The L Word – 5×2 Look out, here they come
The second episode has aired, last Sunday. Due to a busy schedule ( computer crash and being sleep deprived ) I didn’t have time to write this down sooner, but as promised here is my second review. Sorry, next week it will be done on Wednesday at the latest! Again a very neat episode, I am really happy with the road that they picked for this Season so far. But after seeing Season 3, I know that nothing at all is for certain. Anything can happen in a matter of a few episodes, they can bring everything down. But so far so good!
Spoiler warning!
The discussion about ‘Lez girls’ at the beginning of the show was hilarious. Especially when suggestions about possible pairings where made, Helena and Bette! That would never ever work as you could see in the scene, they would both be fighting really hard to top the other woman on every single thing they do. Not just when it comes to sex, but with everything in their lives.
Tina Kennard
In this second episode Tina didn’t really have a role she was more or less screen filling or something like that. Nothing interesting happened, just from watching the first episode we already knew that she is still hung up on Bette. So that ‘date’ with that woman didn’t really tell us anything new.
Helena Peabody
After Tina, Alice and Shane gave Helena the ‘don’t drop the soap’ speech, you already know that it will happen. And so it does and she finds herself in a threatening position, but there is a very butchy Dusty ( the cellmate - Lucia Rijker, who was already in the L Word as Dana’s personal trainer in Season 2 – a cameo performance. ) there who saves her from a life as someone’s bitch.
Shane McCutcheon
Shane is busy breaking hearts wherever she goes again, it is a train wreck waiting to happen. I like her character, she adds a lot to the show. But at the same time I don’t get her, but then again maybe that has to do with the fact that she is nothing like me. I can’t relate to someone like her.
Alice Pieszecki
The Alice and Tasha storyline is probably my favorite at this moment. I think that the issue that the military has with homosexual conduct is ridiculous and I think that it is an important topic also. At least I believe it is, the way that Tasha is being treated is discriminating. We will see where this goes, but I really hope that she will not go back into the closet because of this and that Alice has some luck in love she deserves it.
Kit Porter
I loved that scene where she is walking into the prison, the women on the hallway are going crazy. The music which is played fits the scene perfectly. That scene rocked it was so funny, I expected a scene like that with someone like Shane or Alice, but the fact that they used Kit for it that rocked in my opinion.
Phyllis Kroll
Phyllis is this woman who has been married to a man for 30 years, has a couple of kids. She lived the American dream probably with the white picket fence and a dog. And she finally came out of that closet, she meets this woman, Joyce. And they seem to fit, they connect. But in this episode you see that Phyllis wants to break free from Joyce, which is quite difficult to do. We have seen that before with Tina when Joyce was her lawyer. Because Joyce is a very demanding person, she likes to be in control of every situation and she knows how to bend a situation in a way that it fits her own ideas.
You could see that so obviously with that break up scene in the restaurant. They are sitting at the table alone, while a couple of tables further Bette, Jodi, Alice and Tasha are having a ‘double date’ dinner. So you have the expert on body language and lip reading in the same room, of course they all knew what was going on!
But when Tasha and Alice left the table and Phyllis and Joyce took their place at the table with Jodi and Bette. Joyce was acting as if she had been the one who suggested that they should go out with other people.
Max Sweeney
Max didn’t really have a part in this episode, he showed up for a couple of minutes in ‘The Planet’ of course. He was sitting there doing something on the computer and he noticed the girl who was reading Jenny’s book. But that was about it. Not really much to tell.
I like that boyish charm that Max has right now, he is masculine without being super obvious about it. And I am glad that they decided to let his storyline go that way.
Jenny Shecter
Can you say annoying? I certainly can! I really can’t help it I got nothing positive to say so I better say nothing about her. Although I do agree with her on one point ‘no one’ would like to see the suggested pairings in the ‘Lez Girls’ discussion at the beginning of the show together. Well I wouldn’t at least it was fun for that short piece but other then that it is a big no no … in my opinion at least.
This is my review, my opinion. Don’t agree with me? That is fine, just remember that we all have our own opinions and views, and this is mine.
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