The L Word - The Complete First Season

I've watched Season 2 and started watching Season 3 and so far Season 1 is still THE BEST. Why? They haven't brought back Marina who was the most appealing and interesting of all the characters. Season 1 had the best storyline and the season finale was so powerful that you feel like watching it over and over again. This is definitely worth adding to your collection.

I learned a lot from watching this show. I learned that most lesbians are rich white chicks who live in California. They are all extremely good-looking too, but they don't like men in general (unless the men themselves happen to be gay). I also learned that the term "dyke" is not offensive so long as the term is used among friends.

I am glad that this show really broke up the stereotypes that I had as far as homosexual women goes. So the next time that I meet a rich, attractive, white woman from California, I'll know that she is probably gay.

I hope this review helped.

(P.S. In case you didn't know, the "L" in "The L Word" stands for "lesbian." I am pretty sure about this.)

Running out of shows to watch, I decided what the heck, I'll give the L Word a play. I went to the library and rented the entire first season and spent a Friday afternoon watching the first disc. And that, fair maidens, is as far as it's going to go.

Now, I knew before I ever saw this show that it was created as an afterthought behind the success of Sex and the City. But gay, straight, or completely confused, there is no way that the writing in the L Word even approaches the wit, humor, and poignancy of S&TC. Of course, the women are just as self-absorbed in LA as they are in NYC. But for this viewer, the L Word is just absurd.

We've got two power lesbians who keep saying, "let's make a baby." Two women cannot "make" a baby. This notion is ridiculous. Next, we've got a near-anorexic hairdresser who is nothing more than a womanizing-rock star type who happens to be a female. This casting is completely transparent. Then we've got the newbie next door who wants to have it both ways and is cheating on her way-too-good-for-her fiancé. We've got the closeted gay tennis star that's going to do ads for Subaru. Pam Grier's talents are completely wasted on a supposedly recovering alcoholic who can't stay sober. I guess any work is better than no work when you're in the acting business.

I gave this show a fair chance. I watched the pilot and the next 4 eps. The characters are anorexic, they're way too focused on each other's lives (busy bodies from hell on crank), they're not working nearly hard enough to afford living in LA, and they're just not that interesting. I could not care less about these women.

I really enjoyed it. I do not get Showtime so this let's me enjoy a lesbian show. The series reminds me of when I was younger and the drama that goes on out there. The acting on the whole was good, every once in awhile it got cheese. All and all I enjoyed it.

Having heard about this programme from a family member, I initially thought that this programme would focus on really angry butch lesbians, or a bunch of big breasted blondes frolicking around in the nude all day. I then came across some reviews in a magazine and decided to by the DVDs in the January sale. The verdict? WOW- this programme completely took my breath away!!! Whilst many comparisons have been made to Sex and the City, this programme delves into the world of relationships much more deeply than SATC ever did and really bring home to everyone how much lesbian and straight women really do have in common. There were lots of wonderfully dramatic and funny moments, along with the terribly poignant, and I found myself glued to my TV and not being able to do any of my college work (I have numerous essays due in the next couple of weeks!!). As it will be 9 months before the second season is released in the UK, and as I am far too impatient to wait that long, I have had to order the Region 1 version from Amazon.com!!! Even the three week wait for that seems far too much, but then perhaps I'll get some work done in the meantime ;) Buy it, take the day off work, make sure you have some ice cream and pop corn handy, and tissues for the Season finale, but most importantly....ENJOY!!!