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Season 5 L Word Recaps - Recaps L Word Season 5

The L Word, Season 5

By Kathy Belge, About.com

Shane with Alice Season 5

Shane with Alice Season 5

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Episode 1, Season 5

Jenny floated off on a raft at the end of last season and we didn’t know if we’d ever see her again. But she’s back. And apparently the writers have decided to listen to all the Jenny hate mail and make her utterly despicable. She’s rude to Tina, abuses her new assistant and acts like an entitled princess. Unfortunately, her humanity is gone and she’s become a caricature. Ah TV...Keep reading...

Episode 2, Season 5

Tina and Jenny are meeting with the director of Lez Girls and he wants more lesbian sex. Bette & Shane. Put them together. No, that would never happen. Then we see Shane and Bette making out. Actually, it does look like fun. Tina and Jenny insist it would never happen. How about Tina and Shane? Or Bette & Helena, director insists. But apparently that can’t work, because they’re too much alike. Each will try to top the other. Is Helena a top? Because she sure wasn’t with her cellmate Dusty...Oh wait, I’m jumping a head here...

Episode 3, Season 5

Shane has sworn off sex. And she’s working out, meditating and eating healthy. “I’ve never felt so freakishly clear headed or highly energized,” she says. But this is hard for her. Cute girls better not walk too close to her, breathe on her and certainly not stretch seductively in front of her. How long do you think Shane will last with this celibacy thing? Even her closest friends don’t think she’ll make it very long...Will she?

Episode 4, Season 5

Jenny auditions actors for Lez Girls, a new lesbian club opens, self-defense is practiced and something so hot happens, I can't breathe...

Episode 5, Season 5

After that steamy kiss last week, Tina’s been avoiding Bette. But the girls do need to talk. What happened? Did they just kiss? Did they sleep together? Does Jodi know? Bette calls on Tina and you can tell by the look in Tina’s eye that she’s hoping Bette wants to reconcile. Instead Betts is calling to ask advice about stuff with Jodi. What does Tina do? keep reading...

Episode 6, Season 5

If ever an episode of The L Word left me longing for more, it was this one. Okay, I know there are plenty of Shane-lovers out there, who get all a twitter seeing the sexy hairstylist get it on with various women. But for me, the ultimate turn-ons are the sex scenes between Bette and Tina. And this episode gave me plenty of that. HOT!...keep reading...

Episode 7, Season 5

Who’s idea was this and what is the point of Turkish Lesbian Oil Wrestling? Shane says it best. “That is f--ked up.” What the hell? OK, lesbians, tell me. Did you like the Lesbian Turkish Oil Wrestling, or do you think it was exploitive, degrading and meant only to attract the straight male audience? Anyway, to me it just looks like a slippery mess...keep reading...

Episode 8, Season 5

What the hell are those bruises on Jenny and Nikki’s necks? Are they like 12? They sure are acting it. Nikki is crying like a baby because she can’t bring Jenny to her movie premiere. Her managers are making her bring a male date. “They said that if I didn’t go with some boy, everybody would think I’m gay and no one would like me anymore and my career would be over,” Nikki weeps...keep reading...

Episode 9, Season 5

It’s a Scorcher The temperature is over 100 and rolling blackouts are wrecking havoc on the lives of the Lez Girls. Just as Nikki and Tim are about to shoot a sex scene, the power goes out. Plus Nikki can’t pretend she doesn’t like sleeping with Tim, because she actually did sleep with him. But what could she do really? There was so much pressure for her to be straight so America will still love her. Truthfully, she would rather have been with Jenny. It’s so unfair. Why can’t she just be with Jenny...keep reading...

Episode 10, Season 5

The whole show this week takes place on the Subaru Pink Ride, a breast cancer fundraising bicycle ride. Team Dana is assembled and ready to go; Shane, Tina, Jodi, Bette, Alice, Tasha, Kit, Max, Tom, Jenny and Bette. But then a few people show up unexpectedly. Like Nikki, who is supposed to be shooting a cover for Rolling Stone and is not supposed to be seen in public with Jenny...keep reading

Episode 11, Season 5

Drama-rama. This whole Jodi/Bette/Tina thing seems oh so real. I can see friends break-ups in their dynamic. Jodi shows up at the Planet and announces to Bette that they need to spend some time together. Jodi needs answers. Unfortunately, Bette isn’t able to give them to her. Not right away anyway...keep reading

Season 5 Finale

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...keep reading...

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