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The Eleventh Hour: What Did She Mean by Good Luck?
Actress Hallie Lambert is having trouble interacting with cast and crew of her latest play. She seeks the advice of her therapist. He relates her behavior to a repressed memory of her mother%u2019s punishment for a similar childhood crush. Therapy restores not only Hallie%u2019s %u201Cnormal%u201D amiable personality but her heterosexuality as well. -
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
Owen defends a young woman when her summer charge accuses her of molestation. Her former roommate, Meg, is a lesbian and testifies to Anne's heterosxuality. Meg is the first stable lesbian secured in her sexualtiy to appear in an entertainment prorgram. -
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors: A Very Strange Triangle
Young nurse Valerie can't decide between her former beau, Dr. Marty Cohen and her present lesbian partner, Eleanor. Confused, Valerie consults her psychiatrist. She eventually has sex with Marty, but she is not %u201Ccured.%u201D In the end unable to reconcile her feelings, she leaves town and both relationships for a fresh start. Draws the ire of the Lesbian Feminist Liberation who raised their concerns with NBC. -
Medical Center: Impasse
Dr. Annie Claymor consults with Dr. Joe Gannon on young woman's (Tobi) case. Annie and Joe kiss. When Tobi's boyfriend, Sam, outs Annie, she defends herself. Notable for featuring not only a well-adjusted lesbian, but also a lesbian who acknowledges the prejudice of her peers -
Police Woman: Flowers of Evil
Pepper goes undercover as a nurse at a retirement home to solve a series of murders. She arrests a trio of lesbian killers. -
Police Woman: Trial by Predjudice
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Executive Suite: Sounds of Silence
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Executive Suite: What Are Patterns For?
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Executive Suite: The Identity Crisis
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Streeets of San Francisco: ONce a Con
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Alll in the Familt: Cousin Liz
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Family: We Love You Miss Jessup
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Hotel: Faith, Hope, Charity
Playwright, Zane Elliot, and her best friend, Eileen Weston, meet at the hotel to celebrate the opening of Zane%u2019s new play. A drunken Zane comes out and then announces her attraction to Eileen. Eileen promptly engages in a one-night stand with a man she meets in the hotel bar, and Zane retaliates by sleeping with a female aerobics instructor. Zane and Eileen reunite the following morning to commiserate and eventually reconcile their friendship if not their politics. -
Kate & Allie: The Landlady
Kate and Allie face the dilemma of a rent increase when their landlady, Janet, discovers two families are living in one apartment. They lead Janet to believe they are a lesbian couple to qualify for a lower rent schedule. In response Janet divulges her own lesbian sexuality. Kate and Allie continue to masquerade as a committed couple as they socialize with Janet and her partner, Miriam. Eventually Janet discovers Kate and Allie%u2019s secret and redefines her definition of a family. -
St. Elsewhere: Up on the Roof
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St. Elsewhere: Girls Just Want to Have Fun
Dr. Annie Cavanero befriends the visiting Dr. Chris Holt. When Chris discloses her lesbianism, Annie reacts with homophobia. She tells other members of the hospital staff about Chris%u2019 sexuality. When Chris confronts her, Annie brusquely intones. %u201CWhat you do is perverted. Sex between two women is unnatural%u2026I was taught women shouldn%u2019t have those feelings and if you do it%u2019s wrong. It%u2019s just wrong.%u201D Annie redeems herself with an apology later in the program, and Chris%u2019 role disappears from the s -
Hill Street Blues: Jagga the Hunk
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Hill Street Blues: Look Homeward Ninja
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Hill Street Blues: Slum Enchanted Evening
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Golden Girls: Isn't It Romantic?
Dorothy%u2019s college friend, Jean, travels to Miami for a visit with the %u201Cgirls.%u201D Before Jean%u2019s arrival Sophia tells Dorothy that she knows Jean is a lesbian. Jean and Dorothy decide to keep Jean%u2019s sexuality a secret from Rose and Blanche. Over the course of her visit Jean develops an attraction for Rose, so she decides to cut her visit short. Terry Hughes won an Emmy for Outstanding Direction in a Comedy Series for this episode. -
Hunter: To San Francisco with Love
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Hill Street Blues: A Wasted Weekend
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Hotel: Contest of Wills
In the aftermath of her partner's death Carol Bowman must confront her employer, her co-workers, and Joanne%u2019s father. She seems powerless against the patriarchy. She asks her boss if she still has a job. She implores a co-worker to give her advice. She does not fight Joanne's father for any part of the estate settling only for her memories. At the last moment the father has a change of heart realizing that Carol remains his only link to his deceased daughter. -
Hill Street Blues: The Cookie Crumbles
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Hotel: Contest of Wills
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Heartbeat: Two Out of Six
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Heartbeat: To Heal a Doctor
The beginnng of a two episode story arc. Marilyn%u2019s McGrath is one of the founding members of a femisist medical clinic. Her daughter, Allison, is making wedding plans, but does not want Marrilyn's partner, Patti, to attend the wedding with Marilyn although Allison%u2019s father will be attending with his new wife. -
Heartbeat: The Wedding
The conclusion to the Allison's wedding saga. After much deliberation and assurance that she will not become a lesbian like her mother, Allison acquiesces and allows Patti to attend the wedding. -
21 Jump Street: A Change of Heart
The frst lesbian kiss on network TV. Officer, Judy Hoffs, goes undercover at a high school to investigate the murder of a teacher. A sexually confused female student kisses Detective Hoffs and then bolts from the scene. The surprised Hoffs places her hand over her mouth, blinks her eyes incredulously, and then shakes her head in disbelief. Hoffs also visits a lesbian bar when she discovers the victim as a lesbian. -
Quantum Leap: Good Night Dear Heart 11/9/57
A murderous lesbian (played by a very young Marcia Cross) kills her female roommate because the roommate is in love with a man. -
Designing Women: Suzanne Goes Looking for a Friend
Suzanne's old friend and pageant queen is a lesbian. -
L. A. Law: He's a Crowd
During the February ratings period C. J. and Abby kiss. They have an innocent date later in the season during which C. J. abruptly ends the fledgling relationship. -
Northern Exposure: Cicely
In a flashback episode the story of Cicely's lesbian founders is explained. -
ER: A House Divided
Kerry Weaver leaves the the ER and County General to move sway withher partner Courtney.
