ANSWERS
(back to
the quiz)
1.
A curious college girl extricates herself from her four co-dependent
siblings long enough to get a crush on--and kiss--a visiting lesbian
writing professor.
Answer:
Party of Five (1999), featuring Neve Campbell
as Julia and Olivia D'Abo as Perry Marks
2.
Future Charlie's Angel (aka Lawyer #1) uses
the old “I had a dream about you” ploy to instigate a brief kiss
with Lawyer #2. Both enter pleas of “heterosexual” by the time
the episode ends.
Answer:
Ally
McBeal (1999), featuring Lucy Liu as Ling and
Calista Flockhart as Ally
3.
After years of depicting lesbians as criminals and victims, this
show finally reveals (in an out-of-left-field shocker) that its
self-righteous Assistant District Attorney is a lesbian. Unfortunately,
they don't tell us until her last day on the job.
Answer:
Law
& Order (2005), featuring Elisabeth Rohm
as ADA Serena Southerlyn
4.
“That Chick from Species” guest stars as a lesbian substitute
teacher with whom who all the 3rd grade boys fall in love.
(It's later revealed that she's a spy who is captured, forced
into a rocket ship and shot into the Sun--which still beats detention.)
Answer:
South Park (1998), featuring Natasha Henstridge
as the substitute teacher
5.
A Soprano and Hillary Swank's onscreen ex guest star
as Deidre and Monet, lesbian lovers and real estate moguls who
try to intimidate--then seduce--their apartment-flipping competition.
Answer:
Will
& Grace (2004), featuring Edie Falco and
Chloe Sevigny as the lesbian power couple
6.
A Laguna Beach bunny guest-stars in this teen detective
show as a lesbian cheerleader who uses questionable methods to
battle high school homophobia (without even once dropping the
Spirit Stick).
Answer:
Veronica
Mars (2006), featuring Kristin Cavallari as
the lesbian cheerleader
7.
In yet another sophisticated, multi-layed Fox drama, an undercover
detective of ambiguous sexual orientation chases a lesbian thief
from Girl Bar into a hot tub. Saved by the Bell indeed!
Answer:
Fastlane
(2003), featuring Tiffani Thiessen as the detective and
Jamie Pressly as the lesbian thief
8.
In a classic flashback episode, we learn that the small
Alaskan town of Cicely was originally founded as an artists' colony
by two bohemian lesbians whose car broke down as they were passing
through. (In another really special episode, the enclave
relocate to a patch of womyn's land in Michigan.)
Answer:
Northern Exposure (1992), featuring Jo Anderson
and Yvonne Suhor
9.
Concerned parents get all atwitter--and CBS declares a blackout--when
a future Charmed one shares an experimental kiss with
her teenage best friend.
Answer:
Picket Fences (1993), featuring Holly Marie
Combs and Alexondra Lee
10. Perky straight series regular (and future
coke addict) saves guest lesbian from a fire. Guest lesbian returns
the favor by confessing her undying (and, naturally, unrequited)
love for the perky straight girl from her bed in the burn unit.
Answer:
Beverly Hills 90210 (1994), featuring Jennie
Garth as Kelly and Sara Melson as the lesbian burn victim
EXTRA
CREDIT:
In
this glossy NBC drama, a casino manager runs into his ex (a former
Boston Public teacher) and tries to rekindle the flame,
only to learn that she now has a very butch girlfriend. Who says
the odds always favor the house?
Answer:
Las
Vegas (2005), featuring Sharon Leal and an uncredited
actress as her girlfriend
