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!
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.
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.
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.
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.)
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!
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.
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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.
I prefer nothing rather to stay if someone just because “is better than nothing”
Yeah, but sometimes you just need to get laid
loved that scene – fiona is an amazing actor… i watched it multiple times (someone should make a gif!)
Same here, I vacillate between caving like Tess and having nothing.
there was a 10 Reais bill on cat’s possessions.. that’s so cool!
Sound of Music reference A+++++ Would read again.
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!
This show is a lot better without all the Cat and Frankie drama
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.
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?
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!
here’s the reference for Alana Hood being an out lesbian – 2nd paragraph from the end. http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcthree/2012/04/lip-service-cat.shtml?postId=112396932#comment_112396932
and I’m just waiting for a re-cap to comment on this short featuring Alana: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwwqxPdX5cY
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.
PERHAPS I HAD A WICKED CHILDHOOD. That and the gif after made my night.
This was a great episode too.
Sadie is Spike is so on the money.
Brilliant recap, as usual.
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.
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.
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*.
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 :)
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!”
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.
ps. Thanks for the shout out scribegrrrl!
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!
“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.
I liked “Did you want to be princess?” Aaah, that whole scene was great.
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!
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.
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.
best ep yet by far. soooo not bothered that cat n frankie are gone.
can’t believe there only 2 eps left. stingy bbc
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 along the same lines as Tarzan but you make a very good point.
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.
Re: Sadie without the hard fringe/makeup.. I saw this on youtube and was all like ‘woah, what a difference, look at those eyes’: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdsL1b_0Cuk
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.
“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
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.
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.
Phew, at least I know I was not imagining it.
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.
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.)
I feel so bad for Tess. And I slightly like sadistic Sadie, here character brings a little spice into the mix.
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.
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!
pls bring frankie back
When I saw the note “I know”, I instantly screamed: “I know what you did last Spring Break!”
Gosh, I miss Popular…