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As if the CW’s
The Republic of Sarah wasn’t melodramatic enough, the latest episodes of the new show have involved a lesbian affair Alexis Whitmore (Nicola Correia-Damude) is having with AJ Johnson (Nia Holloway), despite being married to the town s former mayor, William Whitmore (Noam Jenkins). In the July 19 episode “A Show of Hands,” that affair caused an abortion.
The pregnancy storyline found its way into the episode at the very start. In one of the first scenes, AJ’s friend notices how distracted she is, which is on account of having found a positive pregnancy test that she assumes to belong to Alexis. Not only is AJ distracted by every baby she sees, but she’s handling the pregnancy news with an air of self-entitlement. She assumes Alexis planned to get pregnant and ponders, Maybe she s trying to eat her cake and have it, too. She keeps this from me, she can enjoy our little soirees for another month or two before she trades in her heels for high chairs.