Like Jenny Schecter, The L Word met its merciful end last night. (Except, Dear Sweet Pregnant Man - there are rumors of a movie.) There were revelations of just how manipulative and evil Jenny Schecter had been, and the question "Who killed Jenny" got no clear answer (suicide? Niki Stevens?). Regardless, Showtime's website will keep it going with webisodes from the interrogation room, and it seems Alice will take the rap (frame job?) and star in the women's prison spinoff, with Laurie Metcalf and Famke Janssen.
So far as we understand, The L Word is an entirely realistic depiction of the trials and tribulations of the lesbian community in a world of strictly defined gender roles and rampant homophobia. We've learned so much over these past six seasons about sapphic society, but now school's out, and all we've got are these girl-on-girl scenes, completely out of their proper sociocultural context. WHERE DO WE GO FOR GIRL-ON-GIRL CONTEXT NOW???
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