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* [[Girl On Girl Is Hot]]
* [[Girl On Girl Is Hot]]
* [[Girls Love]]: One of the biggest plot lines in the show.
* [[Girls Love]]: One of the biggest plot lines in the show.
* [[Green Eyed Monster]]
* [[Green-Eyed Monster]]
* [[Hey Its That Guy]]: Ashley's and Kyla's dad is played by [[Poison]] guitarist CC Deville.
* [[Hey It's That Guy]]: Ashley's and Kyla's dad is played by [[Poison]] guitarist CC Deville.
** Aiden dated [[The L Word|Niki Stevens]] who seems to be obsessed with UCLA in season 3
** Aiden dated [[The L Word|Niki Stevens]] who seems to be obsessed with UCLA in season 3
* [[Intertwined Fingers]]: Spencer and Ashley.
* [[Intertwined Fingers]]: Spencer and Ashley.
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* [[No Going Steady]]: Aiden sure gets around a lot, having been paired with as many as ''four'' girls. Others, not so much--although by the midway point of Season 3, only Chelsea is left over.
* [[No Going Steady]]: Aiden sure gets around a lot, having been paired with as many as ''four'' girls. Others, not so much--although by the midway point of Season 3, only Chelsea is left over.
** Five actually: Spencer, Ashley, Madison, Kyla, and the aformentioned Sasha
** Five actually: Spencer, Ashley, Madison, Kyla, and the aformentioned Sasha
* [[Open Minded Parent]]: Spencer's father {{spoiler|is not even slightly phased by his daughter's homosexuality despite being married to a very conservative woman. Somehow despite the fact that they were high school sweethearts, this difference of opinion surrounding homosexuality never came up.}}
* [[Open-Minded Parent]]: Spencer's father {{spoiler|is not even slightly phased by his daughter's homosexuality despite being married to a very conservative woman. Somehow despite the fact that they were high school sweethearts, this difference of opinion surrounding homosexuality never came up.}}
* [[Paintball Episode]]
* [[Paintball Episode]]
* [[Poisonous Friend]]: Jake.
* [[Poisonous Friend]]: Jake.
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* [[Sexy Coat Flashing]]
* [[Sexy Coat Flashing]]
* [[Shirtless Scene]]
* [[Shirtless Scene]]
* [[Tall Dark and Bishoujo]]: Ashley.
* [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]]: Ashley.
* [[Teen Idol]]
* [[Teen Idol]]
* [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]]: Ashley and Spencer, respectively.
* [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]]: Ashley and Spencer, respectively.
* [[Two Teacher School]]
* [[Two-Teacher School]]
* [[Visible Boom Mic]]: To the point that the fans declared "Boomy" to be a character on the show.
* [[Visible Boom Mic]]: To the point that the fans declared "Boomy" to be a character on the show.
* [[Vomit Discretion Shot]]
* [[Vomit Discretion Shot]]
* [[Will They or Won't They]]: Spencer and Ashley.
* [[Will They or Won't They?]]: Spencer and Ashley.


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Revision as of 10:46, 9 January 2014

South Of Nowhere is an award-winning teen-oriented TV series about a family who moves from Ohio to Los Angeles. It is the first such show conceived with a lesbian character at the outset.

The story revolves around the Carlin family, who move to LA when mother Paula (Maeve Quinlan) is transferred to a hospital there. While there, father Arthur (Rob Moran) specializes in relationship counseling, and the three kids complete their high school education.

At school, oldest natural child Glenn (Chris Hunter) endeavors to make the pro-basketball circuit, which brings him to rivalry with Aiden Dennison (Matt Cohen). Meanwhile the younger natural Carlin, Spencer (Gabrielle Christian) is questioning whether or not she should pursue a relationship with Aiden's ex-girlfriend, Ashley Davies (Mandy Musgrave). And while that is happening, the Carlins' adopted son Clay (Danso Gordon) is finding out what it means to be black in a mostly-white world. Meanwhile, Aiden's other ex, Madison Duarte (Valery Ortiz), moves onto Glen when Aiden starts showing interest in Spencer.

Season 1 ends with Glen messing up his knee on a pick-up game and Paula almost buckling under the strain her job put on her marriage, while Spencer and Ashley finally hook up.

Season 2 opens on the morning after. The season introduces Kyla Woods (Eileen April Boylan), Ashley's half-sister, who moves in with her after the death of their father (played by CC DeVille from Poison). Kyla ends up hooking up with Aiden. Meanwhile, Spencer comes out, Glen becomes addicted to painkillers and Clay faces the ultimate test when his girlfriend, Chelsea Lewis (Aasha Davies), announces that she is pregnant to him. Clay dies during a drive-by shooting on Prom Night.

Season 3, the final season opens three months later, with Spencer and Glen starting a new school year. Ashley and Kyla's inheritance comes through, and they decide to get their GEDs and move out on their own. Spencer breaks up with Ashley and enters into a rebound relationship with Carmen (Brooke Vallone), a rebellious artist-type who later moves in with Ashley and Kyla. Chelsea loses the baby in a car crash. Meanwhile, Paula struggles to come to terms with Spencer's orientation.

Sadly, the series was canceled by The N. The last half of Season 3 has then took a bloody long time to air in the US--at which point it had already been properly aired in France. Screwed By the Network much?

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