Doesn’t everything just feel right with the world thismorning, all 15 of you who read my weekly L Word missives? Wasn’t it niceto see Bette and Tina jump into the sack after all this time? Putting aside thefact that they don’t really ever talk — no, they coo — their chemistry has neverdied, and we were all rooting for them to screw their way back into eachothers’ lives. Last night it happened, but only after an odd, painful scenethat I think was trying to equate cooking stir-fry with the slow build offoreplay but instead came off like soft-porn. What do you think is bound tohappen? Or more precisely: How long until Jodi (Marlee Matlin, pictured) finds out and proceeds to bloweveryone away with an Uzi?
Call me wildly presumptuous, but I’m having a hard time figuring out a scenarioby which Jodi sticks around if she knows about Bette and Tina’s romp. The showalready seems to be pruning away some of its secondary characters this season:Papi basically vanished into thin air, Helena’s been MIA for the past fewweeks, Tasha appears to have left the building(?!…!!… yes? what do we think?),and even Phyllis has been relegated to scarce, spectacularly messy scenes likethis week’s poolside striptease. I’m still trying to process half of what washappening there — have mercy, was that a conga line? The good news is that thisseason’s new arrivals are delicious enough to keep me intrigued. Dawn Bimbo andher loooovaaaahhh, Cindy seem to have been transplanted from The Bad Girls Club;as such, they’re wreaking wonderful havoc. I never thought I’d see the day whena territorial fight between two lesbian bars would thrill me, but there’ssomething so nasty and ridiculous about these two. Their in-your-face attemptto shut down Jenny’s movie shoot was hilarious/heinous. And silly Dawn Bimbowon my eternal, everlasting allegiance with this week’s putdown of The Planet,which she called a "wannabe Peach Pit of a s—hole." Yes, Dawn Bimbo! Bringit!
You bring it too, Adele Channing! Show us just how much insanityyou’re made of! This week began Adele’s official transformation from uglyducking into Crazy Jenny — how about that haircut? — as well as the start of whatappears to be a full-on sabotage of her boss’s career. Look, Crazy Jenny has allof this coming to her, and I’m going to eat up every moment of Adele’s schemingand plotting. It’s bad enough that Jenny treats everybody around her like a wetdishrag, but it’s just preposterous that she’s directing a movie when she hasn’teven been on a film set before.
Of course, let’s step back for a moment andconsider that Jenny is not only being funded by the equally befuddling WilliamHalsey (love you, Wallace Shawn… but Victor Garber would have been even betterin this role) but managed by Tina, who’s too distracted by a) her desire forsome afternoon delight and b) that ginormous cell phone, which looks like itwas manufactured in 1991. Tina, you are a high-powered Hollywood executive! Getwith the program and expense an iPhone! And while you’re at it, change thatgodawful ring.
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I have to disagree on the Bette and Tina thing…If they want to be back together that is fine and dandy but the fact that she is cheating on Jodi just pisses me off!!! I dont even like Jodi but it really bothers me…Doesnt Tina see that she is now “the carpenter…” She might change her mind about what she is doing if she thinks about it that way…I am sad about Alice and Tasha…I think they are so cute together…Oh and the fact that Dawn’s lova Cindy told Shane to call her…HAHAHA I was cracking up!!!
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I’m completely floating on a BetTina cloud this morning!!…as high as the girls themselves were on those pot brownies last week. I love them together! How they can just look at each other and you know exactly how they feel. And yeah, Jodi’s going to all medieval, tortured artist on Bette’s a$$ when she finds out!
I’m completely with you, Nicholas, on the SheBar-barians! LOVE them! Elizabeth Keener is a riot! L Word?…see what you can do about keeping her around. And I liked how Cindy coyly told Shane to call her just after Dawn Denbo (love how they refer to her by both names) got done ripping her a new one.
Uh. Jenny. A director. How? And why? When you’re personal assistant has to tell you to say “Action” maaaaaybe you’re in over your head. And wouldn’t Tina, as the producer, have let someone know that Jenny has, uh, ZERO experience.
I’m glad Tina and Bette have reunited, but that stir fry love scene felt a bit odd to me. Theres been so much build up and that scene kinda left me with a “What the hell is this” kinda feeling.
Since there are only 15 of us, that’s all we’re going to get? An amusing post, but the show’s an hour long. Gimme, gimme more.
Lesbian sex is so hot. The soap, soft core goodness is in full-effect! Bring it on, sisters.
Such a good episode, what is Kit going to do with that gun and Dawn Denbo? What is Adele planning (especially when she seems to be helping Jenny in the process)? I hope the writers don’t get rid of Tasha too quickly. I like her storyline and I want Alice to have a lady longterm for once! Tina/Bette, totally hot!
no mention of tina’s very sexy unmentionables? you’re slipping, nicholas!
I hate dawn denbo and cannot wait for the moment when kit blows her away (you know that’s coming, right? and then kit will end up in that same all-lesbian jail of helena’s…)
Didn’t Jodie have matching flame tattoos up the inside of her forearms when she first arrived? I’m pretty sure she did, and now she’s down to a single something on the right wrist.
I love any scenes where Shane and Alice interact. They seem the most like real friends.
PS: Do you think the Shebar girls set up the Planet robbery?
Hmm…I think the robbery took place too long ago for Dawn/Cindy to be a part of it. They hadn’t really built up any animosity yet. But I could definitely be wrong! They WERE behind the rats though…yes?
Nicholas — as my mother always says: Don’t count the numbers, make the numbers count. We may be few, but we’re loyal. Thanks for these re-caps!
love this show! I’m not a lesbian, but I totally love these characters and relate to their stories…also, i’m diggin’ Tina this season. Can’t wait for the the Bette/Jodi breakup in sign language…even though this show made me a marlee matlin fan…tina and better make this show great!
I’m pretty sure I saw previews at the beginning of the season of an army hearing for Tasha, so I don’t think she’s gone yet.
I have to say that I have been watching the L Word since the 1st season & it is a true story and I love it from the drama that comes with being gay/lesbian/trans and so fourth it’s so true. Even down to Alcice’s little circle of who dated and screwed who. It’s all so very true!!! I love the L Word!!!!! I’m gald to see Bette and Tina hooking back up they still are mad in love it’s so great & as for the She Bar girls well sad to say what goes around comes around!!!! But still way hott
Adele even chews her gum as annoying as Jenny does(like a cow). Max is sort of (5%)growing on me maybe because he sees through Adele. I think I am in the minority with Tina & Bette. Tina annoys me because she is so indecisive. Yes, I like an automatic-no I want to drive a stick, I wish she would make up her mind already. Angelica is just too cute! I agree I like Alice & Tash together. Do not miss Papi(waste of a storyline)Helena was not a minor character & I miss her. She could be funny. She skipped bail, went to get her money and get her lovah back in jail and now on the run. I hope she returns. Yes, how did Jenny end up directing an indie picture without experience? It happens sometimes but this scenario is insane. I agree with ECJB, TVGuide no longer does a recap, besides EW & Showtime that is about it. Adele & Colleen from Nip/Tuck should get together and compare notes. BTW, Pam Grier is just annoying. She was better in Jawbreaker than the LWord. Enough saying girlfriend
I find Dawn Denbo & Lover Cindy too distracting and ugly. Get rid of them ASAP. I see Adele being a combo of “The Temp” and “Single White Female”, although just what combo yet, I’m not sure. Jenny deserves any crap she gets. Spitting out her gum at people is just RUDE. And here’s hoping Tasha comes back into Alice’s arms. Love love LOVE Tasha & Alice. I found myself distracted by the cooking in the Bette/Tina love scene. Did they really walk away with two pans cooking away on the stove?
I see juust enough Gina Gershon in EK/Dawn Denbo to make her completely hot! And I’m with jes…she’s a hoot. Her expressions and delivery are right on.
Adele is one cuh-razy beeyotch! But I’m behind anyone who’s looking to stick it to Jenny in the end. Girl is annoying!
Count me in on the Tina/Bette love. I like Marlee Matlin (and Jodi, I guess, for that matter) but T&B are meant to be together. For now ayway, cuz ya know no one’s happy forever in TV land.
Hey Nicholas, Way more than 15 read your column! I always read it, but I rarely comment on it because my computer s]cks hairy balls and takes twenty years.
Once they briefly did a stripper storyline for Courtney, obviously, nothing more risque than underwear, but Alicia said in interviews that she was so upset about having to do that stuff. Guess she got over THAT! My God!
Anyway, I absolutely thought the She-bar girls were behind the robbery from the start. Even though there was nothing personal at the time, it was a way to kick the competition in the knees at the start of the race. Kit lost a week’s profits and also is now a loose cannon.
The girl who plays Cindy, Alicia Leigh Willis, was on General Hospital for years playing “Courtney.” (Yes, I watch GH, you want to make somethin’ of it?)
Also, it seems like the creators/producers are trying to rid themselves of anyone wasn’t an original member of the cast. Cybil Shephard barely appears and when she does, offers nothing more than an opportunity for me to go grab an iced tea for the fridge. Sweet Max seems to be being phased out, since the lesbian clique has decided he doesn’t fit in anymore. Jodi will be a goner, what with the incident at work and Bette’s ongoing affair.
I have to say I love Bette and Tina. They are just meant to be. I do feel bad for Jodi though. And I’m loving Crazy Jenny the Director, it’s really entertaining.
Hey, Keri…I’m definitely not slinging any anti-GH arrows at you. I’m a watcher, too. From way too long ago to want to mention (although I WAS a fetus when I starting watching.) ;0) I remember the stripper storyline but for the most part, ol’ Courtney was pretty much one of the “good girls”. This is quite a departure for Ms. Willis. And if she wasn’t comfortable stripping on GH, girl must be in some intense therapy because of this role!!
Oh, Nicholas, there are *far* more than 15 people who read your recaps. Some are just shy…or in the posting closet, one of the two. But, once again, thank you for taking the time to write about the wackiest, sexiest, silliest lesbian soap on TV. What? It’s the only lesbian soap on TV? Whatever. It still rocks. And having not one but TWO Bette & Tina sex scenes more than makes up for the extended shopping scenes that landed like a stone in the middle of the episode. Jennifer Beals and Laurel Holloman have wickedly hot chemistry that leaves all others in the dust. **sigh** Jodi is toast.
And I didn’t miss Tasha in the slightest, which, I know, puts me in the minority because she is insanely gorgeous and Rose Rollins is a fine actress with a bright future but I just don’t feel the connection between her character and Alice. Perhaps I just can’t let go of Dana…
Adele’s last name is Channing…. and in “All About Eve,” Bette Davis’ character’s name is Margo Channing… So i definitely think they are playing into that whole “All About Eve” storyling here. Adele is up to something……
I totally love this show! It’s my dirty little secret of pleasure viewing every Sunday night. I have to say that I can’t stand Dawn and Cindy and everything they’re putting the girls through. I don’t mind them aiming their hate at Jenny (I wish they would and can’t wait to see what little mousy, hesitant Adele has up her sleeve!), but poor Shane and the others!
BTW, Shane is my favorite character on this show. Not so much with the random hooking up she does, but in the way that she seems to be a true friend to the rest of the girls, even Jenny. I can’t believe she actually called Jenny her best friend!
Was Cybill’s diving-board striptease meant as a shoutout to “The Last Picture Show”?
I’m way over Bette and Tina. And I thought Alice was bisexual, but she only shacks up with women lately?
Bring back Carmen. And let’s see a Plant softball team.
Yes, Nicholas, you have way more than 15 fans! Have been a loyal watcher of this show since the pilot and am thrilled there is a popwatch to read. It saves me tons of time on an email chain with my friends. So thanks!
Oh, and Cybill Shepard’s real life daughter playing her daughter on the show…nice touch. I wonder if her character will succumb to Shane’s power over all, if not most, women.
I always immediately check Popwatch after the L word.. I like to see how it is being received, so thanks for the blogs Nicholas! As for this week’s ep.. it sounds like people are liking it and i must really be in the minority, cuz YUCK. Am I the only lesbian that DOESN’T like lesbian sex scenes? I don’t need to see licking and tongues and spit.. I know where to find porn if that is what I am in the mood for.. the combined scenes probably took 10 minutes away from th show! More attempt at STORY please! I wish I could tell the producers to not worry so much about catering to what they think lesbians want to see, and instead work on telling good stories.. The “Jenny” story is my favorite right now, even if the continuity from season one is a bit of a stretch..
“change that godawful ring.” I hope you don’t mean the ringtone on Tina’s ginormous cell phone.
Btw, I loved the kitchen foreplay – very hot. Tina prowling around like that … rrawr.
Because dude, that was Angelica’s voice saying “you have a phone call.” So cute!
Yea, still recovering from the Tina/Bette hotness. My god, those two are still burning the house down after all this time. Jodi who?
Also, Tina’s supersexy underwear! It should have been given special mention in your recap.
The rest of the episode was a little all over the place, relatively speaking. Jenny still cracks me up, but that shopping sequence was way too long.
that was one powerful love scence……i cant express it in words it was out of this world