Suzanne Prentiss

**Suzanne Prentiss** is a main character in Season 1 of Netflix's *Uncoupled (TV Series)*, and portrayed by Tisha Campbell. She is a high-powered real estate agent, and Michael’s business partner and loyal friend. She is a confident and quick-witted single mom with a son in his early 20s.

## Physical appearance

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## Character traits

A spunky single woman, living in New York City, that is also caring and there for her son Kai.

## History

In Chapter 1, Michael Lawson meets up with Suzanne who informs him that Tyler Hawkins, a younger agent, has taken another one of their clients. They are ready to host new clients when Michael gets a phone call that his apartment has been robbed. But he tells Suzanne that what is weird is that only some everyday items are “missing”: Hermes towels, some clothes, bottles of wine. The next morning, Michal receives a message from Colin that he has booked them an appointment with a couples counselor for the next day. Michael tells this latest news about Colin to Suzanne, who is equally incredulous at the turn of events. Later, Claire Lewis shouts profanities and curses as Suzanne walks in, late. The two real estate agents eventually leave, unsure whether they will get the listing. They are heartbroken when they see Tyler going up the list to Claire’s house. He also lets them know she is a friend of his mother’s and that he will get the listing. Just as Michael was preparing to drink away the night at his apartment, he gets a phone call from Suzanne. She tells him that she knows where Colin is, and who he is living with.

In Chapter 2, Suzanne begins her tardy recollection of when she saw Colin near the High Line at the start of episode 2 of Uncoupled. She goes on and on about the frivolous details and finally reveals the person’s identity is none other than their nemesis Tyler Hawkins. At a charity event, Michael is forced to confront Tyler. But the young realtor reveals that he is not in a relationship with Colin. The only communication he had with him was getting him an apartment and what Suzanne saw through the windows was just a courtesy he extends to all his clients. He again reiterates Michael should stay away from Claire as Tyler is the only one in the running. He is even seated next to Claire at the party. Tyler’s prophecy comes true as Suzanne receives a message from Claire’s assistant that she will not be considering Michael and her for the apartment.

In Chapter 3, Suzanne and Michael discuss the opening for Claire’s house’s listing. Although the commission would be huge on a sale, they will have to spend to attract buyers to the house. The former gets a call and informs Michael that Paolo Forella, an Italian furniture importer, is interested in staying in New York. He picked out their agency to set up viewings for him. Suzanne is excited to meet the handsome divorcee, while Michael still can’t understand why he picked them. The next morning, Suzanne and Michael await Paolo’s arrival. The former is decked up and the latter accidentally shows a picture of his private parts when sliding through houses for Paolo. Suzanne calls for a car to take them to a place Paolo selects from the gallery. Suzanne blabbers on innocently sitting in the middle of the two men, trying to woo Paolo. However, the Italian hunk asks to be dropped at his hotel and Michael soon follows.

In Chapter 4, Suzanne and Michael show a house to a prospective couple, who seems annoyed with the smallest of things. Just then, Stanley James arrives up the lift with a new painting that Claire bought from him. Michael gives him the cold shoulder despite Staley trying to reconnect with him. Suzanne tries to cover for him but Stanley decides to confront him about it. Michael is still unconvinced by Stanley’s reasoning that he went to Colin’s for Michael. Suzanne gets a call from one of the people who visited the open house. He is interested in buying it and the offer is only a smidge off the asking price. She is really excited and feels that they can convince Claire to sell. While waiting for Claire, Michael expresses his concern over the second notice on the liquor bill from Colin’s party. He is a little low on cash but does not want to ask Colin for it. Claire comes in all vexed with shopping bags. She listens to the offer from Suzanne but is instantly dismissive. The conversation goes something like this. Suzanne says something; Claire shoots her down; and then, when Michael rephrases it and suggests the same thing to Claire, she agrees. Later, Michael and Suzanne meet up with Claire for the showing but they instead go to Billy’s party. At the party, Michael separates and Suzanne and Claire are left alone together, and eventually the two women have their own thing going on. They get to know each other better and discover that they’re both jovial people. Suzanne explains how she has never met Kai’s father as she had him after a solo backpacking trip through Europe. Claire finally agrees to sell the house and informs Suzanne that she does not hate her. After Michael confronts Dr. Sweeney, Suzanne overhears the entire conversation and Michael expresses his newfound gratitude to her.

In Chapter 5, Suzanne is struggling with making a distance between herself and her son, Kai. She even asks for Michael’s opinion on the underwear she should buy for him. Later, their boss asks them to reduce the escrow for Claire’s apartment or else the commission will be shifted to the next quarter. Seeing how Michael reacts, Suzanne presses to ask him if everything is okay. Michael confides in her that he hates the dating world that Colin has left him in. Suzanne offers to take Michael to a “healer” who helped her friend Mia get over her anger issues. He reluctantly agrees. At the healer’s convention, Suzanne is told by him that he needs to get the man of out her bed. The next day, Suzanne finally knows what the healer meant by the man in her bed: Kai. They have become too close and Kai needs to find his own place.

In Chapter 6, Michael and Suzanne make a promotional video for Jack’s apartment and it is a big hit and they anticipate that they will make a sale soon. Michael invites Suzanne to Billy’s skating event that night but she says she needs a night off. Later, Michael seems happy and boasts about Luke to Stanley and Suzanne. She also lets him know that a client wants to see Jack’s apartment. But, when she tells him that it is Claire, he gets a bit bogged down. He explains that although Claire is nice, she bothers him a bit too much with her texting and recent status. Michael decides to sell the apartment in a way that she wouldn’t be interested in buying it. Suzanne, of course, counters him the next day in front of Claire. But she gets hung up on the fact that the apartment has only two bedrooms. When Luke texts Michael for a night at his house to “Netflix and chill”, Suzanne warns that he shouldn’t smother him when Michael mentions the poker game at Billy’s the next day.

In Chapter 7, Suzanne finishes a showing of Jack’s apartment and catches Claire on her way out. The recent divorcee asks her a particular question in the most Claire fashion possible: “Do I seem lesbian to you?” Her answer is no and Claire’s reason for asking is because one of her divorce girlfriends came onto her the other night. They have a delightful conversation about sexual fluidity and its increasing acceptability in society. Claire comes around to ask Suzanne about her plans for the night. She gets particularly interested when Suzanne mentions she is meeting Mia for drinks at Ten West, a high-end and private club very hard to get in. It is because Claire’s husband (Henry) tried to get in for years and was rejected. She asks to join in too. But Suzanne seems reluctant. At Ten West, Claire meets up with the girls. Trey, a friend of Kai’s, helps them get in. He greets them and flirts with Suzanne, which the other ladies notice. They push her to revert back to Trey and forget about Kai’s prospective nagging. Claire wants Suzanne to take a photo of her so that she can send it to her husband but she quickly shoots her down. The club is an exclusive place and does not allow photography or tagging on social media in any form. In an effort to get back at her ex-husband, Claire kisses Suzanne and throws Henry off. Later, Suzanne finally confronts Trey. She asks Trey not to tell Kai about anything she did on the night, including the flirting. To this, Kai clears up the air by saying flirting comes attached to his job as a bartender. He does it with everyone. Mistakenly, Trey lets out that Kai has found his biological father on a website. Kai hadn’t told this to Suzanne, who is shocked and nervous hearing this.

In Chapter 8, It is the big wedding day for the Jonathans’ and Michael has still not recovered from the injuries to his face. He calls over Suzanne to put makeup on them to cover for the wedding. He does not want to see Colin there with his hot architect boyfriend looking like this. Suzanne also brings Claire’s commission check for Michael, which is huge. At the wedding, Suzanne and a nervous Michael meet up with Billy and his new boyfriend, Wyatt. Suzanne eventually comforts Stanley with the breast cancer process saying that she went through something similar and he will be okay. Suzanne is visibly disappointed and decides to confront Colin about what he told Michael. She says it is great to see and talk to him again after the bitterness of the split. The two catch up about their lives. Suzanne then mentions that Colin should agree to Michael’s request. His sudden declaration of moving out hit Michael like a train and when Colin says it’ll be weird for him to imagine Michael living there with someone else, Suzanne says it was him who put him in this position. Kai calls Suzanne and lets her know that he is meeting with his father at L’Express around eight-thirty. No pressure on Suzanne to come; it is her decision.She decides to turn around and goes to L’Express, where she is in shock when she sees Kai’s father.

## Appearances

### Season 1 - 8/8

* Chapter 1
* Chapter 2
* Chapter 3
* Chapter 4
* Chapter 5
* Chapter 6
* Chapter 7
* Chapter 8