Catherine Walsh, Boss

Catherine Walsh (Amy Morton)

In political drama Boss, Catherine was introduced in the Season 1 finale, as a senator for Illinois and the Republican candidate for governor. She was also closeted lesbian, whose aide and lover Tina Patterson was murdered by orders of Chicago’s mayor in order to destroy her campaign.

Appearances:

• 9 episodes.

Female love interests:

• Tina Patterson ? (Rebecca Spence, lesbian, guest)

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:

• None

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.