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L Word (The)

Country: USA, Language: English, 50 mins

  • Director: Rose Troche; Angela Robinson
  • Writer: Michele Abbott; Ilene Chaiken; Kathy Greenberg
  • Producer: Kim Steer; Elizabeth Ziff; Ilene Chaiken

CGiii Comment

All the lesbians here are...LOVELY.

Who was this made for? Twiddling teenage boys and/or morose middle-aged men?

It certainly wasn't made for the lesbian community - perhaps a tiny niche...but, that doesn't sell advertising space.

It has the quality of a superior soap with the same lathery storylines...

This first episode has a lesbian couple wanting to get pregnant...well, that took some imagination to think that one up!!!

Too similar to QAF to be called groundbreaking - that boat has sailed.


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The(ir) Blurb...

'The L Word' follows the lives and loves of a group of lesbian friends living in Los Angeles. The main character, Jenny, is a recent graduate of the University of Chicago, who moves to Los Angeles to live with her boyfriend Tim and begin a professional writing career. Jenny's life is turned upside down when she attends a party hosted by Tim's next-door neighbors, Bette and Tina, a lesbian couple who are about to take the step into parenthood after being together for seven years. A brief encounter at the party with Marina, the owner of the local coffeehouse, suddenly has Jenny thrust into a whole new world that makes her question her own sexual orientation. Other friends of Bette and Tina include Dana, a professional tennis player who is shy but eager to meet the right woman; Alice, a magazine writer who has a brief relationship with a self-identified "lesbian" man; and Shane, a hairstylist who can't stick to just one woman, and Kit, Bette's half sister who struggles with alcoholism.

Cast & Characters

Jennifer Beals as Bette Porter;
Leisha Hailey as Alice Pieszecki;
Laurel Holloman as Tina Kennard;
Mia Kirshner as Jenny Schecter;
Katherine Moennig as Shane McCutcheon;
Pam Grier as Kit Porter;
Rachel Shelley as Helena Peabody;
Daniela Sea as Max Sweeney;
Erin Daniels as Dana Fairbanks;
Marlee Matlin as Jodi Lerner