"The L Word" (2004) TV series 2004-????

Creators:

Michele Abbott
Ilene Chaiken
Kathy Greenberg

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6

Release Date:

18 January 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Tagline:

L hath no fury...

Plot:

Follows the lives and loves of a small, close-knit group of lesbians living in Los Angeles as well as the friends and family members that either support or loath them.

Plot Keywords:

Lesbian | Writing | Tennis | Dating | Lesbianism

Awards:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 5 wins & 23 nominations

Cast

Jennifer Beals	...	Bette Porter (70 episodes, 2004-2009)
Leisha Hailey	...	Alice Pieszecki (70 episodes, 2004-2009)
Laurel Holloman	...	Tina Kennard (70 episodes, 2004-2009)
Mia Kirshner	...	Jenny Schecter (70 episodes, 2004-2009)
Katherine Moennig	...	Shane McCutcheon (70 episodes, 2004-2009)
Pam Grier	...	Kit Porter (70 episodes, 2004-2009)
Rachel Shelley	...	Helena Peabody / ... (54 episodes, 2005-2009)
Daniela Sea	...	Max Sweeney / ... (44 episodes, 2006-2009)
Erin Daniels	...	Dana Fairbanks (39 episodes, 2004-2007)
Marlee Matlin	...	Jodi Lerner (29 episodes, 2007-2009)

Also Known As:

Earthlings (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

50 min

Country:

Canada | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Finland:K-15 (DVD rating) (2006) | Germany:16 (DVD rating) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) (DVD rating) | Canada:18A (Manitoba/Ontario) (DVD rating) | Argentina:16 | Brazil:18 | Portugal:M/16 (DVD rating) | Hungary:16 | South Korea:18 | UK:18 (some episodes) | UK:15 (some episodes) | USA:TV-MA | Australia:MA

Filming Locations:

Beverly Hills, California, USA

Company:

Anonymous Content

Trivia:

Ossie Davis had a recurring role as the father of the Jennifer Beals's character. In the second season, Davis filmed scenes that showed his character becoming ill, then dying. Davis then died before his final episode was broadcast, so that episode was dedicated to him.

Quotes:

Alice: Dana.
[short pause]
Alice: You have a really nice ass.
[slowly moves her hand and touches Dana's ass]
Alice: [they start having rough sex with '80s pop music in background]

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "10 Things I Hate About You: You Can't Always Get What You Want (#1.6)" (2009)

'There's only one thing that cuts across all our realities… It's love. The bridge between all our differences…'

This emotionally daring show centers not only on gay issues but a bit more to a relationship than sex… All the characters are complex but instantly likable…The nudity is not exhibited in a gratuitous manner, it is shown as part of the thoughts and feelings of the characters…

The main characters are:

Bette and Tina, a life partners who have been together for seven years… They have the best relationship of anybody gay or straight… They are about to do an incredibly major thing…

Into this mix comes Shane, a girl with short black hair who doesn't get involved with anybody; Alice, the bisexual writer who has one conviction that we're all connected through love, through loneliness, through one tiny, lamentable lapse in judgment; Dana who refuses to accept that whether you're gay, or you're straight, or you're bisexual, you just go with the flow; Jenny who has her world turned upside down when she met, at a party, the most stunning woman she had ever seen; Marina the owner of the little café who doesn't think she has done something wrong; and Kit, the lady with the flashing eyes, who has always wanted to have a place where musicians could come and jam and get much love...

As Bette, Jennifer Beals is a very well-rounded individual... She keeps replaying it over and over again in her head, just trying to figure out the exact moment when she could have stopped herself...

As Tina, Laurel Holloman gets the feeling from Bette that she's so proud to be with her, and she makes her feel really safe and loved…

As Shane, Katherine Moennig is amazing… She is an unattainable beauty who practices sex with no emotional entanglements...

As Alice, Leisha Hailey is constantly complaining about feeling sluggish… She ends up with the most complicated interpretation of sexual identity she's ever encountered…

Mia Kirshner gives the picture of togetherness and sanity to Jenny… She's beautiful and that compensates for a multitude of sins… While she is truly in love with Tim her increasing fascination with Marina permits her life to be wrecked with supposition…

Karina Lombard is definitely beautiful, sophisticated and hot as Marina… The really thing about her character is when she focuses on Jenny we truly feel that Jenny is the only human being that exists for her…

Erin Daniels knows that she is gay but is indecisive to reveal it…

Lolita Davidovitch is not exactly an innocent bystander… She tries to make others jealous in order to find the others desirable…

Rosanna Arquette never felt more alive than she has in the last 20 years of her life… But would she leave her husband, her child, her houses, her trips to Paris, her black-tie galas to run to some rank little love nest with a nice assistant hairdresser who barely has her foot in the door?

Much could be said about every character… Each actress takes on controversial subject while still injecting true different feelings…