Tig, One Mississippi

Tig (Tig Notaro)

In One Mississippi, Tig Notaro’s somewhat autobiographical Amazon sadcom, Tig is a comedian, radio host and cancer survivor. In the beginning of the series Tig needed to go back to her hometown in Mississippi to turn off her mother’s life support system.

Tig was also in a relationship with Brooke, but their relationship had cooled down and eventually Tig broke up with her in episode 4, after getting hit on by Jessie. Tig and Jessie had sex the fiollowing episode, which was the extend of their storyline. In episode 6 when Tig came to get her stuff from Brooke’s house, Brooke introduced Tig to her new girlfriend Rocky, whom she had met in summer camp and had recently started dating. Brooke was last seen watching Tig leave while hugging her new girlfriend.

During the series it was also revealed Tig was abused by her grandfather when she was young.

The show was renewed for a second season.

Appearances:

• 6 episodes.

Female love interests:

• Brooke (Casey Wilson, lesbian, recurring, 3 episodes)
• Jessie (Jill Bartlett, bisexual, recurring, 2 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:

• 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.