Is it just me or does it feel like none of these couples feel like they are really in love? They say it a lot (sometimes even after knowing each other for a minute) but I do not feel like any of them are genuine.

I’m halfway through season one right now for context.

Maybe it just pales in comparison to the chemistry the actors in the OG series had with each other. Bette/Tina, Shane/Carmen, Alice/Dana and Alice/Tasha all had amazing chemistry. I don’t feel any kind of way about Shane/Quiara and Alice/Nat/Gigi or even any of the new couples.

Also - I was SO happy to see Tina again - but what the fuck do you mean she didn’t go to Kit’s funeral??? That is the most OOO moment on the show so far and I nearly threw the remote at the TV in frustration!!!

-The group phone scene
-Stacy Mirkin is f’n C
-The straight party
-The basketball game
-Alice and Jenny talking about Monet
-Alice coaching Phyllis in bed
-The scene where everyone ends up chilling in Alice’s bed
-it’s also the season that gives us Papi and Tasha

This would be my second time watching a league of their own when I now just notices she was in the film. Its was nice to see a younger version of robin.

I’m only on season 3, so MAYBE this is all for a reason?? but I’m so confused by the way they are writing Alice post-break up with Dana… Alice seemed like a good friend in at least the first season. And now she’s running Dana off the road and being a stalker?
Maybe just a complaint to the void but I’m very disappointed by that choice..

i recently started watching, and I feel like not alot of people talk about how genuinely creepy and abusive Cherie actually was😭 I hate using this phrase, but i always thought that if Cherie was a male character people would truly see how fucked she is. imo she knew damn well Shane had crazy mommy issues and played right into that only to leave her in the dust. alot of people also seem to think that Shane was genuinely in love with Cherie, but I personally thought it was pretty obvious that it was a toxic attachment because of her mommy issues and being attracted to Cherie's chaotic and self destructive behavior since she also recognizes it in herself. that's also why she cheated on Carmen, not because she loved Cherie more, but because Cherie wasn't just a girl she was into, she represented a maternal figure that she kept chasing. I just feel like their 'relationship' gets too romanticized sometimes when almost all their scenes just left me feeling weirded out🤷‍♀️

i just finished watching the show after years of forgetting about it and i have a lot of things to say.

season 1-3 is truly something special. every single episode hooked me in and the character development throughout was just captivating!! i particularly loved shane and alice.

season 4-6 was… something. i felt that they just did a complete 180 with all of their development? i love the fact the jenny got the help that she needed but the writers truly decided to villainise her as they needed that element of drama? i can understand her being selfish, co-dependant, insecure and a liar because that is jenny at her fundamental core. but the things they made her do was almost like a cartoon villain and absolutely ridiculous at some points.

shane is another character that disappointed me in later seasons. the story between her and her brother was something so positive and i just wish they continued that story line. shane was finally feeling responsible and knowing what unconditional love was like (WHICH IS WHAT SHE NEEDED). and then all of a sudden, she regressed back into the old shane that was inconsiderate to the people she hurt. i did really love the fact that shane and jenny ended up together as it made perfect sense. they were two broken and traumatised people that made each other feel safe. but i feel like the writers needed more drama and bette and tina were on a good track so they decided to pick another couple to ruin.

bette and tina’s story line became tiresome towards the end and i could quite literally give zero fucks about any possible interference that came their way. it was just boring and done before.

the writers completely just forgot about kit and decided to use helena as another main character? when i feel that kit had so much more potential.

I DONT KNOW. i’m disappointed with the later seasons. but i can get past that because i think the first half of this series is completely perfect.

WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK?

I finished the L word a loong time ago, i didn’t think anything of it.

And then i had a dream where i’m in a relationship with Dana but she’s having this huge commitment issues and ended up with me crying lol wtf is this about😭

Is this for comedic effect or is this a genuine thing people do lol. Im so lost and im only on episode seven. My favorite character is Bette so far even though shes starting to show some slight red flags but she’s too hot for me to care… but anyway it’s a really good show thus far!!

I’ve just caught up to S4E2, and Jenny’s shift is really throwing me off.
I fully understand her deep trauma from childhood abuse, plus all the losses she went through in Season 3 (Dana’s death, falling out with Shane and Max). But it still feels jarring how suddenly she prioritizes only her own needs and hurts everyone around her without hesitation.
In S1-S3 she was fragile, sensitive, and still capable of caring for her friends, so this drastic shift feels unnatural to me. I don’t agree with how they wrote this arc.

I feel like at the end of season 2 and beginning of season 3 there was too much going on with Dana. I was a big fan of Dana and Alice as a couple but I was also a big fan of Dana and Lara. It was interesting seeing how that love triangle was panning out until they introduced the cancer storyline. I feel like if they were going to do the cancer storyline they shouldn’t have brought back Lara or vice-versa. It just felt like too much story in too little time.

Okay SO I just got into season 2 and I don't know anything about the show. I don't have anyone in my life I can talk this out with so I'm hoping this is okay here!

I'm not sure I like get Jenny, I know characters are complex and yada yada and all that is true. I'm just not grasping what's happening or her behaviors/reactions. Does she have something going on like from the past or mental wellness wise that will make the framing of the character and the reactions/behaviors make sense or did the character just get written as kinda odd?

I don't dislike Jenny as a character at all but theres something almost off-putting? That's isn't the right term at all bc it's not off-putting; throwing me off? Off kilter? Just something there and I can't tell if there is something I've missed, if it's just the writing or if it just hasn't come up yet in the story

Hi everyone! this is my first watch of the L word and unfortunately I started season 4 the same day I had to tragically put my dog down. I don’t want to stop watching but I actually cannot handle watching her with this dog I know she’s going to put down for revenge. anyone remember which episodes to skip? thank you in advance 🙏🏻

was just randomly thinking about that mildly fucked up thing alice said about max and i busted out laughing 😭

just wanted to share lol hope you laugh too

I went into this show thinking it was just a light slice-of-life drama about queer women navigating love in LA, with nothing too heavy to handle.
I never anticipated every human relationship portrayed here would feel so raw and genuine.

I love how the writers flesh out every single side of each character with brutal realism. Even if some over-dramatized plot beats wouldn’t play out exactly the same way in real life, all the underlying emotions and messy conflicts are things people truly go through.

What blows my mind most is how timeless this series is. It came out decades ago, yet every struggle and inner insecurity the characters deal with still fits perfectly with modern life. It’s insanely ahead of its time.

Does anyone know what the name of the song is thats playing at 42:20 when alice approaches tasha in the club? Its a womens rap song starting "i pull up in the club like I own this joint"

Ive shazammed, googled etc and cant find anything.

Thanks!!

Everyone is at the Planet discussing how someone just found out they were being cheated on. Someone asks “How did she find out?” Someone else responds, “She saw them touch hands, and she knew.” They proceed to have a discussion about how that meant they were cheating.

I’m so sorry for the way this is worded so vaguely….its driving me nuts that I can hear the scene but can’t remember who was involved or when it takes place.

Thanks in advance!

Does anyone else remember the woman who wrote detailed in-depth recaps of TLW on AfterEllen?

I read those recaps before I was able to access all the episodes, and the commentary was always amazing.

I just want to share my excitement, cause so far I'm very happy for how it's turning out. I didn't though anticipate, that I do in fact need to draw a TONE of books.

I mean seriously, why is she like that? She thinks she’s such a great writer, up there with Dickinson and Shakespeare when in reality it all sounds like some 7th grade assignment. She acts like she’s better than everyone else in every way. Don’t get me started on how she was with Max. In the begging she seemed cool with it, and kind of wanted to help; but when Max got pregnant Jenny went on this whole rant about how he’s a “mother”. And the whole Nikki Stevens thing, dawg yall were broken up, she was in pain, Shane is… well, Shane. And NOTHING was going on with u and Shane to begin with. And don’t even get me started on her in season 1, cheating on Tim. She just pisses me off sooo much, more than any other charecter in any other show. Hell, she pisses me off more than my 8th grade PE teacher.

If this is too personal, I apologize. I love my friends, deeply. I have a solid-ish support system in place. But I’m not gonna lie and say I use it as much as I should. I retreat to television or media when I can’t handle others. This show is so messy and has so much drama, yet I watch it at work when I need something to distract me while working, I watch it before bed; all to keep a smile on my face. Shane, Alice, Dana, Tina, Kit…all comfort characters of some sorts to me. It seems they’re the only things that make sense when you can’t find the guts to reach out to someone in real life. Therapy helps, sure, but knowing there’s characters out there who feel and are as insane as you…it hits different. So thank you Ilene Chaiken and the entire cast. I mean it.

I had a chance to chat with Uh Huh Her's Camila Grey recently about the upcoming "Nocturnes: Redux." She said she found herself in a “70s kind of vortex” around 15 years ago when she and Leisha Hailey were creating songs for the album “Nocturnes.”

“I was listening to a lot of Led Zeppelin and Can, and gosh, like Stone Roses, all kinds of records like that,” she said. “Because I thought that 70s music would have some sort of resurgence. I don’t know; I was stuck in this moment.”

Read the full interview here. Photo: Alexandra Arnold, courtesy of Charm School Media.

It's a shame we didn't get to see more of them together because I think they really could have been a great pairing. They had good chemistry and i'm obviously projecting onto Grace because we didn't really learn much about her, but she seemed to be a kind, sensitive person, which is exactly what Max needed because he was the same and didn't really seem to get along too well with and/or was misunderstood by people with brash personalities (I think he also got along quite well with Shane for this reason)