Bullet, The Killing

Bullet (Bex Taylor-Klaus)
On crime drama series The Killing, Bullet was a homeless but street wise teen with a desire to protect the girls who sold sex on the street. She was kicked out by her parents when they learned about her sexuality, and she had been beaten and raped by a pimp, Goldie.
When her friend Kallie went missing, and other young women were feared missing or murdered, Bullet was relentless in trying to find out any information about her and even started working with the police. Bullet had an unrequited crush on Lyric, who is in love with an older boy Twitch. Lyric and Bullet shared a kiss and some tender moments but Lyric told her she wasn’t gay and chose to be with Twitch. Bullet’s desire to help the police eventually put her in danger and she ended up being killed by a serial killer.
The character of Bullet was based on a real life lesbian who was murdered in the 90s.
Female love interests:
- Lyric (Julia Sarah Stone, straight, regular 12 episodes)
Relationship story arc with a woman: No
No male love interests
Relationship story arc with a man: No
Male love interest after being identified as a lesbian? No
Filter Relationship Arc:
Storyline during sweeps? No
[1] A relationship story arc is defined as explicit, developed on screen, and lasting more than 3 episodes. It is listed as questionable or subtext if romance is only implied, mentioned instead of shown on screen, part of a dream sequence, or otherwise not explicit for the viewer.
[2] Sweeps episodes air in February, May, July and November, the periods when advertising rates are set. A character is marked as "sweeps" when there is a very limited number of episodes that address their sexuality, all air during sweeps period, and the storyline is otherwise ignore/dropped.
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