Lesbian storyline on Hollyoaks

By Natazzz on Thursday, April 2, 2009 - 11:06

Last night British daily soap opera Hollyoaks finally broadcast the long anticipated, or at least broadly advertised, kiss between regular characters Sarah and Lydia. Well, what can I say? They did share a kiss, but if I had known this is what all the fuss was about, I wouldn’t have bothered watching.

What exactly happened?

Sarah is trying to get her boyfriend Archie to come to dance class with her, but he rather stays home and play video games. She finally convinces him to go with her. He’s not a bad bloke, just not very attentive and he’s clearly not appreciating what he’s got. Sarah’s not happy with the relationship, but she’s pretending that everything’s just fine.

At the dance studio, Archie checks out Lydia, which makes Sarah freak out. How dare he. I personally don’t get why she is so upset, but I guess the writers needed her to hate him. But first we have to watch Archie make a move on Lydia. His friend tells him she’s gay so he shouldn’t bother, but the jerk responds with, “She just hasn’t met the right man yet.” There’s so much wrong with this scene, I am not even going to bother commenting on it.

The girls decide Archie is an ass, and that they rather dance the tango with each other instead. Is it supposed to be hot? Because it’s not doing anything for me. Perhaps it’s because I haven’t watched this series before, but I don’t think Sarah and Lydia have much, if any, chemistry.

Sarah makes a big statement how all men are losers and she’s fed up with them, then she dumps Archie. Sarah and Lydia go have a drink, and Sarah thanks Lydia for dancing with her. Lydia drags Sarah into the backroom to tell her that she quite enjoyed the dance, then talks about their undeniable chemistry (I think she means imaginary chemistry).