The L Word – 5×3 Lady of the Lake
The third episode, I just saw it and what did I say last week? Let me quote myself; ‘
Spoiler and strong language warning!
Tina Kennard
Can someone explain the ‘Eew! Tina is gross/disgusting’ comment I hear a lot lately, after last weeks episode with the comment from Jenny that no one wants to see Tina have sex I keep hearing a lot of comment on how disgusting Tina is. Now I can see that she might not be the prettiest girl around, but to call her disgusting that is a whole other ballgame. And I am not really getting the comment but maybe I am still to hung up on the beautiful scenes that she had during season 1 with Bette and during season 2 with Helena…
… very sexy scene. The sexiest scene if you ask me, but that is besides the point. When I read these comments on livejournal.com or other sources I often find that the comments seem to imply that she is disgusting because she dated a man … or two in season 4. Ehm, Jenny dated a couple before she settled for being gay, Alice is bisexual. Max had that scene with Billie Blaikie ( however you would like to define that scene ) and of course there is Kit. But still they are not being called disgusting. So if someone would care enough to explain that to me feel free to comment to this thread.
Bette Porter
Bette wants to do what Bette chooses to do, not what other people like her to do. She is a control freak and yes she is a snob and she can deny it all she wants. But it is true and this episode showed that perfectly. Though it was pretty funny to see someone who stood up to her for once, and besides that I swear that lake must have been freezing!!!
I liked the scenes at the lake house because this time the tables where turned, Jodi was the one who fitted in perfectly and Bette was the one who was struggling. But then again, in my opinion Bette brought that onto herself. She known sign language and they can do signing and lip reading as well as talking to a degree. I am sure that if she had tried a little harder she could have fit in. But she choose to do some work while the others where playing football on the beach.
Jodi Lerner
It was freaking hysterical to see the gang as Jodi was showing them how to say basically ‘fuck me’ in sign language in eight different ways or something like that. It was funny!!! Really cool scene reminded me a bit about that scene where they were saying which different words they knew for vagina in one of the earlier seasons. Very funny scene!
Jodi, in my eyes she has a lot of scenes that are really funny for instance that scene in the car where she is driving and signing at the same time. During that scene when Bette had to grab the steering wheel a couple of times. It was a funny scene, but maybe it was even funnier because at one point I was only listening to that scene while writing this and I noticed that Bette did a perfect impression of Kit’s voice when it pitches when she speaks.
Shane McKutcheon
Shane who is declared that she will never have sex again … yes, I guess she really needed that break. It was funny to see her acting all hyper and jumpy all through the episode. I loved that comment that Kit made to her when she said that she needed to remember how to sign ‘lick my pussy’.
And well for Shane kissing Helena, you could see that one coming from the beginning of the episode of course not necaserilly with Helena but you knew that she would reach that breaking point very soon. It is sex addict Shane we are talking about here.
Tasha Williams
Tasha who was defending herself against Beech was just close to brilliant, she really couldn’t have pulled that scene of any better. Very touchy and very realistic! This is probably my favorite storyline, yes I am sure it is. Tasha is one of the new comers to the show, but she really got an important part in this season, and I hope that she stays and that Alice will finally get a normal and healthy relationship. During the scenes with Alice you could see that they love each other a lot, and that there is a lot of pain about the whole situation.
Alice Pieszecki
Poor Alice, it seems as if that women can’t get a break when it comes to the dating subject. Seriously, her and Bette I never saw that. Then there was of course ‘the male identified lesbian’ ( I never forget the meaning of that description ). Followed by some strange girls and of course Dana, Lara and Papi … and now there is Tasha. I really like Tasha and the storyline, but it is somewhat sad that the love story starts with so much problems again.
Kit Porter
What the heck was that scene of that robbery doing there? That part of this episode really had no function at all except for maybe making sure that Kit will start drinking again… I am really wondering if there will be more on this subject in later episodes or not. If they do use it besides this little piece and making it the reason for Bette to leave the get together with Jodi’s friends then it will be a really lame excuse for showing that scene. We’ll see I guess…
Max Sweeney
What’s going on with the Max bashing lately? Every time you see him he is helping someone, one way or another. He is filming for Alice, introducing people to each other or just minding his own business but when he asks someone to watch a podcast he made he is being shot down. Why?
Jenny Shecter
Nothing to complain about this week … we hardly saw her, which was nice, but I am sure that we will get an overload of Jenny soon. But then again and overload of her would be too soon anytime for my liking.
Peggy Peabody
Helena’s mother, we have only seen her in six episodes over the past couple of seasons but that woman rocks! She is awesome, she is a rich bitch but she plays it so well that scene where she comes into the jail house and walks down that hallway, it was so funny when she gave that comment to that woman. That’s a Peabody for ya, they never let you have the last word.
Helena Peabody
That last scene at the end of Helena’s ‘Hello and Goodbye’-party was awesome! I never expected her to run from her mother, I kind of expected that she would run back to the money loaded secure arms of her mother, wouldn’t you? We all know how devastated she was when her mother cut her off, and now she gave her a chance to return to that. Of course when I expected her to do that I had no idea that she hid the money some where.
I hope that if Helena is really leaving ( yes, I am in denial here ), that she and Dusty … will be happy on that little piece of paradise.
‘The L Word’ so far has not been picked up for a sixth season, the other times around this third episode we would already know that there would be a next season but with the WGA ( Writers ) strike going on I am not yet worried about that. Normally they would start shooting in the summer for next season but given to the fact that there are most likely no scripts it doesn’t really make sense to promise us a sixth season at this time. We’ll see what happens. Hopefully soon!
Damnit! This is the second time this television season that one of my favorite actresses in one of my favorite characters left one of my favorite shows. That is a whole lot of favorites, I know but I still miss Jorja Fox ( I am sure you still remember one of my first posts here about Jorja leaving CSI, but here is the link for those who don’t. ) dearly each episode, there is a piece missing.
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The L Word – Season 5 reviews ( my reviews )
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