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Recap / The Sex Lives of College Girls S1 E5 "That Comment Tho"

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Kimberly is anxious about the mixed messaging that Nico gives her about her dress and decides to ask him personally at the frat party that Theta Pi Delta is holding, where Leighton also brings her Women's Center colleagues to attend. Meanwhile, Whitney discovers about discrimination against female athletes, while Bela forces her way in to a Catullan party that she wasn't invited to.


Tropes featured in this episode:

  • Accidental Pervert: While filming the documentary about the male locker room, Whitney accidentally shoots a naked player who comes out of the shower.
  • Amazingly Embarrassing Parents: Senator Evette Chase demands a formal conversation with Coach Woods because Whitney was benched for two games.
  • Berserk Button: Alicia angrily knocks a drunk jock down and kicks him after he calls her a dyke.
  • The Big Damn Kiss: Leighton's kiss with Alicia, which doubles as her coming out of the closet to Alicia.
  • Break-Up/Make-Up Scenario: Dalton decides to end things with Whitney, not wanting their relationship to potentially ruin his career.
  • Double Standard: The male soccer players received shiny new tracksuits even though they lost the previous game, while the women soccer players got nothing despite winning.
  • Fratbro: Nico does his best to clean up his frat before the Women's Center members arrive, disposing of the racially and sexually insensitive props outside.
  • Girls vs. Boys Plot: Whitney challenges a male athlete to race her on a treadmill and see who is faster. She wins.
  • Gone Horribly Right: Leighton tells the Women's Center not to judge the frat culture by hearsay alone. Alicia agrees, and proposes that the entire center visit the party that Theta Pi Delta hold that night.
  • My Sister Is Off-Limits: Kimberly is afraid that Leighton will react badly if she learns that she has a crush on Nico.
  • Shameless Fanservice Girl: Nico, when Leighton finds him preparing the frat party shirtless:
    "Oh, I'd make up a reason for why my shirt is off, but, honestly, it's because I know I look good without it."
  • Woman Scorned: After he breaks up with her, Whitney throws a rock at Dalton's car, breaking one of its glass windows.

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