Fox Breakdown 2015-2016

Season 2 (18 episodes, renewed)

• Mimi Whiteman (Marisa Tomei), 5 episodes – recurring. Identified as a lesbian although in episode 2×07 she is depicted showing a lot of interest in the male portion of an m-f-f threesome. Later dies murdered by her wife.
• Camilla Marks-Whiteman (Naomi Campbell), 8 episodes – recurring. If there were a prize for ‘worst lesbian/bisexual representation, Camilla would be well in the running with a ‘Trope Bingo Card’ of her own. She is presented as a manipulative, lying, scheming bisexual character, who uses Mimi for her money, waiting for her wife to die so she could take over the business with her (male) lover, Hakeem. Kills Mimi and then commits suicide. Of Camilla, Ilene Chaiken wrote: “[she] was, if anything, an opportunist, which is quite different from being a lesbian. If anything, the lesbians should wish for a character like Camilla to be killed off since she just preyed on a powerful lesbian in order to fulfill her heterosexual ambitions.” – Variety
• Tiana Brown (Serayah McNeill), main cast starting with Season 2, bisexual. Her bisexuality was all but forgotten on the show this season, with no sexual or romantic involvement towards a female character or any mention of her orientation.

Season 2 (22 episodes, renewed)

• Renee Montoya (Victoria Cartagena), lesbian, series regular in season 1 when she appeared in 7 episodes with minimal screen time. Written off after season 1 does not appear on the show this season.
• Barbara Kean (Erin Richards), bisexual, main cast. Not only does Montoya effectively disappear from the show after Barbara leaves her fiancee for her, but Barbara herself plays into negative stereotypes about bisexual people, including being prone to cheating and self-destructive. By the end of season 1, she turned into a psychotic murderer.
• Tabitha Galavan (Jessica Lucas), bisexual, main cast in season 2. Had a relationship with Barbara. Tabitha shows numerous traits of a sadist, as well as those of a sociopath. She is shown to be flirtatious with anyone she finds attractive.

Season 1 (22 episodes, renewed)

• Pippy Rosewood (Gabrielle Dennis), lesbian, main cast.
• Tara Milly Izikoff (Anna Konkle), bisexual, main cast. Was engaged to Pippy, season 1 ended with them breaking up (1×22)

Season 1 (13 episodes, renewed)

• Sadie/Chanel #3 (Billie Lourd), pansexual/”sort of gay”, main cast. In the finale Chanel #3 hooks up with a female nurse who works at the asylum.
• Sam (Jeanna Han), sometimes referred to as “Predatory Lez”, lesbian. 7 episodes, recurring role. Sam got killed before Chanel #3 told her about her feelings. Chanel #3, while innocent, got accused for the murder of Sam to keep her sexuality a secret. They played truth or dare, Sam revealed Chanel’s deepest secret, Chanel got upset and dared Sam to go sleep in the basement, where she subsequently got killed.

Season 1 (22 episodes, cancelled)

• Annelise (Kelly Jenrette), lesbian, main cast, 19 episodes. Annelise’s sexuality was never explored on the show. She went on one date with a guest character: Jess (Aylya Marzof) in episode 1×12.
• Cindy (Abby Walker), bisexual, recurring character: 8 episodes. Server working at Jimmy’s restaurant – Cindy is a background character, she barely has any lines and no storyline. Her bisexuality comes in play in one line, in episode 1×12. Annelise questions her why she called her date/girlfriend Jess and then proceeds to ask if Cindy is bisexual where Cindy answers yes. Due to Cindy’s lack of on-screen presence she was not counted towards the network statistics above.

Season 5 (22 episodes, renewed)

• Reagan (Megan Fox; special guest star, 7 episodes) bisexual character, Cece’s ex-girlfriend.
• Cece Parekh (Hannah Simone; main) queer character in name only, she ended up married to Schmidt. Cece’s sexuality is all but invisible on screen and never explored.
• Sadie, lesbian, 4 episodes in seasons 1 and 2 (in 2012). Minor role, married for over five years to a woman and nine months pregnant with their first child at the end of season two.