived. (But not Sam, which would be sorta funny. Or entirely terrifying. One of those.)
The police reveal that Hugh has an ASBO, which sounds like a growth or something but is an “antisocial behavior order.” It seems to be about the same as a restraining order. Tess doesn’t believe this at first, but Hugh admits he “posted some sausages through the letterbox.” For Ronald, of course.
I LIKE YOUR HAT, OFFICER
Hugh’s wife Maggie is quite lovely, and of course her new man is dashing. Maggie tells it like it is.
WE ARE THE 1 PERCENT
Maggie: I cannot tell you what a relief it is to live with a man who doesn’t throw pizza at the television every time Colin Firth comes on.
Hugh: I had Darcy in the bag!
Snicker. I wish I were enjoying this more, because it’s pretty entertaining. But it’s just that I know Lexy is waiting up on that balcony/roof!
And then more truth comes spilling out: it seems Hugh has been doing a little more than throwing pizza at the TV. He’s been throwing himself at understudies and stage managers. Tess, you totally backed the wrong horse on this particular evening.
So did Ed: at the book signing, Nora is stealing his thunder. She gets all the attention by claiming she once worked with Peter Jackson. I think Ed’s finally beginning to see her as she really is. It’s like he’s putting on the magic glasses in that movie They Live.
Sam is spending her evening with a bottle of scotch. The label says “Glen Sheil,” which is either an intentional move to avoid a product placement, or a bit of misspelling on the part of the props department. (I assume it’s supposed to be Glen Shiel, but my knowledge of single-malts is the equivalent of a single-cell amoeba’s.) She looks at her phone and appears to think about calling Ed, but then goes back to the bottle. Ugh.
WHAT WAS THAT ONE GUY'S NAME AGAIN? RAY?
She looks at that group photo again. And then she takes the evidence bag full of drugs out of her pocket and stares at it. Wait, what? You brought the drugs home? And you’re thinking about using some of them? Who are you and what have you done with Sam?
Back at the scene of the almost-crime, Hugh is admitting defeat. He tells Tess not to turn out like him.
Hugh: Grab happiness where you can and cling onto it.
Tess: Well, that was the plan.
GRABBING SEEMS TO A BIT OF A PROBLEM FOR YOU, ACTUALLY
Yeah, Hugh: you messed up the plan! And for what? It’s all over now; the charges will be dropped and everyone’s free to go. Oh, except they can’t drive away because the tax disc on Hugh’s car has expired. Of course. What’s next? A road closure? Maybe Hurricane Bea is about to hit and Lexy and Tess will be stranded just across a wave from each other. Bah.
Back at the book event, Ed and Nora are coming apart. Lexy, slightly sozzled, is leaving, cardboard amphibian tucked under her arm.
MY NEW PUDDLE OF SANITY
Ed: You gonna be all right?
Lexy: Yeah. (nodding to the cutout) I’ve pulled! 15 fingers — what’s not to like?
Hee! Lexy almost reminded me of Zoe on Nurse Jackie for a minute there — just in the way she delivered that line, I mean. And I mean that as a huge compliment.
Nora and Ed talk about the Peter Jackson incident.
Ed: That was a lie, wasn’t it? You haven’t met him at all.
Nora: Who cares? Give ’em what they want, that’s what I say. I never really got that whole Lord of the Flies thing anyway. Gnomes in tights.
Ed: Um, it’s Lord of the Rings.
Nora: What?
Ed: (stridently) It’s Lord of the Rings!
I'M TRYING NOT TO GO ALL SAURON ON YOU
This is just about the worst mistake you could make with Ed, Nora. He’s about to blow a gasket, or whatever the elf equivalent of that is. But Nora doesn’t even care.
Speaking of terrible mistakes, Sam is about to snort some coke. Right off the photo of Cat. Like, the line of coke is right on Cat’s face.
HAVE A COKE...
...AND A SMILE
That is super dark.
But wait. Hold up. This is how DS Murray goes off the rails? Really? I know very well that grief can make you do things that are completely out of character, but this is so far out of character, it’s a different encoding scheme. (Geek joke!)
Here are some believable ways for Sam to express her rage and misery: (1) go to the gym and wail on a heavy bag until she breaks her own hand or punches a wall instead; (2) go to the shooting range and perforate a ream of paper targets; (3) drive way too fast on a dark, foggy highway. These are all aggressive and violent and (at least the last one) slightly self-destructive, but they’re also all about grasping at some kind of control, of muscles, machines, mind. It just doesn’t make sense to me that someone who values discipline and strength and structure would willingly toss those things aside. Not yet. After doing all that other stuff, sure, but not right away. I guess this is the 6-episode acceleration effect?
Tess has finally made her way back to the bookstore, but it’s closed and everyone’s gone home, except for Ed and Nora, who are fighting outside. Tess slips out of sight and eavesdrops.
Ed decides he and Nora are done.
Ed: Tess was right about you. You’re a self-centered bitch.
UMMM I HAVE TO, LIKE, MAKE CHEKHOVIAN ART WITH HER TOMORROW
Nora makes one last lame attempt to keep Ed; she figures he’s just upset about Cat. Ed says, “Cat would’ve hated you.” Eeek. Nora gets the hint and walks away. Tess can only wince and wonder what happened to the evening.
You know what else Cat would’ve hated? The fact that Sam is at a club right now. She’s super hot and super scary and it’s all so messed up.
I DIDN'T REALIZE FANGTASIA WAS IN GLASGOW
Before we can watch that spin out of control, we see Sadie and Lauren on a boat, a holiday rental. Sadie used to “do a bit of cleaning for the company.” I suspect Sadie has been fired by half the employers in town by now.
They talk about strings and commitment and the past.
Lauren: I wasn’t always this flash.
Sadie: Get with Jo for her money, did you?
Lauren: No. I made that long, long before I met her. She never knew me back in the bad old days. I guess that means, in a way, she still doesn’t.
They’re both being open and sweet and downright romantic.
SET A COURSE FOR ADVENTURE
Maybe this doesn’t have to end terribly? Maybe, instead of getting her heart broken, Sadie can become the third in a polyamorous arrangement? Yeah, that’s crazy talk. I’d just settle for a ménage à trois at this point — some glimmer of happiness before it all falls apart.
At the club, Sam zeroes in on her target. The woman looks maybe a teeny bit like Lexy, crossed with Dana Fairbanks, crossed with … nope, she looks nothing like Cat, actually. Which is a relief.
YOU'LL GIVE IN TO YOUR DESIRE WHEN THE STRANGER COMES ALONG
They go back to Sam’s place. The sex is really uncomfortable. Sam’s fully clothed and the club girl is fully naked and I think she’s sitting on Cat’s dressing table, which is seriously fucked up. Sam ends up covering the woman’s mouth so she doesn’t have to hear the voice that isn’t Cat’s.
Could you also cover my eyes, please? This is all too brutal.
Tess arrives home. Lexy is asleep on the couch and Sadie is there to offer some sympathy — some genuine kindness — that the evening didn’t quite go as planned.
Tess: How was your night with Lauren?
Sadie: Yeah, really good.
These two are becoming friends, which is very nice. Sadie even says, “Night, babes.”
And the opposite of that sweetness is Sam and her conquest. The hapless victim is trying to make small talk, but Sam just says, “You need to go.”
Hapless victim: What did I do?
Sam: You’re just wrong.
BUT MY TROUSERS ARE REALLY RIGHT
All of this is just wrong.
Tess finds a blanket and tucks Lexy in. Lexy wakes up just long enough to grab Tess’s hands and sleepily say, “You’re lovely.”
LET'S DO A MIND MELD
Kiss her, dammit! But no, that’s clearly more of a season finale thing. Tess goes off to bed, carried on a cloud.
THAT TOTALLY TURNED ON MY HEARTLIGHT
This show is back to its maddening, wonderful ways: romances begun and thwarted, friendships tested and strengthened, hearts worn on sleeves and crushed by circumstances, and all of it stirred up in a carefully crafted concoction of sex and laughs and better-than-it-needs-to-be acting and cardboard cutouts of 15-fingered amphibian aliens. I love it!
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I’m too frustrated with the Harriet Braun at the moment….but I do agree there was sooo much drama in this episode. Bottom line: Tess and I would totally make a cute couple haha :) As for the rest of it all I kept thinking was wtf
This was a great episode. Sorry to the Frankie and Cat fans but for me, the show has gotten way better since it has no longer revolved around them. I absolutely love both Tess and Lexy and I really like their chemistry. Sadie has totally grown on me, too. Her line to Lexy was hilarious. Also, loved Lexy solidifying her Aussieness by drinking out of a jug :P
Lexy is just… perfect!
My feeling about Sam’s behavior is that it’s mostly just bad writing. I have a very hard time believing that she would start treating Lexy like shit in this way. Lexy’s been one of the few people looking out for her, has no connection to Cat (or as far as Sam knows Frankie either) and has been on Sam’s side throughout all of this. I think this is hack work to give the Tess/Lexy side of the “triangle” a boost.
However, despite all of this I’m willing to bet a thousand imaginary dollars that Sam and Lexy hook up in the final episode.
Aaaack, Id wager a Sam-Lexy hook-up as well. Actually thought offtherailssssss Sam was gonna give drunkity drunk Lexy a ring and Sexy-ness would ensue
Okay, so I was totally team Sam/Lexy, but I totally bought into Lexy/Tess in this episode.
I loved Tess’s reaction when Ed used her back to write on when giving that guy an autograph
Tess faces are the best faces.
Her faces are the best! I love her faces. And her face.
I was indifferent towards the Tess/Lexy set-up before today but by the end of this episode, I wanted to reach through my screen and strangle Hugh for being such a gigantic cockblocker. That is all.
Also, I just really like Lexy’s character and she deserves someone nice and stable right now. Plus, Tess is like 30 levels of cute and funny.
I like the phrase “running clitoroference”
Ah, I like that one too but when yelling at him through my screen, the other option just comes a lot faster so to speak.
That’s definitely a benefit.
All excellent choices, but the “Don’t Block the Box” traffic signs in the Eastern US may be my favorite way to refer to it.
I feel like Lip Service is doing a reverse Helena Peabody with Sam’s extreme character “development.” With the The L Word, Helena’s transformation from her first season on the show to the second transformed her from the rich, heartless other woman to Alice’s most supportive best friend. This change only made her more important and integral to the show.
The Sam character…she’s gone from being the perfect girlfriend to this destructive and weak trainwreck that’s hard to watch. And she no longer meshes with the show. If Sam and Lexy were to happen now, it would be unrealistic.
And the Lauren and Sadie (Ladie) relationship…I could watch that hot vampire pairing all day. Sadie is a treasure.
This makes me realize that I want Peggy and Helena Peabody to swoop in and lecture/have sex with everyone!
Angry Lexy is so sexy.
“Ed is wondering whether Sam might want to go too. No, Ed: do not invite the Hulk. Did you see The Avengers? Hulk always want to SMASH.” Annnnd the Hulk is hot on pursuit: https://twitter.com/#!/Mighty_Minto/status/199269420244287490
I am loving Lip Service 2.0! and the fantastic recaps always make me laugh out loud, great job there.
Too bad that it’s almost over. I wonder how the ratings are going, really hoping that we get a third season…
Yes, I TOTALLY CALLED that Bea’s girlfriend was actually a man! Not that it was a particularly difficult plot point to see coming, but still!
Sam has always been my favorite character, but after this episode…ugh. I may have to transfer all my affections to Lexy.
I LOVE the idea of Lexy and Tess together but for me, thats as far as my interests with this show goes.
I feel as if Harriet Braun met up with Ilene Chaiken in between seasons and she’s fucked her up. I call Season 2 a Chaikenification of Lip Service. Season 1 made sense…Season 2 does not.
That scene on the roof with Lexy and Tess was adorable! Damn you Hugh for messing that up!
Also, Bea’s husband? I was quite a fan of Lexy and her :( Why’d he have to go all stalker crazy on Lexy
I am loving Lexy and Tess. Everything else is just ugh. Like I expected, it’s like the writer’s don’t know what the hell to do with the story.
Yes, yes, Lip Service, but paprika chips. I LOVE PAPRIKA CHIPS. I am so sad that they seem to mostly be a Europe thing. But then again, they have chips in red wine and steak flavors here, so I shouldn’t be too sad.
Okay I officially love Sadie
I miss Frankie. that is all.
I am on the one hand grateful they are making a series about a group of friends who are lesbian women,and not just bury the odd lesbian girl somewhere as an unimportant character.
But then there are all this ludicrous storylines and plot twists that are borderline stupid,and i get so frustrated with this show. It is the bbc ffs,i do expect some quality.
And what is it with everybody doing drugs? I mean is there anybody in Glasgow not doing coke? We’ve had architects,photographers,doctors,actresses and now a cop.I mean there are other ways to deal with a bad moment in life.
Plus Cat did coke,screwed up a presentation,and still somehow did get the contract.
i will stop now,because i will get frustrated again
i am so worry that sam is going to turn into a killer cop.
as much as i’m enjoying the show, bring frankie back pls. how about this: lauren dumps sadie, she gets overdosed, and she asks for frankie before she passes out.
At some point in her rage I thought the finale might involve her hunting down Frankie, and I decided she wasn’t that crazy, but that was before she was doing coke, so who knows.
Different note: did the girl that Sam took home totally look like Lindsey Pavao from The Voice to anybody else?
I thought the random Sam took home looked like Lindsey too!
Although for that creepy scene, I wish the girl hadn’t resembled Pavao…made me dislike Serial Killer Sam even more.
Was it just me or did sam’s scene with the drugs and the club girl feel a lot like it was basically a scene for frankie with sam’s character substituted in?
Frankie was never shown to be that mean.
I want old Sam back now please. Well maybe not old Sam, obviously her character has to develop in some way in light of what happened with Cat- but I don’t really buy this. When she shoved that suspect on to the floor and called him junkie scum that was painful, and then when put her hand over that girls mouth it was just so terrible. I hope I don’t have to continue feeling uncomfortable every time Sam comes on my screen, especially if/when there’s a third season. And I don’t want her to be perpetually miserable either. Guh.
I didn’t like this episode too much but the Sadie/Lauren bits were fun. I still get excited any time somewhere I know turns up on this show like “Oh I eat/drink there!”, “Oh I know that place!” which is maybe a wee bit tragic. Nevertheless that was probably the most interesting part of this episode for me.
I’m probably in the tiny minority of people (though I know they exist out there) who don’t like Sam, so all of this off-the-rails stuff is doing my head in. I was glad that Frankie was getting a time-out, so we didn’t have to see her on a drug-fueled self-destruct… but now we just get to see Sam do it. Yay!
I think for me, S1 Sam was okay – I liked her better than Frankie for Cat, and thought she provided her with some stability… on the sidelines. This season, they have gone from making her the saccharine sweet mail-order no-personality girlfriend (to simply counter the shittiness of Cat’s infidelity), to making her Frankie and then some. Sadie as a main character, is working all kindsa magic for me… Sam not so much. But whatcha gonna do?
Also, the interrogation scene was just… ugh, a poorly executed cliché. (Not HP’s fault though.)
I have also been adamantly against Sam/Lexy from the get, for ALL of the reasons. I did prefer the idea of Texy to start with, then figured – actually, no, Tess deserves to be more than someone’s second choice. However, I like the way they sowed the seeds… I’m back on the Texy ship. With just one episode left though, I’m not banking on anything.
Heather Peace isn’t keen on Champions League football? DEALBREAKER
I really love Sadie. I wonder if Frankie will show up at Tess’ play. That would be nice. We’ll see.
Not to get all Hunger Games, but I feel like the only way Frankie can come back and fit into the show is if Sam dies (or gets written out of the show). I can’t see them realistically coexisting…
May the odds be ever in Frankie’s favor.
I am completely in love with this and every Lip Service recap.
It’s official, Lexy is my ideal woman. Although Sam was smokin’ in that club scene
This episode is all about Lexy telling everybody what is what. First Sam, then Bea, then Declan. Declan is just the worst. Even when he tries to be a person, he fails; Lexy didn’t just want to ‘save” Sam. Lexy was into Sam from the get go when Cat was still alive and Sam was a happy-go-lucky copper.
The stalker story line was crap. And while it was fun to see Lexy riled up, her outburst at Bea reeked of biphobia.
In other news, Sadie did something nice for someone who isn’t Frankie! My favorite bit from the ep was Sadie nonchalantly defending Tess from Sam’s attacks. Look at Sadie being selfless and supportive towards someone she doesn’t want sex or money from! Score another dimension for her character.
To finish on a superficial note, this Jo woman needs to switch up her tragic hairstyle. Run, don’t walk, to the nearest salon, Jo.
i have never really been a fan of sam but i think the way her character is going is quite realistic. she is self destructing because of her grief and anger and even tho it is uncomfortable to watch (especially with lexy in the last ep and the random girl in this ep) i really feel that it is well written. i am also loving the tess/lexy storyline and really hope they get together in the last episode.
with regards to declan, i quite like him. i dont find him as gross as some people seem to. i dont find him offensive, in fact i think he is quite funny and like his and lexy’s relationship. they slag/jeer each other all the time in a way that i feel is just their friendship and i find it very authentic.
The character writing seemed a bit off this episode… Sam was doing a Frankie (drugs/drink/one-night stand as therapy) – when it’s true I’d more see her doing something vengeful (as someone stated above). I do think that loss and betrayal make people do crazy things, so I don’t think that Sam is becoming someone new but rather showing a side of herself that’s not been pushed before. It’s odd that she was considering calling Ed… they’re not close, and he would remind her of Cat, brother and all. Could the writers at least give Sam some friends? She must know someone people in Glasgow, since the ‘crew’ were known via Cat. At least a friend to get drunk and commiserate with!
And the Bea “don’t be mad” reaction was just bad writing. Sadie is making this show right now – lines, acting, and character development. Who knew she was such a softie?
That was totally Sadie’s episode ! She was so freaking good, sexy, funny and non-chalant ! Her character’s come a long way from the mythic “Shave for me ” scene with Frankie in that stranger’s tub.
Lexy really evolved too, we saw much of her, in kind of interesting and characterly way. We got to discover another side of her.
Dialogue was great too ! Nice expressions !
Am so on team Texy now, they would really click.
The season is nearly over, so sad. What the hell am I going to do on Mondays?!?
I thought it was uncool of Ed to tell Nora that Tess thinks that she is a self-centered bitch. He didn’t have to bring Tess into it, she still has to work with Nora. I wish his character would grow a spine.
is it only me that thinks Jo is a little older version o Karman Kregloe of AE?:)
Yeah, I can see that. When I first saw her I thought she looked like Kim Deal and I instantly started hating Lauren a bit more.
Best caption: “Meh”… Lexy’s reaction to her roomie having a crush. I feel the same way. I’m not on the Texy bandwagon. That situation will end badly. I was hoping Sam would have to step in and stop/attack/kill the stalker. That was a dud that fizzled. They had to ruin the hot, blonde bob story! Poor Lexy…No more fbuddy at work. I loved the ‘Badass Sam cruising the bar’ scene…I was waiting for them to crank Bauhaus like in The Hunger. Did she pick up Daisy from Downton Abbey? I know everyone was agast at Sam putting her hand over Daisy’s mouth, but I whispered ‘thank god’ when she did it. (oops)Maybe Sam just needed to go nuts for a week and get laid. Sometimes that can recharge/renew someone who’s in a funk. (not that I’d know anything about that…)
I think “Meh” is exactly right. I love the character of Tess and I think Fiona Button is terrific, but my problem with this silly triangle nonsense is that Tess has really been portrayed as not Lexy’s type. I want Tess to have her own story line and meet someone that suits her and actually finds her atractive. Just because Lexy and Tess are each awesome in their own right, doesn’t mean they’d be awesome together.
i love sadie. she looks fabulous, and she says and does whatever she wants. and i don’t buy her with lauren, someone who looks just like her but 10 to 15 years older. it’s weird and i don’t think they have chemistry. even when sam is scary she’s gorgeous, although i didn’t really like seeing her using drugs and using a girl for sex.
for the first time this season tess and lexy actually had some plausible chemistry and seemed like they had a chance in hell. i don’t know how they managed, but they made it believable that lexy could grow to be really be into tess.
i can’t STAND declan. he’s like the gay version of pervy, creepy jay. i’d rather have no men on the show, then men like him.
i LOVE sadie. she has the world wrapped round her little finger. i want to be her.
“ASBO, which sounds like a growth or something.” HA! you’re so right. these re-caps make me appreciate Britishisms so much more
Plus i don’t think Lexy and Tess are meant to be because Sam + Lexy = Sexy. Lexy + Tess = Less. Screaming message from the universe. I think so.
Lexy + Tess can also be Lexess. If Tina and Bette is TiBette then you know, same pronunciation ;)
100 points for the Raising Arizona turn to the right! I’ve been saying it that way for far too many years :)
Lexy + Dana Fairbanks + Elizabeth Reaser = girl from the bar
Yes! I was trying to place her too…You nailed it!
I don’t get the comparisons of Sam 2.0 to Frankie. Frankie was self destructive, selfish, emotionally stunted and irresponsible. She wasn’t mean or violent. She wouldn’t have attacked a grieving Ed over something Cat did. Since when does someone who’d been dating the deceased for a year get to be indignant with family members who knew them for a lifetime? Attacking the junkie was also ironic in light of Sam protesting Cat’s joke about police brutality last season and reminds us that being violent to people with addictions is cruel and conservative, especially when you’re going to take their drugs home yourself. They’ve made her irredeemable to the point that it’s impossible to root for her and Lexy.
I’m in love with Sadie
that’s probably a bad thing but the character is turning out wonderful
Unfortunately after this bender & the secret being revealed, i’m not sure how Sam fits in with the show anymore. Which sucks because I liked her character as an upright citizen.
hello humanoid
lexy is the tits.
TriSexA? Kudos my friend. I’m diggin the name for that household.
I quite adore the development that is going on between Lexy and Tess. Roof scene? YES. I hope the chemistry continues. Hah, but I do think it was great when Lexy’s response to the whole situation at first was “Meh…”
And Sadie? Her comments just keep getting better and better. So many good ones, I think I can deem them quotable. Also loved how she was able to sell that coffee-stained painted.
Can Declan just get off the show? I don’t have a problem with guys, but he’s such an ass.
Sam is going in a direction darker than I expected… Would’ve never thought she’d go so low. It’s as if she did a 180!
Yet overall, I thought this was a great episode. One second it started, and the next it was over!
I just have to say, and I really don’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings, but I LOVE your recaps and they are – sorry girls – way better with more insight and fun than Sarah and Lee’s they post on AfterEllen.com. Sorry to be so straight forward, but that’s just the way I feel. You quote the right lines, the ones that matter and the ones that show a character development better than any banter about personal opinions. Don’t get me wrong, I love that you share your thoughts with us, I just think they are more accurate to what I actually feel. Example? You said you’ve switched from Team Sam to Team Tess in just one glance of Lexy. Well, that was exactly what I felt. I was so fond of Sam and Lexy getting together, that I was confused when I realised, I was hoping for a kiss of Tess and Lexy. And now I am so full of contrasting diametral feelings for the finale…whoa!!
So please keep up the good work. And maybe we can read your recaps of a 3rd season on a bigger platform.
1. I feel like Sam was already mean, this is just like… Sam 2.0. I remember her saying basically that Sadie was worthless or something along those lines and being verbally way-over-the-top with the meanie-ness to Frankie. Especially with that “how to attract womyn” conversation in Rubie’s the night Lexy first hung out with them.
2. I see the vampire thing but does anyone else think Sadie is like… EXTREMELY French?
3. Went to the gaydargirls website, looks like the same one Tess was on when she decided to try online dating, and maybe even the same one Cat met Sam on in like the first episode.
Now feeling unoriginal since I realized I did not coin “Sam 2.0”
How about, Sam Sequel?
Secondary Sam?
Ugh forget it.
Does ANYONE know if Frankie will be back? I can’t watch without her.
Great episode, loving Sadie! Poor Tess, Hugh had to drag her into his drama again.
Also has anyone else noticed the irony of 1 of 2 real lesbians in this programme has turned out to be married to a guy. I have to admit I agree with Maquinon about Lexy’s reaction being a little biphobic but from what I can gather Bea had told Lexy from the beginning that she was gay and that her partner was a woman. And she also said it was an open relationship which is obviously false so regardless of Lexy’s attitude towards bisexuals all this stems from Bea’s dishonesty.
Ah, Frankie. Can you please come back?