L Word Season Five Finale

Lez Girls

Funny how suddenly everyone is pleased with how Jenny was directing Lez Girls. Earlier in the season, everyone hated her. But now she’s gone. With Adele at the helm, who knows what will happen to this hip little lesbian film. They found a major distributor but there’s just one little problem. Jesse needs to go back to men at the end. Tina thinks it’s a bad idea. She’s furious, irate. Because Jenny wrote this amazing ending that is so empowering to young gay women. Adele doesn’t care about that. All she cares about is herself. So she kicks Tina off the set and does what the boys want. And now Lez Girls is just another Three of Hearts or Chasing Amy where the lesbian goes with the man…

The Bitch is Back

Yea! The return of Helena! And I must say she looks fabulous! Mummy Peggy is airlifted in, bitten by some rare and potentially deadly jellyfish. Even as she nears death, her main concern is Helena’s wardrobe. Gotta love a woman who has her priorities straight. But at least she did one thing right. She puts Helena back in the will and restores her trust fund. Which is going to help some friends out real soon.

Molly is a Spoiled Brat

Molly and Shane are still sleeping together and apparently Molly has gotten used to the fact that Shane has boobs, probably because they’re so small. On her way to meet her mom for brunch, she pouts and acts like a child, when she sees that Joyce is there. The last thing Molly wants is to be on some lesbian double date with her mom. But Shane talks her into it. Molly then announces to her mother that she’s giving up an internship at the Supreme Court to go surfing with Shane in Hawaii. Ha! Like that’s going to go over well. Phyllis decides the problem is all Shane and confronts her later that evening. Molly is one the most brilliant students she’s ever encountered, even if she is her mother, but Shane is not worthy of her. Phyllis gets all mean and nasty, saying that even Shane’s friends say she’s bad news. Shane caves under the pressure. She breaks up with Molly. Who surprises me by actually takes it quite well and mature.

The New Owners of The Planet

Dawn Denbo and her lover Cindi are busy trying to redecorate The Planet. But luckily Helena has returned. With Mummy’s cash in hand, she can afford to buy back the Planet and She Bar too. When Helena shows up at She Bar to seduce Cindi out of the business and into her pants, listen close to that music. It sounds suspiciously like that hideous track that plays when you go to the Girl Bar website. (Good work EZ Girl!) There’s a big showdown at the club and Dawn Denbo goes down in flames and her lover Cindi finally stands up to her.

Jodi’s Revenge

Jodi has a big art show. Everyone’s there. It’s a really big to do. Bette’s been working on her introduction speech for days. She says all kinds of amazing things about Jodi. And the art piece is unveiled. The piece is called Core. Because it’s about core values: Love, honesty and commitment. But really what it is, is some weird huge video of Bette, making her look like an asshole. It’s about the meanest thing I have ever seen in my life and the look on Bette’s face is devastating. It’s the most humiliating thing. Why would Jodi do that? It’s so evil. But more importantly HOW did she do it? Jodi is deaf. How did she sync the images with the voice?

Tasha's Career Crisis

Tasha’s having a crisis. She doesn’t know what to do with herself after the army. She took a job as a security guard, but that sucks. She runs into an old friend who is a cop and she decides to sign up to be one too. She looks so happy about it. If only she knew what was looming…

Alice has a new Crush

Alice goes to meet that fashion designer who was on The Look last week and they take a little twirl on her scooter. Clea is her name and she’s disappointed that Alice has a girlfriend. Alice says she’s disappointed too. Not the first sign that there’s trouble on the home front. Clea persists, “It’s perfectly natural to meet someone and be attracted to them. Even if you’re in a relationship with someone else.” The she moves in for a kiss. But for once someone shows some integrity and Alice stops her. But we all know where this is going.

That’s a Wrap

It’s a wrap party for Lez Girls. I couldn’t help but wonder if the L Word producers also thought it was a wrap party for their own show. After all, when they filmed, they had no idea if they would be picked up for a sixth season or not. But happily, we’ll be back next year for one more season.

The Mighty Shane has Fallen

What is the one thing Shane always had going for her? Sure she may fool around with different women, leave women at the altar, and party a bit too much, but she’s always been there for her friends. Except for now. All season she’s been talking about Jenny as her best friend. She quit the movie to stick with Jenny. She’s stood up for Jenny on many occasions, even when others speak poorly of her. But Shane is low now. She just dumped a girl because her mother said she was not worthy. And being Shane, she medicates with female flesh. Unfortunately that female is Nikki, Jenny’s love. And Jenny catches them. Devastation. It’s the ultimate betrayal. You’ve broken Jenny’s heart Shane and mine too.

The End....until next year.
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