Lip Service Episode 204 Recap: Royal Lady Mounds

Ed and Tess are having breakfast. Lexy is stretching. Go ahead, take a minute to form a mental picture of that last part. Or just look at this:

GOOD MORNING SUNSHINE

That image will certainly be burned on Tess’s brain for a while to come: she’s staring so hard, she might sprain something. But Ed is ruining the moment for all of us by going on about how nice it is to fall asleep in Nora’s arms. Really? Her?

Ed says Nora is helping him realize that life is still worth living. I suppose she deserves some credit for that. But Tess isn’t about to encourage this little love connection.

Ed: You’ve got Nora all wrong. She’s great. She really likes you.
Tess: What’s she like with the people she hates?
Ed: It was her idea that I bring you breakfast today.
Tess: Why?
Ed: Because she feels really bad that I’m taking her to this film awards thing tonight instead of you.
Tess: Whaaaaat!

ET TU, ED?

It seems Ed actually invited Tess to the film awards thing months ago. Well, that’s pretty shabby. Also, Ed, Nora is going to dump you the minute you don’t cast her in the film of your book. Not that you’ll have any control over the casting anyway — didn’t you see Mulholland Drive? Hmm. That started with a car crash too. I hope Coco the crazy landlady shows up later.

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In another idyllic setting that is apparently the sort of thing Glaswegians see every day, Sam and Lexy are racing up a hill.

LAST ONE TO THE TOP HAS TO KISS THE OTHER ONE

THE HILLS ARE ALIVE

They take a break to catch their breath and each other’s eye. Lexy tries to appear nonchalant as she pretty much asks Sam out:

Lexy: Hey, I um, I got these tickets to this, uh, wine tasting thing tonight. One of the consultants couldn’t go, so he gave them to me.
Sam: Right …

If by “right” you mean “we all knew this was coming,” I agree, but I’m still nervous and slightly giddy about it anyway. There’s just so much chemistry between these two (though my better half thinks that’s all Heather Peace — that she has chemistry with everyone. Very possible).

Sam: I don’t know. Maybe. I’ll give you a call later.
Lexy: Yeah, no, cool, I mean, no pressure.

That’s cool, baby. I mean, you know how it is … rockin’ and rollin’ and whatnot.

I DON'T EVEN LIKE WINE

Sam jogs off and Lexy hurries to catch up with her. I don’t know whether I want this whole thing to happen. I mean, it’s so soon after Cat’s death, but at the same time, I kinda want to move on as a viewer. I’m so conflicted! Hold me, Heather Peace!

As Lexy arrives back at the flat, Tess is making herself presentable. Too bad Lexy can’t see that Tess is just as besotted with her as she is with Sam. And yet somehow this whole thing could never be the sort of love triangle that Sam-Cat-Frankie was. There’s just not enough angst for that.

IF YOU'RE HAPPY AND YOU KNOW IT, FLIRT WITH YOUR FLATMATE

Tess: How’s Sam?
Lexy: Oh, I dunno. She doesn’t give much away.
Tess: I’ve been meaning to call her. Ask her for a drink or something, but I just …
Sam: Got nothing at all in common with her?
Tess: Except maybe Cat. I mean, I guess not. It’s great you’re spending time with her, though.

Tess. Do you really think Lexy’s urge to spend time with Sam is magnanimous and altruistic? Try libidinous and hedonistic. Now would be a good time for Fin to come back and kick a soccer ball at your head to knock some sense into you.

Lexy gives Tess a comforting little pat as she walks by. To Tess, every little expression of affection is pretty much a proposal. I am starting to feel very concerned for her open, vulnerable heart.

Tess tries her own version of nonchalant not-asking-out:

Tess: Hey, are you doing anything later? Do you wanna go to the pub, or …?

NO BIGGIE

Lexy can’t go, of course. She explains that she’s taking Sam to a wine tasting “just to get her out of the house,” and pretends to be sad that she doesn’t have more than two tickets. Tess claims she doesn’t mind because she’s got “loads of lines to learn.” Yes, but when will you learn to read between the lines?

Sadie, always on hand when you need to break some tension (or just break some shit), strolls by and half-apologizes to Lexy for borrowing her laptop “again.” Oh, no no no no: eating your flatmate’s yogurt or making a mess during condiment sex is merely annoying compared to the heinous crime of borrowing your flatmate’s laptop. Unacceptable!

But Lexy doesn’t seem to care; she just wants to know what Sadie’s up to.

Lexy: More job applications?
Sadie: No, I’ve written an article. Going to see if I can get it published. Save me from my temping nightmare.
Tess: You should’ve got Ed to read it.
Sadie: Oh, no, it’s all right; I’ve already got an in at Minus 21 magazine.
Lexy: How come?
Sadie: I fucked the editor.

AND THEN I CORRECTED HER SPELLING

There’s an implicit “duh” in the way Sadie says that. Yes, she’s immoral and narcissistic and childish, but she amuses me. And I’ll take that wherever I can get it, especially over car accidents and sudden departures.

I also think Sadie is sorta like Spike on Buffy. Can’t you imagine her saying “I don’t care what happens” — to just about anything?

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At the police station, Sam is re-creating Office Space.

Sam: (to Ryder) Have you nicked my stapler again?

Ryder does indeed have the aforementioned stapler, which doesn’t appear to be a red Swingline. He also has something much more interesting: Cat’s possessions, which have been “released from the scene.” Perhaps that’s what we should say about Cat herself: she’s been released from the scene. All the scenes.

Ryder wants to know whether Sam wants Cat’s things, or whether he should give them to Cat’s parents. If it means Mrs. Hughes will come back on the show, then I vote for the latter. Also because I don’t want Sam’s heart to break all over again when she sees that incriminating bracelet.

Sam: I’ll have a think about it. Thanks.

But we’ve already had several hundred thinks about it, Sam! That bracelet has been sucking up our collective mental energy for two weeks, and we would all like to be set free.

I JUST WANT TO STAPLE THINGS RIGHT NOW, OK?

At the hospital, Declan is spewing sheit again, teasing Lexy about her “date” with Sam. Bea overhears and wants to know whether Lexy really has a date. ‘Cause she was sorta maybe kinda hoping to get Lexy’s attention tonight. But it’s still all casual and free and easy, insists Lexy.

Declan: Right, so you’re not going on a date and she’s not in any way at all jealous.

I don’t mind when you make snarky observations, Declan. But most of your comments are more sleazy than snarky.

Lexy’s pager buzzes. She reports to a nearby duty desk and proceeds to flirt with the nurse behind it. Actually, I don’t think Lexy’s really flirting; I think she’s probably just really likeable and charming and therefore most people respond to her with warm smiles and twinkly eyes.

The nurse says there’s a patient waiting for Lexy “in chairs,” but when Lexy goes to said chairs, there’s nobody there. Nobody at all, which seems sort of weird for an ER.

Lexy goes back and asks the nurse whether somebody else took the patient.

WANT TO JOIN THE HOSPITAL SOFTBALL TEAM?

Scottish version of Megan Cavanagh: No, he wouldn’t see anyone else. He only wanted you. He was really insistent about it.

Oooh, intrigue! This is something I love about British shows, actually: there’s often a mystery or a dark past where you least expect it.

Lexy tries to shrug it off, but I’d say there’s definitely a monkey on her back or a skeleton in her closet or a Vera Bates–ish ex waiting in a cupboard somewhere.

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At the Minus 21 offices, Sadie has arrived with her latest submission. Lauren the editor says “What’re you doing here?” in a way that reminds me of when Helen Stewart asked that same question of Nikki in that one scene after Zandra went up on the roof with her baby and Nikki went to find Helen and huskily said “You’re gorgeous” and “I’m totally in love with you.” Um.

But this is not like that at all. Lauren is not happy to see Sadie and wonders if she’s “some sort of a stalker.” Sadie plays it cool and says she’s just there to deliver her article for consideration.

Sadie: Don’t flatter yourself that I’d bother stalking you. You weren’t all that.

BUT I WAS, RIGHT?

Lauren almost shudders as Sadie saunters off. I think you just found the key to Lauren’s affections, Sadie.

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Back at the police station, Ryder and Sam are leaving for the day. Ryder encourages Sam to come out for a drink.

Ryder: Look, Sam, if you don’t want to face the whole gang, we could go back to yours for a curry. I’ll even endure your Cagney and Lacey box set. Now that’s an offer you won’t get every day.

HAR HAR. LESBIAN COP JOKE.

Oh, I have one of those! Actually, I guess I just have the season 1 box set, which is funny because it doesn’t actually include the first six episodes (in which Meg Foster played Cagney) and dares to call itself “The True Beginning.” Not that I disagree.

BUT IS SAM CAGNEY, OR LACEY?

Sam shrugs and explains that she’s going to a wine tasting with her “running partner.” There’s that fake nonchalance again. But Ryder doesn’t catch it; he just mocks her for preferring a highfalutin wine tasting to “the Grampian.” I tried to figure out what “the Grampian” is and could only determine that Glasgow has a “Grampian Way” and that this pub called The Butterfly and the Pig (which I don’t think is anywhere near Grampian Way) is where I’d like to be right now.

As they go their separate ways, Sam’s phone rings. It’s Lexy. But Sam presses “ignore” or whatever the equivalent is on a BlackBerry. Wait, what? Why? Are you doing that thing where you use two possible social options against each other so you can do neither one and just go home and watch TV? I mean, not that I’ve ever done that.

Meanwhile, at rehearsal, Tess is grumbling to Hugh about the fact that Ed has chosen to take “stupid cow” to the film awards instead of her. The captions hilariously say “stupid Carol,” not “stupid cow,” which made me imagine all sorts of odd dates for Ed.

 

As Tess continues to lament her dwindling circle of friends, she tries on hats. Tess is cute in hats!

TESS AS THE MONOPOLY GUY

TESS AS A BARBERSHOP QUARTET CROONER

Tess also complains about her flatmates a little. Well, just Sadie. “Lexy’s lovely,” she says, in a way that suggests she’ll be trying on the “Unrequited Love” hat soon.

Hugh: Have you fallen for your roomie?
Tess: No! God, no. (after a pause) OK, maybe a little bit. But you know, it’s pretty hopeless. I mean, she hardly looks at me.

Hugh suggests that Tess sext Lexy, but Tess knows this would make her seem like a psycho.

DO PEOPLE REALLY SAY "SEXTING"?

Tess says she did ask Lexy to go to the pub with her, but Hugh says this doesn’t count because it’s in the “flatmate zone.” He suggests “stealth dating,” fun and friendly activities such as salsa classes. I can’t quite picture that. Maybe salsa-making classes?

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Sadie is trying on a hat too. But not a fun one; this is the temp job she’s trying to rescue herself from. It appears she’s a waitress at a hotel restaurant. Which is about the last thing you’d think of as a possible job for her.

JEAN GENET WAS WRITING ABOUT ME

Meanwhile, over at the hospital, Bea is fighting with her girlfriend on the phone. Lexy overhears and wonders whether their “thing” is causing strain. Bea insists it’s not. Is it? Is it, though?

Bea does think Lexy could help her “let off some steam.” Lexy clumsily pats her on the shoulder and reminds her she has that wine tasting thing. Bea’s not bovvered at all.

IT'S FINE! TOTALLY FINE.

According to Mellie in the comments last week, Alana Hood (Bea) is the second openly out actress on Lip Service, so I really should be supporting her. But Bea is interfering with the Saxy music that I very much want to hear!

Back at rehearsal, Hugh is still talking about his wife’s new boyfriend and Tess is wondering whether she could somehow get away with killing Nora. And of course Nora walks in right in the middle of that murderous thought. She offers an apology for taking Tess’s place at the film awards, and also gives Tess a nice bottle of champagne so she can enjoy a night in. It’s so confusing when soulless people are nice, right, Tess?

BUT WE'RE NOT EVEN FACEBOOK FRIENDS

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Sam is reading a condolence letter from a friend.

DO YOU SEE THAT? It’s signed “Love, Helen.” IT’S TOTALLY A LETTER FROM HELEN STEWART! Can we please get Simone Lahbib on this show to start a torrid May-December affair with DS Murray?

ONLY IF SHE AGREES TO CALL ME "MISS"

Does anyone do pensive as well as Heather Peace? And hello, Sam’s arms.

DO I HAVE TO WRITE HER BACK BY HAND, OR CAN I SEND AN EMAIL?

As Sam ponders the letter, Lexy calls again. This time Sam picks up and agrees to go to the wine tasting. Lexy’s reaction is mild and restrained.

SQUEEEEEEEEEEE!

But Lexy’s glee turns to glum when she goes to her locker to collect her things. Her locker is wide open, and there’s an envelope with a note in it.

WHY DIDN'T YOU CUT LETTERS OUT OF A MAGAZINE? NOT IMPRESSED.

There are several ways we could finish this “I KNOW” sentence. There’s the obvious “WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER,” the half-cute, half-creepy “THE MUFFIN MAN,” and the retro-cool “THE WAY TO SAN JOSE.”

And then there’s the one I want it to be: “HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT MY GIRLFRIEND, BECAUSE I AM THE GHOST OF CAT MACKENZIE AND I AM HAUNTING THIS GODDAMN HOSPITAL.”

This is a deliciously soap-operatic moment, complete with a dramatic camera push onto the note, some twitchy crescendoing violins, and Lexy’s darting who-is-this-what-is-happening eyes.

ALSO I FORGOT TO TURN IN MY TIMESHEET THIS WEEK

Last week, Bostongrrl said in the comments that Lexy’s eyebrows are veering into Joan Crawford territory That’s definitely true, and it makes everything even more dramatic!

At her temp waitressing job, Sadie is yawning. She is both hilarious and striking in her uniform.

HARDLY WORKIN'

As she pushes the cheese cart, she sees Lauren. She drops down to her knees for a moment and takes off her little frilly hat thingie, then marches over to Lauren and confronts her. Lauren claims to have dropped by just to apologize for being rude. (How did she even know Sadie would be there? I think I missed something during their earlier conversation. I get distracted by how similar they look. It’s like a fun-house mirror without the fun.)

Lauren: It’s no excuse, but I am just really, really busy.
Sadie: And yet you took time to come and say sorry in person? So why are you really here?

It’s probably not for the cheese.

Speaking of cheese and things that go with it, Sam and Lexy are at the stuffy wine-tasting thing. A dreary bald guy is offering some tips and instruction; he’s using terms like “voluptuous” and “animal vigor” to talk about wine. Lexy stares at the bald pompous guy and mutters, “that’s why I became a lesbian.” And that’s when it nearly becomes a wine-spitting event for Sam.

TEE HEE!

The chief wine taster notices the chuckling and calls on Lexy to share her thoughts with the whole class. She identifies some flavors in “the 2007”: “black pepper, cherries, and, uh … twigs!” This makes Sam snicker again. Isn’t it nice to see Sam laugh?

AND ALSO A SHRUBBERY

Lexy goes on: “I’m also getting a hint of citrus. And, um … whoo, I don’t know how that found its way in there, but … wet carpet.” This makes Sam chuckle outright and makes the bald man angry. Look how cute they are together!

LET'S GET OUT OF HERE AND LAUGH SOME MORE

Oops. Sorry, Cat’s ghost; I shouldn’t say things like that just yet. But you must admit the giggling is pretty great!

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At the hotel, Sadie and Lauren are resolving their differences.

YOU CAN CHECK OUT ANYTIME YOU LIKE

Sadie takes her hand away at a particularly sensitive moment and asks Lauren to apologize. Oh, I guess “Sadie” is short for “Sadist.”

This is kinda hot. For one thing, Sadie’s arm motions are fairly realistic, especially when compared to that leg-sawing stuff we kept cringing at last season.

Lauren’s phone rings and she begs Sadie to untie her so she can answer it. Come on, why waste the perfect opportunity to later say, “Sorry, I was tied up”?

Lauren makes some lame apologies to her wife and gets dressed. She mentions a big “schmoozy, corporate” Minus 21 party. Sadie wants to attend, but Lauren assures her she’d find it boring and shouldn’t go. And then Lauren does this wince-inducing thing of offering Sadie money — to “cover the hotel bill,” she says, but it feels sorta like something else. Sadie’s face falls and she nods ruefully to herself. You’re not a sadist, Sadie: I suspect you’re actually a sentimentalist who falls for people quite easily. Aww!

Meanwhile, Sam and Lexy are sitting outside the restaurant/bar/whatever where the wine tasting was held. They’re still laughing and joking and drinking wine.

WHAT IS THIS STRANGE NEW WORLD?

Sam: (rubbing her smile muscles) Feels like I haven’t used those muscles in a while.

Lexy tells her she shouldn’t feel guilty for having fun. But that’s not what’s making Sam so moody. She explains that she thought Cat was fucking Frankie and now knows she was wrong, but she feels “a little bit shit about it.” Aaaaaack. I feel a little bit shit about having to keep retracing this triangle.

Lexy: Sam, one of the first things most people feel is guilt.
Sam: (playfully) Thank you, doctor; I’m not here for bereavement counseling.

Look! Already they can playfully school each other and set boundaries and show affection without getting clingy! Ermm, I mean, maybe they should go salsa dancing sometime or something.

On that note, Lexy decides to get some professional advice from Sam: what should she do about the “weird stuff” happening at work? She shows Sam the “I KNOW” note and jokes about the “sad” lack of mystery and secrets in her life.

Sam: Is your girlfriend the jealous type?
Lexy: No, I don’t have a girlfriend.

NOT YET ANYWAY

Sam blinks and looks away nervously and finally excuses herself, professing to “need the toilet.” But does she go to the toilet? No, she pauses for a moment, struggling to catch her breath, and then goes right down a flight of stairs under a Fire Exit sign.

Lexy, being smarter than the average seductress, makes her own way out and finds Sam in the throes of an anxiety attack. Lexy snaps into doctor mode and tells Sam to keep breathing into her hands. She’s competent and calm and totally the person you want at your side at a time like this.

JUST BREATHE

Sam’s breathing slows. Lexy asks her whether this has happened before.

Sam: Once or twice.
Lexy: (seeing the concern on Sam’s face) Oh, no, don’t worry. I won’t tell anyone.

Sam nods. She looks at Lexy. She looks into Lexy’s eyes. She looks at Lexy’s lips. Back to the eyes.

PERHAPS I HAD A WICKED CHILDHOOD

Oh my god, the chemistry between them is off the charts! Lexy realizes they’re having a moment and cuts it short; despite those voluptuous glasses of wine, she’s kept her wits about her. She helps Sam get up and escorts her home.

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Back at the flat, Tess is digging up her roller skates. They’re smelly and she’s rusty.

NOW WE ARE HERE IN XANADU

It reminds me of another roller-skating scene.

Tess, do you need a roller derby name? You’re an actress, so might I suggest Peril Streep? Or maybe Bruisin’ Sarandon. Barbara Stabwyck? Sally Yield? Jodie Clocked-her? Yeah, they’re getting worse as I go. Wait: Moan Clawford? OK, I’ll stop.

At a cafe, Sam and Lexy are stopping for coffee after their run. Lexy wonders whether they should’ve run straight to the pub for some hair of the dog before going to work.

Sam: At the hospital and the police station?

These two are heroes. Do you hear me? HEROES.

Sam’s been thinking about Lexy’s stalker thing. She tells Lexy to write everything down, to start collecting evidence.

Lexy asks Sam about her panic attacks: do the people at work know? Of course not. Sam doesn’t want to get stuck back on desk duty. Because she’s a HERO.

A handful of minutes later, Lexy is arriving home. Tess is playing peekaboo, in a couple of ways.

I SEE YOU! BOTH OF YOU!

Tess rambles about the roller disco and how she used to be good at it “back in the day” and how it’s a thing now.

Tess: It’s on tonight.
Lexy: Yeah, sounds cool.
Tess: Brilliant.

Oh, Tess. That’s all it takes? Your roller derby name is Meg (or Jennifer) Silly. Or Sigourney Believer. Or Awkward Channing. I can’t stop!

Lexy is more interested in Sadie’s sexcapades.

Lexy: How’d it go with the Minus 21 editor?
Sadie: Pretty good.
Lexy: You fucked her again, didn’t you?
Sadie: It was hardly a chore.

BUT I DID MAKE HER WORK FOR IT

Whoa. Look how lovely Sadie is with her bangs tucked into a towel and without raccoon makeup! That is a gorgeous face.

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At the hospital, Bea asks Lexy how her “non-date” was. They arrange to go to Lexy’s place later.

Lexy: (to Declan) See? Non-jealous non-girlfriend.

And non-subtle stalker culprit.

At rehearsal, Tess and Hugh rehearse their respective personal dramas. Could we see some Chekhov once in a while? Because that would be refreshing.

Nora arrives and starts bossing everyone and handing out insincere compliments. That’s more Albee than Chekhov.

At her crappy temp job, Sadie is being quizzed on cheeses. She doesn’t know much of anything, so the head waiter dude castigates her for taking a perfectly good job away from the zillions of “cheese enthusiasts” out there.

SAY CHEESE

Sadie claims she needs the loo and scurries off. By “I need the loo,” she means “I’m going to snort coke in the loo.” And the coke does improve her job performance: as she shows a table of diners the cheese board, she rattles off cheese characteristics and history like she’s reciting her own sexual conquests.

The cheese-eaters she’s talking to are very interested in her wares. They ask her when she gets off and don’t take no for an answer, so she tries to spell it out for them.

Sadie: Thanks, but I’m seeing my girlfriend later.
Cheesehead: Oh, really? Well, your girlfriend is welcome to join us too. Only if she’s as hot as you are.

Why can’t men like that ever say something original?

Sadie: She’s really hot. She’s just not interested in wankers. Oh, sorry! I meant bankers.

See, now that’s original! Or at least badass.

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The moment of truth is here: Sam is sorting through Cat’s stuff. Oh, wait; it’s not the moment of truth. It’s just a tease. Sam throws out the piece of wood that says FA + CM. Hang on — are you totally sure Sadie’s not a vampire? Because you may need a stake at some point, and you’ve just thrown out a perfectly good one.

Elsewhere, Ed and Tess are having some sort of meal. Tess is trying to be positive about Nora and Ed’s little fling.

Ed: Nora’s got this friend, Meg. We’re seeing her later. She’s gay and she’s fit and … Nora and I think you’d be perfect together.

Tess says she’s busy tonight. When Ed presses her, she says she’s going on a girls’ night out with Lexy. She drinks her cup of So There and That’ll Show You.

PARDON MY SLURPING

In the hospital cafeteria queue, Lexy and Declan are trying to figure out once and for all whether Sex-ray is gay. Lexy thinks the guy’s perfectly pressed shirt, productized hair, and low-calorie beverage choice are all firm evidence.

Declan: I need proof.
Lexy: So just go and ask him if he owns the Glee box set.

Wait: what are we proving again? Poor taste? Tendency toward ill-advised late-night purchases? Masochism? A past lobotomy?

Lexy squeezes in next to Sex-ray in the cafeteria line. She chats with him about Morocco (because Moroccan tagine is on the menu). He says he’s been to Morocco, with his sister, not his wife, because he’s gay. Well, that was way too easy and totally anticlimactic.

Back at the hotel, Sadie gets a text from Lauren, asking if they can meet. Sadie says, “Only if you’ve read the article,” and before we can see what Lauren says in reply, Sadie’s mean boss yells at her for answering her phone at work and not wearing her hat and not being nice to that table of bankers.

Sadie: You know what? You can take your hat, and your cheese, and your stupid poncey job, and stuff it up your tight little arse.

And that’s the end of Sadie the waitress. She stops on the way out to sneak some pricey cheese into her handbag. (Plus a knife, just for klepto giggles.)

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At the police station, Sam has come to collect Cat’s things. Now is the time to summon all your police-ly bravery, Sam.

I SHOT A MAN IN RENO JUST TO WATCH HIM DIE

In a weird juxtaposition of deep feeling and shallow fun, we cut to Sadie, who is waiting for Lauren. Oh, actually, it’s not so shallow: Sadie tells Lauren the truth about her money woes and lack of prospects. So Lauren tells her to go to that swanky party she shooed her away from earlier, so that Sadie might make some useful contacts.

Sadie: So you don’t mind me coming now?
Lauren: No. I’d like us both to come.

I'M SURE I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN

Careful, Lauren. Sadie’s possibly smitten.

In an empty room at the police station, Sam goes through Cat’s things. Yep, there’s the bracelet, with its F/C inscription. This causes Sam to commence the most justified panic attack in the history of problematic relationships.

Cut back to Sadie and Lauren, where cash is changing hands again. Sadie doesn’t want to take more than the price of the room, even though Lauren tries to insist. Sadie, why don’t you complain about this money thing? Or at least demand more or something?

Sadie mentions the party again and wonders whether there’s a dress code. Lauren says it doesn’t matter and rushes out.

We’re back in an equally empty but apparently different room at the police station, where Sam is frantically trying to get something, anything, off Cat’s cracked-up phone and a computer full of surveillance images. Doomy music plays in the background.

That really is a weird batch of scenes to watch in succession: Sex! Death! Infidelity! Cheese!

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At Sadie and Lexy and Tess’s flat (what should we call it? TeLeSa? LeTeSa? TriSexA?), Lexy pours Tess a glass of wine. Tess talks excitedly about their imminent roller disco evening, but Lexy has other plans: Bea’s coming over, remember? Also, Lexy has no recollection of ever agreeing to any kind of roller disco at all.

Tess pretends she was already planning to go out with Ed and Nora and Nora’s “well-fit” friend.

I'M QUITE CHUFFED WITH MYSELF

Lexy: Cool. Well, maybe we’ll both be getting some tonight.

Lexy, are you just playing innocent, or are you really not picking up Tess’s vibes? I don’t know. I think you mean well, but you’re probably not going to be able to avoid hurting her.

Tess goes right to her room and mopes a little next to her skates. Dear Universe: Give Tess a fucking break!

Now we’re at the Minus 21 editor/journalist/important-people party. Sadie arrives and grabs the first glass of wine she sees. I guess these people look successful or arty or whatever. They mostly look snobby — especially Lauren, when she turns away and doesn’t return Sadie’s wave.

Back at the flat, Lexy reveals that Bea has canceled. Tess scrambles to revive the roller disco plans, but Lexy’s not really interested in that. Tess suggests a quiet night in. Tess! Stop! Lexy’s just not that into you, OK?

YOU'RE A SWEET KID

Lexy: That’s very sweet, Tess, but I’m fine, really. Just go out. Have fun. Might meet the woman of your dreams.

BUT I'VE MET HER AND I'M LOOKING AT HER RIGHT NOW

A pat on the head wouldn’t’ve felt much different to Tess.

Just when it seemed like that was going to be a bittersweet but largely inconsequential scene, the phone rings. HE’S CALLING AGAIN. HE KNOWS.

Voice on the phone: Hello. This is the Highland Bank calling. Am I speaking to Lexy Price?
Lexy: Yep, but I’m kind of busy right now.

I'M BUSY; THAT'S WHY I ANSWERED THE PHONE

She’s busy trying to hold all the peppers!

Voice on the phone: This won’t take a moment, Miss Price. There have been some unusual transactions on your card. If I can just take you through security?
Lexy: Yeah.
Voice on the phone: Can you confirm that your full address is 16 Birchmore Street, Glasgow?
Lexy: Uh-huh. Yeah, but it’s 14. What are the transactions? (after a pause) Hello? (after a longer pause) Who is this?

She hangs up the phone and sits down, trying to get her bearings. Lexy! You just gave somebody your address over the phone! Oh, what am I saying: I’d probably do the same thing. We’re all victims of the information age. But hey, what were you going to make with all those peppers? All this intrigue is making me hungry.

Sam is deep in the vortex of her own information age, complicated by cameras and suspicion.

WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW IS HURTING ME

She watches several recordings from … what, official city surveillance cameras? I don’t quite understand why she has all this perfectly precise, crystal-clear footage of herself and Cat. I guess this is all part of Britain’s “surveillance society,” but it seems kind of extreme. Hey, Sam, if you really have access to everything, can you take five minutes to see where Tamsin Greig is? I miss Friday Night Dinner and would like a glimpse of her.

Sam watches as Cat ducks into that building where she didn’t have an appointment, then strolls back out once Sam is out of sight. And so it begins.

In another whiplash-inducing mood shift, we move to a romantically lit place where Ed, Nora, and Nora’s friend Meg are greeting a trepidatious Tess.

Meg looks and sounds like a cross between Kristin Chenoweth, toxic Tonya from The L Word, and Bubble from Ab Fab. Oh, plus everything that is not Tess’s type.

BUT I'M WELL FIT, RIGHT?

Ed and Nora jump up to go have a cigarette. Tess asks Meg how she knows Nora; Meg is a makeup artist on Cardiac Care, one of the many shows Nora’s been on. Tess says “wow” and the conversation immediately stalls.

I HOPE THIS IS HEMLOCK

Back at the only slightly less awkward Minus 21 party, Sadie inserts herself into a conversation. She’s disarmingly direct.

Partygoer: I take it you don’t work here, then?
Sadie: I don’t work anywhere. That’s why I’m here. Got any jobs going?

The guy expresses slight interest in Sadie’s property background. She reaches into her bag to give him her card … and puts her hand right into in some of the gooey cheese she nicked earlier. She excuses herself and heads for the ladies’ room.

In the bathroom, a curious onlooker asks Sadie about her cheese fingers.

Woman: What happened there?
Sadie: Social annihilation by cheese.

Sadie, I think you should write a column all about the ways you continually get yourself into, and back out of, sticky situations. Actually, I didn’t mean “sticky” literally, but when you think about it: mud, condiments, cheese — there’s definitely a pattern here.

Sadie: Do you work here too?
Woman: Oh, no, I run an art gallery over in the Merchant City. It’s called The Space.
Sadie: (offering her hand) Sadie Anderson.
Woman: Oh, cool. Jo Glass. I’m Lauren’s partner.

AND I SUSPECT NOTHING

Of COURSE you are! And I like you already, as does Sadie, which is going to make this even more problematic all around.

I’m sure Jo’s name isn’t actually a nod to George Glass, but I’m going to pretend it is. Also, I know I’m not the first person to ask this, but why are there so many lesbian art gallery owners/directors/whatevers in TV and film?

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Sam is still watching surveillance video. Her worst fear becomes reality when she finds a recording of Cat going into Frankie’s flat shortly after Cat and Sam went their separate ways that fateful day.

Ryder shows up and wonders what Sam’s doing. Sam lies and says she’s trying to dig up something about Lexy’s possible stalker, but Ryder looks at the video and knows exactly what’s up. He warns her that she could get suspended.

Ryder: I never saw this, OK?

You’re a good guy, Ryder. Would you mind swinging by the hospital and teaching Declan how not to be an ass?

Speaking of Lexy’s possible stalker, Lexy is sitting alone, eating dinner and staring at that note that says “I KNOW.” I have so many questions about this: why are you carrying that note around? Why didn’t Sam take it in for handwriting analysis or a DNA test or something? And why won’t you give me the recipe for whatever you made with all those peppers?

Lexy writes STALKER DIARY on a notebook. I feel like this could be used against you at some point, Lexy; you should have made it clear that you’re the stalkee rather than someone who’s perfecting her own creepy craft.

Back in the candid camera viewing room, Sam watches Cat put on (and then take off) the bracelet Frankie gave her for her birthday. Sam nods, just barely; just enough to acknowledge this new layer of heartbreak that will fester and flare and perpetuate the grief.

This is way too painful. Please don’t watch a video of the crash next, OK?

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Back at the bar, Tess orders another bottle of wine. I’m not sure what sort of wine pairs well with delusions of grandeur:

Meg: Course, I meet a lot of actresses in my line of work. And most of them fall for me. Oh, they don’t say anything, but I can always tell by the way they look at me. A lot of straight girls want to work out their lesbian fantasies on a girl like me.

Tess says flatly, “Oh, that’s lovely.” I mean, I guess what else do you say to something like that?

Meg: We’re a rare breed, you and me. Pretty dykes.

Tess doesn’t really agree that it’s a “bit of a dogs’ home” out there. Again, could we please get Fin back for a minute? She brought a lot of things to the table, and this particular table definitely needs some enhancing.

Meg expresses sympathy for Tess, who obviously doesn’t get to interact with the “same caliber of star” that Meg does. Meg offers to get Tess a meeting for Cardiac Care.

Tess: Oh, that’s … that’s sweet, but ‘m pretty busy with Chekhov at the moment, so …

That is the actual caption. But she’s joking, sort of: “Cardiac Care is today’s Shakespeare.” All Tess can do is drink some more wine.

At the Minus 21 party, Lauren sees Sadie. And her partner. Walking together and talking. Do Scots use the word plotz?

I DIDN'T APPROVE THIS COPY

Sadie: This must be a nice surprise for you, Lauren.

I wonder if we’ll ever find out how Sadie got to be so … so Sadie.

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That second bottle of wine (or maybe third or fourth?) is nearly gone. Meg is still rambling; Tess is inspecting the candle. Meg wonders where Ed and Nora have gone, prompting Tess to leap up and go look for them.

But she finds them in flagrante. Run away, Tess!

Tess returns to the table, where Meg has pulled Tess’s bar stool closer to her own. Meg goes right in for the kiss. Tess pulls away, pauses, considers, and decides there are worse ways to end the evening.

Tess takes Meg back to The Flat of Ill-Advised Sexual Encounters. They start to have some of the most awkward sex since Dana and Jenny.

Meg: Say, “Stand and deliver!”
Tess: Wh … what?
Meg: I’m a beautiful princess, and you’re a fearless highwaywoman holding up my carriage.

O.... K.....

Uh. Wow! Did you two stop for dinner in Crazy Town on the way back to the flat?

Tess shrugs and, because it’s not really more difficult or less natural than Chekhov, delivers the line. They make out some more and it starts to seem like it might actually be not the most horrible thing ever, until …

Meg: Now rub my royal lady mound!

I don’t think even Sam or Lexy or Frankie could make that sound sexy. Tess decides she’s not really up for a game of The Cracked Princess Bride, so she pretends she’s suddenly feeling really ill.

Meg is concerned, but also suspicious.

Tess: I’ve got a real bad headache. My leg … hurts.
Meg: Your leg?

Well, who knows what sorts of injuries highwaywomen are prone to? I love it when Fiona cute-as-a-Button gets to show off her advanced understanding of comic timing.

Tess commits to the ruse and says there’s a “sort of tingling” in her lower thigh. Meg offers to call NHS 24, but Tess tells her not to worry: “my housemate’s a doctor.” Which of course sends Meg right to Lexy’s door.

Meg: Is there a doctor in the house?
Lexy: Hang on. (answering the door) Everything all right?
Meg: No. It’s Tess. She’s really ill.

Lexy does her doctorly thing, asking questions about where it hurts and what Tess ate. Tess’s crazily expressive eyes help Lexy realize what’s really going on.

GET IT?

DO YOU GET IT?!?!

OHHH! GOT IT!

Well, the eyes, plus the fact that Tess mouths “Help me” while Meg’s not looking.

Lexy starts to examine Tess. As Tess talks about her headache, Meg mentions the leg thing.

Tess: Yeah … it’s like a … (trying not to giggle) t … tingling in my upper thigh.
Meg: You said lower before.
Tess: It’s moved.
Lexy: Uh, a tingling in your upper thigh. That’s quite an unusual presentation.

DON'T YOU DARE LAUGH

DON'T *YOU* DARE LAUGH!

This is interesting: Lexy has found herself in inappropriate-laughing circumstances with both Sam and Tess in this episode. With Sam, it was charged and electric; with Tess, it’s just fun and friendly. Except I’m not sure Tess knows that.

Lexy is concerned that Tess might have “bacterial hydritis” and tells Meg to go home. Meg starts to protest, wanting to stand by her highwaywoman, but Lexy warns Meg that bacterial hydritis is very infectious. So the princess gets the heck outta Dodge.

As soon as the door closes, Tess and Lexy collapse on the bed with laughter. Again, not really the sort of collapsing on the bed that Tess was hoping for, but so excellent anyway.

I watched that scene three times! Because it was fizzy and entertaining and well-acted and well-written and hilarious and not fraught in any way, and that’s one of the things Lip Service does very well. Not the only thing. But one of the best things.

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Back at the Minus 21 party, Lauren wants to introduce Sadie to some “useful people.” Which means “people who are not near my partner because I really want you to get away from her.” But it’s too late.

Sadie: There’s no need. I’ve already landed myself a plum job.
Jo: She’s coming to work for me.
Lauren: No!

Jo thinks Lauren is saying “No” in the sense of “No, really?” or “You don’t say,” but Lauren’s saying it in the sense of “Fucking hell no this cannot be happening.”

Sadie, you’re such a shit-stirrer! I guess we’ll be seeing some gallery sex then. But between whom and whom, exactly?

Lauren excuses herself to go pick up some “bits and pieces” from the office. Sadie is close on her heels.

Lauren: What the fuck are you doing?
Sadie: I told you, I need a job.
Lauren: With my wife? Are you fucking mad?
Sadie: No. Just very practical.

Oh, hey, I just realized Lauren uses the word “wife,” while Jo uses the word “partner.” But right now, nobody’s using any words at all because Sadie and Lauren are making out again.

Back at the flat of misfortune, a very distraught Sam reaches out to Lexy. She’s been crying.

Sam: It was true. Cat was fucking Frankie.
Lexy: What?
Sam: They were meeting here too.

Sam says Cat could at least have told her. And I couldn’t agree more. Actually, maybe I don’t mean that; I wish Sam had never found out at all, because she’s really wrecked. She starts shouting about “Frankie, that useless bitch,” so Lexy tries to just hug her and comfort her. But there’s not much comforting Sam right now.

Sam: I haven’t changed the sheets. I’ve done everything else. I’ve packed up her clothes.

And then Sam is too far gone, so she goes too far.

It’s all just pain, pain, pain, and revenge, and grief, and anguish. And Lexy knows it, so she tries to resist, but Sam keeps pushing. Eventually Lexy pushes Sam away completely.

Lexy: Don’t! I don’t want it. Not like this, OK?

Sam can only whisper an apology and leave.

What an eventful episode! But not a heavy one overall; a pretty well-balanced diet of drama and mystery and hilarity and sex. It might turn out to be one of my favorite episodes ever. It’s like someone said to the show, “Stand and deliver!” And it did!

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60 Comments

  1. If I had to describe my love life I would say it is like the exact moment in which Tess do not want to be with Meg but then she decided that being with Meg is better than nothing.

  2. I can’t decide whether I prefer the recaps, or the show itself. Probably the recaps, just for the endless Helen/Nikki Bad Girls references and picture captions. Oh, and because you guys love Heather Peace just as much as I do!

  3. That scene when Tess was faking being sick was great, a perfect spot of lightheartedness.

    I feel so bad for Sam when she has those panic attacks, but at least Lexy was there to help. It would be brilliant if a hot doctor showed up the next time I have a panic attack.

  4. Meg was a nightmare but because of her we got arguably one of the best scenes in Lip Service history. Fiona Button is one of the best actresses this show has got and she proves it every time they give her these types of scenes.

    And am I the only one who still wishes Lou would come back and beg Tess for another chance?

  5. After Cat died I really was not sure the show would bounce back, but this episode is by far my favorite – and it confirms my love for Lexy!

  6. lauren’s boob looks like it’s made out of clay in that screencap. just imagine boobs that you can form like clay. you could form those madonna cones! (justneededtogetthatout)

    and I’m seriously regretting not applying to glasgow for uni when watching this series, but it’s prolly for the best – keeping up the illusion.

    • oh dear god, I shouldn’t be allowed near any electronic devices when I’m sleep deprived and/or drunk.

  7. PERHAPS I HAD A WICKED CHILDHOOD. That and the gif after made my night.

    This was a great episode too.

  8. i would totally watch this show if it was just sam and lexy doing stuff together….going to wine tastings, visiting sex shops, yoga, safety drills, then going home and saying dirty things to each other…..that last part just came out and i totally feel fine leaving it in.

  9. Wonderful recap as always. The Sadie as Spike thing is so true! I’m loving the show, but having Your recaps to look forward to make it all even better.

    I don’t care if it is a little soon realistically for Sam and Lexy to happen. Think about the alternative. Do you really want to wait several (or SEVENTEEN) months for them to finally get it on? And that’s only if the BBC is nice and gives us a third series. Personally I need to see this.

  10. I am really starting to like Sadie. Here’s hoping that Tess gets over her crush on Lexy and finds someone who is actually into her because she definitely deserves something real. (We’ll just pretend that Fin from the first season doesn’t exist since the script kind of did.)
    I don’t really like the Sam and Lexy thing. I don’t know. I don’t think that Sam is a very interesting character so they don’t compliment each other well. It’s an unpopular opinion but… *shrug*.

  11. I might be the only one thinking this, but the last Sam/Lexy scene made me really uncomfortable. Obviously Lexy didn’t feel assaulted or anything, but I hated how Sam refused stop until Lexy physically pushed her away.

    • I’m glad you said this- that scene made me really uncomfortable too. I kept thinking “No Sam! No!” because there really isn’t any excuse for forcing yourself on someone like that and because I love Sam and I didn’t like the way that was headed at all. I thought the rest of that scene was pretty bang-on in its portrayal of grief and anger and loneliness. Heather Peace is just breaking my heart with her acting this series.

      Other than that I really loved this episode and I’m glad the show works so well (better, even, if this episode is any indication) without the Cat/Frankie drama. Also I like how they showed off some of Glasgow’s greenery- they do make the city look pretty great, even if they generally only focus of very specific parts of it. Very nice recap, scribegrrrl. I always look forward to them :)

  12. When I heard “Jo Glass” I thought the same thing…is that George Glass’s daughter? Then I wanted to save that name in case I ran into my ex: “Oh, I’m doing great! I’m, um…dating, she is great. Jo is her name. Jo, um (takes a sip of beer), Pint, I mean Glass! Jo Glass is her name!”

  13. I love Tess, but she is such a martyr and a doormat sometimes. If you want to ask Lexy out, then do it. I thought she’d ‘man up’ after yelling at Sadie to clean the kitchen “NOW!” but she went back into turtle mode. I didn’t think mentioning the roller disco was an invitation. Lexy seems respectful enough to either decline or accept, not just blow it off for that hot blonde bob buddy. I, on the other hand, would blow Tess off for the hot blonde bob buddy, but that’s just me.

  14. Brilliant recaps as ever! I actually want to marry all of the captions.

    I know I’m in the minority here but I really don’t like the Lexy / Sam thing… I’m honestly finding Sam a real drag this season. I know she’s grieving but it’s not that, her character was most effective as a juxtaposition to Frankie, but now Frankie’s gone I just feel that she doesn’t “fit”.
    Also I think Tess and Lexy would be so cute together, I thought their chemistry in the scene with Meg was brilliant.

    Also, despite not liking Sadie at all in season 1, I really love her now. The actress is great, and I can’t wait to see where this thing with Lauren goes!

    Definitely the best Lip Service ep yet!

  15. “Rub my royal lady mound” is easily the best quote ever on Lip Service.

    Sadie, fucking the wife of the woman who finally got you a decent job is a douche move. She’s gotta back off soon if she doesn’t want to become Scumbag Sadie.

  16. Am I the only one holding out for Lexy and Tess? I think there’s still potential there that doesn’t necessarily mean writing the whole thing off. Actually though, typing this out is making me realise that it is kind of ridiculous and I’m only saying this because Tess’ attraction to Lexy mirrors almost every attraction I have for other people! Bah!

  17. If Sadie had been a better cheese enthusiast, she would have stolen harder cheeses.
    I’m a little surprised at how well this show still works with neither Cat or Frankie in it.

  18. I prefer Lexy with Tess. I cannot see Lexy’s chemistry with Sam that other people are talking about. Oh well…

    Overall, a good ep, though I find the Sadie-Lauren-Jo storyline not interesting. I love Sadie though, so I will watch anyway.

    Kinda miss Cat and Frankie.

    • I agree! Although it probably won’t happen, I would love to see Lexy with Tess. They seemed so perfect for each other when they first met! I haven’t seen the first season though, maybe that would change my perspective?

      • Watching the first season would only make you want Lexy/Tess more (and therefore make you sad) because it’s not like Tess getting hurt is something new.

        • It’s four days later and I’ve now watched the first season (what can I say, it was a slow week?). You’re absolutely right, I really hope Tess gets a break soon.

  19. best ep yet by far. soooo not bothered that cat n frankie are gone.
    can’t believe there only 2 eps left. stingy bbc

  20. Soooo the person who wrote the note in Lexy’s locker… isn’t it obvious that it’s Bea’s gf?? Lexy doesn’t have anything that even remotely resembles a secret…

    • I don’t know about Lexy not having a secret. It seems pretty implausible that a seemingly gainfully employed ER doctor would have to (or choose to) live in a flat with 2 marginally employed/unemployed gypsy-types unless she were running from something or had had some recent life-altering event occur. One could argue that she’s just moved to town, but her work relationships seem to suggest that she’s been there for a while. Something’s fishy there.

    • I was thinking that maybe Bea’s gf is actually a bf–because it was a man in “the chairs” and a man who called her.

    • Why would it be the gf though when they are said to be in an open relationship..?

      • Depends on how happy she actually is with the way her relationship is going.
        Some people agree to an open relationship because they’re afraid if they say no they will lose their partner altogether, but they’re not happy about outside relationships, and they may try to sabotage them when they come up.
        Others are absolutely fine with it as long as there is no emotional involvement with outside partners, or at least nothing beyond mild friendship, and they get jealous and paranoid if it seems their partner is starting to become attached to an outside person. Or if the outside partner is someone they feel threatens the stability of their relationship.
        If she feels her relationship with Bea is currently unstable in itself, she may resent or fear outside partners.
        Or, she may have asked Bea to cool it off with Lexy, because she feels threatened by it, but Bea may have ignored her request. Or may have said that she has stopped seeing Lexy, but then carried on.

        OR Bea might be completely lying about the relationship being open: unless Lexy has met her partner and spoken to her about it, she can’t be sure.

        • All logical points. But none of these sorts of explanations sound like TV-logic to me. If Bea’s gf is stalking Lexy, wouldn’t she notice how infrequently Lexy sees Bea and how not a big deal Bea is to Lexy? Surely this crazed gf would be looking through texts, emails.. and she would find nothing romantic from Lexy professing her love or asking Bea to leave the gf. I dunno.. it just doesn’t seem like it would be the thing the showrunners are building toward.

          Didn’t Lexy mention that she’s moved to Glasgow semi-recently? I thought she presented all shady-past when she was first introduced. I’ve just been assuming this is someone who followed her to Glasgow- an ex or something. But my memory isn’t great and I may be making this up. As a Buffy fan, one develops the ability to just invent their own answers to issues which confuse.

  21. I thought I saw Sadie on the street the other day, which I’m not sure is even possible. Obviously I just stared at her intently trying to figure out if it was her (different hair).
    I couldn’t decide if her reaction to my staring should be read as “You are a creep” or “You are a Lesbian” so I guess I’ll never know.

  22. “And then there’s the one I want it to be: “HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT MY GIRLFRIEND, BECAUSE I AM THE GHOST OF CAT MACKENZIE AND I AM HAUNTING THIS GODDAMN HOSPITAL.”

    Yes!! Haa this made me laugh so hard! I also loved the part where Sam was having her panic attack and they had that awkward/awesome moment where you almost kiss someone.

    I thought the Helen Stewart thing when I saw the letter was from Helen too!
    Love these recaps x

  23. Wait… I thought that it was Jo who made the joke about social something something by cheese and Sadie was all closed-mouth-laughing and nice-one-cool-stranger about it?

    Anyway, I would like to register my vote for Lexy and Sam. I found Sam to be a big wooden bore of a prop last season but Lexy actually makes Sam interesting. Their chemistry is kinda crazy.

    So I had to lose Cat to get Frankie off my screen, eh? Well, dammit.. it was worth it.

    My only complaint about this episode is the wasting of Fiona Button. I would sincerely prefer a long scene in which she is memorizing Chekhov than have to see her pitifully pining away. This is what we get of her this season? New regulars Lexy and Sadie are seen rocking professional and sexing wildly and Tess is.. sniffing moldy roller-skates? pssht.

    • I agree with you. The chemistry with Lexy and Sam is full of angst, pain, sexual frustration, confusion, passion…all of the things that work in a crazy-love relationship. Mind you, those never work out in the end, but man, those are the ones that stick with you. Ok, moving on (talk about a tornado of emotion). Tess isn’t a good fit for Lexy. I think she needs someone like Fin, but less selfish/bro-centric. They were opposites, but sometimes that works best. Two drama queens don’t work. Maybe Tess just has to get over her roomie crush and they can be great friends. Who here hasn’t had a quick fling with someone, only to have them become an awesome friend after getting to know them? Either they have to fling and move on or Tess needs to find someone more her speed. Lexy is too naughty for her (in a good way).

    • Re the “by cheese” lines: Sadie said “social annihilation by cheese” and then Jo said “unemployment by cheese.” It was sorta the same line twice, which I think meant they were totally bonding. Over cheese.

  24. So nobody else saw the ghost of Cat on the poster behind Sam during the cafe scene with Lexy?

    • My gf made me pause and go back to see that. Pretty creepy image
      until the focus sharpens and you realize it’s a poster.

  25. I’ve been reading the recaps in lieu of watching the episodes, and it just hit me that I’m seriously missing out on those gorgeous accents.

  26. When they stopped at the cafe after their (Lexy and Sam) run, I thought there was Lexy’s stalker in the background just standing there… turns out it was actually a poster. For a second, I was freaking out and thinking how this whole situation was going to turn into a Grudge type thing. *high fives if anyone actually knows what I’m talking about*

    • I thought it was Lexy’s stalker too! (No high-fives for me though – I don’t get the Grudge reference.)

  27. I feel so bad for Tess. And I slightly like sadistic Sadie, here character brings a little spice into the mix.

  28. where the hell is franie? i want my hot frankie back. sadie is gorgeous with or without makeup and i love that she does and says what she wants. sam and lexy have interesting chemistry. tess pining away for lexy is boring.

  29. Love Lexy. But I miss Frankie.

    All TV shows do it, but I feel like lesbian TV shows are really bad about picking up story arcs and then discarding them as if they were never there.

    I hate Cat and Sam, however, I am love w/ Sam and Lexy. If Cat wasn’t dead, maybe this could have solved the love triangle!

  30. When I saw the note “I know”, I instantly screamed: “I know what you did last Spring Break!”

    Gosh, I miss Popular…

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