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** '''C'''Cooper '''C'''onnolly, Billie's husband.
* AlphaBitch: Trina has the mom clique wrapped around her finger and isn't afraid to use deception and out-right lies to keep it that way.

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** '''C'''Cooper '''C'''ooper '''C'''onnolly, Billie's husband.
* AlphaBitch: Trina has the mom clique wrapped around her finger and isn't afraid to use deception and out-right outright lies to keep it that way.



* 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]].
* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler:After at last [[RelationshipUpgrade Billie and Brad get together]], marrying, she also whispers into his ear that she's pregnant, the last bit of their happy ending.]]
* BestFriend: Billie and Sasha have been best friends for years. While they have different lives (Billie's married with two kids at the start, Sasha's happily single) they remain close and always there for each other.

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* AutoErotica: Billie and Brad did this in the past. When Cooper attempts to do this with her in the present, it doesn't go as well, well because of having a car seat in the back and her lactating, lactating while Billie is [[SpeedSex left unsatisfied]].
* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler:After [[spoiler: After at last [[RelationshipUpgrade Billie and Brad get together]], marrying, she also whispers into his ear that she's pregnant, the last bit of their happy ending.]]
* BestFriend: Billie and Sasha have been best friends for years. While they have different lives (Billie's married with two kids at the start, Sasha's happily single) single), they remain close and always there for each other.



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



* {{Blackmail}}: After Cooper beats him up, Devon uses it to blackmail him into getting what he wants at work.

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* {{Blackmail}}: Blackmail: After Cooper beats him up, Devon uses it to blackmail him into getting what he wants at work.



* CarpetOfVirility: Mahid, Billie's new boyfriend in Season 2, has lots of black hair on his chest. It emphasizes his manliness as he he's very muscular too.

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* CarpetOfVirility: Mahid, Billie's new boyfriend in Season 2, has lots of black hair on his chest. It emphasizes his manliness as he he's very muscular too.



* DeadSparks: When the series starts, Billie's marriage to Cooper has grown stale after the had their two kids. They attempt to spice things up, but Billie is drawn by her ex-boyfriend Brad. In Season 2 they separate and start seeing other people after attempting to repair things fails.
* 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 to her when she miscarried.
* DrowningMySorrows: Cooper deals with divorcing Billie by drinking, doing coke and having casual sex, before it all comes down when he's in a car accident, gets arrested for DUI then ordered to get in AA.

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* DeadSparks: When the series starts, Billie's marriage to Cooper has grown stale after the they had their two kids. They attempt to spice things up, but Billie is drawn by her ex-boyfriend Brad. In Season 2 they separate and start seeing other people after attempting to repair things fails.
* 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 [[spoiler: Later we learn he did meet his dad, and the pair had some a good time together. His dad was dying, 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 to her when she miscarried.
* DrowningMySorrows: Cooper deals with divorcing Billie by drinking, doing coke coke, and having casual sex, sex before it all comes down when he's in a car accident, gets arrested for DUI DUI, then ordered to get in into AA.



** 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.

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



* LaserGuidedKarma: Trina lies to the mom clique about Billie and Cooper taking her and Devon to a swinger's party (when in truth it was the other way around), resulting in the other moms shunning Billie. Later on Cooper and Devon reconcile, and Trina laments that her and Devon have agreed to no longer attend the swinger parties, much to her displeasure.

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* LaserGuidedKarma: Trina lies to the mom clique about Billie and Cooper taking her and Devon to a swinger's party (when in truth it was the other way around), resulting in the other moms shunning Billie. Later on on, Cooper and Devon reconcile, and Trina laments that her she and Devon have agreed to no longer attend the swinger parties, much to her displeasure.



* 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" for some of it.

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* LoveDodecahedron: Billie is married to Cooper, Cooper but attracted by her ex Brad. Cooper meanwhile 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" for some of it.



** 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.

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** This appeared to be Brad Brad's 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.



** 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 Cooper, as he's more interested in the football game than her.



* RaceForYourLove: [[spoiler:In the Season 2 finale, Sasha races to intercept Kam in the airport as he's going away for work in Singapore. She offers to join him there, giving up her plans in New York. However, it turns out Kam chose to give ''his'' plans up for her instead, and stay there with her.]]

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* RaceForYourLove: [[spoiler:In [[spoiler: In the Season 2 finale, Sasha races to intercept Kam in the airport as he's going away for work in Singapore. She offers to join him there, giving up her plans in New York. However, it turns out Kam chose to give ''his'' plans up for her instead, instead and stay there with her.]]



** In Season 2 Billie at least has foreplay with Majid while they're showering.

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** In Season 2 2, Billie at least has foreplay with Majid while they're showering.



* 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. Her mom though apologizes for this, relating that she had been branded a slut herself long ago after she'd gotten caught with her boyfriend, then tried to steer Billie away from this as she'd suffered for 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.

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* 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. Her mom though mom, though, apologizes for this, relating that she had been branded a slut herself long ago after she'd gotten caught with her boyfriend, then tried to steer Billie away from this this, as she'd suffered for 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.



* TokenMinority: A couple men of color join the mostly White cast in Season 2:

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* TokenMinority: A couple of men of color join the mostly White cast in Season 2:



* TokenMinorityCouple: In Season 2, Billie (who is half Persian/half white) and Sasha (Black), the two main women of color on the show, both get paired to men with the same ethnicities. Billie dates Majid, and Kam (Sasha's ex-boyfriend/fiance) reconnects with her.

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* TokenMinorityCouple: In Season 2, Billie (who is half Persian/half white) and Sasha (Black), the two main women of color on the show, both get paired to with men with the same ethnicities. Billie dates Majid, and Kam (Sasha's ex-boyfriend/fiance) ex-boyfriend/fiancé) reconnects with her.



* 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 bad underneath. But it never happened, much to her surprise.
* TooMuchInformation: In "Seasons of Love" Sasha talks publicly about "churning the butter", something sexual her new man Kam does which gets her off very well, and he hastily covers her mouth, uncomfortable she shares this with others (Sasha's planning to make a blog post about it anyway however).

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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, drop and reveal something bad underneath. But it never happened, much to her surprise.
* TooMuchInformation: In "Seasons of Love" Love", Sasha talks publicly about "churning the butter", something sexual her new man Kam does which gets her off very well, and he hastily covers her mouth, uncomfortable she shares this with others (Sasha's planning to make a blog post about it anyway however).



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

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



* WeddingFinale: [[spoiler:Billie marries Brad in the Season 2 finale, after tons of WillTheyOrWontThey over the previous seasons, with both committing to each other after they had looked for love with other people.]]

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* WeddingFinale: [[spoiler:Billie [[spoiler: Billie marries Brad in the Season 2 finale, after tons of WillTheyOrWontThey over the previous seasons, with both committing to each other after they had looked for love with other people.]]

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* MasturbationMeansSexualFrustration: ** 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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* MasturbationMeansSexualFrustration: MasturbationMeansSexualFrustration:
** 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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* MasturbationMeansSexualFrustration: ** 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.
** 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=].
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* 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.
** 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=].
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Expanding.


* 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. In fact, she describes many of her conquests as literal "bad boys", and they all burned her out because of their badness, which was why she [[SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan chose Cooper]].

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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. In fact, she describes many of her conquests as literal "bad boys", and they all burned her out because of their badness, which was why she [[SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan chose Cooper]].Cooper. She ends up getting back with Brad and marrying him after she's divorced Cooper, though he's become better for her by then]].

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* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler:After at last [[TheyDo Billie and Brad get together]], marrying, she also whispers into his ear that she's pregnant, the last bit of their happy ending.]]

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* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler:After at last [[TheyDo [[RelationshipUpgrade Billie and Brad get together]], marrying, she also whispers into his ear that she's pregnant, the last bit of their happy ending.]]



* TheyDo: [[spoiler:Billie marries Brad in the Season 2 finale, after tons of WillTheyOrWontThey over the previous seasons, with both committing to each other after they had looked for love with other people.]]


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* WeddingFinale: [[spoiler:Billie marries Brad in the Season 2 finale, after tons of WillTheyOrWontThey over the previous seasons, with both committing to each other after they had looked for love with other people.]]
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The show was renewed for a second season as of October 2021. It was released March 2, 2023.

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The show was renewed for a second season as of October 2021. It was released March 2, 2023.
2023. The show was cancelled a month later on April 7.
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Per TRS, this was renamed to Sex Starts Story Stops


* CoitusEnsues: The series shows many sex scenes which might ordinarily be covered with a SexyDiscretionShot, though one supposes it's somewhat to be expected from the title.
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* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler:After at last [[TheyDo Billie and Brad get together]], marrying, she also whispers into his ear that she's pregnant, the last bit of their happy ending.]]


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* TheyDo: [[spoiler:Billie marries Brad in the Season 2 finale, after tons of WillTheyOrWontThey over the previous seasons, with both committing to each other after they had looked for love with other people.]]
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* AmicableExes: Billie and Cooper evolve into being this by the end of Season 2.

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* AmicableExes: Billie [[spoiler:Billie and Cooper evolve into being this by the end of Season 2.2. They make peace with each other, respecting the time both had together and becoming friendly co-parents of their kids.]]
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* AmicableExes: Billie and Cooper evolve into being this by the end of Season 2.


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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: It turns out that Billie's legal name is Wilhelmina, but it's only used once when she graduates from college.
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* RaceForYourLove: [[spoiler:In the Season 2 finale, Sasha races to intercept Kam in the airport as he's going away for work in Singapore. She offers to join him there, giving up her plans in New York. However, it turns out Kam chose to give ''his'' plans up for her instead, and stay there with her.]]
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* DrowningMySorrows: Cooper deals with divorcing Billie by drinking, doing coke and having casual sex, before it all comes down when he's in a car accident, gets arrested for DUI then ordered to get in AA.

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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.

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* ShowerOfLove: ShowerOfLove:
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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.happily.
** In Season 2 Billie at least has foreplay with Majid while they're showering.
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* SexMontage: Billie and Sasha both have sex with their new boyfriends in "Georgia on My Mind", the scenes being interspersed.

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* SexMontage: Billie and Sasha both have sex with their new boyfriends in "Georgia on My Mind", the scenes being interspersed. It's later repeated with "Future Starts Today" when Sasha's single again and she's shown having sex with multiple men in succession.

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* ScreamingBirth: Billie is shown giving birth to one of her children while loudly screaming during a flashback.

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* ScreamingBirth: ScreamingBirth:
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Billie is shown giving birth to one of her children while loudly screaming during a flashback.flashback.
** Gigi in Season 2 also does this while having her son.
* SexForServices: Majid tells Billie he's been sleeping with Crystal to get her investment in his restaurant.
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** Sasha goes to Kam's office and they have sex together there in Season 2.
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** Her friend Sasha is still living that kind of lifestyle.

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** Her friend Sasha is still living that kind of lifestyle.lifestyle in Season 1.
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* MistakenForGay: Billie and her friend Trina are mistaken for a couple at the spa in Season 2.
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** Billie later successfully rejects Brad after he makes a pass at her when he's gotten married to Gigi.
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* GetOut: Cooper angrily orders Billie to go and leave the house when she confesses she's been with another man while the two are separated (it's pretty [[{{Hypocrite}} hypocritical]] as well since he dated/slept with multiple women during their separation).

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

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* AlliterativeName: AlliterativeName:
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'''S'''asha '''S'''now, Billie's friend.friend.
** '''C'''Cooper '''C'''onnolly, Billie's husband.


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** Cooper's preparing to have sex with Trina when his little son Hudson walks in.
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* TooMuchInformation: In "Seasons of Love" Sasha talks publicly about "churning the butter", something sexual her new man Kam does which gets her off very well, and he hastily covers her mouth, uncomfortable she shares this with others (Sasha's planning to make a blog post about it anyway however).
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I got what counts as the trope wrong, but this still applies.


* SexMontage: Billie and Majid are shown having sex in many different positions/places as their relationship kicks off in "Seasons of Love".

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* SexMontage: Billie and Majid are shown having Sasha both have sex in many different positions/places as with their relationship kicks off new boyfriends in "Seasons of Love"."Georgia on My Mind", the scenes being interspersed.
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* CarpetOfVirility: Mahid, Billie's new boyfriend in Season 2, has lots of black hair on his chest.

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* CarpetOfVirility: Mahid, Billie's new boyfriend in Season 2, has lots of black hair on his chest. It emphasizes his manliness as he he's very muscular too.
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* CarpetOfVirility: Mahid, Billie's new boyfriend in Season 2, has lots of black hair on his chest.


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* SexMontage: Billie and Majid are shown having sex in many different positions/places as their relationship kicks off in "Seasons of Love".
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The show was renewed for a second season as of October 2021.

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The show was renewed for a second season as of October 2021.
2021. It was released March 2, 2023.
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** In Season 2, Cooper (after separating from Billie) cheats on Francesca, who's his new girlfriend, by having casual sex with a woman he meets up against a bathroom sink.
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* TokenMinorityCouple: In Season 2, Billie (who is half Persian/half white) and Sasha (Black), the two main women of color on the show) both get paired to men with the same ethnicities. Billie dates Majid, and Kam (Sasha's ex-boyfriend/fiance) reconnects with her.

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* TokenMinorityCouple: In Season 2, Billie (who is half Persian/half white) and Sasha (Black), the two main women of color on the show) show, both get paired to men with the same ethnicities. Billie dates Majid, and Kam (Sasha's ex-boyfriend/fiance) reconnects with her.
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* TokenMinorityCouple: In Season 2, Billie (who is half Persian/half white) and Sasha (Black), the two main women of color on the show) both get paired to men with the same ethnicities. Billie dates Majid, and Kam (Sasha's ex-boyfriend/fiance) reconnects with her.

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