Or I can choose to go to a gay bar in Brighton and everybody knows who I am — I can choose to be in it or out of it at the moment. In any case, Peace is in a good place to take risks — in between acting gigs, she's building a reputation for herself as a jazz singer. In response, Peace — now very much taken — only tactfully concedes that "there might have been a phase in my very early twenties.
About us Advertise Get involved Magazines Contact us. There are only 12 episodes. Is it still worth those 12 hours of your time? The show takes place in Glasgow so the accents are amazing. Meet Frankie Alan, the promiscuous brooding photographer who returns in the first episode from New York City. She is undoubtedly Shane in every way. You just want her to be loved by someone but she keeps f-ing it up with every girl by not knowing how to communicate feelings. So killing Cat took the decision out of her hands.
Although it feels as if there is now a void in the show, I'm interested in seeing how the characters will cope and how the secret will unravel itself.
People may be questioning the representation of the show, but I think it does represent our lives, as even us lesbians experience loss! I think the interesting thing about Cat's death in the program is that it was completely shocking and unexpected.
We were all waiting for some mega drama but I think most of us expected Cat to get caught cheating by Sam on her birthday. When Cat get's run over by the car it really makes your heart stop and you're like 'Oh My God' but I didn't once think she'd actually die until they pronounced her dead in the hospital room.
When suddenly my body went cold and I thought 'what? What I particularly loved about the episode and what was utterly heartbreaking was when Tess and Ed need to tell Frankie who has absoloutely no clue about the whole thing, it's awful and I was crying buckets.
I don't think that Cat's death is necessarily a bad move although her character and Laura Fraser's acting will be sorely missed. I do think there was only so long the love triangle could really carry on and what could really happen once Cat and Frankie properly got together which I think would have happened eventually as Cat and Frankie really were soulmates.
I do think the aftermath of her death will be interesting, seeing how all the different characters deal with it as she really was the one who linked everyone together.
As much as I do think Cat's death will make for an interesting storyline, I do feel a bit cheated now reading that the reason it happened was because Cat wasn't available for the filming the whole series. I feel like her death is less poignant and more of a convenience now, I mean I would quite have liked them to finally become official. On another note, Jay said he was leaving because he couldn't work where he used to work with Cat, I hope last episode wasn't the last we saw of him as I really loved him as a character although I suppose he was mostly important as Cat's workmate but even so, I found him really funny and likeable despite the fact he behaved like an idiot a lot of the time.
Wow, what a response! Thanks so much for all your comments. Here's what Harriet has to say They had this great love but broke up and never spoke again. Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor are a testament to how a great love is rarely resolved.
Serojay, Foots, Harry Palmer and amaze-me - I can see how you might feel that Cat and her relationships were the heart of the series and it will struggle without her. I can only echo what some other people have said here, that for me it did open up limitless possibilities and I had no problem storylining the rest of the series.
I can only ask that you keep an open mind, maybe you will also find yourself pleasantly surprised by how interested you are in what happens next. And finally a word about sex. Some people have been disappointed there has been less sex in the first two episodes, others welcome this.
As a writer I can only ever hope that through the course of a series there are enough things that will engage and delight different people at different points. Brilliant that Harriet and the Lip Service team made the time to respond to everyone's comments.
Wow, didn't expect a response but it is great, it makes us feel valued viewer. I think it took guts to kill Cat off. I assumed there was a conflict of schedule but still it could have been filmed in a way that Cat's character could have made it at least a couple more episodes. The magic of film, but u picked a different route and I admire that. It inspires me as a writer. Unfortunately life hands you shit and that's what happened in that episode. I am confident that the next 4 shows are going to be very entertaining and riveting and yes, funny I am a fan of your work.
Mistresses, as well. You have done a truly amazing job in portraying the messiness of life and it's many layers of secrets. Im from Portugal by the way, im saying this just so you know that you have followers from my country.. Congratulations to you and your team.. It seems that whatever happened, you were not going to find it easy to resolve all the issues that the Cat-Frankie-Sam love triangle had thrown up.
Besides, not everyone is as drawn to one character as another. But, to be honest, the really interesting dynamics can start. I am interested to see what you can do with Sam. I suppose it would be good to see her loose a bit of her starched stiffness, and let loose a little. Frankie is fascinating. Great stuff and I look forward to seeing where you take us next!
Congratulations Harriet for providing us with a fantastic show! I could easily relate to nearly all the characters Quite often saw myself in a few scenes. Last Fridays episode brought a massive lump to my throat! The sad departure of Cat. Laura Fraser is an amazing actress.
Beautiful, talented, natural and most of all intriguing Ok i must confess - i have a Cat crush And it's a shame and great loss that Laura's time on lip service was cut short due to other work commitments Looking forward to the next episode!
Hi,Harriet, What a revelation your series is. The drama is fast becoming a must for "everyone" to watch and totally enjoy. It seems to me ,that you have been able to make the watcher fully believe that they are there on set and part of the scene. I am very sorry Laura has had to leave the series. America gains and we lose! I know you will bring us all fresh characters and memorable drama in the future.
Keep up the good work,and ,oh! Thank you for replying to my comment. I echo Hotwithapot's reply on that. Glad that I'm one of the users who checks back to see what others have said. Maybe you could put your response up higher so that others who don't check the comments know that you replied to us without being told by their fellow posters, that is? Unless, of course, you're going to reply to more comments. Then I understand about not placing your additional post with your original one. Unlike Hotwithapot and Yvonneboubou two people, not three, LOL , I'd prefer steamy sex scenes to return though maybe not at the same frequency , and I wonder if what Laura Fraser said about filming the sex scenes played a role in the series downplaying their explicitness this season.
About your additional comment as to whether Cat would have ended up with Frankie or Sam: I knew it. Even though you'd said, "If anyone feels cheated of a happily ever after, I'll confess that even if she'd stayed in the series, there wasn't going to be one," I knew that you were talking about Season 2 when you added, "My intention was always that in playing with fire, and continuing to see both of them, Cat would end up with neither of them.
If they wouldn't have ended as lovers, I feel that you'd at least had them end as friends. I so agree about Shane and Carmen. I still haven't watched all of "The L Word" yet, but I watched that storyline on YouTube because I felt so much chemistry between Shane and Carmen after stumbling on to it and watching some clips.
Such a shame the way their love story ended it. But like you stated, "Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor are a testament to how a great love is rarely resolved. You're a class act. I don't know if it is just me or not but I have been on such a downer since Friday's episode! I actually gasped out loud when the car hit Cat Even now 5 days later, I am still devastated. It must have been some sort of catalyst for me and now I feel like I am really mourning someone I know I have to say that I am not easy to shock and certainly do not get all involved with tv shows but dayum that episode got me all right!
The thing is now I believe Frankie will hotfoot it back to New York or some other exotic location. She has nothing to stay in Glasgow for really And if you look at the episode guides for the next 3 episodes, Frankie is only mentioned in this once coming up and it says she makes a big decision And I think that is what is upsetting me most because I loved Cat and Frankie's characters I will continue to watch and I really hope Harriet Braun can lift my sadness for the loss of my favourites in the series.
Don't get me wrong, it is not that I don't like the others, Tess makes me laugh so much, and Sam is very interesting and I am hoping a lot can be done with her character because she does have something. Lexy I am still undecided on but she is new so plenty of time for her character to be developed. Sorry for the long post. I really hope I am still interested by the end of the series because I love this show Di xxx.
The plot of the series is the love between Frankie and Cat, it is not true that Cat has doubts about his feelings, because if she truly loves Sam it would not fall again in the arms of Frankie, which gives fear is losing the stability offered by Sam and fully confident that Frankie never again to flee.
The triangle that presents us with the second season is not such, but that what we see is the deception of Cat to Sam for that fear to be she the loser to choose what her heart wants. Harriet knowing how much the series with the initial argument has life for 2 seasons, it is not logical is to give a plot twist to the series in Chapter 2 of the second season, pretending that the followers believe that from the outset this was the idea of the series. Because again, it is not, the series was based on Cat and Frankie, and now suddenly, the disappearance of one of the main performers is not important.
Harriet, you are the screenwriter, and a humble follower like me, few lessons on how to develop an argument and an outcome could give you. But I'm going to try Cat is not dead, what happens in Chapter 2, it is a nightmare that is taking it. In the following chapters, Sam discovers that Cat fooled her, possibly arrive to fight with Frankie, will make that Ed also blamed the death of his sister Frankie, Tess will try not to position itself, because she understands the pain of Sam and Ed, but also the love of Frankie to Cat, but in the end Frankie will be single, Sam starts a relationship with Lexie.
Deeply depressed Frankie, still feeling guilty for the death of Cat, enters into a spiral of destruction and the end she commint suicide. It is then when Cat wakes up from his nightmare.
Final chapter, Cat knows that his nightmare has given the key to make a decision. The only person who could not live without her is Frankie, and is with her who must be. For the third season you can give this plot twist, making that Cat and Frankie will go the series together. Killing Cat you killed Lip Service.
You killed the main story, the only romantic one. It was a simple story but so true and so moving Frankie is the best written character but it has no sense without her great love. I can't understand, why so quickly But i guess it's harder to write a good happy ending than a tragic one. I think you could wait and continue to tell us about love might and not only about drugs, depression and tragedies. I'm sorry but i will not watch lip service anymore Good morning I write to say that Lip Service is a great tv series.
My favorite characters are Sam and Frankie , they should not be missed are the best in the series give vitality to the TV series , are perfect. Absolutely feeling awful this evening I have the flu, or at least it feels as though I have the flu , so thought I'd cheer myself up and watch the latest episode of Lip Service that I had taped. Wow, was I in for a shock. I was sitting sipping my coffee as the character Cat was checking her phone, I then looked up and boom.
Did I see that coming - absolutely not!!! What an emotional impact. I'm not someone who can't separate fact from fiction, but come on - it's so well written and acted that I find myself caring about what the characters get up to. The funeral scene was so real. Let's just say that I've unfortunately had to observe a mum not act, but be, just like that. That's the whole thing about the show, it has moments that are very real. I also get educated by the whole thing, not just because it's great to watch and I can learn from a master a thing or three about writing, but I've seen things on that show that I never thought existed certain apparatus - lol.
I'm hetero and find the nitty gritty of how things are done an interesting process - lol. I find the portrayal of people who pursue same sex relations in this series a very positive education against negative ignorance.
A fear of the unknown can lead for people to create all sorts of negative images in their head about a situation or group. I've seen this directed against homosexual males, and I find ignorance can be awful.
I have a male relative who is now married to another man. However, I also saw the discrimination that went on for years before that. Thank goodness things have moved on. Please carry on the good work. It will be interesting where the characters go from here. I hope to be able to watch this series for many years to come. I saw this last night and I'm probably the only one but I like the story line, it feels right somehow to have her killed in such a shocking way.
Very well filmed btw I had to rewind it to see again - seamless! She was doing a bad thing and was weak to go back with Frankie and not choose. I also found her kind of whiny and in series 1, it was hard to believe that Sam would go for somone like that. I had an inkling that it was necessary as Laura had left the cast for some reason. Again I'm probably the only one and as much as I don't really feel the character Frankie, I'd like her to get messy with Sam.
Greif can effect people in powerful ways and the love they share for Cat should somehow strangely draw them together After Sam has found out about the affair, maybe because of it. It won't start or end well and will damage them both a lot but I think there's a fine line between love and hate that can be crossed. I'm probably way off the mark and Sam will just kill Frankie lol but I still think it would be interesting to watch, cause a lot of reaction and be very intense, which is what this show seems to go for, matched with a little comedy from Tess and others.
Talking of others, I hope Jay doesn't leave for good he brings a good dynamic to the show and I like the new Dr she seems to fit, hope the other new characters fit just as well.
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