History Main / SweepsWeekLesbianKiss

* ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'': Jadzia Dax, who is a host-symbiote character, kissed and got romantically involved with another woman of her species in one episode. Though the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' 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 MirrorUniverse is DarkerAndEdgier.

* Similar to ''Dirt,'' ''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 UnfortunateImplications, but also was seen by even the loyalest of fans [[JumpingTheShark as a cheap ratings stunt,]] which effectively doomed the show. Slight subversion, though, in that it was (reportedly) Creator/HaydenPanettiere's idea.
** Not only was it was Hayden's idea, but Claire and Gretchen were supposed to kiss again in the episode "Pass/Fail." Apparently the writers/producers didn't want to be accused of another "ratings stunt" by the same [[UnpleasableFanbase people]] who assumed the earlier kiss was such a stunt (which likely had little to do with the show's demise anyway). But according to WordOfGod, Claire and Gretchen's relationship would have continued the following season. So perhaps it wasn't a stunt after all...

* While on comic book series, ''Series/AgentCarter'' had an example that actually served a plot purpose and wasn't even included in the promos. The title character is trying to run away from the lawmen at her home. She then finds Dottie, a housemate who is secretly a SleeperAgent, and Dottie kisses her in the lips... [[KissOfDeath because she's wearing Carter's knockout lipstick]], leading the passed out Peggy to an easy capture.

-->--'''''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0ql0mDwV74 That's Gay: Lady Kisses]]'''''

** Not only was it was Hayden's idea, but Claire and Gretchen were supposed to kiss again in the episode "Pass/Fail." Apparently the writers/producers didn't want to be accused of another "ratings stunt" by the same people who assumed the earlier kiss was such a stunt (which likely had little to do with the show's demise anyway). But according to [[WordOfGod]], Claire and Gretchen's relationship would have continued the following season. So perhaps it wasn't a stunt after all...

* Similar to ''Dirt,'' ''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 UnfortunateImplications, but also was seen by even the loyalest of fans [[JumpingTheShark as a cheap ratings stunt,]] which effectively doomed the show. Slight subversion, though, in that it was (reportedly) HaydenPanettiere's idea.

** This kiss actually got the show a lot of praise, as it is the first serious comic book adaptation (from DC or Marvel) to feature an openly gay or bi character.

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* Don't act like you weren't interested in ''Film/JennifersBody'' after both seeing her get intimate with another female and say, "I go both ways."

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** A Sweeps Week Lesbian Hookup (since the characters were never shown to actually kiss, but we do see them both pre- and post-coital) occurred in "I Do" between Santana (an out lesbian) and [[spoiler: Quinn]], now a guest star who as of now isn't scheduled to reappear any time soon.

-->--'''''[[http://current.com/shows/infomania/90732681_thats-gay-lady-kisses.htm That's Gay: Lady Kisses]]'''''

** WinonaRyder showed up 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.

The gossip columns go crazy. Interviews with the glamorous starlets are scheduled, and they say things like, [[HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday "well, I love men]], [[LesYay but women have such soft lips and are such great kissers... there's really nothing like it!"]]

* In the season finale of Creator/CourteneyCox's struggling FX series ''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 [[DiscreditedTrope discredited]].

* Technically the Foxxy Love/Princess Clara kiss from the ''WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether'' pilot was a few days ''before'' sweeps, but it served the same purpose for the new series. The show is in all ways a GenreSavvy parody, though. Though neither cartoon participant left the show, they barely referenced the kiss after Clara has a [[MissConception pregnancy scare stemming from the kiss]]. The characters move on completely after the first season.
** However, it was all over the advertising for the show for a while afterwards.

* Paige and Alex's kiss on ''Series/{{Degrassi}}'' seemed like a textbook example of this trope: it was midway through the season and guest-starred JayAndSilentBob in the conclusion of a plot arc involving a movie shot at the school. Alex and Paige (who had a decent amount of BelligerentSexualTension) had ''finally'' become friends, got drunk at the wrap party, and went back to Alex's horrible home for a late night kiss in the dark. Unusually for this trope, the kiss led to a several-season-long relationship between the two, and led to arguably the greatest amount of CharacterDevelopment for both characters. The series repeated this trope several seasons later with Fiona and Holly J, and while the advertising played it up as a more overt version of this trope, the kiss itself naturally fell into the much larger arc of Fiona coming to terms with her homosexuality. Her season-later kiss with Imogen barely even made a ripple in the advertising because there was nothing to really exploit.

* ''Series/CougarTown'': Promos for an episode featured Jules adopting a mannerism possessed by her mother, by greeting and bidding farewell to close friends (specifically female friends) with a kiss on the lips. TBS went town with those promos.

* ''Series/CougarTown'': Promos for an episode featured Jules adopting a mannerism possessed by her mother, by greeting and bidding farewell to close friends (specifically female friends) with a kiss on the lips. TBS is going to town with these promos.

* ''Series/CougarTown'': Promos for the next upcoming new episode features Jules adopting a mannerism that was possessed by her mother, by greeting and bidding farewell to close friends (specifically female friends) with a kiss on the lips. TBS is going to town with these promos.

** The show managed to doubly subvert this in it's second season - the hype in the lead-up to the last episode of February sweeps mostly focussed on a ''straight'' kiss between a girl and a gay guy. Also, it's interesting to note that the very next episode ''after sweeps'' was the one where Santana gives her AnguishedDeclarationOfLove to Brittany, and it didn't show them doing anything as obscene as they'd done in other episodes.

* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' curiously had its "lesbian" kiss a couple weeks ''before'' {{Sweeps}} when a female villain with a GreenRocks-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 FanService.

* ''Series/TheOC'' had a kiss and bisexual relationship between Marissa Cooper and a short-lived female character named Alex. Alex got PutOnABus in about four episodes after the kiss (after a brief relationship with a male character). Marissa, of course, went directly back to boys and did not pass Go or collect $200. While the kiss did happen during sweeps, the rest of the trope only applies because of {{ExecutiveMeddling}}. Marissa and Alex's story was supposed to play out over the rest of the season and once they broke up, Marissa was supposed to continue on being bisexual. Fox said no to both.