Lauren Heller, Younger

Lauren Heller (Molly Bernard)

Lauren is a free-spirited young Jewish journalist, hooked on social networks. Although she doesn’t identify as anything specific, her mother noted in Season 1 that, “she’ll sleep with anything.” Lauren and 40-something lesbian artist Maggie became fast friends in the first season and kissed in the episode “Hot Mitzvah” (1×11).

In Season 2, they became girlfriends, though their their relationship was mostly off-screen and in the background during sweeps. On the show, they didn’t have a real story arc as a couple after it was revealed that they were in a relationship, with little interaction and few mentions of each other to other characters. It was revealed that Lauren also had an ex-girlfriend of 11 weeks, Iris, though she was never shown on screen.

By the third episode of season 3, Lauren told Maggie that she cheated on her with a man who used to be her childhood friend, and Maggie told Lauren to go and pursue a relationship with him, putting an end to her and Lauren’s relationship.

In the season 3 finale Lauren and her boyfriend Max moved in together. Younger was renewed for a Season 4, starting June 28th, 2017.

Appearances:

• 20 episodes. Recurring S1, Main cast S2, S3

Female love interests:

• Maggie (main character, Debi Mazar)
• Iris (off-screen)

Relationship story arc with a woman: No

Male love interests:

• Max (Ben Rappaport, guest 4 episodes)

Relationship story arc with a man: Yes

Filter Relationship Arc:

• Male (Guest)

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.