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The L Word - The Complete First Season

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The L Word - The Complete First Season
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    Rating: NR (Not Rated)
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    Description: Four years after Showtime made gay men the focus of its original series Queer as Folk, it was time for a little turnabout with The L Word (bad title, great show). Centering around a tight-knit group of lesbians in Los Angeles, this drama was far removed from its working-class male counterpart in both style and content. While the men of QAF enjoyed a fabulous if melodramatic life on the middle-class streets of Pittsburgh, the women of The L Word lived it up in sunny California, with gorgeous houses, glamorous careers, and sexy wardrobes. Ironically, though, The L Word adhered more to the everyday drama of ensemble shows like thirtysomething than the soap opera antics of QAF, and the results were surprisingly heartfelt and effective, appropriately stylish but never over the top. There was plenty of room for titillation, but creator Ilene Chaiken fashioned from the start a show centered on characters and not just sex, aiming for the heart rather than... well, other places.

    The L Word focused primarily on committed couple Bette (Jennifer Beals) and Tina (Laurel Holloman), a former power-career duo who've decided to have a baby; however, artificial insemination and the changing dynamics of their relationship throw their previously happy existence off-kilter. Within their orbit are spunky journalist Alice (Leisha Hailey), sultry hairdresser Shane (Katherine Moenning), closeted pro tennis player Dana (Erin Daniels), and espresso bar owner Marina (Karina Lombard) who, in the show's most polarizing storyline, bedded the seemingly straight Jenny (Mia Kirschner) and shook up her heterosexual world. Jenny's am-I-straight-or-not? kvetching frustrated both her fiancé (Eric Mabius) and many viewers, who were alternately irritated and intrigued by her inability to decide one way or the other. But Jenny's weakness was part of The L Word's strength: in exploring many sides of many issues, both domestic and political, it never came up with an easy answer for any of them, making the show all that more fascinating--and compulsively watchable. --Mark Englehart

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    It sux!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    I thought it would be nice, but it was too bad that it was really starting to get dusgusting and boring. It is very predictable and I dont recomend it for anyone. Such a waste of money, buy something better.
    I couldn't bare having it in my room so I broke it and threw it in a huge garbage next to our house. Hope this review stops u from buying it, dont repeat the mistake that i've done.
    AWFUL SHOW!!!!!!!

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    L WORD 1st season

    I love this season and I can't wait until the 3rd season is available so I can order it! Amazon sent my order very quickly and it was not that expensive so it is a great deal all around!

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    Strangely familiar

    Just finished the first two episodes of the L Word. It didn't take that long to figure that a lot has been borrowed from Sex in the City & Queer as Folk. That is by no means a knock. Indeed it is a positive. "Sex" & "Queer" are two of the three best cable shows ever. We all know who the 800 lb gorilla of cable is. Girlfriends gathering together ala "Sex", at a coffee shop, albeit more uptown than "Queer". They are all talking about sex & the politics of sex. Four Hot straight women, Five (or more) hot gay guys & now six (or more) hot, gay chicks. The first two episodes: Jenny, a naif, from Chicago comes to L.A. to live with her boyfriend, Tim, & start a new life as a writer. She meets next door neighbors, Bette & Tina who have been together as a couple for seven years. They are seeking a sperm donor so they can start a family. They invite Tim & Jenny to some of their parties which introduces Jenny to a life- style she never knew existed. It interests & frightens her... a little. She meets Marina, who is very attracted to her. Poor little Jenny. By the end of the secnd episode she is so confused. She really does love Tim & he her. But soon she is in a relationship with Marina. A great supporting cast add color & humor. I need to catch up as the second season has already been on dvd for a while. A promising start.

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