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Director: Ernest R. Dickerson, Tony Goldwyn, Lisa Cholodenko
Main Cast: Mia Kirshner (Jenny Schecter), Jennifer Beals (Bette Porter), Erin Daniels (Dana Fairbanks), Leisha Hailey (Alice Pieszecki), Laurel Holloman (Tina Kennard), Eric Lively (Mark), Katherine Moennig (Shane McCutcheon), Sarah Shahi (Carmen De La Pica), Rachel Shelley (Helena Peabody), Pam Grier (Kit Porter), Karina Lombard (Marina Ferrer), Eric Mabius (Tim Haspel), Meredith McGeachie (Tonya), Preston Cook (James), Lauren Lee Smith (Lara Perkins), Eileen Bui (Jun Ying), Nicole McKay (Trish Peverell)
Guests: Aaron Dudley, Aaron Grain, Adrian Holmes, Adrian Hough, Alana Husband, Alfonso Quijada, Ali Leibert, Alison Fraser, Alison Matthews, Alonso Oyarzun, Andrea Whitburn, Andrew Francis, Andrew McIlroy, Anne Archer, Anne Ramsay, Anthony Sherwood, Antonio Cupo, Apollonia Vanova, Ari Cohen, Arianna Stassinopoulos Huffington, Ariel Joseph Towne, Audra Rickets, Aynsley Amy, Barclay Hope, Beverley Breuer, Bill Mondy, Biski Gugushe, Bob Glouberman, Brad Dryborough, Brenda Campbell, Bruce Harwood, Bruno Verdoni, Cameron MacDonald, Camille Martinez, Camille Sullivan, Camryn Manheim, Carmen Aguirre, Carrie Fleming, Charles Payne, Charlotte Chalmers, Chris Gauthier, Chris Martin, Christine Anton, Cindy Maines, Claude Duhamel, Claude Knowlton, Clint Carleton, Cole Walliser, Colin Cunningham, Colin Foo, Colin Lawrence, Craig March, Crystal Lowe, Damon Johnson, Dan Payne, Darrin Klimek, Daryl Shuttleworth, David Berner, David Richmond-Peck, Deanne Henry, Devon Casagrande, Devon Gummersall, Diana Pavlovská, Donny James Lucas, Dorothy Fehr, Duncan Minett, Ecstasia Sanders, Eileen Bui, Eliza Norbury, Erica Cerra, Erwin Rosales, Fabrice Grover, Georgia Craig, Gerry South, Gina Holden, Graeme Duffy, Guinevere Turner, Gwenm Eyre, Harley Reiner, Heather McEwen, Heidi Iro, Helen Shaver, Holland Taylor, Ion Overman, Irene Karas, Iris Paluly, Ivan Cermak, Ivan Vance, Jacqueline Samuda, Jade Robertson, James Purcell, Jana Mitsoula, Jane Lynch, Janine Cox, Jason Gaffney, Jay Williams, Jennifer Copping, Jennifer Jasey, Jennifer Kitchen, Jeremiah Klein, Jeremy Beck, Jessica Lucas, Jim Shield, Jo-Ann Fernandes, Joe MacLeod, John Innes, John Murphy, Jonathan Scarfe, Jordan Medina, Joseph Marshall, Judith Maxie, Julian Sands, Karen Holness, Kate Robbins, Kelly Lynch, Kelly-Ruth Mercier, Kennedy Goodkey, Kimberly Hawthorne, Kirsten Williamson, Kris Pope, Kwesi Ameyaw, Kyle Cassie, Kyle Labine, Landy Cannon, Lauren Lee Smith, Laurie Papou, Leanne Adachi, Leanne Jijian Hume, Leslie Hopps, Linda Ko, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Lolita Davidovich, Lori Ann Triolo, Luciana Carro, Luvia Petersen, Lynda Boyd, Maggie Blue O'Hara, Marco Soriano, Marcus Gibson, Maria Louisa Figura, Marion Eisman, Mark Gibson, Mark Houghton, Mark Oliver, Marsha Regis, Marta Jaciubek, Matt McInnis, Matthew Currie Holmes, Maya Massar, Meg Roe, Melissa Rivers, Meredith McGeachie, Michael Benyaer, Michael Daingerfield, Michael Hogan, Michael Karl Richards, Michael Soltis, Michael Tiernan, Michael Tomlinson, Michaela Mann, Michael-Ann Connor, Michelle Harrison, Mike Dopud, Mikka Dargel, Miles Meadows, Morgan Brayton, Nahanni Arntzen, Natasha Khadar, Nicki Clyne, Nicola Cavendish, Nicole McKay, Nicole Oliver, Nolan Funk, Obi Edwards, Ossie Davis, Penelope Corrin, Peter Kelamis, Peter Shinkoda, Phil Hayes, Preston Cook, Rachel Hayward, Rebecca Harker, Rekha Sharma, Rhys Lloyd, Richard O'Sullivan, Robert Gauvin, Robin Nielsen, Robyn Ross, Roger Haskett, Ron Chartier, Ron Selmour, Rosanna Arquette, Rose Sias, Russell Zishiri, Sam Easton, Samantha McLeod, Samantha Simmonds, Sandra Bernhard, Sandra-Jessica Couturier, Sarah Cole Burnett, Sarah Strange, Sarah Widdows, Scott Logie, Sean Allan, Sean Campbell, Sean Carey, Shannon Munro, Sherry Thoreson, Shira Moss, Snoop Dogg, Sonia Mais, Sonya Salomaa, Stefanie von Pfetten, Stephen Park, Susan Hogan, Taayla Markell, Tahmoh Penikett, Tammy Lynn Michaels, Tara Hungerford, Tara Wilson, Tiffany Sweeney, Tina L. Klassen, Tony Alcantar, Tristin Leffler, Tygh Runyan, Veena Sood, Vicky Lambert, Victoria Billingsley, Warren Christie, Winston Brown, Woody Jeffreys, Zak Santiago
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The L Word is a series about the lives and loves of a small group of lesbian women living in Los Angeles as well as the friends and family members that either support or loath them. The first season is mostly centering on graduate and professional writer wannabe Jenny who moved here to live with her boyfriend Tim, and whose life is turned upside down when she attends a party hosted by Tim's next-door neighbors, lesbian couple Bette and Tina, who now want children after seven years of dating. Jenny herself is thrust into the local lesbian community, together with the unavoidable self-questioning, when she meets coffeehouse and lesbian meeting place owner Marina. Besides Jenny, Bette and Tina, other main characters are straight singer Kit (Bette's half-sister), lesbian shy tennis player Dana, bisexual magazine writer Alice and lesbian abusing popular hairstylist Shane.
Three seasons of The L Word have been aired and the fourth is in progress, with 1 episode per week for 3 months in each season. All episode titles start with the letter L: L Word Pilot; Let's Do It; Longing; Lies, Lies, Lies; Lawfully; Losing It; L'Ennui; Listen Up; Luck, Next Time; Liberally; Looking Back; Locked Up; Limb From Limb; (s2) Life, Loss, Leaving; Lap Dance; Loneliest Number; Lynch Pin; Labyrinth; Lagrimas De Oro; Luminous; Loyal; Late, Later, Latent; Land Ahoy; Loud and Proud; L'Chaim; Lacuna; (s3) Labia Majora; Lost Weekend; Lobsters; Light My Fire; Lifeline; Lifesize; Lone Star; Latecomer; Lead, Follow or Get Out of the Way; Losing the Light; Last Dance; Left Hand of the Goddess; (s4) Legend in the Making; Livin' La Vida Loca; Lassoed; Layup; Lez Girls; Luck Be a Lady; Lesson Number One; Lexington & Concord; Lacy Lilting Lyrics; Little Boy Blue; Literary License to Kill; Long Time Coming; (s5) LGB Tease; Look Out, Here They Come!; Lady of the Lake; Let's Get This Party Started; Lookin' at You, Kid; Lights! Camera! Action!; Lesbians Gone Wild; Lay Down the Law; Liquid Heat; Lifecycle; Lunar Cycle; Loyal and True.
Granted, the series features some good actors like Beals and Grier, many (not all) episodes are based on an apt script and there are few obvious pitfalls (although the typical bad acting and/or direction is also seen here occasionally, even with a pro like Grier), but there is no doubt about it that particularly the honest and pure depiction of lesbianism is the reason that this series receives "very good" reviews - any other sexual setting would take away one star, as the episodes have a tendency to be somewhat long in the tooth sometimes. Season 2, which begins 5 months after season 1 has ended, is faster paced and more explicit and vulgar, but also more dramatic. Season 3 contains even more drama. A fourth season started in 2007. A fifth season started in 2008. A sixth season is announced. |
Links:
- IMDb
- AfterEllen review
- The L Word online |
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