In light of Q's theme, I should be writing a paper right now. It's due tomorrow and I've barely started (but it's due at 4 p.m. so I think I'm ok). Instead I will blog.
There was so much that was disappointing about the last episode of The L Word that I don't even know where to start. I guess most disappointing of all was that the episode itself was not that disappointing - the entire 6th season was such a letdown and so horrendously awful that it was impossible to really be surprised. Given the season it was capping off, I didn't necessarily mind the finale itself all that much. That being said, the entire final season was essentially wasted to construct bizarre and vaguely out of character story lines to provide almost all of the major characters with a motive for killing Jenny. And for what? To not answer the question of who killed her! To set us up for this Alice spin-off, apparently entitled "The Farm," which sounds significantly worse than The L Word itself and will not be capitalizing on The L Word's fan base given how much the final season of The L Word alienated and embittered its viewers, even though Alice was made of all kinds of awesome in the last episode (the last few, I guess although she maybe should have picked up on the Jamie stuff earlier?). Anyway, in an effort to try to capture our immediate reactions to The L Word finale, Leesh, Funnel Warrior, and I decided to immediately enter a group gchat with each other to discuss. The following is a (very slightly edited edition of) what resulted:
[Lies, blogger won't let me copy and paste. See F.W.'s comment below for a full text of our chat.]
If you can follow that conversation at all then you are an incredibly gifted human being. In re-evaluating it is hard for me to navigate and I was a participant in the initial conversation.
In the end, the primary result of this conversation was that Funnel Warrior and I decided that we should create a list of minor/major characters from L Word's past and write blog posts as them a) as if they were recording their video on the Bette/Tina tribute video, and b) their reaction to their interactions with the L Word ladies. The list is pretty lengthy but it is obviously ongoing. I think I'll save further discussion of this for my next post though...
Chatscript:
ReplyDelete5:25 PM
L: hiya
5:26 PM
N: WHAT THE FUCK??
should we start at the end and go backwards?
L: right!!!!! holy shit
FW: DYLAN MORELAND NOBODY CARES!
N: or start at the beginning and go forwards?
L: either way
FW: maybe we should start with our own Bette and Tina monologues
N: were you saying nobody cares whether we start from the beginning or the end?
5:27 PM
FW: noooo
L: so, how about the fact that this episode was shot so differently. it was annoying
N: and were you using "Dyland Moreland" as a new term/euphemism for "nobody cares"
L: no, i was saying i'm up for either
FW: no, but that's catchy
N: because i think i'm going to incorporate that into my everyday lexicon
FW: I was just telling her
L: true
toads
FW: ?
N: "where do you want to eat dinner?"
"dylan moreland"
L: that mean's totally
N: i know
i thought it was spelled "totes"
though
5:28 PM
FW: ALicia your noises tonight are off the hook
L: haha. thank god
but ewwwwwww
i would never eat out there
N: ewwww
FW: I can't deal
N: hahahahahahaha
i would never eat out there either
L: yeah, but i wanted to spell it like the animal
FW: wait, alicia where would you never eat out?
N: at dylan mroeland's house
L: at "dylan moreland"
FW: (nomes i know you would never eat out anywhere)
N: and by house i mean vagina
i would eat out at a few specific places
L: it probably has diseases
5:29 PM
N: it's not a long list though
FW: duh because if you ate at dylan's she's probably serve human flesh
N: oh yeah that weird knife thing
FW: like helena's left tit
L: we should call a place "kate winslet" if we would eat out there
N: ew
hahahahahaha
not false
FW: yeah, but you so would
N: or "tasha from the l word"
L: true. true
5:30 PM
thank god we are all sitting one foot away from each other and not talking, just typing
FW: except that's the only thing you've actually said
so meta
L: and giggling like idiots. or maybe that's just me
FW: typing about talking about typing not talking
L: so profound
N: this is my very short list of characters who should not have been on season 6 of the l word because they had no point other than creating unnecessary drama (because there wasn't enough of that already): 1) Dylan Moreland, 2) Jamie
why? why? why?
so unnecessary
L: agree
N: with Jamie they weren't even bringing anyone back
5:31 PM
FW: not: sunset boulevard
EXCEPT:
L: hated both. soooo anoying
FW: wtf about that daddy thing?
N: i <3 SUNSET BOULEVARD
oh em gees
L: i know.
N: that daddy thing was so weird
L: yep
N: tina: "it's perfectly normal"
no it's not tina
L: what was the point???? there wasn't one
N: wtf
FW: sorry mommies, Angelica is definately developmentally delayed
5:32 PM
(i would know, i'm 22 and can't spell "definitely")
(or Anjelica?)
N: bette: "no she's not. she knows asl. and she's had a kara walker since birth. this is not just preschool it's a fucking ivy league education"
L: it happens
FW: is Kara Walker her puzzle?
L: hahaha
no artist. right?
N: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kara_walker
FW: the one that made the special puzzle?
5:33 PM
N: i don't know
i just think she's one of bette's artists
you know?
L: yeah
N: i'm kind of into her stuff
and i'm not arty at all
5:34 PM
L: one thing though, how come jenny feels a need to keep all the incriminating evidence in her attic? ever heard of burning it? what a fucking idiot
N: i feel like she wanted it to be found eventually
like maybe after she killed herself?
FW: do you think she did
L: yeah, she was kind of like a bomb waiting to go off, or die if you will
N: it's unclear
L: true statement
5:35 PM
FW: Why I hesitate to believe it was suicide:
L: what if that video was kind of like a suicide note
FW: We haven't seen clear evidence pointing to any murderer
L: so
N: Alice seemed genuinely shocked when she informed them
L: yeah
FW: she would have done a better job framing someone
5:36 PM
N: it's possible it was a multiple person effort but i don't think everyone was involved even if it was
FW: well, maybe that's why Alice ends up in Jail
L: cuz she found her
N: like maybe alice and shane did it together but she was pretending to be shocked for everyone else?
L: idk
5:37 PM
i still think she finally figured out that everyone hated her and decided that she was losing her friends and so she decided to die before it got to a point where she was alone
FW: but they all acted like they were protecting each other
N: i think alice ends up in jail because she says "what do these questions have to do with who killed jenny" and then xena warrior princess says "so you think someone killed jenny?"
L: possibly
FW: like, maybe they knew it was one of them (but maybe not who) and wanted to assure her she was safe
N: i mean i think it was pretty obvious that everyone hated her
what did she have to figure out?
FW: yeah but that's not proof!
L: duh
5:38 PM
N: i wasn't saying it was proof alice killed jenny
but it's just as proofy as alice being the one who found her i meant
notice jenny died before either shane or tina could confront her
L: i think finally admitting it to herself that she is losing everyone
FW: The Farm:
http://www.afterellen.com/TV/2009/1/showtime-confirms-l-word-spinoff-details
5:39 PM
N: so was this whole season just setting up for the spin-off?
L: duh
it was just done so differently
5:42 PM
N: why did we stop talking
5:43 PM
i haven't run out of things to say
FW: because we started talking
L: ha
my fingers hurt
FW: click on the link and look at alice
N: sometimes it looks like they try to cover up her tatoo
5:44 PM
FW: yeah
N: or like she's in the process of getting it removed?
FW: but you can see it through
a little late now
N: when was the last time it was really prominent?
L: i don't think she's getting it removed
5:45 PM
N: http://www.thelwordonline.com/alice.html
FW: quote from the article that doesn't make sense: "I don't know what could be, but this isn't."
N: "leisha has been getting her tattoo removed"
L: really??
wow
FW: "i killed jenny schecter" i totally want that t-shirt
5:47 PM
N: can we make our own?
also why were dawn denbo and lover cindy not in this season at all.
L: i want one too
N: i would have taken them over DYLAN and JAMIE any day.
L: i know!!! i think dawn denbo secretly killed her
FW: yeah
5:48 PM
L: she was always a sneaky little bitch
N: i have a secret crush on dawn denbo.
FW: i think that was a major omission from the trib vid
N: except it's not a secret.
L: ew. gross
FW: not a secret!
L: at all!
N: this might be too disorganized for the blog
5:50 PM
L: i seriously can't control my laughter/giggling/snorting right now
it's unreal
N: you know what was unreal?
FW: we could just link it
N: that last episode of the l word
L: i think it's because of that ridiculous season ending
N: oh wait, the entire 6th season of the l word
5:53 PM
N: ummm i wish they would release the 3 hour bette and tina tribute video
that would be hilariosu
FW: it's a lie
it's like 10 minutes long