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So, while watching this episode I sorta had an epiphany (a sudden
comprehension of the meaning of something) and now I pretty much have this
season alllllllll figured out ;-)
Season 1 set up each character for us, telling us what they were like and
introducing their personalities/relationships etc
Season 2 took the characters we then knew well and played with them a
little.
Season 3 is all - and I do me ALL - about CHANGE.
Here's a quick list of just some of the most important 'changes':
Bette & Tina together = Bette & Tina pretty much falling apart
Helen was a rich bitch = Helena is pretty much nice and lovely and in love
Jenny was pretty freaky/arty/disturbed etc = Jenny is pretty much normal
Tina (YES I KNOW she's bi!) was into women = Tina's now back into men
Shane was a total player/womaniser = Shane is now pretty much into monogamy
Dana was happy and healthy = Dana is dealing with cancer
Anyone who's listened to Hopes & Fears, the great debut album by the British
band Keane will know the line from one of their songs that I'm gonna use to
illustrate this episode:
"Everybody's changing and I don't feel the same...."
We shall see........
Fade up on:
Previously on The L Word......
Shane and Carmen get matching tattoos.
Cherie Jaffe kisses Shane
Dylan kisses Helena
MoiraMax says she's changing "from female to male"
Jenny shoots MoiraMax up with male hormones
Billie gets in trouble with Kit for doing drugs in The Planet
Dana continues to be vile to Lara until she finally leaves her.
Fade up on:
A woman plays piano in the neighbouring house as we see Dana and Alice
standing in Alice's front room.
LOS ANGELES, 7 and a half months ago
ah, so it's a Dana/Alice flashback we're getting this week. Fair enough.
The two women are clearly upset. Alice more so.
This must be them breaking up.
Alice tells Dana she doesn't know if she can live without her.
They hug and it's heartbreaking. Alice is barely holding back her distress
and sadness.
Dana cups her face and tries to sooth away her tears, but she's still
leaving.
After the hug the two women are physically still close and Alice leans in to
kiss Dana.
As I listen to the woman singing in the background I think her voice is very
like one of my fave singers, Shawn Colvin.
Actually though it's Tracy Bonham singing Whether You Fall.
Alice and Dana kiss and the white 'Chart' line appears on the screen, going
to Alice, then on to Dana.
Suddenly Dana pulls away saying "I can't, I can't..."
The breakup is obviously tearing the two women apart inside.
Stroking Alice's cheek Dana says "I have to go...." and it's THEN that the
white line from Alice to Dana actually fades away till it's gone!
That's weird!
Sure, we know they broke up, but let's face it, Coleman and Bette broke up
too, so why didn't THEIR Chart Line fade out as well!
Maybe it's just to add to the drama of the breakup scene. I dunno.
"I have to go!" says Dana again and picks up her bag.
Even Dana's name then disappears off the screen!
WEIRD!
Alice is distraught as we hear her door open and close.
"Dana!" she whimpers and goes after her......
Fade up on:
OPENING TITLES
"chicks driving fast......
ingénues with long lashes......."
blah blah blah
Fade up on:
Two people zooming up a hillside road on a motorbike.
Egads, it's Kit and MANgus!
YES, Kit has on the leathers and the shades and the helmet - the whole nine
yards! lol!
They stop and Kit gets off breathing heavily.
Turns out she's having butterflies as it's today that the Betty (blech)
girls and her friend Nona are coming out to produce her record.
MANgus tells her not to worry and that Betty and Nona love her etc
Kit gets herself together and gets back on the motorbike.
They take off once again.
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