Lip Service



Lip Service (2010-2012) was a BBC drama series about a group of lesbian friends in Glasgow.


 * All Gays Are Promiscuous: Played straight with Frankie; most of the other gay characters, however, are looking for something more long-term and substantial.
 * Black Comedy Rape: In episode 4, Frankie suggests to Ed "you should stay. The state [Tess] is in, you won't even need Rohypnol." Ed's response is to give her a look that says Dude, Not Funny.
 * Butch Lesbian: Sam and Frankie
 * Fin and her football team
 * Butt Monkey: Tess. Flitting between soul-crushing temp jobs, cheated on by her girlfriends, and surrounded by more successful friends.
 * Casanova: Frankie, definitely -- she gets through three different women in the first two episodes. Jay appears to have been one of these, but is now trying to go monogamous.
 * Cast Full of Gay: It's a lesbian show, what do you expect?
 * Cute Clumsy Girl: Both Cat and Tess.
 * Deadpan Snarker: Ed.
 * Fair Cop: Sam.
 * Five-Finger Discount: Sadie's preferred method of acquiring possessions.
 * Gaydar: Funeral homes, bookshops, random street corners -- Frankie can find lesbians anywhere.
 * Gender Blender Name: Sam, Frankie, Jay. Frankie tried to make use of this to pass herself off as Jay, which would have worked better if it weren't for his Embarrassing Middle Name.
 * Het Is Ew: Tess
 * Hospital Hottie: Lexy
 * I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: Ed fits this trope very well. Despite his long-standing crush on Tess (which is doomed to failure because of her Incompatible Orientation), he actively tries to help her love life: in the opening episode, he made a feeble excuse for not joining Tess and Lou for a drink, so that it would have some chance of turning into a date.
 * Frankie says she wants Cat to be happy in episode 3, but it's undoubtedly an inversion- since as Cat points out all Frankie cares about is herself.
 * Interrupted Intimacy: In the fourth episode when the interruptor turns out to be.
 * Killed Off for Real:
 * The Ladette: Frankie.
 * Lez Bro: Jay.
 * Lipstick Lesbian: Tess and Cat, though Tess is a bit of a tomboy.
 * Making Love in All the Wrong Places: In the funeral parlour, close to the corpse? It's an unusual location, to say the least.
 * In a police station? Really?
 * Neat Freak: Cat.
 * Nice Guy: Ed.
 * No Bisexuals: Frankie doesn't mind sleeping with guys but she doesn't consider herself Bi as she says "men are only when women are not around".
 * Odd Couple: Cat and Tess.
 * Oblivious to Love: Tess has no idea that Ed has feelings for her. Frankie, however, does.
 * Shrinking Violet: Cat.
 * Switched At Birth:.
 * Tomboy and Girly Girl: This seems to be Cat's preferred relationship model.
 * Tomboyish Name: Frankie which is short for Francesca and Sam whose name may or may not be Samantha.
 * The Unfavourite: Frankie's family seem to pretty much hate her, apparently just because she's a lesbian (although given how she behaves, there may be other reasons).
 * What the Hell, Hero?: Cat finally snaps and gives Frankie a lecture on how selfish she is in episode 2. It seems to have been a long time coming.
 * Word Of Bi: Frankie supposedly goes both ways, but we've only seen her with other women.
 * As of episode 4, word becomes deed - she has sex with Jay.