Los Hombres de Paco is a Spanish cop dramedy whose eighth season features an intense and lesbian storyline between Pepa and Silvia. The women are hot.  The build up is slow and natural.  And the relationship feels real, not forged like many of the lesbian relationships on American TV.  Pepa and Silvia have a huge international following, and are lovingly referred to as “Pepsi” by their fans.

When I first heard of the series and how much attention is was getting, I had to check it out.  After watching the first episode, I was hooked.  Admittedly, much of the cop action is pretty cheesy, but it’s apparent that what is really important to the writers and producers of the series is playing out the intermingled relationships of the characters.  Honestly, I don’t mind a little cheese with my romance – I’m just a girl that way.

Anyway, here’s the low down:  Pepa, a tall gorgeous brunette, enters the season as a new character.  She is the sister of the main character Paco.  She joins the precinct as a cop, and it’s there where she meets Silvia, a forensics expert and fiery red head.  Pepa is out as a lesbian to her family and is definitely not shy about it, while Silvia has been straight on all previous 7 seasons of the show.  Like I said, the relationship builds slowly and starts out as a game of cat and mouse – something I think we all enjoy

Don’t be put off by the fact that the episodes are in Spanish — the English speaking fans of Pepa and Silvia were quick to solve that tiny dilemma.  “PEPSIENGLISH” created an entire page on YouTube with every episode translated in English captions (this way you still get to hear their sexy Spanish accents).

Go to the page and start watching from Part 01!  It’s like a good book you just can’t put down…

http://www.youtube.com/user/pepsienglish#p/c/12B39BA14F0FBD2A

Do we have any Pepsi fans in Austin already??? Speak up!

Skins is a teen drama on the E4, a digital television channel in the UK, that follows a group of teenagers as they go through “sixth form,” or the final two years of secondary schooling in South West England.

Quite different from our American teen dramas, Skins tackles controversial issues such as homosexuality, narcissism, dysfunctional families, absent parents, personality disorders, post traumatic stress, substance abuse, anorexia, underage sex, teenage pregnancy, sexual abuse, autism, and death head on.

Series 3 in particular was of interest to me as it followed a very well-written and well-acted lesbian storyline between Emily and Naomi.  It was everything us lesbians love to watch: confusion, flirting, sex, jealousy, and finally a happy ending!  (Something we aren’t used to experiencing with lesbian storylines in general.)

I’ve included a trailer below to get you hooked…

Then, here’s the link to all 17 parts of the Emily and Naomi storyline. Enjoy and feel free to comment as always!!

http://www.fanpop.com/external/5502965

Series 4 started filming in July of 2009 and will have the same cast as Series 3 plus a few additions.  We shall see where they take Emily and Naomi next!  Are you excited??