TV shows with strong female relationships
May. 5th, 2018 08:13 amOn my last entry, ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
lilysea mentioned that it was difficult to think of TV shows that prominently feature women who are supportive of each other, and listed a few examples:
Supergirl
Good Girls (I haven’t seen this one but it is apparently about three women and a HEIST and you know how much I enjoy heists.)
The Bletchley Circle
And you also know how much I love lists, so naturally I made a list of other TV shows that I’ve watched and liked that meet the same criteria. (I added the “liked” qualifier because otherwise I would have had to include Glee and I couldn’t bear being responsible for anyone watching Glee.)
2 Broke Girls (which has a number of other problems, but the leads are great together)
Call the Midwife
My Little Pony (I know, I know, it's for six-year-olds. I do think the first few seasons work for adults too, though. It's like a magical girls show, but with ponies!)
Sailor Moon (speaking of magical girl shows!)
Orphan Black (props to this one for having all kinds of relationship between women: supportive, antagonistic, we don't get along but we have to work together and actually maybe you're not so bad...)
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
Sweet Blue Flowers (this is an adorable anime about female friendship & also f/f romance)
Rozen Maiden (anime about living dolls who are supposed to fight to prove who is the best doll)
Kimi ni Todoke (more anime! I don't know if anime is especially good at this or if I'm just good at finding anime that does it)
Gilmore Girls
Lost Girl (Gosh, a lot of these shows have Girl in the title. I guess it’s a way to signal?)
And a few shows with female characters who have a strong relationship, but it's less front and center:
Parks & Rec
The Borgias, surprisingly enough. (There are two shows about the Borgias & I'm talking about the one with Jeremy Irons)
New Girl (but even here they felt they needed to devote an episode to the idea that girls are passive-aggressive and catty and what Jess & Cece really needed to work out their problems was to brawl like men. Even though none of the guys in the show ever actually solve their relationship problems by brawling like men. I am not convinced that brawling like men is actually any kind of relationship panacea anyway.)
Downton Abbey (with the caveat that I quit after the season 2 finale so who knows what happens after that)
Princess Tutu (yet another anime! with dancing and fairytales)
The Good Place
Agent Carter (I had trouble deciding which list to put this on. On the one hand I think that Peggy’s relationships with Angie and especially Dottie are the highlight of the show, but undeniably the show focuses more time on “which man will Peggy end up with?”)
Veronica Mars
Wonderfalls
ETA: Some shows I haven't seen that got recced for good female friendships in Kayleen Schaefer's Text Me When You Get Home:
Broad City
Best Friends Forever
Playing House
Insecure
Big Little Liars
lilysea mentioned that it was difficult to think of TV shows that prominently feature women who are supportive of each other, and listed a few examples:Supergirl
Good Girls (I haven’t seen this one but it is apparently about three women and a HEIST and you know how much I enjoy heists.)
The Bletchley Circle
And you also know how much I love lists, so naturally I made a list of other TV shows that I’ve watched and liked that meet the same criteria. (I added the “liked” qualifier because otherwise I would have had to include Glee and I couldn’t bear being responsible for anyone watching Glee.)
2 Broke Girls (which has a number of other problems, but the leads are great together)
Call the Midwife
My Little Pony (I know, I know, it's for six-year-olds. I do think the first few seasons work for adults too, though. It's like a magical girls show, but with ponies!)
Sailor Moon (speaking of magical girl shows!)
Orphan Black (props to this one for having all kinds of relationship between women: supportive, antagonistic, we don't get along but we have to work together and actually maybe you're not so bad...)
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
Sweet Blue Flowers (this is an adorable anime about female friendship & also f/f romance)
Rozen Maiden (anime about living dolls who are supposed to fight to prove who is the best doll)
Kimi ni Todoke (more anime! I don't know if anime is especially good at this or if I'm just good at finding anime that does it)
Gilmore Girls
Lost Girl (Gosh, a lot of these shows have Girl in the title. I guess it’s a way to signal?)
And a few shows with female characters who have a strong relationship, but it's less front and center:
Parks & Rec
The Borgias, surprisingly enough. (There are two shows about the Borgias & I'm talking about the one with Jeremy Irons)
New Girl (but even here they felt they needed to devote an episode to the idea that girls are passive-aggressive and catty and what Jess & Cece really needed to work out their problems was to brawl like men. Even though none of the guys in the show ever actually solve their relationship problems by brawling like men. I am not convinced that brawling like men is actually any kind of relationship panacea anyway.)
Downton Abbey (with the caveat that I quit after the season 2 finale so who knows what happens after that)
Princess Tutu (yet another anime! with dancing and fairytales)
The Good Place
Agent Carter (I had trouble deciding which list to put this on. On the one hand I think that Peggy’s relationships with Angie and especially Dottie are the highlight of the show, but undeniably the show focuses more time on “which man will Peggy end up with?”)
Veronica Mars
Wonderfalls
ETA: Some shows I haven't seen that got recced for good female friendships in Kayleen Schaefer's Text Me When You Get Home:
Broad City
Best Friends Forever
Playing House
Insecure
Big Little Liars
