Lizzy Fisher, One Big Happy

Lizzy Fisher (Elisha Cuthbert)

One Big Happy is a sitcom produced by Ellen DeGeneres, about Lizzy, a lesbian, and her straight guy best friend, Luke, who decided to have a baby together.

Lizzy and Luke agreed that if by 30 they were still single and didn’t have kids they would have a baby together. Lizzy came out at 18. She and her ex-girlfriend Erica broke up 3 years before the show but she was still not over it, and kept Erica’s belongings in a closet until Luke’s girlfriend Prudence told her it was time to move on, meet up with Erica and give her her stuff back.

That resulted in Lizzy going on another date with her ex, but in the end she broke things off with Erica (episode 2). Lizzie then met Kate at her local gym and they went on a date but the relationship was abruptly halted when she realized Kate was a nurse working for her gynecologist (episode 3).

Prudence had to marry Luke so she didn’t get deported to England but Luke was late to the wedding and Lizzie ended up marrying Prudence in final episode.

The series was canceled after one season.

Appearances:

• 6 episodes.

Female love interests:

• Erica (Brooke Lyons, lesbian, guest, 1 episode)
• Kate (Erinn Hayes, lesbian, guest, 1 episode)
• Prudence (Kelly Brook, straight, regular, 6 episodes, fake-wife)

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.