L Word S5 Premiere

[dreiser]

I'm still watching The L Word but I think it's destroyed my ability to analyze it. I mean, I walked away from watching the episode at the viewing party and I didn't have any sort of intelligent opinions about it. It was the usual amount "ohhhh, the pretty" but ehh...

Okay! I have something. I love Jenny. Seriously.

I don't care how obnoxious and insane with power and her own self worth she becomes. I fucking love Jenny. She's pure self involved entertainment and I delight in her. When this series started I never thought I'd love Jenny despite thinking Mia Kirshner is a brilliant actress but I do. Frankly, I think Jenny brings the funny in a lot of ways and I delight in her constant pissing off of the ever attached at the hip and annoying Bette and Tina. Plus Bette is hot when she's pissy.

Although I'm not sure why Bette is so mad at Jenny. I guess her portrayal in the book was shite. Who knows.

I hope to god they don't have Bette and Tina get back together. I like Bette with Jodi. Oh hell, I just like Bette away from Tina who remains the black hole of boring to me.

Helena manages to still look hot in orange. It would be better if the orange jumpsuit was tighter though. Or she wore a nice tank top like her cellie. lol. That storyline is just retarded so that's as far as I'm getting with it. I also don't get why Helena just won't give up the location of the money. Seems odd to her that she'd be willing to stay in jail and possibly lose her kids to Winnie by being a criminal. But that's me using logic something which rarely applies to The L Word.

As much as I love Alice and her having actual sex scenes and I do think Tasha, in a lot of ways, is a potential perfect girlfriend for her, wtf with Tasha leaving then returning so fast? I hate fucking storyline cliches and Tasha's storyline is such a goddamn cliche with her being investigated for homosexual conduct. I also have the sneaking suspicion it's going to portray Alice in a not so good light just like what happened early in her relationship with Tasha. Or maybe I'm wrong and it will expand Alice's character and she'll be selfless and hide what she is or lie about her relationship with Tasha to save her instead of being self righteous and blabbing her cute big mouth about everything.

I more think she'll be self righteous and screw Tasha and that will bite the big one.

Speaking of Alice, my favorite scene had to be when Phyllis noticed Alice didn't look so good after talking to Tasha as she sat alone on the couch and worried about her at war girlfriend in Iraq and Bette immediately rose to her feet to walk over to her friend as she said, "Alice really doesn't need to go through this again." It's a great scene because it recognizes Alice and Bette's close friendship AND it references Dana and her death, albeit indirectly without names being mentioned. Still, any L Word fan knew what she meant.

In short? The show is pretty as ever. Jenny is my savior for entertainment. I continue to watch for Leisha Hailey and her incredible adorable brilliance. The storylines are predictable and somewhat lame. However, the friendships and the character interactions could save the season.

And Shane dates pyros.

Comments

[narcolepsy-slds.livejournal.com]

the show is pretty for sure, and besides the opening music the rest of the soundtrack was pretty nice.
I know you don't like Tina but I think she was quite funny the whole time, on the other hand I do not care for Shane *shrugs*
Jenny is funny, she is such a crazy nutcase.
Alice is wonderful, funny, and cute, but even though I like Tasha and Rose, I do not think their relationship is great. I would prefer Alice with Lara or Helena.

[emotionalwench.livejournal.com]

Haha, seems I'm in disagreement with you about a lot of things when it comes to The L Word. I fucking hate Jenny -- there have been times in the show when I liked her (such as the beginning of season 1, and the beginning of season 3), but for the most part, I think it seems like the writers are trying to make her as unlikable as possible. She was such an unbelievable bitch in season 4 and the season 5 premier, and so different from the character she started out as, that I couldn't believe that the writers were serious. I kinda hope they either kill her off, or give her a personality transplant (again) so that she goes back to being even remotely likable.

As far as Bette/Tina and Bette/Jodi go...I'm actually a Bette/Tina shipper, not because I'm a huge fan of Tina (I can see how some would find her boring), but because I absolutely love Bette and I think her being with Tina adds an interesting dynamic to her character. I don't know why I like them together, I just do. And I like the idea that they could get back together now that they've both changed and grown up, and they can raise their daughter and finally have a truly healthy/loving relationship. I guess I'm just a hopeless romantic that way. XD

Jodi and Bette can be interesting as a couple -- especially in the hot sub/dom bondage scene from the season 5 premier -- but something about them just doesn't seem real to me. Maybe it's because I know that Jennifer Beals and Marlee Matlin are such good friends, and this gives me the impression that their characters have no real spark or chemistry.

I do agree with you that the "Tasha being investigated for homosexual conduct" storyline seems cliche as hell -- really, I'm tired of episodes of The L Word serving as public service announcements. They kind of did that with Moira/Max when they tried to bring awareness about trans issues (and didn't really succeed that well), and in Season 4 when Shane and Paige were trying to convince Shay and Paige's son (and their elementary school class) that "being gay is okay!". I think it's cool that they're trying to bring certain issues to light, but they could be more original and more subtle about it.

And I agree with you that it's great that they've highlighted Alice and Bette's friendship. They seem to concentrate a lot on the friendship between Shane and Jenny, and a few other people, but Alice and Bette have always seemed to not get along in seasons past. They used to date, after all (even if it was only for a little while), so I think it's important to see them being friends now.

And they totally need to reference Dana more. I'm glad they kind of did with Bette's "Alice doesn't need to go through this again" line, but really...Dana was one of their best friends, and now they hardly ever mention her. I hate it when TV shows do that after killing off characters.

I'm really hoping for a good season 5...we'll see how it goes. :)