The L Word / S 6: the end?

The ladies at tibette.com are all agog over these screenshots, taken from the last ever episode of the L Word. Could it be that Ilene actually decided to listen to the fanbase? My gawd, miracles never cease. Well, let me be clear on this: until that last final credit of the L Word has rolled over my screen, I won't believe it. Anyone who can write a baby shower scene such as the one that awaits us in the next episode cannot ever be believable.

In the meantime, feast thine eyes...

The L Word / S6 on a side note

This clip has been circulating on the net for the last couple of weeks...



There is one little thing that I find so sexy about this dance: 00:45 seconds is where it happens.

Just pondering the fact that these two actresses, neither of whom is gay, manage to dance like they are a couple... to one of my favourite songs too.

The L Word / S 6

Like many of you, I have been watching the last four episodes of the L Word's season six, and have also caught up with the many spoilers online (just head on over to the 'boobtube' to get a glimpse of what awaits us, poor viewers).

Let me start by saying that I have been watching since season 1, that I haven't missed a single episode and that I will be watching the last four episodes, which will bring this run to a close.

In all fairness, I have to credit Ilene Chaiken for managing to develop this series, for pitching the idea and pushing it through with Showtime. The fact that a series was created, which focused entirely on women, who lived with and loved women, was a groundbreaking achievement. And we all probably hoped that it would be a series that represented us, as we all live and love. As with Queer As Folk, which tried to to depict gay men and their scene (which, in many ways, was spot on), the L Word promised that it would tell our story.

There have been highs and lows, and I think that we can all agree that every series has its good and its bad moments. Season six, however, has reminded me of someone scratching their nails on a blackboard. The dissonant notes, the complete lack of continuity, the jumps in this script, the inconsistencies and the general lack of direction have made me want to alternately rip out my hair in frustration or scratch out my eyes.

Seriously, Ilene, WTF were you thinking? Even if this is some kind of Sunset Boulevard inspired take on this series, how do you expect to bring six seasons to a close, in four episodes (of which at least one centres on a baby shower and another on the lesbian version of 'Dancing with the Stars')? We all know that this is working up to a whodunnit, with Xena as the police officer in charge, but already we have been told that we will not know the answer to the question. Well, why ask it in the first place then?

At this point, I find myself wondering what the current season and its dysfunctional characters have to do with our lives, with our stories? Yes, I know there have been cases of transsexuals who have had babies (we all do read the newspapers), and yes, I do feel that Daniela Sea is actually managing to work her way through the material quite reasonably, but c'mon, how much more shit can you heap on her character. The same applies to every other character: Kit drinking wine as a recovering alcoholic, Bette trying to fire Jodi, Shane sleeping with Jenny, etc.

All I can think of is that some writer basically took a catalogue of little horrors, that happened to herself, or that she read about in the Globe and Mail, and somehow tried to stuff them all in eight episodes' of a monstrously bad Mexican soap. Albeit with lesbian characters.

Even if Tina and Bette ride off towards the horizon in unity with another baby on their laps, all I can say is that I stopped caring a long time ago. So, yes, to wrap this rant up, I will suffer through another four Sundays of this crap, with the requisite amount of Cointreaupolitans to help get me into a rapid state of inebriation so that I can giggle at the freak show as it unfolds in front of my eyes.... but Ilene, I just want to state for the record that at no time over the past six seasons did you ever tell my story....