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* ''[[LA Law]]'': New [[Bi the Way]] lawyer C.J. Lamb kissed series regular Abby Perkins in the parking lot in one [[Sweeps]] episode; they rarely referenced it again and C.J.'s actress, Amanda Donohoe, left the cast the next season.
* ''[[Picket Fences]]'': The sheriff's teenage daughter kissed her friend at a sleepover. The network was so [[Gay Panic|panicked]] by it that they [[Hide Your Lesbians|darkened the room]] to prevent it from being seen, though it was visible in the news and other outlets. The daughter decided that she was straight.
* ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'': Jadzia Dax, who is a host-symbiote character, kissed and got romantically involved with another woman of her species in one episode. Though the [[Star Trek]] universe has implied acceptance to gay people, the relationship was inappropriate because their relationship was based on a relationship had by a previous (male) Dax host with the other woman, [[Anvilicious|which is disallowed]]. The other woman was never seen again.
** Notably that episode at least tried to tackle a social issue - they did it again in the seventh season and it was gratuitous even in context, purely there to show the [[Mirror Universe]] is [[Darker and Edgier]].
* ''[[Party of Five]]'': Neve Campbell's character, Julia, kisses another woman (played by Olivia D'Abo). D'Abo's character appears just one more time in the series.
* ''[[Ally McBeal]]'' made sure that ''everyone'' knew about their [[Sweeps Week Lesbian Kiss|Sweeps Week Lesbian Kisses]] between Ally and her co-workers. Unusual in that nobody gets [[Put
* ''[[The OC]]'' had a kiss and bisexual relationship between Marissa Cooper and a short-lived female character named Alex. Alex got [[Put
* ''[[Smallville]]'' curiously had its "lesbian" kiss a couple weeks ''before'' [[Sweeps]] when a female villain with a [[Green Rocks]]-powered kiss that causes face-melting hallucinations needs to do something about a witness (Lana, of course). She, ahem, uses her power on Lana, an act that seems to disgust both of them. One could speculate that the reason this episode didn't make it to [[Sweeps]] was that it simply wasn't very good [[Fan Service]].
** The "Lana joins a sorority of [[Lesbian Vampire|lesbian vampires]]" episode, on the other hand...
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* ''[[Desperate Housewives]]'' did a textbook example recently. In what is perhaps a sign that this trope is starting to become [[Discredited Trope|discredited]], both lesbian and mainstream reviewers responded with a yawn and a "Seriously? In 2009?" Viewers, apparently, weren't impressed, either.
* [[Winona Ryder]] showed up on ''[[Friends]]'' as an old friend with a crush on Rachel. Winona kissed Rachel, then promptly disappeared from the series forever, her purpose fulfilled... or perhaps not, since the episode didn't even win its timeslot.
** That kiss was immediately followed by [[Cloudcuckoolander|Phoebe]] kissing Rachel "just to see what all the fuss is about."
* In the season finale of Courtney Cox's struggling FX series ''Dirt'', Cox's character shared a liplock with a rival played by Jennifer Aniston in a last ditch attempt for ratings. Aniston's character was never seen again. The kiss caused a minor stir among entertainment publications, but unfortunately for ''Dirt'', the angle was less "OMG Rachel and Monica kissed!!!" and more "Wow, Courtney Cox's show is desperate for viewers," thus proving again why this trope is becoming [[Discredited Trope|discredited]].
* Similar to ''Dirt,'' ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' had a notorious example between Gretchen and Claire Bennet in its final season. Since Claire's bisexuality was never touched upon in previous seasons, however, this scene not only had [[Unfortunate Implications]], but also was seen by even the loyalest of fans [[Jumping the Shark|as a cheap ratings stunt,]] which effectively doomed the show.
** Slight subversion, though, in that it was (reportedly) [[Hayden Panettiere]]'s idea.
** Cheap ratings stunt? Yes. Doomed the show? [[Your Mileage May Vary]] on that one. It was the previous volumes, especially 2 and 3, that ultimately drove the show to cancellation. The episodes of Volume 5 were generally regarded as better than those of previous volumes.
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* Beautifully averted by ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', where Willow and Tara's first kiss was neither gratuitous nor shown in the previews. (First on-screen kiss: the characters had been a couple for almost a year at that point.)
** Not only that but it appeared on a [[Wham! Episode]] that was about something extremely, disturbingly different.
* The previews of one ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'' episode showed a ''very'' steamy make-out scene between Thirteen and another girl. Ironically, most of that footage wasn't even shown in the episode.
* ''[[Gossip Girl]]'' did a gender flipped version where Chuck kissed a guy.
** Two seasons later they did another one where ''Nate'' kissed a guy.
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** Also, it's interesting to note that the very next episode ''after sweeps'' was the one where Santana gives her [[Anguished Declaration of Love]] to Brittany, and it didn't show them doing anything obscene like in "Duets."
*** I don't know what show you have been watching, but as far as Glee goes, feather-kissing someone's neck is pretty tame. Brittany and Santana's pseudo-voyeurism in the Rocky Horror Picture Show episode is more obscene than what they did in "Duets".
* ''[[Boston Public]]'' had a sweeps week episode in which Sheila, a [[Psycho Lesbian]] student stalks Kimberly, a teacher. The preview showed Sheila telling the Kimberly "I love you." Both characters are [[Put
* Spoofed by [[David Letterman]] on the Late Show.
{{quote| "Know what Paul (Shaffer) and I are doing for our season finale? A lesbian kiss."}}
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