Shane from the l word

Shane McCutcheon is a main character on The L Word and its sequel, The L Word: Generation Q. She is portrayed by Katherine Moennig and debuts in the series premiere.

Shane’s androgynous good looks, devil-may-care attitude and numerous sexual exploits have earned her a reputation as the resident lothario and heartbreaker. Formerly a streetwise drifter who lived from day to day, Shane lacks self-belief and ambition at first,^[13] but eventually turns things around to become a successful hairstylist and business owner.

Shane has a very cynical outlook on life due to her broken upbringing, and keeps her heart closely guarded to protect herself from the inevitable heartache and pain that she believes relationships bring.^[14] Over time, she learns to open her heart to a select few, including Carmen de la Pica Morales and Quiara Thompson, but struggles with commitment.^[15] She also finds herself thrust into a position of responsibility for the first time in her life, when her little brother Shay McCutcheon is entrusted into her care.^[16] Above all, Shane is always there to support her friends without judgment.

Summary[]

Shane was born in Austin, Texas, and grew up in the foster care system after being abandoned by her father, Gabriel, and her mother, both of whom were drug addicts. Shane has known she is a lesbian since she was 8; she has been sexually active since she was 14 and had already slept with around 1,000 women by her early 20s.^[17] Shane never finished high school^[18] and was turning tricks on the streets of Los Angeles with her friend Clive, before cleaning up her act and becoming an assistant hairdresser. She was brought into Alice’s social circle after Alice had her hair cut at the salon Shane worked at, and soon formed lasting friendships with Alice and Bette.

In The L Word season 1, Shane’s sexual exploits catch up with her when she is harassed by her former fling Lacey. Shane’s past also haunts her in the form of Clive who has returned to his old ways; Shane tries to help him but refuses to be sucked back into that life. Meanwhile, Shane finally opens her heart when she falls for the married Hollywood socialite Cherie, and the two begin an affair. Cherie’s plan to help Shane open her own salon comes to an abrupt end when Cherie’s husband and daughter find out about the affair. Shane is left heartbroken when Cherie refuses to give up her lavish lifestyle to be with a nobody like Shane.

Shane and Jenny become roommates in season 2, and form a close bond as Shane helps Jenny deal with her childhood trauma. Shane is also attracted to Carmen but refuses to open up to her, having become even more guarded with her heart after Cherie; Shane pushes Carmen to be with Jenny instead. At the same time, the demanding head of a film studio, Veronica, takes Shane under her wing as her new assistant. Veronica sees the potential in Shane and pushes her hard, however, Shane does not share Veronica’s belief in her and quits. Shane’s deepening feelings for Carmen are eventually revealed and, with Jenny’s blessing, they begin dating.

In season 3, Shane meets Carmen’s large but tight-knit family and is quickly taken to them, having never had a family of her own. However, Shane falls back to her old ways and cheats on Carmen with Cherie; Carmen is hurt but they stick it out together. Shane also becomes the exclusive hairdresser for a skateboard shop called Wax. Dana’s death prompts Shane to propose to Carmen and as the wedding approaches, Shane is reunited with her father Gabriel and her young half-brother Shay. The night before her wedding, Shane catches Gabriel cheating on his wife; Gabriel insists that he and Shane are alike and that they can never be faithful. Taking Gabriel’s words to heart, Shane leaves Carmen at the altar.

Having ditched her own wedding, Shane starts off season 4 spiraling out of control; she goes on a cocaine binge with Cherie and gets into a car accident. She finally makes it back home only to find that Shay has been abandoned at her doorstep. Shane is reluctant to take on the responsibility at first but comes to care deeply for her brother, even taking a gig as an underwear model to pay for Shay’s hospital bill when he gets injured. She meets Paige, the mother of Shay’s classmate, at a PTA meeting and develops a taste for domestic life as they begin dating. However, Gabriel returns out of the blue and takes Shay back. Shane is distraught to lose her brother, but moves forward with Paige and contemplates settling down in suburbia with her and her son.

Shane eventually left Los Angeles after The L Word, but after ten years of opening and then selling her lucrative salons, she moves back to the city at the start of Generation Q season 1.

Background[]

Early life and family[]

Shane was born in Austin, Texas.^[3] Both her mother^[2] and her father, Gabriel McCutcheon, were drug addicts, and Gabriel gave his daughter the typically masculine name «Shane» simply because he loved the name.^[19] Prior to The L Word, Shane had never met Gabriel^[3] and grew up with her mother and her dog Remy.^[12][20]

Shane has known she is gay since she was eight years old, when she had a crush on a girl named Tiffany Gardner who lived down the street.^[1] When Shane was nine, her mother abandoned her and she was sent into the foster care system.^[12][3][21] Despite this, Shane admits to still loving her mother very much.^[12]

When she was ten, someone told Shane that her mother had returned to Austin; Shane then ran away from her foster family to go to Austin to find her mother.^[2] While there, she lived in a church shelter^[2] where, unbeknownst to her, Gabriel would come watch her at the church playground. According to Gabriel, young Shane always looked pissed off.^[19]

Street prostitution[]

Shane never finished high school,^[18] and has a criminal record from when she was young.^[22] She lost her virginity at the age of 14 and has been very sexually active since.^[17] At some point, she befriended Clive and they turned tricks together on Santa Monica Boulevard^[23] for six months.^[24] During this time, Shane was mistaken for a guy thanks to her androgynous looks,^[24][17] and she was only willing to give handjobs no matter how much her gay male customers offered to pay.^[24]

Eventually, one of Shane’s male customers paid for her to attend hairdressing school.^[23] Shane cleaned up her act after she got a job at a salon, and she and Clive promised each other that they would never return to that old life.^[25]

Meeting Alice[]

Shane met Alice Pieszecki when Alice went to get her hair cut at the salon that Shane worked at. Shane washed Alice’s hair and Alice asked her out for coffee afterwards, hoping to get some gossip about the celebrities who frequented the salon. Although Shane didn’t have any gossip to share, she agreed to the free drink because she was starving and broke at the time.^[26]

Through Alice, Shane was presumably introduced to Bette Porter and Tina Kennard, both of whom Alice was already friends with. Shane would later meet Dana Fairbanks at Bette and Tina’s Y2K party at the turn of the millennium.^[27]

Lead up to The L Word[]

At the start of The L Word, Shane is an assistant hairdresser.^[28] She has slept with 950 to 1,200 women since she was 14,^[17] and steers clear of any serious relationships.^[29] She lives in a one-bedroom apartment with three other roommates.^[25] Shane is also aware that she has a half-brother, though she has never met him and does not even know his name^[19] at this point.^[12]

Throughout the series[]

The L Word[]

In between[]

Generation Q[]

Season 1[]

Over ten years after Jenny’s death, Shane moves to Los Angeles, where she is reunited with Bette and Alice. It is revealed in dialogue that she previously opened but sold hair salons in Paris and New York, and has bought a house in Los Angeles. She is also married to Quiara, but they are estranged. On Bette and Alice’s insistence, Shane allows Sarah Finley, one of Alice’s employees, to help assemble her new furniture. Finley does not charge Shane for the favour, and in return, Shane allows Finley to move in with her. After Bette’s mayoral candidacy is threatened by one of her previous sex scandals, Shane gives Bette her support, and is initially against Bette appearing on Alice’s talk show to explain her side of the story and win back the people’s faith, but relents. In the process, Shane has a one-night stand with the flight attendant from her plane to Los Angeles. Later, after ignoring most of Quiara’s messages, Shane is finally sent divorce papers. In her depression, she goes to a bar run by lesbian lovers, Lena and Tess. She buys it and turns it into a local gay bar, «Dana’s», putting Tess and Lena in charge. Shane begins a romantic relationship with Lena, meaning Lena is cheating on Tess. When Tess finds out, she break up with Lena and is angry at Shane for cheating with her former girlfriend. Shane finally answers a text message from Quiara, her estranged wife. Shane later celebrates her 40th birthday but does not seem enthusiastic, especially when she finally signs the divorce papers. At the birthday party, however, Quiara attends, to Shane’s shock. Though Quiara is aware that Shane has signed, she tells Shane that she is pregnant, and still wants to be with Shane even if it means that she will have sole responsibility of bringing up the child. Along with their friends, Shane attends Angelica’s school play and notices that Angelica appears to have a crush on her friend, Jordi. She subsequently gives Angelica advice on how to admit her feelings, which results in Jordi returning them and the two of them sharing a kiss. Touched by the moment, Shane agrees to rekindle her relationship with Quiara, and kindly asks Finley to move out. Later on, Shane goes with Quiara to hear the baby’s heartbeat for the first time, but Shane later claims that she felt no emotion whatsoever, which frightens her, though Quiara assures her that it will be fine. However, Quiara later suffers a miscarriage and loses the baby. Though devastated for Quiara, Shane expresses surprise when Quiara does not grieve and casually states that she will get inseminated again as soon as possible, leading Shane to realize that Quiara only got inseminated to get her to resume their relationship out of obligation and guilt. Shane’s reaction leads Quiara to believe that Shane was relieved at the baby’s death. Realizing that Shane will never truly accept parenthood, Quiara leaves Shane for good and returns her wedding ring. In her depression, Shane adopts a homeless dog.

Physical appearance[]

Personality[]

Relationships[]

Notable relationships[]

• Shane and Tess
• Shane and Cherie
• Carmen and Shane
• Shane and Paige
• Shane and Molly
• Jenny and Shane
• Shane and Quiara

Episode appearances[]

Quotes[]

• Shane McCutcheon/Quotes

Gallery[]

• Shane McCutcheon/Gallery

Notes and trivia[]

• Shane mentions and is shown doing hard drugs in The L Word, including cocaine^[7] and oxycodone^[24].

References[]

External links[]

• Generation Q profile on Showtime
• The L Word profile on Showtime

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Shane McCutcheon
The L Word character
Portrayed by	Katherine Moennig
Duration	2004–09, 2019-
First appearance	January 18, 2004
Classification	Present; regular
Created by	Ilene Chaiken
In-universe information Occupation Hairdresser Model Father Gabriel McCutcheon Half-brothers Shay McCutcheon

Shane McCutcheon is a fictional lesbian character from the American Showtime television drama series The L Word, and the sequel series L Word: Generation Q played by Katherine Moennig.

Character development in The L Word[edit]

Shane was originally billed to Moennig as «sexy» and «androgynous».^[1] Moennig told Michelle Kort from The Advocate that she had learned «a lot» from playing Shane. She has elements of realism because «life imitates art and art imitates life». The actress further explained that she related to certain aspects of Shane’s storylines because she had previously experienced them.^[1] Moennig did not agree with labeling the character butch. Fellow cast member Leisha Hailey (who plays Alice Pieszecki) also disagreed and believed that Shane was more androgynous.^[2]

During season four Shane became the guardian of her brother Shay McCutcheon (Aidan Jarrar). Moennig told Karman Kregloe from AfterEllen.com that Shane would return to her «wild ways» after producers decided that the storyline did not suit. Moennig compared Shane during season five to Where’s Waldo because «she’s popping up everywhere and she’s just out to have a good time.»^[2]

Ahead of the series debut in December 2003, a reporter from the PR Newswire wrote that Tammy Lynn Michaels had been cast as Shane’s «jilted lover» Lacey, who proceeds to stalk her.^[3] Rosanna Arquette had signed up to play Cherie Jaffe, the wife of a studio head Steve Jaffe (James Purcell) who arrives as Shane’s new client. The writer revealed that Shane would change «more than her haircut».^[3] Shane and Cherie’s relationship was Moennig’s favourite to work on and she attributed successful scenes to Arquette’s acting techniques. Moennig believed that the relationship was so «fucked up» and it was fun to portray because it was also dysfunctional.^[2]

Moennig said that during the second season Shane would attract a character with «a grounded sense of self, plus a lot of girlish insecurities». She explained «you’re always attracted to someone you want to learn from». Erin Daniels who plays Dana Fairbanks added that «you see Shane struggle with actually having feelings, which really scares her».^[1] The character was revealed as Carmen de la Pica Morales (Sarah Shahi). Carmen easily becoming a fan favorite of Shane’s girlfriends.
The show’s producer and writer Angela Robinson was quoted by The Advocate she believed Moennig and Sarah Shahi had «amazing chemistry». Series creator Ilene Chaiken added that Kate and Sarah were «hot together.»^[2]

In season four, Shane begins a relationship with Paige Sobel (Kristanna Loken).^[4] They meet after Shane’s brother, Shay, makes friends with her son, Jared Sobel (Jackson Allan). Loken told The Advocate’s Kort that Paige «hits» on Shane at a PTA meeting and «there it starts». Her character has been emotionally hurt by men she sees Shane as «a little wounded as well, and I think she likes that sensitivity about her, that vulnerability.» Paige «comes on strong» and has confidence because she previously slept with woman.^[4] But she never had a same-sex relationship and sees Shane and thinks «I’m just going to go for it and see what happens.» Through their relationship the series portrayed a storyline in which Paige tells her young son that she is in a lesbian relationship with Shane. Loken said that she was able to draw inspiration from her own childhood experiences with the issue.^[4]

Loken said that Moennig had never worked with an actress who was taller than she was in sex scenes. She joked that they were unsure of who should be «on top» during the scenes.^[4]

A friendship storyline developed for Shane and Jenny Schecter (Mia Kirshner). Mia Kirshner wanted their relationship to become romantic. Moennig believed that the friendship was sweet and humanized them both. She added that «it was one of the few times where a type of relationship really took its time to grow.»^[2]

Despite Shane initially being labelled as androgynous rather than butch, a sex scene between Shane and Paige in season four showed a fantasy in which they were depicted as a 1950s butch and femme couple, respectively, and in The L Word: Generation Q, she is referred to as «Uncle Shane» by Angelica Porter-Kennard.

Storylines[edit]

The L Word[edit]

In season one, Shane’s ex-girlfriend Lacey begins harassing her. She is angry because Shane would not commit to a relationship. Lacey puts up posters and hands out flyers to locals to expose Shane’s promiscuity. Shane confronts Lacey and accuses her of being scared of being on her own. Instead of going to the police, Shane convinces Lacey to stop the harassment by sleeping with her one last time. Following that pseudo-fiasco, Shane lets her old friend Clive (Matthew Currie Holmes) move in with her. She used to work alongside Clive as a male prostitute. Shane works at a salon called Lather. Through Clive she meets Harry Samchuck (Colin Cunningham), who sends his Hollywood friend to have her hair cut by Shane. This gives her the opportunity to network and secure important and high-paying Hollywood clients. Unfortunately, Shane is forced to throw Clive out of her home when he steals items and money in order to pay for drugs. Shane begins an affair with her client Cherie, a lesbian gold digger who has a family. Cherie convinces her wealthy husband Steve to invest in Shane’s salon. Steve begins to suspect that Shane is sleeping with his daughter, Clea Jaffe (Samantha McLeod). However, Clea is in love with Shane and exposes her mother’s affair with Shane. Believing that Shane seduced and turned both his wife and his daughter gay, Steve threatens to murder Shane if she ever comes near his family again. Shane tells Cherie that she loves her, but she refuses to leave her rich lifestyle.

Shane moves in with Jenny and Mark Wayland (Eric Lively). Arianna Huffington hires Shane to cut her hair and so Shane is introduced to her production assistant Carmen, who is also a lesbian. After sex, Shane says she is not interested in relationships, but Carmen pursues her believing otherwise. They discover that Mark has been taping their sex lives for a lesbian documentary. Hollywood producer Veronica Bloom (Camryn Manheim) hires Shane and gets her to manipulate potential clients because Shane is naturally good at talking to people. Shane convinces a woman to sign the rights to her life story to Veronica. Shane quits when she unhappy with her actions. Carmen begins a relationship with Jenny, though the entire thing is merely to make Shane jealous, which Jenny soon discovers, prompting her to break up with Carmen. At the same time, Shane is still afraid to commit to a relationship after what she went through with Cherie. However, Shane eventually gets together with Carmen and confesses her love.

Carmen introduces Shane to her family, but pretends that they are friends. The family grows fond of Shane and attempts to set her up on a date. This prompts Carmen to come out, but her homophobic family, particularly her mother, reject her and cease contact. Shane is hired at Wax, a skateboarding shop with a hair salon. Cherie visits Shane and tells her that she has divorced Steve, gaining a large portion of his fortune, and is still interested in her. Carmen performs a DJ set at Wax and Def Jam watch her performance. Shane notices Carmen flirting with their employees and reacts by sleeping with Cherie. Carmen confronts Shane, who tells her that she finds monogamy hard to live with. Shane stops showing an interest in sex, Carmen then accuses her of punishing her. She then tells Shane that she has cheated on her in revenge. Shane grieves for her friend Dana Fairbanks (Erin Daniels) and asks Carmen to marry her, who later accepts. Shane finds her father, Gabriel McCutcheon (Eric Roberts) and discovers that she has a half-brother, Shay. Helena Peabody (Rachel Shelley) finances the wedding and they travel to Whistler, British Columbia, where same-sex marriage is legal. When she notices Gabriel cheating on his wife Carla (Sarah-Jane Redmond), Shane realises that she may do the same to Carmen and jilts her. Heartbroken, Carmen leaves Shane for good. Shane later attempts to make amends with Carmen, but she is forcibly escorted off the premises by Carmen’s cousins, who tell her Carmen never wants to see her again.

Shane does a drug binge with Cherie, and Carla abandons Shane’s half-brother, Shay. Shane does not want to be responsible for Shay, but lets him stay because she does not want him to have a life in foster care like she did. Shane starts modelling underwear for Hugo Boss AG to pay medical bills for Shay’s broken arm. He makes friends with Jared. Shane becomes close to Jared’s mother, Paige, and after numerous failed attempts, they have sex. Gabriel returns to take Shay home. Realizing she will not win custody of Shay, Shane is forced to let him leave. Shane and Paige go in search of a new home to share, but for no apparent reason, Shane has sex with their realtor while looking at a house. Paige tells Shane she is fine with Shane sleeping around, but Shane, ashamed of her actions, tells Paige that she is not in love with her and ends their relationship. Wax is later set on fire. Though visibly shocked, Shane does not file a police report, and Paige and Jared disappear shortly afterwards. It is initially assumed that Paige was responsible out of revenge, but Shane later claims that she burned Wax down herself; it is left unrevealed if this was the truth, or if Paige was the culprit but Shane lied in order to protect her from potentially going to prison and leaving Jared motherless.

Shane later has sex with a mother and her two daughters separately on one of the daughters’ wedding day. The fall out causes Shane to abstain from sex. However, she ends up not being able to abstain for long, and has a threesome with Dawn Denbo (Elizabeth Keener) and her oppressed lover Cindi (Alicia Leigh Willis), the owners of the newest lesbian club Shebar. When she sleeps with Cindi without Denbo’s permission, Denbo sets out for revenge. Denbo tells Shane and her friends that she will ruin their lives. She starts a turf war between Shebar and The Planet. Molly Kroll (Clementine Ford) develops an attraction to Shane and they sleep together. Her mother Phyllis Kroll (Cybill Shepherd) talks to Molly about Shane, and Molly refers to Shane as «uneducated», «easy» and not smart. Shane overhears their conversation, so Molly tries to convince Shane that she loves her. They attempt to make their relationship work, but Phyllis’ intervention puts an end to it (ironically, Phyllis herself had persuaded Molly to spend time with lesbians in the hopes that she herself would become a lesbian and understand her mother’s own homosexuality).

When Jenny breaks up with Niki Stevens, (Kate French), Shane has sex with Niki on a balcony and Jenny interrupts them. Molly gives Jenny a letter addressed to Shane, but Jenny hides it. Shane makes a series of gestures to earn Jenny’s forgiveness to no avail. Jenny tells Shane that it was she who broke her heart, not Niki, because of their long friendship. She reveals that she’s in love with Shane. Jenny and Shane enter a relationship which Alice discovers and reveals to their friends. Jenny’s behavior becomes more erratic than usual and this alienates her friends against her. Shane ignores her friends’ pleas for her to dump Jenny because she feels an obligation to Jenny. Shane starts sleeping with Niki. Jenny tells her she does not care, but makes her feel guilty about it. Shane has a chance meeting with Molly, who informs her about the letter she gave Jenny. Shane finds the letter in Jenny’s attic along with many of other objects taken from their friends, prompting her to decide to end her relationship with Jenny. At Bette and Tina’s party, Jenny is found dead in the pool, having committed suicide.

Interrogation tapes[edit]

Following Jenny’s death, each of the characters are interrogated by the police for their individual motives for murdering Jenny. Though Shane is unable to divulge any information, she confesses that she burned down Wax herself, not Paige.

As the tapes were initially intended for Alice to be wrongfully convicted of murder and serve as the basis for a cancelled women in prison-like series titled The Farm starring Alice and a new cast of characters, the canonicity of the tapes’ content is now uncertain with the production of The L Word: Generation Q, leaving it unknown if it was Shane or Paige who burned Wax down.

The L Word: Generation Q[edit]

Over ten years after Jenny’s death, Shane moves to Los Angeles, where she is reunited with Bette and Alice. It is revealed in dialogue that she previously opened but sold hair salons in Paris and New York, and has bought a house in Los Angeles. She is also married to Quiara, but they are estranged. On Bette and Alice’s insistence, Shane allows Sarah Finley, one of Alice’s employees, to help assemble her new furniture. Finley does not charge Shane for the favour, and in return, Shane allows Finley to move in with her. After Bette’s mayoral candidacy is threatened by one of her previous sex scandals, Shane gives Bette her support, and is initially against Bette appearing on Alice’s talk show to explain her side of the story and win back the people’s faith, but relents. In the process, Shane has a one-night stand with the flight attendant from her plane to Los Angeles. Later, after ignoring most of Quiara’s messages, Shane is finally sent divorce papers. In her depression, she goes to a bar run by lesbian lovers, Lena and Tess. She buys it and turns it into a local gay bar, «Dana’s», putting Tess and Lena in charge. Shane begins a romantic relationship with Lena, meaning Lena is cheating on Tess. When Tess finds out, she break up with Lena and is angry at Shane for cheating with her former girlfriend. Shane finally answers a text message from Quiara, her estranged wife. Shane later celebrates her 40th birthday but does not seem enthusiastic, especially when she finally signs the divorce papers. At the birthday party, however, Quiara attends, to Shane’s shock. Though Quiara is aware that Shane has signed, she tells Shane that she is pregnant, and still wants to be with Shane even if it means that she will have sole responsibility of bringing up the child. Along with their friends, Shane attends Angelica’s school play and notices that Angelica appears to have a crush on her friend, Jordi. She subsequently gives Angelica advice on how to admit her feelings, which results in Jordi returning them and the two of them sharing a kiss. Touched by the moment, Shane agrees to rekindle her relationship with Quiara, and kindly asks Finley to move out. Later on, Shane goes with Quiara to hear the baby’s heartbeat for the first time, but Shane later claims that she felt no emotion whatsoever, which frightens her, though Quiara assures her that it will be fine. However, Quiara later suffers a miscarriage and loses the baby. Though devastated for Quiara, Shane expresses surprise when Quiara does not grieve and casually states that she will get inseminated again as soon as possible, leading Shane to realize that Quiara only got inseminated to get her to resume their relationship out of obligation and guilt. Shane’s reaction leads Quiara to believe that Shane was relieved at the baby’s death. Realizing that Shane will never truly accept parenthood, Quiara leaves Shane for good and returns her wedding ring. In her depression, Shane adopts a homeless dog.

Reception[edit]

The show’s resident lothario, who gets so much tail her pals need a giant dry-erase board to keep track of her dalliances. Perhaps the show’s most daring character, Shane is butch and genially unambitious and sleeps with any woman she wants. She’s not mean, just on to the next one-nighter.^[5]

—The Advocate’s Dennis Hensley describing Shane. (2004)

Shane was featured in AfterEllen’s list of «Top 50 Favourite Female TV Characters». Their writer claimed that there was not a woman on earth who could resist the «charms of The L Word’s resident Lothario». Stating further that Shane «like her iconic shag — could not be tamed and that’s just how we liked her: wild and free».
^[6] Fergus Shiel from The Age said that Moennig showed star potential and grew «more assured and engaging with each episode». He added that to «convolute matters sexually» is what Shane does best.^[7] While Gordon Farrer from the publication branded Shane a «highly sexed androgynous hairdresser».^[8] The Advocate’s Kort said that Shane was the «show’s classic stud woman».^[4] Kort had previously described her as a «rakish «fuck ’em and leave ’em» hairdresser, [who] proved to be the biggest dyke heartthrob of season 1.»^[1] Charlie McCollum of The Charleston Gazette said Moennig gave a «particularly compelling performance» as the «predatory Shane who loves sex but hates commitment».^[9] Gail Shister from The Seattle Times opined that Shane was modeled on «Warren Beatty’s libidinous hairdresser» from the film Shampoo and added that «doesn’t do relationships».^[10]

Mary Foulk from About.com said that Shane and Cherie «sizzle»; adding that their intimate pool scene «almost makes you forgive the infidelity» against Carmen.^[11]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Character profile on Showtime

Grew up… in Austin, Texas, without a father. Shane’s drug-addicted mother passed her off to foster care when she was young, and Shane eventually dropped out of high school. She worked on the streets as a prostitute to make ends meet.

Living… in the Greater Los Angeles area of West Hollywood. Shane lives in a tiny one bedroom apartment with three other women. She can’t afford much else with her wages.

Profession… hairdresser at the Lather salon. When a richer client picked her up off the streets away from prostitution, he helped Shane onto a career as a hairstylist in the fashionable Hollywood area.

Interests… partying, sex, and women. Shane loves to have a good time and loves going out to bars in the area.

Relationship Status… verysingle. Shane is certainly the most lustful of her friends, and she’s always on the lookout for a new hookup. It doesn’t matter where she is or when, as soon as she sets her eyes on a target, Shane is likely to try and get that woman to sleep with her by the end of the day – though it usually takes her about five minutes in reality.

Challenge… trying to stay out of the way of vengeful exes. Shane’s questionable behavior leads her into many flings as well as many difficult situations. It seems like everyone in the area knows Shane for her notorious habits of picking up women and promising them many things, before leaving the next morning, never to be seen again. Her friends have even drawn up an entire web of those she has hooked up with over the years.

Personality… charming, licentious, and confident. Shane knows she’s sexy, and she isn’t afraid to show it. She is wild, impulsive, and reckless with her habits and her sexuality, which often gets her into trouble when she engages in affairs with women who are already in relationships with other people. Though she may act cocky and move with a lot of swagger, deep down Shane has a lot of personal insecurities and vulnerabilities that she keeps guarded and that prevent her from getting close to people.