The L Word season finale (open spoilers)

Wow. A pretty underwhelming finale to an underwhelming season overall. That was the finale, wasn’t it? I had hoped that maybe we would see some actual growth and development this season, especially with Shane; there seemed to be hints of it when she tried to swear off sex for a while. Instead she’s right back where she usually ends up; pushing away women that care about her and having (really hot) sex with (really hot) women who are supposed to be dating other (really hot) women. (Sorry about the excess of "really hot"s there; I just think that Kate French is absolutely smokin’. I’m a straight guy but I’m pretty sure that hot is hot regardless of sexual orientation) A lot of other loose ends were quickly wrapped up and dismissed and really there is no cliffhanger at all, unless there’s another episode waiting in the wings that I missed.

So let’s see…
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[li] Bette and Tina are back together. Zero surprise there. Too bad that probably means the last we’ll see of Marlee Matlin, though she might be back if they decide to do something with Max and Tom the interpreter (which is another arc that went nowhere). Jennifer Beals continues to look pained and confused in pretty much every scene she’s in. [/li]
[li] Alice continues to be increasingly annoying and self-centered. She seems too easily to be falling for some random woman when Tasha just went through so much because of being outed. I actually wanted to see someone slap Alice more than I wanted to see Jenny get slapped, which is saying something. [/li]
[li] I think we were supposed to see Jenny as a sympathetic character as the season went on, but I was actually rooting for Adelle; finally someone outplayed Jenny at her own games.[/li]
[li] I really am getting tired of having the same story over and over for Shane. Phyllis’ assessment of Shane’s character unfortunately is right on; her sex addiction makes her something of a punchline among her friends when it comes to relationships. I thought that her ‘straight girl crush’ on Molly (played by Cybill Shephard’s real-life daughter Clementine Ford!) would finally be the one to push her to the next level, especially because of her reaction to overhearing Molly saying negative things about her to Phyllis and Molly flying all the way to be with Shane during the bike-a-thon episode. No such luck. I suppose it was too much to hope for. I think I’ve liked Shane because she seemed like such a solid friend to many in her circle, including the much-maligned Jenny. I suppose the finale may set up something big for Shane next season having to do with her sex addiction and the string of broken hearts in her wake. I’m guessing she doesn’t survive the season, and will probably either be gunned down by a jealous ex or she’ll kill herself after she alienates all of her friends. [/li]
[li] Helena just kind of popped up now and then this season and her prison story really had little purpose other than to explain why she isn’t around more. Her coming in at the last moment to buy the clubs and steal away Cindi was a little too deus ex machina for me. [/li]
[li] Thankfully we didn’t get too much into Kit; I thought they were going to push her back into an alcoholic spiral again. Her feud with the SheBar group was kind of goofy.[/li]
[li] Phyllis really became a bitch toward the end there. When she was lecturing Shane about committment and breaking hearts, I wanted Shane to say, “you mean like you kept your committment to your husband?” [/li][/ul]

So I’m thinking next season will start with no Molly, no Tasha, maybe no Jodi, and with Shane approaching her nadir, possibly culminating in suicide.

Agree with everything you said. I actually was kind of expecting either Nikki to fall off the rail there while Shane was doing her, or to have Jenny fling herself over the rail and commit suicide right there where Tina and friends were having the discussion with Adelle.

Now that would have been a way to end the season.

This entire season I have wanted to scoop out my eyes with a mellon baller over the despicable writing. If not for the hot sex scenes this season, I would be typing this on a braille keyboard.

First of all, I too, thougt Nikki was going to plummet to her death or Jenny was going to push her or jump off the railing. Imagine my disappointment that this didn’t happen. There are so many things wrong with this show that I couldn’t possible get into all of them but a couple of things have really made my ass pucker this season.

One minute they all hate Jenny, then all of the sudden, just beause Adelle turns into a witch (never saw that coming. :rolleyes: ) the whole gang somehow decides that “hey, she’s alright, that psycho bitch” Just because she got a movie deal on her book does not mean she could’ve gotten away with acting like a Prima Donna on the set. No way. In real life, the producers would have bought the story and would have changed things to see fit, basically stripping her of most if not all creative control. They have fuck you money. She does not.

Adelle. She needs to die. Just because she does not belong at all in the plot. 'Nuff said.

Am I the only one that remembers or cares that Helena has two children? So, she’s in prison, then galavanting down in Fiji with her sex toy and not word one about seeing her bubees? None? I hate the writers of this show. Whenever something doesn’t fit, they just omit it, if they need something to fit, then it’s ripe with Deus Ex Machina. My partner and I said, the minute the She Bar twats started the war with Kit, that Helena would blow into town and bail Kit out. I won’t be surprised if she buys the movie rights so Tina and Jenny can make it the way they want it.

Speaking of Kit. What the hell happened to her? Why is she all of the sudden so ghetto? They gave her the lamest lines all season then of course she’s executing them as though she’s suddenly street.

Shane’s business was burned to the ground, presumably by the woman she cheated on at the beginning of the season. ( I don’t recall her name since the writers abruptly yanked her from the story) She doesn’t “file a report” because…wait a minute…how would that be her decision? So, if my house is burned down in an act of arson, I can just say, “No Mr. Fire Marshall, I don’t want to file a report” and then it’s done? That’s it? I’ll keep that in mind if I ever want to commit insurance fraud.

Christ this show is so stupid! GAH!