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The 20 hottest lesbian sex scenes in the history of TV

Editor’s Note: This list was first published way back in 2012! Let us know what you think we need to add for our upcoming 2018 list. Keep in mind this is for TV. We’ve got a hottest in movies list coming your way soon, so you won’t get bored for a second over the holidays. Meanwhile, a trip down memory lane…

We are thankful for lesbian characters having lesbian sex on lesbian television. Specifically, we are thankful for these 20 lesbian sex scenes, all of which very nearly caused our TVs to burst into flames. In a good way.

Bo and Lauren’s “Fa(t)e” Sex, Lost Girl After dancing around their attraction for far too long, Bo and Lauren’s first time was full of all the pushing/pulling/lip-biting/pants-ripping you would expect from a hyper-sexual fae and her human doctor. And may we just thank the Canadian TV gods for the lighting? Too many American lesbian characters have sex in the dark.

Callie and Arizona’s “The Doctor Is In” Sex, Grey’s Anatomy Sure, it only lasts a nanosecond. And sure, the mood is thrown off by Lexie’s shriek. But that’s what imaginations and fan fictions are for.

Cristina and Isabel’s “Make Love Not War” Sex, Tierra de Lobos Cristina and Isabel may be star-crossed lovers, but apparently the sun burns just to caress their faces. The golden hour never looked so good.

Kima and Cheryl’s “Put a Baby in Me” Sex, The Wire Cheryl wanted a family. Greggs wanted to bust up a drug ring. It was a recipe for relational disaster. But the sex was a real good time.

Ellen and Sharon Stone’s “Who’s Laughing Now” Sex, If These Walls Could Talk 2 Back before Ellen was dancing around in our living rooms every day of the week, she did a little bedroom dance with Sharon Stone in an HBO made-for-TV movie about the lives of loves of lesbian ladies. (Want to see Ellen blush about it? Here you go.)

Sue and Maud’s “Finger This, Fingersmith” Sex, Fingersmith Secret identities. Double crossings. Two ladies having sex to “practice” for their husbands. Pretty much like Baptist church camp, honestly (minus the intrigue).

Frankie and Cat’s “Let’s Never Text” Sex, Lip Service This is how we like to remember Frankie and Cat, caught in a moment of happiness and hopefulness and not dead-ness.

Gia and Linda’s “Makeup Artist and Her Model Muse” Sex, Gia It’s a sad story with a sad ending, but the middle part where Angelina Jolie and Elizabeth Mitchell roll around in the bed? That part is pretty great.

Shane and Carmen’s “Literally Every Sex Scene Ever” Sex, The L Word We polled our AfterEllen writers about their favorite lesbian sex scene and the overwhelming winner was Carmen and Shane. Which sex scene? All of them, all the time.

Thirteen and Whoever’s “Too Hot for Primetime” Sex, House No, for real. Fox released a 30-second promo of Thirteen doing the deed with a lady friend, but when the episode aired, it had been scaled back to a blip of tangled lips. Doesn’t matter, though. The scene happened. YouTube is our witness.

Kalinda and Lana’s “The Garage Door is Open” Sex, The Good Wife Their first kiss happened behind a closed garage door and we were like, “What? No! Come on!” Their second kiss happened in front of our very eyes and we were like, “What! Yes! Do it!” And oh, they did.

Maria and Samantha’s “So You Think You’re a Lesbian” Sex, Sex and the City Not even a strap-on could cure Samantha’s penis-drive, but her three-episode foray into lesbianism was as hilarious as it was hot. Also, it was the first time we ever saw her have feelings.

Maya and Emily’s “Under the Sea” Sex, Pretty Little Liars Maya and Emily were on and then they were off and then they were on and then they were off and then they were on fire. Maya decorated Emily’s bedroom like the ocean, and they both dove in.

Melanie and Lindsey’s “Tibette Schimette” Sex, Queer as Folk We figure Melanie and Lindsay grew weary of being compared to Bette and Tina, so we always appreciated it when they had all the sex to show us who was boss. Well, except that time they threw a bunch of vases at each other and did it on the kitchen table. That scared us a little bit.

Naomi and Emily’s “Fuck It, Go Ahead and Disappoint Me” Sex, Skins Let the record show that blowbacks and skinny-dipping are the gateway to full-fledged lesbiansm.

Pepa and Silvia’s “Slow and Steady Wins the Race” Sex, Los Hombres de Paco Even without Paco peeping through the keyhole, Pepa and Silvia’s first time lasts about eleven on-screen minutes. It’s sensual and sweet and the beginning of something wonderful.

Thelma and Cassie’s “Ghost Dreams” Sex, Hex Hallucinogenic ghost sex is one way to get around the murder of a lesbian character. Someone should have told Alice Pieszecki.

Tina and Bette’s “Stir Fry” Sex, The L Word Bette and Tina had a lot of good sex over the course of six seasons, but their adulterous afternoon reuniting was one of the hottest, and not just because Bette left some stir fry cooking on the stove and probably very nearly burned down the house.

Willow and Kennedy’s “Close Your Eyes and Think of Tara” Sex, Buffy the Vampire Slayer We’re still not over Tara McClay’s death. No, indeed. But we will begrudgingly admit that Willow and Kennedy’s bedroom romp – the first lesbian sex scene on primetime network TV, actually – was awesome on our eyes, even if it was hard on our hearts.

Lucretia and Gaia’s “Orgasmic Opiate” Sex, Spartacus: Gods of the Arena To make up for the fact that Xena never really had sex with Gabrielle on Xena: Warrior Princess and Myka and H.G. never really had sex on Warehouse 13, Lucy Lawless and Jaime Murray decided to combine their penchant for subtext with opium and get it done.

Tell us, what televised lesbian sex scenes are you most thankful for?

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