History Series / SexLife

* StraightGay: Brad's brother is gay, it turns out. They act and look much alike, with him only being shown as gay when he kisses his boyfriend.

* OfficeRomance: Brad starts dating Francesca, his boss, in Season 2 after he and Billie are separated.

* SlutShaming: Billie, after separating from Cooper, gets disparaged over seeing someone else by her mom. It turns out that Billie's dealt with this for years, saying her mom taught her to feel shame over her sexual desires, something that led her into dishonesty as she repressed them. She calls her mom out for this.

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

* InterruptedIntimacy: Cooper takes Billie to a client's pool, where they start having sex but then get caught as said client isn't on vacation like he'd believed.

* TwoferTokenMinority: Most of the cast is White, with three exceptions (besides minor characters), all women:

* AmbiguouslyBrown: Billie is played by Sarah Shahi, who's of Iranian and Spanish descent. Though the actor who plays Billie's dad is portrayed by Hrant Alianak[[note]]Sudanese-born Armenian-American[[/note]] who appears vaguely Middle Eastern and also has an accent, while her character's mother's White, what ethnicity she was meant to be isn't clear. Their last name, Mann, along with its alternate spelling Maan is used in Asian cultures however. In India, its a Punjabi name usually associated with Sikhs. The Ma'an is an uncommon topographical surname used by Arabs usually of Syrian or Iraqi origin. So it's possible they're of South Asian or West Asian ancestry, but this hasn't been said.

** Billie, the main character, is AmbiguouslyBrown (played by Sarah Shahi, who's of Iranian and Spanish descent).

* AmbiguouslyBrown: Billie is played by Sarah Shahi, who's of Iranian and Spanish descent. Though the actor who plays Billie's dad is portrayed by Hrant Alianak[[note]]Sudanese-born Armenian-American[[/note]] who appears vaguely Middle Eastern and also has an accent, while her character's mother's White, what ethnicity she was meant to be isn't clear. Their last name, Mann, along with its alternate spelling Maan is used in Asian cultures however. In India, its a Punjabi name usually associated with Sikhs. The Ma'an is an uncommon topographical surname used about Arabs usually of Syrian or Iraqi origin. So it's possible they're of South Asian or West Asian ancestry, but this hasn't been said.

* AmbiguouslyBrown: Billie is played by Sarah Shahi, who's of Iranian and Spanish descent. Though the actor who plays Billie's dad is portrayed by Hrant Alianak[[note]]Sudanese-born Armenian-American[[/note]] who appears vaguely Middle Eastern and also has an accent, while her character's mother's White, what ethnicity she was meant to be isn't clear. Their last name, Mann, along with its alternate spelling Maan is used in Asian cultures however. In India, its a Punjabi name usually associated with Sikhs. The Ma'an is an uncommon topographical surname used about Arabs usually of Syrian or Iraqi origin. So it's possible they're of South Asian or Middle Eastern ancestry, but this hasn't been said.

* AmbiguouslyBrown: Billie is played by Sarah Shahi, who's of Iranian and Spanish descent. Though the actor who plays Billie's dad is porttayed by Hrant Alianak [[note]] Sudanese born Armenian American [[/note]] who appears vaguely Middle Eastern and also has an accent, while her character's mother's White, what ethnicity she was meant to be isn't clear. Their last name, Mann, is no help. Though the surname Mann or its alternate spelling Maan is used in Asian cultures. In India, its a Punjabi name usually associated with Sikhs. The Ma'an is an uncommon topographical surname used about Arabs usually of Syrian or Iraqi origin.

* 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 was meant to be isn't clear. Their last name, Mann, is no help.

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* TooGoodToBeTrue: When Billie first met Cooper, she was taken aback by how nice, perfect, clean-cut, and sweet he was to her. In her own words, she kept waiting for the other shoe to drop, and reveal something underneath. But it never happened, much to her surprise.

* RescueRomance: Billie and Brad's first interaction was him stopping some street asshole from harassing her. After driving her home, things heated up ''very'' fast.

* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Billie constantly talks about how Cooper is such a good nice man, which was a welcome respite from the serious damage all those "bad boy" types left on her. She even admits that he's the far better and safer man for her than Brad ever was.

* 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.

* MrFanservice: Brad and Cooper are both handsome men with very toned physiques. They both get plenty of {{shirtless scene}}s, and Brad's also shown [[MaleFrontalNudity completely naked from the front [[ShowerScene in the shower]], displaying his [[BiggerIsBetterInBed rather large penis]] as a result.

* {{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).

* WhamEpisode: "This Must Be the Place"; Trina tells Billie that due to Cooper and Devon patching things up after the "party" at their place, she laments that she'll have a little less freedom. This apparently inspired her to run to Devon's apartment. However, Cooper is seen looking at a tracker app to see where Billie was going.

* 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.

* 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.

* WhamEpisode:
** "This Must Be the Place": Trina tells Billie that due to Cooper and Devon patching things up after the ''party'' at their place, she laments that she'll have a little less freedom. This apparently inspired her to run to Devon's apartment. However, Cooper is seen looking a tracker app to see where Billie was going.