Living Single
Love Takes a Holiday
TV Flash files “Love Takes a Holiday” as hour 13 of 118 in the TV Flash guide — Living Single (1993–1998) on Fox, season 1, episode 13, aired 1993-11-21, 30 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E13: listed hour 13 of 118 in the Living Single guide, hour 13 of 27 in season 1. It aired 1993-11-21 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Crappy Birthday” (S01E12). Next is “Burglar in the House” (S01E14).
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Stacey, the Flavor photographer, is unable to supply any cheerful photos for the holiday issue because she is depressed and angry over a break-up with her boyfriend. Khadijah tries to cheer her up by inviting her to hang out with the girls. When she meets Kyle, they immediately take a liking to each other. Kyle falls head over heels, but Stacey is not interested in another serious relationship. Khadijah and Synclaire ask her to break up with him before he gets hurt. Stacey is unable to go through with it, and shows up at Thanksgiving dinner on Kyle's arm. Max can no longer stand to watch Kyle make a fool of himself. She takes him to the kitchen and warns that Stacey is using him. Kyle tests Stacey by asking her to come to his parents' house for Christmas, and she promptly breaks up with him. Everyone struggles to boost Kyle's spirits, and he later thanks Max for looking out for him.Tag:Max loads up on leftovers and talks with Kyle.Music:"Reunited" (Peaches and Herb), sung by Kim Coles
Viewer FAQ
Where does Love Takes a Holiday sit in the Living Single guide?
S01E13 is listed hour 13 of 118 — hour 13 of 27 in season 1, season 1 episode 13.
When did Living Single S01E13 air?
Love Takes a Holiday aired 1993-11-21 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Is this "the Black Friends"?
That comparison is the discourse, not the origin story. Bowser's brownstone ensemble premiered in 1993 and treated Black professional friendship as default sitcom physics.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Four women, a Brooklyn brownstone, and sitcom chemistry that never needed a Central Perk comparison to land. Queen Latifah’s magazine hustle, Kim Coles’s comic spark, and an ensemble that treated Black urban friendship as default, not special episode. The friend-com with better clothes, sharper mouths, and a legacy still arguing in group chats.
Flash: four women, a Brooklyn brownstone, and a group chat that still thinks *Friends* stole the furniture. Yvette Lee Bowser's Fox sitcom (1993–1998) put Queen Latifah's magazine hustle at the center of a Black professional twenty-something ensemble and treated urban friendship as default, not a special episode. Someone's publicist will call the comparison a compliment. **It is the discourse, not the origin story.** Bowser's room premiered in 1993. The other couch can wait in the lobby.
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