I’m still watching!! Man, I have no idea why, 'cause this show just gets worse all the time, but I just eat it up. I do think this season seems like it’ll be fun, if nothing else. I have mixed emotions about what’s actually going on right now, though…
First and foremost, there’s Jodi. She’s a challenge for Bette, because she’s very fiery, very independent, and completely unwilling to be dominated, and I think that it’s been good for Bette to be self-conscious rather than self-righteous for once. She needed this relationship in order to realize some of her flaws, but I think Jodi will ultimately be shown to be simply a medium through which Bette achieves much-needed character growth. I think Bette and Jodi are drawn to each other because each represents something to which the other aspires (Jodi is a free-spirited, outgoing, and an artist, Bette is intelligent, structured, logical, and a bit mysterious), but in the end they don’t complement each other. Jodi’s served her purpose in helping to create a better Bette, but now it’s pretty much time for her to go.
As for Bette and Tina, it seems to me that if Jodi is a device for toning Bette down, and the main reason for Bette and Tina’s problems was Bette’s selfish & controlling nature, the logical step would be to get these two back together. Butttttttt, Ilene Chaiken has her own creative vision, and from what I’ve seen in the past, she’s really not one to do something just to pander to fans if it’s not part of the story she wants to tell. As much as I would love to see a reunion, I have to admit that it would be a nearly unprecedented move to let the Rachel-and-Ross of the series fail to reignite their love and decide it’s time to end that chapter of their lives, to just be close friends and co-parents. That would be just as valid, actually more realistic, and would require a great deal of growth and maturity on both the characters’ parts. I’m a fangirl, so while that’s not what I want to see, I do I have to admit I’d be impressed.
OK, obviously that’s my pet storyline… laughs
As for everything else, ugh, I’m kind of annoyed at Shane’s regression… didn’t they just do this like two seasons ago? Yes, we get it, she’s a nympho and can’t settle down despite the best of intentions. Is she allowed to grow beyond that, or are they just going to keep doing the same tired shit with this character? Oh well, at least she’s not angsty anymore. Angsty Shane is boring.
Jenny seems to have gotten (surprise!) even crazier. I’ve accepted this as comic relief, however, and no longer care what events surround her as long as they make me laugh. She’s basically a cartoon at this point, and in a show that often takes itself way too fucking seriously, I’ve grown to appreciate it.
Tasha and Alice don’t make sense to me as a couple, at all. I like both the actresses, and I like both their characters, but hell the fuck no would they ever work out realistically. Even if they are happy together on the show, I can’t bring myself to root for them because it just doesn’t feel right; it feels rushed and forced and ugh. shakes head
Was anyone else expecting Phyllis and Joyce to like… leave? Be NOT on the show? 'Cause ugh. There are more than enough characters, and they’re all hotter, and while I appreciate the effort, we don’t need to represent EVERY SINGLE TYPE OF LESBIAN EVAR.
OK, I’m shutting up, because I could pick this ridiculous show apart for hours. Instead I’ll answer lobstermobster’s frightened queries.
lobstermobster, you should watch last season’s finale, and that’s really all the catching up you need. To answer your questions, though:
Bette only kidnapped the baby for like one episode, then she came back and Tina was pissed/threatened to sue, but she got over it (obviously).
The same thing is wrong with Jenny’s brain that has always been wrong with it-- she’s a self-absorbed, attention-seeking, immature little brat with a martyr complex. She’s been that way since the dawn of time; she’s just bolder about it now because she’s got something other people want. As for the lost-at-sea thing, I think they give some throwaway one-line explanation as to how she survived, but really, who cares? It’s the L Word… continuity is never guaranteed.
Helena is in prison because she stole a bunch of money from some high-stakes gambler chick she was banging last season. She did it because the chick was always getting Helena to invest in these big opportunities, which sometimes paid off, but when they did win, the winnings were just reinvested into some new opportunity, so Helena never saw any money. Also, Catherine treated Helena like a plaything, so Helena got fed up and decided to take what she felt she deserved. Obviously she didn’t get away with it.
. I’m not sure Paige set the fire, but Shane seems to think so, since she told the fire marshall not to investigate for arson. Though you’re right, could be anyone she’s spurned, which is half of LA and a good portion of California.