random musings

The second season premiere of The L Word, "Life, Loss, Leaving" has come and gone, and along with it, its cool intro. While last season's intro may have been a bit unoriginal, this year's intro is horrible! Imagine the Queer as Folk intro meets really loud, obnoxious music. Ugh! Producers, please change the intro. It's horrendous! I really don't care to see Jenny's naked body, however briefly, or think about girls with mustaches, or hear the f-word depicting me as a lesbian. Get some class already!

As for the characters, we find them pretty much where we left them last season. Bette and Tina (Jennifer Beals and Laurel Holloman) are still broken up over Bette's infidelity with the carpenter, Candace (Ion Overman). However, there's a twist this time: Tina's pregnant and I do mean pregnant! She looks to be about 5-7 months along, so that should be interesting to see how that storyline plays out. Bette wants to reconcile, but Tina doesn't want any of it, nor has she shared her pregnancy with anyone yet. How she's hiding that pregnancy, I have no idea as this is no little bump!

Alice (Leisha Hailey) is struggling with her newfound feelings for Dana (Erin Daniels), who is also struggling with them at the same time she plans her wedding to busybody fiancée and resident gold-digger, Tonya (Meredith McGeachie), the character we all love to hate. Dana and Alice have the best storyline thus far, as they discuss how to handle their attraction and come up with a set of guidelines called the "Rules of Unattraction." These scenes couldn't have been written any better as they were laugh-out-loud funny and touching at the same time.

Shane's (Katherine Moennig) back to her old "love 'em and leave 'em" mantra after getting her heart broken by her rich Hollywood wife, Cheri Jaffe (Rosanna Arquette), last season. This time, she's drawn to Carmen, a Hollywood PA played by the beautiful Sarah Shahi. Eagle-eyed viewers will remember Sarah as Will Tippin's assistant on Alias (see our blurb about Jennifer Garner below).

Kit (Pam Grier) seems to be getting on the right track, staying sober, and getting closer to Ivan (Kelly Lynch), the resident transgender character. Kelly Lynch is doing a great job portraying Ivan. In this episode, Ivan gives Kit a set of keys to her apartment, telling her to come over anytime. Well, Kit does, walks in on Ivan as a woman without all her "gear" on. Ivan freaks out, then throws Kit out. Not sure why Ivan got so upset because if you give someone a key and tell them to come over anytime, you would think that means anytime! Regardless, she/he throws Kit out, much to Kit's despair.

Jenny (Mira Kirschner), the most polarizing character from last season, appears to be saying goodbye to Tim, her ex-husband and probably the most patient person on the planet. I think I would have left Jenny a long time ago with all her cheating and wishy-washy ways. She also appears to be ditching fishboy, Gene, and looking to focus more on her lesbianism this season with Robin (Anne Ramsey), among others. All we hope is she quits wearing those damn black stockings and her writing gets better!

Which brings us to Marina. Where's Marina? Long gone, folks. According to rumor and innuendo, there were difficulties between Karina Lombard and the producers, so they have given her the boot. Unfortunately, they did in a most disrespectful and horrible manner. They have Marina attempting suicide, and calling out Jenny's name at the hospital. Puh-lease! Maybe over financial difficulties with Francesca. Maybe over the loss of her relationship with Francesca. Maybe from a combination of all of it. But Jenny? Give me a break. Oh, and we don't get to see Marina, only hear about her through a series of rumors from each character, as they ruminate over why / how she did it. Marina's been whisked off to Umbria by her mother, the Contessa. Pathetic. Next time, producers, find a more plausible way to dump someone, would ya?

That's the first episode of The L Word in a nutshell, folks. On a scale of 1-10, I would say it's a solid six. Not great, but not that bad either. I'm just glad it's back.

Don't forget to tune in on Sunday, 10/9c on Showtime for the next episode, "Lap Dance" with special guest star, Sandra Bernhard.

Jennifer Garner's "Elektra/Typhoid Mary" Kiss
Speaking of Jennifer Garner, I recently saw Elektra and while it's always worth seeing Jennifer Garner in leather, the movie itself wasn't that good. It had nothing to do with Jennifer Garner's acting, but more with the poor storyline and plodding characters. The comic book character of Elektra is very dynamic, the storylines fantastic. The movie was pretty off in that respect. Elektra could have been a great movie if the writers had crafted a better story. And as for the Typhoid Mary / Elektra kiss, it wasn't a kiss in the sense anyone in their right mind would want! For all the ink wasted writing about that kiss being a "lesbian" kiss, the bottomline is, it wasn't a "kiss" in the romantic sense whatsoever. Typhoid Mary is a comic book character who possesses the ability to kill someone with just a touch or kiss. When she kissed Elektra, it was meant to KILL her, not romance her! I am amazed at the people who have panned the writers for "once again, making the lesbian a villain." Come on, people, read your comic books. Get your facts straight before attacking. Typhoid Mary isn't a lesbian, nor was the kiss designed to be such. It was the kiss of death, nothing more, nothing less.

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