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* NewOldFlame: Brad and Billie used to be an item, and meeting him again while having troubles in her marriage re-ignite her attraction to him.

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* NewOldFlame: Brad and Billie used to be an item, and meeting him again while having troubles in her marriage re-ignite re-ignites her attraction to him.
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* BiggerIsBetterInBed: Cooper is visibly unhappy to see just how well-endowed Brad, his wife's ex, is [[ShowerScene when showering at the same gym]] (although from what's seen a lot of [[SexGod Brad's prowess came from technique]]).

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* BiggerIsBetterInBed: Cooper is looked visibly unhappy to see just how well-endowed Brad, his wife's ex, is was [[ShowerScene when showering at the same gym]] (although from what's seen a lot of [[SexGod Brad's prowess came from technique]]).

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Billie Connelly is a married mother of two, who adores her husband Cooper and their children. However, since the birth of their second child, their marriage has been stale, and Billie is growing unhappy taking care of their kids while at home. Nostalgic for days when she was single and on the prowl, Billie grows drawn to her ex-boyfriend Brad, whom she's recently crossed paths with again, while struggling to remain faithful toward her husband.

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Billie Connelly (Creator/SarahShahi) is a married mother of two, who adores her husband Cooper (Creator/MikeVogel) and their children. However, since the birth of their second child, their marriage has been stale, and Billie is growing unhappy taking care of their kids while at home. Nostalgic for days when she was single and on the prowl, Billie grows drawn to her ex-boyfriend Brad, Brad (Creator/AdamDemos), whom she's recently crossed paths with again, while struggling to remain faithful toward her husband.



* AlliterativeName: Sasha Snow, Billie's friend.

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* AlliterativeName: Sasha Snow, '''S'''asha '''S'''now, Billie's friend.



* BiggerIsBetterInBed: Cooper is visibly unhappy to see just how well-endowed Brad, his wife's ex, is when showering at the same gym (although from what's seen a lot of Brad's prowess came from technique).

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* BiggerIsBetterInBed: Cooper is visibly unhappy to see just how well-endowed Brad, his wife's ex, is [[ShowerScene when showering at the same gym gym]] (although from what's seen a lot of [[SexGod Brad's prowess came from technique).technique]]).



* CoitusEnsues: The series shows many sex scenes which might ordinarily be covered with a {{sexy discretion shot}}, though one supposes it's somewhat to be expected from the title.

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* CoitusEnsues: The series shows many sex scenes which might ordinarily be covered with a {{sexy discretion shot}}, SexyDiscretionShot, though one supposes it's somewhat to be expected from the title.



* EmasculatedCuckold: Cooper feels extremely emasculated by the fact he's unable to physically satisfy Billie, especially when he reads her diary detailing her racy relationship with SexGod Brad.



* LustObject: Brad becomes this for Billie, whose interest in him is purely sexual.



* NewOldFlame: Brad and Billie used to be an item, and meeting him again while having troubles in her marriage re-ignite her attraction to him.



* SexGod: Brad is extremely good at sex, which is a big part of the reason Billie fantasizes and reminisces about him so much, given her current sex life with Cooper leaves her unsatisfied. Billie herself seems to have been something of a SexGoddess back in her younger days, but her passion has faded away over the years.



** In the present, Brad has Billie watch while he has sex with her friend Sasha up against a wall in Sasha's apartment via [=FaceTime=].

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** In the present, Brad has Billie watch while he has sex with her friend Sasha up against a wall in Sasha's apartment via [=FaceTime=].[=FaceTime=].

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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Billie and Cooper try to have sex while she's lactating. This causes Billie to squirt breast milk in his face accidentally.



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* TwoferTokenMinority: Most of the cast is White, with three exceptions (besides minor characters), all women:
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* AmbiguouslyBrown: Billie is played by Sarah Shahi, who's of Iranian and Spanish descent. Though the actor who plays Billie's dad appears vaguely Middle Eastern and also has an accent, while her character's mother's White, what ethnicity she (or he) was meant to be isn't clear. Their last name, Mann, is no help.
* AnAesop: Sasha delivers one in the Season 1 finale-never try to repress your desires, it's only going to cause harm. People shouldn't have to either (especially women, of whom it's more expected).


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* BrainyBrunette: Billie and her friend Sasha are both black-haired psychologists with all the intelligence you would expect.


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* TwoferTokenMinority:
** Billie, the main character, is AmbiguouslyBrown (played by Sarah Shahi, who's of Iranian and Spanish descent).
** Sasha, her friend, is Black.
** Cooper's boss Francesca is of East Asian descent.
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* OneHeadTaller: Billie (portrayed by Sarah Shahi, who's 5'3) only comes up to Brad's chin, while Cooper is only slightly shorter.

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* OneHeadTaller: Billie (portrayed by Sarah Shahi, who's 5'3) only comes up to Brad's chin, while chin. Cooper is only slightly shorter.closer to her.
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* ShowerOfLove: Billie tries getting Cooper to have sex with her in the shower, but he [[SubvertedTrope rejects it]].

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* ShowerOfLove: Billie tries getting Cooper to have sex with her in the shower, but he [[SubvertedTrope rejects it]]. Later, he invites her in when their marriage has grown better, and she goes happily.



* TraumaticMiscarriage: Billie got pregnant by Brad in the past, and they planned on having the baby together. However, then she miscarried, to her dismay, and they quickly broke up as Brad treated her badly afterward.

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* TraumaticMiscarriage: TragicStillbirth: Billie got pregnant by Brad in the past, and they planned on having the baby together. However, then she miscarried, to her dismay, and they quickly broke up as Brad treated her badly afterward.
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* DisappearedDad: Brad's dad left him when he was 8. He sent records and cards after for years, though eventually they also stopped. It clearly affected him deeply. [[spoiler:Later we learn he did meet his dad, and the pair had some good time together. His dad was dying, and explained how he'd left [[DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou because of being on drugs at the time]].]] Before this, he had grave issues about fatherhood after Billie got pregnant, and acted poorly after she miscarried.

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* DisappearedDad: Brad's dad left him when he was 8. He sent records and cards after for years, though eventually they also stopped. It clearly affected him deeply. [[spoiler:Later we learn he did meet his dad, and the pair had some good time together. His dad was dying, and explained how he'd left [[DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou because of being on drugs at the time]].]] Before this, he had grave issues about fatherhood after Billie got pregnant, and acted poorly after to her when she miscarried.
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* LoveDodecahedron: Billie is married to Cooper, but attracted by her ex Brad. Cooper meanwhile later grows attracted to his boss Francesca. At the same time, Brad returns Billie's attraction but is also having sex with her friend Sasha, as "[[FriendsWithBenefits fuck buddies]]". Granted, more like a "lust dodecahedron".

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* LoveDodecahedron: Billie is married to Cooper, but attracted by her ex Brad. Cooper meanwhile later grows attracted to his boss Francesca. At the same time, Brad returns Billie's attraction but is also having sex with her friend Sasha, as "[[FriendsWithBenefits fuck buddies]]". Granted, more like a "lust dodecahedron".dodecahedron" for some of it.

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* DaddyIssues: Brad has them due to his dad abandoning him as a child. Once Billie gets pregnant by him and miscarries their baby, they mess things up big time.



* DisappearedDad: Brad's dad left him when he was 8. He sent records and cards after for years, though eventually they also stopped. It clearly affected him deeply. [[spoiler:Later we learn he did meet his dad, and the pair had some good time together. His dad was dying, and explained how he'd left [[DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou because of being on drugs at the time]].]]

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* DisappearedDad: Brad's dad left him when he was 8. He sent records and cards after for years, though eventually they also stopped. It clearly affected him deeply. [[spoiler:Later we learn he did meet his dad, and the pair had some good time together. His dad was dying, and explained how he'd left [[DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou because of being on drugs at the time]].]]]] Before this, he had grave issues about fatherhood after Billie got pregnant, and acted poorly after she miscarried.
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* {{Blackmail}}: After Cooper beats him up, Devon uses it to blackmail him into getting what he wants at work.
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* BettyAndVeronica: GenderInvertedTrope with Cooper, the kind husband and Brad, the unstable ex-boyfriend.

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* BettyAndVeronica: GenderInvertedTrope with Billie is torn between Cooper, the her kind husband husband, and Brad, the her unstable ex-boyfriend.

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* BettyAndVeronica: GenderInvertedTrope with Cooper, the kind husband and Brad, the unstable ex-boyfriend.



* DaddyIssues: Brad has them due to his dad abandoning him as a child. Once Billie gets pregnant by him and miscarries their baby, they mess things up big time.



* FantasySequence: Billie has one in which she imagines how things would be if she married Brad and they had children after he proposes (though she's already Cooper's wife).



* GreenEyedMonster: Cooper grows increasingly jealous of Billie's ex Brad due to her racy diary relating their relationship, and insecure in comparison with him.

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* GreenEyedMonster: Cooper grows increasingly jealous of Billie's ex Brad due to her racy diary relating their relationship, and insecure in comparison with him. It's pretty justified by just how much she still lusts for Brad.



* {{Jerkass}}: Brad treated Billie quite poorly while they were together a lot of times. Probably the worst is, after she miscarries, making out with another woman at her cousin's wedding and then breaking up as he's unable to deal with his {{daddy issues}} which this triggered.



* TraumaticMiscarriage: Billie got pregnant by Brad in the past, and they planned on having the baby together. However, then she miscarried, to her dismay, and they quickly broke up as Brad treated her badly afterward.



** Billie and Brad are shown to have had sex up against a subway wall in the past.

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** Billie and Brad are shown to have had sex up against a subway wall in the past. past, along with a couple other places.

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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: This seems to be a major part, if not the main reason, Billie was attracted by Brad (and still is). He's a risk-taking, troubled person who was much worse of a partner than her husband Cooper later.



* BettyAndVeronica: GenderInvertedTrope with Cooper, the kind husband and Brad, the unstable ex-boyfriend.



* DisappearedDad: Brad's dad left him when he was 8. He sent records and cards after for years, though eventually they also stopped. It clearly affected him deeply.

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* DisappearedDad: Brad's dad left him when he was 8. He sent records and cards after for years, though eventually they also stopped. It clearly affected him deeply. [[spoiler:Later we learn he did meet his dad, and the pair had some good time together. His dad was dying, and explained how he'd left [[DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou because of being on drugs at the time]].]]



* EroticEating: Brad is shown pouring liquid chocolate on Billie's body and then licking it off in a flashback.
* FanserviceExtra: The swingers' party Billie and Cooper attend has many minor characters in little clothing or none, plus several having sex.



* ForegoneConclusion: Given that Billie in the present only has two children (with her husband Cooper) it's obvious that she and Brad didn't have a baby nor work out as a couple in general even before we learn what happened.



* {{Hypocrite}}: Right after he got oral sex from Trina, Cooper beats up Devon (Trina's husband) for propositioning Billie. Devon, though sleazy, even pointed out this was hypocritical for him to object (not that Billie's into him).



* MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: Cooper has sex with Billie up against their kitchen table, as the first passionate encounter the couple has had in [[SexlessMarriage what's clearly some time]].

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* MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: LoveDodecahedron: Billie is married to Cooper, but attracted by her ex Brad. Cooper meanwhile later grows attracted to his boss Francesca. At the same time, Brad returns Billie's attraction but is also having sex with her friend Sasha, as "[[FriendsWithBenefits fuck buddies]]". Granted, more like a "lust dodecahedron".
* MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces:
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Cooper has sex with Billie up against their kitchen table, as the first passionate encounter the couple has had in [[SexlessMarriage what's clearly some time]].time]].
** This appeared to be Brad and Billie's thing while they were together. While they are seen doing it in bed, most of the sex they have that's shown is elsewhere.



* OneHeadTaller: Billie (portrayed by Sarah Shahi, who's 5'3) only comes up to Brad's chin, while Cooper is only slightly shorter.



** In the present, Brad has Billie watch while he has sex with her friend Sasha up against a wall in Sasha's apartment via [=FaceTime=].
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* BettyAndVeronica: GenderInvertedTrope with Cooper, the kind husband and Brad, the unstable ex-boyfriend.



** In the present, Brad has Billie watch while he has sex with her friend Sasha up against a wall in Sasha's apartment via [=FaceTime=].

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** In the present, Brad has Billie watch while he has sex with her friend Sasha up against a wall in Sasha's apartment via [=FaceTime=].[=FaceTime=].
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* AutoErotica: Billie and Brad did this in the past. When Cooper attempts to with her in the present, it doesn't go as well, because of having a car seat in the back and her lactating, while Billie is [[SpeedSex left unsatisfied]].
* BiggerIsBetterInBed: Cooper is visibly unhappy to see just how well-endowed Brad, his wife's ex, is when showering at the same gym (although from what's seen a lot of Brad's prowess came from technique).



* ADateWithRosiePalms: Billie masturbates by using a vibrator after giving up on having sex with Cooper as he's more interested in the football game than her.

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Billie masturbates by using a vibrator after giving up on having sex with Cooper as he's more interested in the football game than her.her.
** Cooper is later shown masturbating while he reads Billie's racy diary accounts about her ex Brad.
** Billie masturbates while watching Brad and Sasha have sex over [=FaceTime=].
* DisappearedDad: Brad's dad left him when he was 8. He sent records and cards after for years, though eventually they also stopped. It clearly affected him deeply.



* ElevatorGoingDown: One of Billie and Brad's past encounters is shown to have been during an elevator trip to meet his family.



* GreenEyedMonster: Cooper grows increasingly jealous of Billie's ex Brad due to her racy diary relating their relationship, and insecure in comparison with him.



* MaleFrontalNudity: Brad is shown entirely nude from the front when showering at the gym he attends, showcasing his [[BiggerIsBetterInBed very large penis]].



* ShowerOfLove: Billie tries getting Cooper to have sex with her in the shower, but he [[SubvertedTrope rejects it]].



* SpeedSex: Cooper often goes too fast while having sex with Billie, though she urges that he do it slower, and this seems to be a part of why she's unsatisfied.



** Cooper later tries to recreate this with Billie after reading what she wrote in a client's pool.

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** Cooper later tries to recreate this with Billie after reading what she wrote in a client's pool.pool.
* YoureNotMyFather: Brad angrily yells this at his stepfather during an argument before throwing a glass at him.
* WallBangHer:
** Billie and Brad are shown to have had sex up against a subway wall in the past.
** In the present, Brad has Billie watch while he has sex with her friend Sasha up against a wall in Sasha's apartment via [=FaceTime=].

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* BlackBraAndPanties: Billie wears these when going out with Cooper in Episode 2, as shown when they undress later, to dress in a sexy fashion in hopes they'll recover their marriage's passion.



* InterruptedIntimacy: Cooper takes Billie to a client's pool, where they start having sex but then get caught as said client on vacation like he'd believed.



* TwoPersonPoolParty: Billie had sex with Brad while in a rooftop pool on the night they met.

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* TwoPersonPoolParty: TwoPersonPoolParty:
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Billie had sex with Brad while in a rooftop pool on the night they met.met.
** Cooper later tries to recreate this with Billie after reading what she wrote in a client's pool.

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* FriendsWithBenefits: Sasha is in a relationship with Brad like this when the series starts, which Billie finds out by walking in to find him in Sasha's apartment (to her dismay, as she has a resurgent attraction for him).



* SexyDressRip

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* MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: Cooper has sex with Billie up against their kitchen table, in the first passionate encounter the couple has had in what's clearly some time.

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* MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: Cooper has sex with Billie up against their kitchen table, in as the first passionate encounter the couple has had in [[SexlessMarriage what's clearly some time.time]].


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Starring Creator/SarahShahi as the main character Billie, ''Sex/Life'' is a Creator/{{Netflix}} Original series inspired by the book ''44 Chapters About 4 Men'', with Creator/MikeVogel, Adam Demos and Margaret Odette as the supporting characters.
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* TomboyishName: Billie, the main character. Her name is a more traditionally masculine one, and it seems signals that she's a free-spirited, independent-minded woman.

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* TomboyishName: Billie, the main character. Her name is close to a more traditionally masculine one, and it seems this signals that she's a free-spirited, independent-minded woman.woman at heart.
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* SexlessMarriage: By the time of the series' start, Billie and Cooper's marriage has become largely this, to Billie's unhappiness. This is the reason she starts getting tempted by her ex-boyfriend Brad with Brad (who's also nude).
* SkinnyDipping: In a flashback, Billie strips naked and goes into a rooftop pool.

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* SexlessMarriage: By the time of the series' start, Billie and Cooper's marriage has become largely this, to Billie's unhappiness. This is the reason she starts getting tempted by her ex-boyfriend Brad with Brad (who's also nude).
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* SkinnyDipping: In a flashback, Billie strips naked and goes into a rooftop pool.pool with Brad (who's also nude).
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* SexlessMarriage: By the time of the series' start, Billie and Cooper's marriage has become largely this, to Billie's unhappiness. This is the reason she starts getting tempted by her ex-boyfriend Brad.

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* SexlessMarriage: By the time of the series' start, Billie and Cooper's marriage has become largely this, to Billie's unhappiness. This is the reason she starts getting tempted by her ex-boyfriend Brad.Brad with Brad (who's also nude).

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* AlliterativeName: Sasha Snow, Billie's friend.



* ReallyGetsAround: Billie had quite an active sex life as a single woman, to judge by the many men she's shown having sex with in flashbacks.

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Billie had quite an active sex life as a single woman, to judge by the many men she's shown having sex with in flashbacks.flashbacks.
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* FemaleGaze: Since the series is from Billie's viewpoint, shooting often focuses on good-looking men's abs whom she checks out (though her own body, along with other women's, also gets significant attention).

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* FemaleGaze: Since the series is from Billie's viewpoint, shooting often focuses on good-looking men's abs whom she checks out (though her own body, along with other women's, [[MaleGaze also gets significant attention).attention]]).
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* EatingTheEyeCandy: Billie checks out Cooper in the shower while he's naked, showing that she at least is still interested.

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* EatingTheEyeCandy: Billie checks out Cooper in the shower while he's naked, showing that she at least [[SexlessMarriage is still interested.interested]] (whereas he has been ignoring her).

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* ADateWithRosiePalms: Billie masturbates with a vibrator after giving up on having sex with Cooper as he's more interested in the football game than her.

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* ADateWithRosiePalms: Billie masturbates with by using a vibrator after giving up on having sex with Cooper as he's more interested in the football game than her.


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* FemaleGaze: Since the series is from Billie's viewpoint, shooting often focuses on good-looking men's abs whom she checks out (though her own body, along with other women's, also gets significant attention).

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* RomanceOnTheSet: Sarah Shahi (Billie) and Adam Demos (Brad) began dating during filming.
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Billie Connelly is a married mother of two, who adores her husband Cooper and their children. However, since the birth of their second child, their marriage has been stale, and Billie is growing unhappy taking care of their kids while at home. Nostalgic for days when she was single and on the prowl, Billie grows drawn to her ex-boyfriend Brad, whom she's recently crossed paths with again, while struggling to remain faithful toward her husband.

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* CoitusEnsues: The series shows many sex scenes which might ordinarily be covered with a {{sexy discretion shot}}, though one supposes it's somewhat to be expected from the title.
* ADateWithRosiePalms: Billie masturbates with a vibrator after giving up on having sex with Cooper as he's more interested in the football game than her.
* EatingTheEyeCandy: Billie checks out Cooper in the shower while he's naked, showing that she at least is still interested.
* {{Flashback}}: Billie has many of these, showing both her life as a single woman and previous happier times in her marriage to Cooper.
* MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: Cooper has sex with Billie up against their kitchen table, in the first passionate encounter the couple has had in what's clearly some time.
* MsFanservice: Billie, portrayed by Sarah Shahi (former beauty pageant winner and professional cheerleader), is shown topless many times, often in sex scenes.
* NiceGuy: Billie describes Cooper, her husband, as a very kind man who goes out of his way to help others, while explaining she still loves him although their marriage has run into trouble.
* ReallyGetsAround: Billie had quite an active sex life as a single woman, to judge by the many men she's shown having sex with in flashbacks.
* RomanceOnTheSet: Sarah Shahi (Billie) and Adam Demos (Brad) began dating during filming.
* ScreamingBirth: Billie is shown giving birth to one of her children while loudly screaming during a flashback.
* SexlessMarriage: By the time of the series' start, Billie and Cooper's marriage has become largely this, to Billie's unhappiness. This is the reason she starts getting tempted by her ex-boyfriend Brad.
* SkinnyDipping: In a flashback, Billie strips naked and goes into a rooftop pool.
* TomboyishName: Billie, the main character. Her name is a more traditionally masculine one, and it seems signals that she's a free-spirited, independent-minded woman.
* TwoPersonPoolParty: Billie had sex with Brad while in a rooftop pool on the night they met.

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