The L Word, week 3
We begin this week with a flashback that I don’t even understand. I think it has to do with a photograph that Jennifer Beals (while looking hot as ever) gets weepy over near the end of the episode. I’m not sure though. The whole flashback thing just stuck out and reminded me very much of High Art and while High Art is a fine “arty” film, I get really tired of movies where lesbians die just as they get a hint of happiness. So I definitely did not get the flashback. Of course I didn’t get much of this episode so I guess that’s ok. However Holland Taylor had a more than enjoyable guest spot on this epsiode that entertained me.
What is the point of having Pam Grier on your show if you’re only going to use her as an afterthought? Could we please have more of her and less of Yogurt Girl (aka “Alice”) and Guinevere Turner? Please. Fuckers. And why does Alice still have the chart of who has fucked who on her wall? I find that more than a little creepy. Are you that concerned with all the people not sleeping with you? And if they show the fakeass internet application that allows you to list who all you’ve slept with I’m going to scream. Social Networking software (cause let’s face it that’s what this is) is a) so not that easy to use and b) could never be created so easily by Alice (who is a writer and it’s never been hinted that she has the slightest of tech skills). I know that’s nitpicking and most people don’t really care about the tech behind it but I do and it irritates me.
After being told, in a completely un-suave manner, by Jennifer Beal’s girlfriend that the whole world (minus the boyfriend) knows that she slept with Predatory Lesbian (PL), Straight Girl about blew a gasket because her boyfriend was hanging out with her almost-girlfriend, PL. I don’t know why she doesn’t just push them together so they can all end up in a threesome and spread the love. Apparently that doesn’t appeal to her. What does appeal to her is saying to PL (and I paraphrase) “that she can’t hurt the boyfriend. He makes her feel safe and she likes that feeling. And you, PL, make me feel dismantled.” And then exactly 2.3 seconds after she finishes that speech she takes her shirt off. Literally. She gives the speech about “you fuck with my head, I can’t hurt my man” and as soon as she stops talking she takes her shirt off to reveal her teeny tiny breasts in her white (or was it ivory?) bra to PL. Much hugging, kissing and implied oral sex ensued.
I’m not normally this foul mouthed but they’ve been showing the Margaret Cho specials on Showtime and it’s been a bad influence on me so I feel completely ok saying that Straight Girl is acting like a Pussy Addict. She had it once and was just hooked. She’s tried to fight her addiction but she just can’t. She gets woozy whenever she’s in the presence of her pussy of choice and just can’t resist. “You fuck with my head I can’t be with you, I have a man but oh oh oh I just can’t resist the call of your pussy.” Or maybe it’s just Woman Love (tm pending) in general since she was the one receiving oral sex this week.
I felt less inclined to thow anything at my tv this week so I think that’s progress for this show. There were some nice “cute moments” (like the closeted tennis player’s first date with a new girl, the long term couple rattleing off the faults of Guinevere Turner’s character, Holland Taylor, etc) that balanced out the really stupid stuff (Straight Girl pussy addict, sleeping with your stalker because it will appease her(?), the afterschool special tone of Pam Grier’s alcoholic character drinking).
Next week the lesbian couple finds out they are pregnant. While nice for them it reminds me that the pregnant lesbian was drinking wine in this episode. Now I know she didn’t already know she was pregnant but she knew she hoped she was so I’m not sure why in the world she would be drinking. Of course I’ve never been a pregnant lesbian so what do I know?
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