2013 was a pretty remarkable year for lesbian relationships on TV. In fact, according to my scientific observations, I think we may have seen more lady-on-lady love this year than we did even when The L Word was on the air. So to celebrate Visibility – and by “Visibility,” I mean “having eyeballs so you could enjoy these scenes fully” – here are the top 10 homosexy hook-ups of 2013. 10. Gail and Holly, Rookie Blue Sometimes the best way to get a girl to stop talking around the fact that she’s into you is to just grab her and kiss her and make her stop talking, full stop. Probably they teach that at the police academy, but I’m giving that tip to you for free. 9. Stahma and Kenya, Defiance There’s a part of me that harumphs every time I think about Kenya and Stahma together because why does Jaime Murray get to make out with everyone but Jo Kelly, huh? Helena and Myka belong together, Warehouse 13! But there’s another part of me that is still smitten as a kitten with the hookup(s) between the 5,000-year-old alien from the most patriarchally oppressive society in the galaxy and the brothel-owning mayor’s sister. We didn’t get to see the six-legged monkey-crawl, but one thing Nerdsbians and Gayliens do not lack is imagination. 8. Caroline and Kate, Last Tango in Hallifax Technically Last Tango‘s lesbian hookup happened on December 18, 2012 – no, I don’t have it in my calendar; why do you ask? – but it was so late in the year, I missed my chance to add it to a countdown, so I’m adding it this year because it deserves to be celebrated. After one too many mixed signals, Caroline finally gave into her delirious attraction to Kate, and it was so worth the wait. 7. Piper and Alex, Orange Is the New Black Sure, they’re more toxic for each other than cyanide popsicles, but good heavens, do they ever look good together. Plus, I think we all understand Piper’s dilemma. Who among us could resist Alex Vause’s swagger? I’m torn between shower sex and post-SCHUE sex. Maybe I should rewatch both scenes just to make sure I have the clear winner sorted out in my own head. 6. Callie and Arizona, Grey’s Anatomy After so much pain and misery, you wondered if they might kill each other, Callie and Arizona finally bridged the gap left by Callie’s decision to amputate Arizona’s leg, and they made sweet, familiar, gay-married love to each other. It was sweet and it was super hot and it was what we’d been screaming at the TV for them to do for half a season. Less talking and more kissing indeed!
5. Lauren and Crystal, Lost Girl Maybe brownies are your favorite dessert in all the land. Nothing can compete with brownies. You looove brownies, have loved them from the moment you first tasted them, would do anything for brownies, want to spend the rest of your life eating brownies. But if, for some horrible reason, you can’t have any brownies for a long, long, long time, it’s OK to try a cupcake now and then. A cupcake isn’t a brownie, not even a little bit, but sometimes you just get super hungry, you know? And yeah, maybe eating a cupcake makes you miss eating brownies, but cupcakes are still delicious, man. 4. Delphine and Cosima, Orphan Black You know what’s sexier than making crazy science and then crazy scissoring with a girl for the first time? When she hops out of bed to go buy you ice cream when it’s over! In Canada in the winter time, that’s true love. 3. Betty and Theresa, Bomb Girls Oh, Betty. Betty, Betty, Betty. In a time period when falling for another woman meant risking everything, Betty McRae just went right ahead and fell for Theresa the Bond Girl. Shared drinks, casual dances, longing looks. They all lead up to a moment Betty had been waiting for her whole life. Theresa cut off Betty’s babbling with a kiss, and then: KABOOM! went the bomb girl. Afterwards, strawberries. Dozens of delicious, metaphorical strawberries. 2. Lauren and Arizona, Grey’s Anatomy Listen, don’t punch me in the throat, Calzona shippers, but I think the most toe-tingling thing that happened on TV in 2013 was Arizona reaching out to shake Lauren’s hand on Lauren’s last day at Seattle Grace, and Lauren just laughing huskily in her face, like, “Yeah, we’re definitely just co-workers.” You know what happens next: The power goes out, the clothes come off, and Arizona lets herself really go for the first time since her plane went down. 1. Bo and Lauren, Lost Girl Nobody – and I mean nobody – goes all in like Bo and Lauren on Lost Girl. If I’m being really honest, these two should probably have their own top ten countdown. I couldn’t even choose one photo that best captures the essence of their insane chemistry because every time they do it, it’s like a brand new thing (on account of: oh, so many feelings). 2013 was bookended by some glorious sexual shenanigans by good ol’ Doccubus, and frankly there’s no reason to believe they won’t top this list again next year.
What was your favorite lesbian sex scene of 2013?
