Fifth episode! Oh my God, we are almost half way through the season. But there is good news! Yes, I never ever thought I would have to thank Paris Hilton but if the rumors are true she will be playing a part in Season six. Which means that apparently ‘The L Word’ has been renewed for a new season.

This was news to me at least. I didn’t know that they had been renewed,

Spoiler warning!

Jenny Shecter

Jenny can be such a bitch sometimes, was it really necessary to call Adele in when Max questioned her honesty because some facts did not add up. I somehow have the feeling that something is wrong with that woman. And there will be a moment where Max will be proven right. I really think that will happen … mark my words. Something is not right with that girl.

Tina Kennard

One of the very first scenes was the meeting between Tina and Bette in ‘The Planet’. Somehow I don’t know why but I thought that Tina looked completely different in that scene. I can’t really explain it but and I can’t say what it was but there was something different. I just can’t put my finger on it.

Throughout the episode it was obvious, at least I think it was, that Bette and Tina still have a lot of feelings for each other. They are both saying one thing, but feeling and thinking something completely different. It is so obvious. And on one hand I am so hoping that they will act on it, at heart I stay a TiBette shipper I guess even despite what I think of the other couples and pairings on the show.

Seriously one of the last scenes was the one with Jodi who told Tina that she shouldn’t drive in the state that she was in when they where standing face to face and all I could think was ‘Please don’t do that!’. I honestly thought that they would end up kissing. I really did. I was so glad when that didn’t happen. That would have presented a far worse scenario then they already have with the whole Tina/Bette – Bette/Jodi thing.

Who knows where that storyline is going too … well I don’t even know who I should be rooting for.

Bette Porter

Bette in ‘totally overreaction mode’ is so funny! She rocks!!! Just take a look at the quote below and you know what I mean;

Bette: Does she seriously think that Jenny’s idiotic drivel is reflective of me and my life at all? I can’t answer your fucking “why’s.” You know why? Because it’s not me. It’s not me. And apart from anything else I am frankly - fucking flabbergasted! I am flabbergasted that she has such a white actress…she’s white. Okay. Was Mary fucking Poppins not available? I mean, really, what the fuck can she possibly know about my life. What can she know?
Isabella: Is she black?

Beth was going totally overboard again, it is one of those situations where everything around her seems to be slipping through her fingers. We have seen it happen before and Bette in my opinion gets pretty self destructing when that happens. Remember when Tina lost the baby in Season 1 we all know what happened back then. Or when Tina decided that she was moving out of the house, and with Helena? Yeah … Bette is self destructing and right now she it trying to keep Jodi close but by trying to ‘connect’ with her I get the feeling that she is pushing her away.

Shane McKutcheon

Shane making brownies, the second I saw that I knew what she was doing. I laughed my ass off during that scene where Alice and Shane are talking about gay brownies. And well the whole scene with all the other women getting high was funny too, especially Tina.

Shane, Shane, Shane I think you really did it this time. Stalkergirl ( Tammy Lynn Michaels – Season 1 ) was bad with her posters and picketing and more. And then there was of course Paige ( early this season ), with her things took a disastrous turn but with this woman… I don’t know declaring war to all the women in the room was going a little far. Especially with her little dumb blonde bombshell standing next to her acting all innocent.

Alice Pieszecki

I can understand why Alice got so pissed off when she saw this guy claim that he would not like ‘fags’ on his team and in his locker room. It pisses me off when people say that but especially when you know for a fact that they are gay themselves that is just so much more aggravating. I mean he did not have to comment to that question, by commenting the way that he did. I can’t really blame Alice for putting that vid online. But seriously, everyone knows how much it can effect someone’s life especially someone publicly known. And that is where I can completely relate to Tasha’s comment when she heard what Alice had done. I am sorry but I personally think that Alice overstepped some boundaries which she shouldn’t have.

Tasha Williams

Poor Tasha, I honestly felt bad for her when she found out about Alice’s stunt. I could so understand her madness. And I hated to see them break up, I really hope that when Alice comes down from her ‘pot brownies’ induced high Tasha will be there to forgive her. I think they are such a cute couple.

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The fourth episode, one third of the season has been shown. I can’t believe it! It is going so fast and so much has happened. We met new characters, said our goodbye’s to some old characters.

MAYOR spoiler warning!

Tina Kennard and Jenny Shekter

This movie, I wonder if it ever gets done. Really all you hear and see about it is a lot of bitching about the writing, the concept, the sex scenes and the actresses who might or might not become part of ‘Lez Girls’. Every time these two women get into one room you are guaranteed to see them bitching at each other. We’ll see what really comes of this whole project.

I really liked Adele’s action in Shebar! She is sneaky, but funny. Though her character is weird, she fits Jenny. I am curious to see what happens there. Really I am, and yes I know that involves Jenny.

Self defense is the best way

One of the first scenes was in the gym during the self defense classes. It was funny, although Jenny was getting pretty annoying again. But oh wait she always is! The way she was hitting Tina … I don’t know who she was trying to scare away with those weak blows but she really was not even trying. She was being totally childish again.

It was funny though to see that all of the sudden Bette was standing behind Tina instead of behind Jodi. That was totally funny to see. An the looks that Shane gave to that well toned trainer, priceless.

Shane McKutcheon

Was this really the first three way involving Shane? I read a comment about that, I was actually really surprised to hear that. And thinking about it, that is true … unbelievable. Sex addict Shane had never done that before. At least we know one thing for sure, she definitely has her groove back. And that was a pretty hot scene!

Alice Pieszecki

Oh my God! Poor Alice, really I felt so sorry and I could totally understand that she felt violated by those Army men. Seriously can they do that? The way they did I mean? That was horrible, it is almost as if you are watching people who are breaking into your house going through your belongings while you are watching.

It is sad though to see that she erased the chart, that is where a lot of this show started. It has been used so many times and I know that there is one on the internet now but still that wall had a pretty prominent place in that apartment. And I will miss it … weird to miss something that seems so unimportant it is after all just a chart written down on a wall. Showing the sex life of a bunch of women…

Tasha Williams

Tasha, the more I see her the more I like her. She is an awesome addition to the show. Her storyline is quickly becoming one of the more important storylines. In fact it is one of the top issues when it comes to gay rights. At least I think it is, just like gay marriages and gay parenting. These people are considered good enough to defend their county in a time of need, but when they are openly gay they all of the sudden get shoved aside as if they don’t matter at all. That is so bigoted!

When Tasha went to Beech’ house and told him what she thought of him and his methods as well as the army methods and the turn around that he made was awesome. His wife had a huge influence of course that much was obvious. And in a way what she did kind of was the same as the Army men did to Alice but she did not cross the line by going into his house questioning everything that she saw in there. It was good to see that after that he came to her.

Jodi Lerner and Bette Porter

The scene where Bette called Jodi into her office for that rant about what happened in the class was again one that showed what a different way of thinking and viewing of the world they have. But I guess that part of that has to do with the job that Bette has of course she is responsible for what happens at the school and should take action if someone claims that he is going to kill himself in front of a class full of students even if the ‘gun’ turns out to be fake. Those kind of things can traumatize people. And she is right especially with Columbine and Vtech still fresh in our memories. I think that they are breaking apart they seem to struggle more and more with each other.

Tina Kennard and Bette Porter

Even though I love Jodi and Bette together, mostly because I feel that Jodi challenges Bette to do things differently. And I loved Helena and Tina, I really did even with at that time Helena being a bitch to a lot of other people I always liked them together.

There are many couples in this show, but from the beginning I have been a TiBette shipper. I can’t put it any other way, I always liked them a lot. Probably because I liked the way they tried to live their live together, trying to have a baby, a family. I liked that, and I really hated it when things took a turn for the worst. The miscarriage, the cheating, the lying and eventually the break up. And well I have always said myself that if someone cheats on me I would never accept it and take them back but during the five years that this show is running you could see the love that they have for each other even when they are fighting. Or seeing other people … and this season it has been more obvious then ever before.

And I love it that things are turning around for them and they are finally finding each other back. But this course that they are taking now might change a lot for the show and in a way … it almost feels like something final. Don’t get me wrong I am ecstatic about this development. But if this is the way that they go, then Jodi might most likely become a character that disappears.

Going through the motions over the past few seasons and seeing this really long term strong relationship go down the drain completely. To the point where they are fighting, threatening and even a kidnapping basically doing everything to each other to stop the other person from being happy. And then back to a point where they can be relatively happy living with the other person in their live as a co-parent and a friend. It feels final for a television show to see this very passionate and loving kiss happen. It feels as if they are tying up the loose ends before episode 12 …

I am not trying to jinx anything, I really hope there will be a season 6 but right now at this moment I am not sure if there will be … And this really makes me want to look up spoilers and read everything I can but then the rest of the season won’t be fun anymore. So right now I am trying to refrain myself from doing just that.

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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 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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‘The L Word’, I have been a fan from episode number 1 now a couple of years ago ( January 18th 2004 ). To be honest I can’t believe that it has been that long, but then again it is only 12 episodes per season. It is the number one Lesbian drama show. With a group of awesome women as the stars of the show, among them big names like Jennifer Beals ( Flashdance ), Pam Grier ( Jackie Brown ) and a whole group of actresses who are now well known due to their role in ‘The L Word’ for instance Leisha Hailey, Laurel Holloman and Katherine Moenning.

During the four seasons they had a lot of famous actresses and actors who made an appearance, in the show. Among them Snoop Dogg, Tammy Lynn Michaels ( Melissa Etheridge’s wife ), Rosanna Arquette and Holland Taylor. And supported by some awesome bands who rocked ‘The Planet’ with their music Heart, Tegan and Sara and Sleather Kinney.

Spoiler warning!

Why am I writing all of this down you wonder, well seeing how the fifth season finally started and I love this show and I will make sure that I can watch each episode. I am going to write a review after each episode. So if you have not seen the episode and you don’t want to be spoiled, please don’t read on because you probably will be spoiled. And seeing how I just warned you it is all on you if you read on.

So this past Sunday our patience was finally paid off, the kick off for the fifth season. To be honest I had been patiently waiting, but with the WGA strike ( which I support ) going on and hence to that the lack of new episodes from other television shows and not a very bright future at this moment when it comes to that topic. ‘The L Word’ became more and more important with every passing day, and well the way I look at it. Season 1 and two rocked, I loved every minute of it. But my good faith in the show dropped to a low point during season three. Story lines sucked in my opinion ( and many other fans shared that opinion ) the absolute low point was Dana Fairbanks who died of breast cancer.

I was angry and bitter, when I saw that she truly was one of my favorite characters. But well, I wanted to give it another chance when season four started and to be honest I have never been someone who gives up that easily. So when season four started I was there, and much to my relieve the show picked up again. They added some new characters, some new story lines. And I was back, anticipating and impatiently waiting till Sunday night so I could see the show again. And in my opinion it is a pity that there are only 12 episodes each season. And now finally season five has started and the first episode rocked!

Tina and Bette

From the very first beginning I loved Bette and Tina ( Laurel Holloman ) together, over the course of the four previous seasons they have been through a lot; including miscarriage, affairs, break up, new lovers and finally they seem to be back on the way to friendship. And to be honest there where some glimpse of a future together… Who knows, to be honest I am holding my fingers crossed. Even though Bette ( Jennifer Beals ) is in a relationship with Jodi at this moment, I think that there might be a change. But then again …

Anyway, Bette and Tina are looking into schools for Angelica ( who is by the way the cutest little girl ever ), and well we are talking about Bette’s kid here so they are checking out Ivy League Pre-schools, of course because art and education are important.

Jodi and Bette
It is obvious that Tina feels completely uncomfortable when she sees Jodi ( Marlee Matlin ) and Bette together. On the other hand Bette’s interest in Tina’s sex life and potential partners also shows that she is not over her break up with Bette. But at the same time that I love Bette and Tina together I also really like Jodi and Bette.

As a lot of people might know, Marlee Matlin is deaf and I have always been intrigued by this woman who does everything she wants to do and does not let her disability get in the way of her goals. I think that she is an awesome actress, even if she can’t say everything she wants to say, her face shows so much more. The gracious movements of her hands. She’s good, she is really good.

Helena
Helena ( Rachel Shelley ), from a stone cold bitch she turned into an , in my opinion, awesome character. She was rich, or better said her mother is. And until she was cut of by her mother, after she paid for Shane’s wedding, trips for friends and much more. She needs to learn how to live without a fortune, Alice who is very consumed by her recent break up with Dana ( Erin Daniels ) at that point takes Helena into her house and helps her get to terms about living with a fortune. But the big money has it’s grip on Helena and she can’t pass over a chance at gaining a fortune of her own. In the end she is picked up by the police and thrown into jail, and that is where she is at the beginning of the season … the lonely little jailbird with all the other women watching her closely and probably hoping that she ‘drops the soap’.

Shane

Shane will always be Shane ( Kate Moenning ), she has been around the block, more then a few times. She proved that last season on ‘Our Chart’ which is Alice Pieszecki’s ( Leisha Hailey ) life project. And well after she tried to get married to Carmen, who she eventually left at the altar. Shane went through a rough patch, eventually she hooked up with a woman. But Shane wouldn’t be Shane if she didn’t manage to screw a good relationship up, of course she had to have the Realtor woman that she and her girlfriend where visiting because they wanted to move in together.

Alice

Last season, Alice’s website dream project ‘Our Chart’ became a reality finally. She had been talking about it since the first episode in season one. She hooked up with her soldier girl Rose Rollins ( Tascha Williams ) late in the last season. And then she found out that Rose was being deployed to Iraq. At the beginning of this episode you could see that Rose was at the base when she called Alice and from the way that they where talking it was obvious that she was about to be shipped out. At the end of this episode she shows up at Alice’s door, she didn’t say much just that she missed her girl … We’ll see where that leads too.

Phyllis and Joyce

Joyce, who used to be Tina’s lawyer and then became Bette’s lawyer is now in love with Bette’s boss Phyllis Kroll ( Cybill Sheperd ) who was introduced last season when Bette got the job as a dean. I think they make a cute couple, they somehow fit together.

Max Sweeney

The better we get to know this character the more I like him, especially now that he is not being that jerk that he was when he was taking the illegal medication at a too high dosage. Max ( Daniella Sea ) grew on me during the last season and well I am actually looking forward to seeing the development of this character during this season, though I am still not sure how I am supposed to refer to Daniella Sea’s character as a he or a she.

Jenny

I have not much to tell about this woman, since the first episode I had a grudge against this woman. She just ticks me off, and if you are a fan of her I am sorry but I am pretty sure that I don’t have much to say about her. Except for this and I really hope that they do this; Jenny ( Mia Kirshner ) in my opinion is totally wacky … and I was not surprised to see that this year she is even wackier then last.

You know the show has musical support in ‘The Planet’, and I would really like to push Terra Naomi forward to do a performance. She is awesome, her voice rocks, her lyrics are so cool and she is a beautiful woman. What more can we ask for on this television show. Well just one teeny tiny thing, she could play the song ‘Jenny’. Cause that song could have been written for this character, it fits perfectly.

I am looking forward to watching the rest of the season, the kick off was good and it promised a lot for the next couple of episodes. And I will be providing reviews for each episode.

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