Exes and Ohs
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Exes & Ohs is an American
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  and Canadian
Canada
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 cable TV series that was launched on Logo
Logo (TV channel)
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 on October 8, 2007, and Showcase in Canada. The show centres around the dating life of Jennifer (Michelle Paradise
Michelle Paradise
Michelle Paradise is an American actress, writer and producer and lesbian, best known for the short film The Ten Rules and the television series Exes and Ohs....

), a lesbian documentary filmmaker with a vivid fantasy life and a floundering career. Jennifer is looking for Ms. Right but must navigate the rules of lesbian dating life, most of which she learns the hard way. Fortunately, her friends are there to help: Sam (Marnie Alton), a sexy commitment-phobe who flips women faster than real estate; Chris (Megan Cavanagh
Megan Cavanagh
Megan Cavanagh is an American actress who portrayed the roles of Marla Hooch in A League of Their Own , Broomhilde in Robin Hood: Men in Tights , Essie in Dracula: Dead and Loving It and was the voice of Judy Neutron in Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, Hilary Higgenbottom in The Mighty B!...

) and Kris (Angela Featherstone
Angela Featherstone
Angela Eileen Featherstone is a Canadian actress. She is best known for playing Chloe, in Friends.Angela Featherstone was a model in the 1980's. She has been an actress since 1992 in films and television. While acting Featherstone created sitcoms she sold to Sony, DreamWorks and NBC television...

), a lesbian couple expanding both their pet accessory business and their family; and Crutch (Heather Matarazzo
Heather Matarazzo
Heather Amy Matarazzo is an American actress. Her breakthrough role was as a geeky girl in the film Welcome to the Dollhouse . She played Lilly in The Princess Diaries and The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement...

), a young musician who wants to be taken seriously but still has some growing up to do.

The series is based on the short film The Ten Rules: A Lesbian Survival Guide, created, written & directed by Michelle Paradise.

The series is shot in Vancouver
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, British Columbia
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, Canada
Canada
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 but is set in Seattle.

The show's second season has been pushed back many times. For instance, one article says 2010. But most recently, it has been set to premiere on June 29, 2011 according to a mid-April 2011 post on the show's Facebook .

Season 1

101 "There Must Be Rules..." Jennifer struggles to move on when she gets trapped on a yacht where her ex-girlfriend is getting married. She decides to take her friend's advice to get over her ex by getting some action of her own.
102 "Roads Previously Not Taken" Chris and Kris try to find homes for stray animals when they come to a startling realization. Jennifer gets back in the dating game at Sam’s urging.
103 "Cutthroat" A friendly competition over a girl between Sam and Jennifer brings up unresolved problems from their romantic past. Chris and Kris experiment with a doggie bakery and are daunted by the responsibility of parenting, while Crutch looks for a place to live.
104 "Love, Money and a Six Olive Martini" Jennifer finds a sponsor for her documentary, but this sponsor is interested in more than just a film. As Crutch interviews for a better-paying job, Sam confronts her dad about his discomfort with her homosexuality.
105 "Pole Dancing and Other Forms of Therapy" After taking a pole-dancing class, Jennifer feels less inhibited in other aspects of her life. Meanwhile, Chris and Kris search for the ideal man to father their child and Crutch guides a fan discovering her sexuality.
106 "What Goes Around..." A new, extreme Jennifer tells off her ex after Sienna shows up looking for sympathy, but Sienna doesn’t go away quite that easily. While Chris and Kris get inseminated, Sam matures through therapy and Crutch finds fans in unexpected people.

Season 2

201 "Fish In A Barrel" Jen is haunted by exes in her dreams and tries speed dating to get her love life back on track.
202 "Two Bridge Girls and a Pair of Bunz" Sam and Kris get new jobs and Jen struggles to date two women at once.
203 "The Big 'O'" Chris and Kris' mom bond over pot smoking, Jen is on a frantic search for her missing sex tape and Sam has trouble oragasming.
204 "Girl-Frogs & Wet T-Shirts" Sam hosts a lesbian wet t-shirt contest to save her job, Jen starts teaching at college and Chris and Kris get their sex life back on track.
205 "Everything Changes" Jen tries to be friends with Gillian and Sam argues with Elizabeth before sharing a moment with Jen.
206 "I Do. Do I?" Sam tries to get over her break-up with Elizabeth and Jen bumps into a familiar face at Chris and Kris' wedding.
207 "Sleepless in Seattle" Kris tries to induce labour while Sam and Jen try to come to terms with their feelings for each other.

Cast

  • Michelle Paradise
    Michelle Paradise
    Michelle Paradise is an American actress, writer and producer and lesbian, best known for the short film The Ten Rules and the television series Exes and Ohs....

     as Jennifer
  • Marnie Alton as Sam
  • Megan Cavanagh
    Megan Cavanagh
    Megan Cavanagh is an American actress who portrayed the roles of Marla Hooch in A League of Their Own , Broomhilde in Robin Hood: Men in Tights , Essie in Dracula: Dead and Loving It and was the voice of Judy Neutron in Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, Hilary Higgenbottom in The Mighty B!...

     as Chris
  • Angela Featherstone
    Angela Featherstone
    Angela Eileen Featherstone is a Canadian actress. She is best known for playing Chloe, in Friends.Angela Featherstone was a model in the 1980's. She has been an actress since 1992 in films and television. While acting Featherstone created sitcoms she sold to Sony, DreamWorks and NBC television...

     as Kris
  • Heather Matarazzo
    Heather Matarazzo
    Heather Amy Matarazzo is an American actress. Her breakthrough role was as a geeky girl in the film Welcome to the Dollhouse . She played Lilly in The Princess Diaries and The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement...

     as Crutch

Recurring characters

  • Chelah Horsdal
    Chelah Horsdal
    Chelah Horsdal is a Canadian actress and model.-Life and career:She grew up in the Kitsilano neighbourhood of Vancouver with her mother, Lindsay. Her father is the folk singer Valdy...

     as Lauren Brooks
  • Darby Stanchfield
    Darby Stanchfield
    Darby Stanchfield is a film and television actress best known for her recurring roles as April Green on Jericho and as Helen Bishop on the period drama Mad Men....

     as Sienna
  • Amy Dudgeon as Emmy Beever
  • Stacy Grant as Elizabeth

Guest stars

  • Sheryl Lee Ralph
    Sheryl Lee Ralph
    Sheryl Lee Ralph is an American actress, singer, and activist.-Personal life:Raised between Mandeville, Jamaica, and Long Island, New York, Sheryl Lee Ralph was born in Waterbury, Connecticut to an African American father and a Jamaican mother. Sheryl attended Uniondale High School in Uniondale, NY...

     as Rev Ruby
  • Sonja Bennett
    Sonja Bennett
    Sonja Bennett is a Canadian actress who portrayed Marcie Brasko in Battlestar Galactica.Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Bennett has acted in various genre series including Eureka, Stargate Atlantis, Painkiller Jane, The Dead Zone, Cold Squad, as well as other Vancouver filmed television...

     as Kate
  • Karen Holness as Corrine
  • Linnea Sharple as Charlie
  • Cathy DeBuono
    Cathy DeBuono
    Cathy DeBuono is an American actress. DeBuono was born on March 20, 1970, in Yonkers, New York, and raised in Bronxville. As an athlete, she started a career as a successful volleyball player and received several awards and medals, such as two gold medals at the United States Olympic Festival in...

    as Becca

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