Aurora kidnapped Cami on The Originals, “The Other Girl in New Orleans,” and while Klaus searched for Cami, Elijah and Hayley tortured Tristan in the hopes that Tristan would spill the beans and tell them Rebekah’s location.

The Bechdel, Russo, and Race Test

“The Other Girl in New Orleans” passed the Bechdel test but it did not pass the Russo or race test.

Named women talked to each other a couple of times in “The Other Girl in New Orleans,” and on one of those occasions, men were not mentioned (e.g., Hayley told Mary that something was happening in the compound next to them) so the episode passed the Bechdel test. As to the Russo and race test, the episode did not pass either of these.

“The Other Girl in New Orleans” did not pass the Russo test because there were no LGBTI characters in the episode, and the episode did not pass the race test (even though there were a couple of occasions where some of the non-White individuals in the episode spoke to each other) because White people were always mentioned whenever non-White individuals talked to each other.

*The Bechdel test entails three requirements:
1. It has to have at least two (named) women in it
2. Who talk to each other
3. About something besides a man

**The Vito Russo test entails three requirements:
1. The show contains a character that is identifiably lesbian, gay, bisexual, intersex and/or transgender
2. The character must not be solely or predominately defined by her sexual orientation, gender identity and/or as being intersex
3.The character must be tied into the plot in such a way that her removal would have a significant effect

***The race or people of color (POC) test has three requirements:
1. It has two people of color in it
2. Who talk to each other
3. About something other than a White person

****Just because a show passes the Bechdel, Russo and race test does not mean that it is not sexist, heterosexist, racist and/or cissexist, etc. The Bechdel, Russo and race test is only a bare minimum qualifier for the representation of LGBTI individuals, women and people of color in television. The failure to pass these tests also does not identify whether the central character was a woman, a person of color or a LGBTQI individual and it does not dictate the quality of the show.