The L-Word Season 5: Meta makes it so much better
Meta - something with refers to itself, esp. in self-parodying manner (for example, a movie-within-a-movie)
Truth be told, I lost interest watching The L-Word as early as the first season. I felt that if you cut out all the sex scenes, each episode would barely make it to 5 minutes. Now some people love that much girl-on-girl action, but it just ain’t my cup of tea. I was so used to Willow and Tara and their sweet, easy-going relationship, that frankly, The L-Word kinda turned me off.
However, Season 4 made me think twice. Partly because I liked Helena’s storyline coping with being close to penniless, and though Shane left Carmen at the altar, she was pretty much monogamous that season. But Season 5, well, dang! Every opening got me rolling over the floor laughing. And may I add, in the best way possible. It’s nice to see the show in effect examining itself by going through Jenny’s Lez Girls storyline. I always thought Mia Kirshner is so darn pretty. I hope Jenny gets to finally redeem herself as a character this season (hey, it could happen).
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The third episode of The L-Word really had me worried. In it, Peggy Peabody whisked Helena away from prison (and a budding relationship with Dusty), intent on taking her daughter away to Europe. Money can sure take you places. There was even a farewell party and goodbyes all over. Is this really the end of Miss Helena Peabody?
