We run a lot of recaps on AfterEllen.com, but we aren’t able to run them on every single show with a lesbian or bisexual female character. It’s a great problem to have, really – too many shows on television with gay women. So we decided to do a weekly column giving you the basics on the lesbianish storylines and highlights from out lesbians who have regular shows on the tube. If we miss anything, we’d love for you to send us a tip.
GLEE (Tuesdays, Fox): The New Directions gang got a little drunk this week, which means there were some body shots involved, and I’m talking Brittana. Watch full episodes at Fox.com.
Grey’s Anatomy (Thursdays, ABC): Arizona is not thrilled about Mark being part of Callie’s baby’s life. Things come to a head when the trio argues over Callie having amniocentesis. Watch full episodes at ABC.com.
Portlandia (Fridays, IFC): The episode revolved around Blunderbuss, a fictional music fest that was happening all over Portland. Carrie was great as a pretentious hotel employee, and her ex-gf/ex-bandmate Corin Tucker made an appearance.
Pretty Little Liars (ABC Family, Mondays): A flashback shows us a time when Emily was still closeted, but not interested in frat guys like her friends. In real time, Spencer asks Emily why Paige is calling her. Emily lies, saying Paige has a cousin in Iraq and wanted to talk to someone about it. Watch the full episode at ABCFamily.com.
Skins (MTV, Mondays): After turning Abbud down becuase she’s a lesbian, Tea ends up naked next to Tony – and Abbud catches them. Needless to say, this episode’s camping trip isn’t a success. Watch full episodes at MTV.com.
The Good Wife (CBS, Tuesdays): Kalinda was able to escape Blake for a week and focus on helping the firm with their latest case, which is attempting to prove their Sarah Palin-supporting client isn’t a racist and that’s why he pegged the wrong person for a crime. Watch full episodes at CBS.com.
White Collar (USA, Wednesdays): When Neal goes missing, Diana is skeptical about Peter’s idea for getting him back from his captors. She decides to trust him, though, and she looks hot in a suit.
Brooklyn Kinda Love (Playboy TV, Saturdays): Bek and Erin talked about their history with religion and it wasn’t so good for Bek, whose church wanted her to be ex-gay. She talked about her first GF when she was 12, and how they were caught together and it didn’t end well. Bek’s parents grounded her and ended up hiding love letters she sent to their house. Later, Erin and Bek go pumpkin picking and share their favorite Halloween experiences. (Bek never got to go trick or treating; she had to hand out Jesus pamphlets.) In high school, Bek said she would have liked to play basketball, but was the cheerleaders’ water girl instead. They end with a Halloween party with some friends, where Erin dresses as Jesus.
Tabatha’s Salon Takeover (Bravo, Mondays): On a special episode, Tabatha revisited past salons she took over to see how they are doing after her help.
Worst Cooks in America (Food Network, Sundays): Out contestant Georg lost in the final challenge, even though her wife was one of the judges of her final meal.
The Ellen DeGeneres Show (WB): Justin Bieber visited to tell Ellen she inspired his new haircut. He surprised her by giving her a lock of his hair, which she is now putting up to raise money for charity. Later in the week, Neil Patrick Harris came on to help Ellen re-enact scenes from Oscar nominated films. Watch full episodes at ellen.warnerbros.com.
The Rachel Maddow Show ( MSNBC): Rachel covered the union wars in Wisconsin this week, and the abortion law struggles in Kansas, including some live reporting from a bar. Perhaps most exciting, though, was the news about the President wanting to overturn DOMA. Watch full episodes at MSNBC.com.
The Suze Orman Show (Fridays, CNBC): A 27-year-old law school student named Nadia tells Suze about her mom putting her in debt and how it is affecting her admission to the bar. Watch video clips at CNBC.com.
The Talk (CBS): Sara Rue stopped by on Monday to talk about Shedding for the Wedding, but also managed to dish on her lesbian character on Rules of Engagement. She also said she’d auditioned for Sara’s role on Roseanne, and has known Sara for a long time. Speaking of Sara, the out host shared a story about a lie she told her college roommates, which happened to be about her sexuality.Watch full episodes at CBS.com.
The View (ABC): When Julie Benz paid a visit this week, she was was asked about her role as “the lesbian stripper” on Desperate Housewives. She gracefully answered and talked about the kind of training she did to prepare for the part.
