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Mia Kirshner, Jennifer Beals, Pam Grier, Laurel Holloman, Erin Daniels, Leisha Hailey and Katherine Moennig star in this intimate drama series about a group of lesbian friends struggling with romance and careers in Los Angeles.

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Season 6

Jenny and Shane have a sizzling romance; Bette and Tina plan to adopt a child; Kit and Helena open a new nightclub; Alice and Tasha share a mutual crush on a third party; the series ends in a shocking crime.

Season 6
Season 5

Passion rekindles between Tina and Bette; Jenny directs her movie and dates the closeted actress playing her in the film; Kit faces fierce competition from a lesbian couple that opens up a rival gay establishment.

Season 5
Season 4

Jenny publishes a serialized story that’s a thinly veiled version of her friends’ lives, and sparks interest from Tina’s movie studio; Tina pays a social price for firing Helena; Bette takes a job in academia.

Season 4
Season 3

Jenny dates Moira, who is making a gender transition and changing his name to Max; Kit begins dating Angus, the male nanny to Bette and Tina’s six-month-old daughter; Helena buys a movie studio; Dana battles breast cancer.

Season 3
Season 2

Tina reveals she is pregnant again and begins dating heiress Helena as Bette’s life spins out of control; Shane and Jenny become roommates and both date sexy deejay Carmen; Kit buys The Planet; Alice and Dana fall in love.

Season 2
Season 1

Jenny and Tim’s marriage crumbles thanks to her attraction to local cafe owner Marina; Tina struggles to become pregnant despite Bette’s ambivalence about parenthood.

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Bette Porter

Jennifer Beals

Bette Porter
Niki Stevens

Kate French

Niki Stevens
Kit Porter

Pam Grier

Kit Porter
Alice Pieszecki

Leisha Hailey

Alice Pieszecki
Tina Kennard

Laurel Holloman

Tina Kennard
Jenny Schecter

Mia Kirshner

Jenny Schecter
Shane McCutcheon

Kate Moennig

Shane McCutcheon
Tasha Williams

Rose Rollins

Tasha Williams
Max Sweeney

Daniela Sea

Max Sweeney
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The L Word

Genre	Drama
Created by	Ilene Chaiken Michele Abbot Kathy Greenberg
Starring	Jennifer Beals Mia Kirshner Pam Grier Laurel Holloman Katherine Moennig Leisha Hailey Erin Daniels Karina Lombard Eric Mabius Sarah Shahi Rachel Shelley Eric Lively Daniel Sea Dallas Roberts Janina Gavankar Rose Rollins Marlee Matlin
Opening theme	«The L Word» performed by Betty (seasons 2–6)
Composer	Elizabeth Ziff
Country of origin	United States Canada
Original language	English
No. of seasons	6
No. of episodes	70 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Ilene Chaiken Rose Lam Steve Golin Larry Kennar
Producers	Rose Lam Kim Steer Elizabeth Ziff Angela Robinson Elizabeth Hunter A.M. Homes
Production locations	Vancouver, British Columbia Los Angeles, California
Running time	50 minutes
Production companies	Anonymous Content Dufferin Gate Productions Coast Mountain Films Posse Showtime Networks
Release
Original network	Showtime
Original release	January 18, 2004 – March 8, 2009
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The L Word: Generation Q

The L Word is a television drama that aired on Showtime in the US from 2004 to 2009. The series follows the lives of a group of lesbian and bisexual women who live in West Hollywood, California.^[1]^[2] The premise originated with Ilene Chaiken, Michele Abbot and Kathy Greenberg; Chaiken is credited as the primary creator of the series and also served as its executive producer.

The L Word featured television’s first ensemble cast of lesbian and bisexual female characters,^[3]^[4] and its portrayal of lesbianism was groundbreaking at the time.^[2]^[5]^[6]^[7] One of the series’ pioneering hallmarks was its explicit depiction of lesbian sex from the female gaze,^[8] at a time when lesbian sex was «virtually invisible elsewhere on television.»^[9] It was also the first television series written and directed by predominantly queer women.^[10]

The L Word franchise led to the spin-off reality show The Real L Word (2010–2012) as well as the documentary film L Word Mississippi: Hate the Sin (2014), both of which aired on Showtime. A sequel television series, The L Word: Generation Q, debuted in December 2019, and a spin-off, The L Word: New York, is in development.

Production[edit]

The L Word was co-created by Ilene Chaiken, Michele Abbot, and Kathy Greenberg; Chaiken served as the primary creator and executive director of the series, as well as a writer and director.^[11] Steve Golin and Larry Kennar served as additional executive producers, while Guinevere Turner, Susan Miller, Cherien Dabis, and Rose Troche were among the series’ writers.

The series premiered on Showtime on January 18, 2004 and ran for a total of six seasons, airing its finale on March 8, 2009. The L Word was filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia at Coast Mountain Films Studio, as well as on location in Los Angeles, California.

Series overview[edit]

Cast and characters[edit]

(Left to right) Mia Kirshner, Daniel Sea, and Anne Ramsay at L6, «The L Word» Fan Convention in 2009

Actor/Actress	Character	Appearances
Season 1	Season 2	Season 3	Season 4	Season 5	Season 6
Jennifer Beals	Bette Porter	Main
Mia Kirshner	Jenny Schecter	Main
Pam Grier	Kit Porter	Main
Laurel Holloman	Tina Kennard	Main
Katherine Moennig	Shane McCutcheon	Main
Leisha Hailey	Alice Pieszecki	Main
Erin Daniels	Dana Fairbanks	Main	Guest
Karina Lombard	Marina Ferrer	Main		Guest		Guest
Eric Mabius	Tim Haspel	Main	Guest		Guest
Sarah Shahi	Carmen de la Pica Morales		Main		Guest
Rachel Shelley	Helena Peabody		Main
Eric Lively	Mark Wayland		Main
Daniel Sea	Max Sweeney		Main
Dallas Roberts	Angus Partridge		Main		Guest
Janina Gavankar	Eva «Papi» Torres		Main		Guest
Rose Rollins	Tasha Williams		Main
Marlee Matlin	Jodi Lerner		Main

Title[edit]

Contemporary use of the phrase «the L word» as an alias for lesbian dates to at least the 1981 play My Blue Heaven by Jane Chambers, in which a character stammers out: «You’re really…? The L-word? Lord God, I never met one before.»^[12]

The original code-name for The L Word was Earthlings, a rarely used slang term for lesbians.^[13]

«The Chart»[edit]

«The Chart», an undirected labeled graph in which nodes represent individuals and lines represent affairs or hookups, is a recurring plot element throughout the series.^[14] Originally, The L Word was to be based around a gay woman, Kit Porter, and «The Chart» was tattooed on her back.

The idea for the chart was formed in the L word’s writers room. The creators of the show were discussing their own mutual friends and who had had romantic entanglements with whom. This led to them creating a beta version of what the chart comes to be on a piece of paper. The writers eventually decide to incorporate this chart into the show.

In season 4, Alice launches The Chart as a social networking service. Concurrently, a real-world parallel project OurChart.com was created.^[15] The website, which allowed registered members to create their own profiles and hosted several blogs on the show, operated from the beginning of season four until the end of season six, after which the site was discontinued and redirected to Showtime’s official website.^[16]

A small portion of The Chart, covering some of the relationships established throughout the series. Pink circles denote primary characters, purple circles denote supporting and minor characters, and grey circles denote characters who are only alluded to and never depicted.

Plot[edit]

Season 1[edit]

The first season of The L Word premiered on January 18, 2004 and ended on April 11, 2004. The season introduces Bette Porter and Tina Kennard, a couple in a seven-year relationship attempting to have a child; Marina Ferrer, owner of the local cafe The Planet; Jenny Schecter, who has recently moved to Los Angeles to live with her boyfriend Tim Haspell; Shane McCutcheon, an androgynous, highly sexual hairstylist; Alice Pieszecki, a bisexual journalist who maintains The Chart; Dana Fairbanks, a closeted professional tennis player; and Kit Porter, Bette’s straight half-sister.

Season 2[edit]

The second season of The L Word premiered on February 20, 2005 and ended on May 15, 2005. The season introduces Carmen de la Pica Morales, a DJ who becomes part of a love triangle with Shane and Jenny; Helena Peabody, a wealthy art patron who becomes a rival to Bette and love interest to Tina (while she and Bette are separated).

Major storylines in the season include Tina’s pregnancy following a second insemination, culminating in Tina and Bette’s reconciliation at the end of the season; the introduction of Mark Wayland, a documentary filmmaker who moves in with Shane and Jenny and Kit’s acquisition of The Planet following Marina’s departure from Los Angeles;^[17] Shane and Jenny becoming the unknowing subjects of Mark’s documentary after he places hidden cameras in their home; a developing relationship between Alice and Dana; and insights into Jenny’s past as an abused child.

Season 3[edit]

The third season of The L Word premiered on January 8, 2006 and ended on March 26, 2006. The season introduces Max Sweeney, a working-class trans man initially introduced presenting as a butch; and Angus Partridge, a male nanny who becomes Kit’s lover.^[18]

The season is set six months after the birth of Tina and Bette’s daughter Angelica. Major storylines include Bette and Tina’s relationship deteriorating once again, which leads Tina to start a fake relationship with a man in order to win a possible custody battle with Bette; Max coming out as a trans man; Dana’s diagnosis with and ultimate death from breast cancer;^[19] and Shane and Carmen’s engagement and wedding, which ends when Shane abandons Carmen at the altar. Helena is integrated into the primary group of characters as a friend rather than a rival; she acquires a movie studio, where she is entangled in a sexual harassment lawsuit that leads her mother to cut her off financially.

In the lead-up to the third season, the fan fiction website FanLib.com launched a contest where individuals could submit a piece of L Word fanfiction, with the winner’s story incorporated into a scene in third-season episode.^[20]^[21]

Season 4[edit]

The L Word was renewed for a fourth season on February 2, 2006,^[22] and began filming on May 29, 2006.^[23] The season aired from January 7, 2007 to March 25, 2007,^[24] and introduces Jodi Lerner, a love interest for Bette;^[25] Phyllis Kroll, Bette’s closeted new boss at California Art College;^[26] Paige Sobel, a love interest for Shane;^[27] Tasha Williams, a former Captain in the Army National Guard and love interest for Alice; and Papi, who has slept with the most women on The Chart.^[26] Karina Lombard reprises her role for two episodes.^[28]

Major storylines in the season include the adaptation of Lez Girls, an article written by Jenny for The New Yorker, into a film; Bette taking a job as a dean at California Art College; and Tasha’s struggle to reconcile her military service with her sexuality under don’t ask, don’t tell.

Season 5[edit]

The L Word was renewed for a fifth season on March 8, 2007, and began filming in summer 2007.^[29] The season aired from January 6, 2008 to March 23, 2008 and introduces Nikki Stevens, a closeted gay actress who portrays the lead role in Lez Girls. ^[30] Adele Channing is also introduced, potentially by chance meeting Jenny at the Planet, and soon becoming her personal assistant. Papi and Angus were written out of the series.^[31]

Major storylines in the season include Bette and Tina reconciling their relationship, Jenny being ousted from the production of Lez Girls, and Tasha’s dishonorable discharge from the military.

Season 6[edit]

The sixth and final season of The L Word aired from January 18, 2009 to March 8, 2009.^[32] The season introduces Kelly Wentworth, Bette’s college roommate, who attempts to open a gallery with her; Jamie Chen, a social worker who becomes involved in a love triangle with Alice and Tasha; and Marybeth Duffy and Sean Holden, detectives with the LAPD.^[33]

The season is a whodunit storyline focused on the murder of Jenny. The events of the season are depicted as a flashback leading up to the night of the crime, with each episode focused around what could have potentially motivated each character to have killed Jenny. The series concludes without revealing the identity of her murderer.

Interrogation tapes[edit]

Following the series finale of The L Word, Showtime released a series of seven short videos depicting Bette, Alice, Tina, Nikki Shane being questioned by the police over Jenny’s murder. The episodes were posted weekly on Showtime’s website. Showtime additionally released an interview with L Word series creator Ilene Chaiken, released in two weekly installments. In the interview, Chaiken stated that Alice went to jail for Jenny’s murder, but was not necessarily guilty of the crime.^[34]^[35]

Generation Q[edit]

On July 11, 2017, it was announced a sequel series was in the works with Showtime.^[36] Marja-Lewis Ryan has been selected to serve as executive producer and showrunner.^[36]^[37]^[38] On January 31, 2019, Entertainment Weekly reported Showtime had picked up the sequel series for a premiere later in the year, in which Jennifer Beals, Katherine Moennig, and Leisha Hailey would reprise their roles.^[39] Other sources, such as TVLine,^[40] call the eight-episode order a revival, so the nature of the follow-up is unclear. The new series, titled The L Word: Generation Q, premiered in the fall of 2019.^[41]

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The Farm[edit]

In July 2008, Showtime CEO Matthew Blank announced that the network would shoot a pilot for The Farm, an L Word spin-off series based on a pitch from L Word series creator Ilene Chaiken. Set in a women’s prison, the series was slated to star Famke Janssen, Melissa Leo, Laurie Metcalf, and Leisha Hailey, the lattermost of whom would reprise her role as Alice Pieszecki. The pilot was shot in December 2008.^[42] In April 2009, Showtime declined to pick up The Farm for a full series order.^[43]

The Real L Word[edit]

The Real L Word, a reality television series produced by Chaiken, aired on Showtime from June 20, 2010 to September 6, 2012. The series, initially set in Los Angeles and later in Brooklyn, New York City, followed a group of real-life gay women.^[44]

L Word Mississippi: Hate the Sin[edit]

L Word Mississippi: Hate the Sin, a documentary directed by Lauren Lazin and produced by Chaiken, premiered on Showtime on August 8, 2014.^[45] The documentary, which follows a group of LGBT women in rural Mississippi, won the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Documentary in 2015.^[46]

Music[edit]

EZgirl served as The L Word’s music composer, while Natasha Duprey served as music supervisor. A total of five soundtracks were produced.

All three of Leisha Hailey’s bands were referenced in the series: a song by The Murmurs was used in the first season, Shane wears a shirt for Gush in the second season. Songs by Uh Huh Her were featured in the show’s fifth and sixth seasons; Tasha is seen wearing an Uh Huh Her t-shirt during the sixth season.

The band Betty wrote and performed the theme song, which is first introduced in season two. Betty makes numerous appearances in the show, and their music is featured throughout the series from season two

Reception[edit]

The show’s first season was «broadcast to critical acclaim and instant popularity»; as an article from The New York Times pointed out:^[47]

Before The L Word, female gay characters barely existed in television. Interested viewers had to search and second-guess, playing parlor games to suss out a character’s sexuality. Cagney and Lacey? Jo on Facts of Life? Xena and Gabrielle? Showtime’s decision in January 2004 to air The L Word, which follows the lives of a group of fashionable Los Angeles gays, was akin to ending a drought with a monsoon. Women who had rarely seen themselves on the small screen were suddenly able to watch gay characters not only living complex, exciting lives, but also making love in restaurant bathrooms and in swimming pools. There was no tentative audience courtship. Instead there was sex, raw and unbridled in that my-goodness way that only cable allows.

Co-creator and executive producer Ilene Chaiken had some issues with the reaction:^[47]

I do want to move people on some deep level. But I won’t take on the mantle of social responsibility. That’s not compatible with entertainment. I rail against the idea that pop television is a political medium. I am political in my life. But I am making serialized melodrama. I’m not a cultural missionary.

While the show was seen as fulfilling gay characters’ «obvious and modest representational need»^[48] or even the «ferocious desire not only to be seen in some literal sense… but to be seen with all the blood and angst and magic that you possess»,^[49] the show was criticized for various scenes which served to «reify heteronormativity».^[50] The show was also praised for its nuanced consideration (in the first season) of how and in what ways gay women should stand up to the religious right, with the «Provocations» art show storyline being «a fictionalized version of what happened when Cincinnati’s Contemporary Art Center booked a controversial exhibition of Mapplethorpe photographs in 1990».^[51]

As the series progressed, however, reviews became far more negative. By the time the sixth and final season began, The New York Times called the show a «Sapphic Playboy fantasia» that has «shown little interest in variegating portrayals of gay experience. Instead it has seemed to work almost single-mindedly to counter the notion of «lesbian bed death» and repeatedly remind the viewer of the «limits and tortures of monogamy» while «never align[ing] itself with the traditionalist ambitions [for same-sex marriage] of a large faction of the gay rights movement».^[52] The decision to make the final season into a murder mystery which was ultimately left unresolved was also met with negative response.^[53]

The series currently holds a 57% «Rotten» rating on Rotten Tomatoes.^[54]

Cultural impact and legacy[edit]

The L Word broke new ground as the first television series to feature an ensemble cast made up of lesbian and bisexual female characters.^[3]^[4] Similarly, it was also the first television series to be written and directed predominantly by queer women.^[10] The series has been lauded for revolutionizing the depiction of queer women on television,^[2]^[5]^[6]^[7] particularly for its portrayal of a queer community at a time when lesbian representation was often relegated to a single lesbian character amid an otherwise heterosexual cast.^[10] One of the pioneering hallmarks of the series was its graphic lesbian sex scenes from the female gaze,^[8] at a time when lesbian sex was «virtually invisible elsewhere on television.»^[9]^[55]

Several shows have referenced The L Word, including South of Nowhere’s first season episode «Girls Guide to Dating»; According to Jim; the medical drama House; the first season finale of Weeds, Jon Stewart’s The Daily Show (July 24, 2006); Chappelle’s Show: The «Lost Episodes»; The Sopranos episode «Live Free or Die»; the US version of The Office; Gilmore Girls fourth season episode «Scene in a Mall»; The Big Gay Sketch Show; The Simpsons episode «You Kent Always Say What You Want»; and Family Guy episode «Brian Sings and Swings». Also, movies such as Puccini for Beginners, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, and I Can’t Think Straight have made mention of The L Word as to reference lesbians but considers the term is sometimes used as slander.

Awards and honors[edit]

In 2004, Laurel Holloman won a Satellite Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama. The show was also for a Satellite Award for Best Television Series – Drama in the same year. In the second season, Ossie Davis received a posthumous Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series in recognition of his portrayal of Bette and Kit Porter’s father, Melvin. The show received multiple nominations for GLAAD Media Awards, and both Pam Grier and Jennifer Beals were repeatedly nominated for NAACP Image Awards.

In 2006, The L Word won the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Drama Series. It was consequently honored with a Special Recognition Award in 2009 from the same organization.

In 2008, The L Word’s companion website was honored at the 59th Annual Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Advanced Media Technology for Best Use of Commercial Advertising on Personal Computers.

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Вообще я не очень хотела смотреть этот сериал, но у него такие высокие рейтинги и необычная история, что все-таки решилась. Спойлеров нет, все скрины сделаны мной Главных героев у нас два: это дрэг-квин гей Роберт (сценический псевдоним Руби Ред) и детеныш-бродяга ЭйДжэй.
Душевный сериал, давно разобранный на мемы. В чём секрет его успеха?

Всем привет! Этот обзор я посвящаю уютному сериалу, уже ставшему классикой, с хорошим не пошлым юмором (что сейчас является редкостью ). Почему он мне не сразу «зашёл», а потом запал а душу? Итак, «Офис». Общая информация Создатель — Грег Дэниелс .
«как можно доверять тому, у кого нет секретов?»

единственный сериал, который за год пересмотрела трижды. хотя я фильмы-то практически не пересматриваю (подобной чести удостоился едва ли десяток картин), но тут вот как-то так получилось)) герои и актеры отличнейшие.
Кто ИЩЕТ, тот всегда найдет: кто вещь, кто человека, кто неприятности… А я вот нашла этот сериал!!!

Привет-привет!!! Т олько что закончила просмотр малоизвестного, но по моему мнению очень достойного сериала «Искатель» . С ериал «Искатель» — спин-офф популярнейшего и одного из моих самых любимых сериалов «Кости» , созданный также Хартом Хэнсоном.
Как остаться человеком, если твой учитель – психологический садист

Фильм про учителя Ма Ё-Джин, которая своим ученикам преподает жестокие законы жизни: социальное неравенство, шантаж, интриги, предательство. Учитель ставит детей в нетривиальные для школы ситуации, заставляя идти по чужим головам.
Легкий, ненавязчивый, комедийный сериал про непорочное зачатие=) Отзыв про 1,2 сезоны. Обновление от 18.03.17! + Скрины для краткого ознакомления.

Знакомьтесь, это Джейн: И как вы поняли из названия, она девственница)) Наша история начинается, когда Джейн Глориано Веллануэва было 10 лет. В один знаменательный день, религиозная бабушка решила просветить ее относительно темы полового воспитания, использовав как аналогию нежный цветок.)) Девочка …
♥♥♥ Я нашла своего дорамного двойника !!! Хотите ПРИНЦА С ТЕМНОЙ ДУШОЙ — нате на блюдечке ))) Только вот можно ли его обуздать ?!?! ♡♡♡♡♡

Всем доброго времени суток!!! Сегодня речь пойдет про дорамку которая на мой взгляд полюбится не всем, но лично я очень прониклась этой историей. В чем же секрет?

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The L Word: Generation Q

Genre	Drama
Created by	Ilene Chaiken Kathy Greenberg Michele Abbott
Developed by	Marja-Lewis Ryan
Starring	Jennifer Beals Kate Moennig Leisha Hailey Arienne Mandi Sepideh Moafi Leo Sheng Jacqueline Toboni Rosanny Zayas Jordan Hull Jamie Clayton
Music by	Heather McIntosh & Allyson Newman
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	28
Production
Executive producers	Jennifer Beals Kate Moennig Leisha Hailey Steph Green Ilene Chaiken Allyce Ozarski Kristen Campo Marja-Lewis Ryan Maisha Closson Melody Derloshon
Producers	Tatiana Suarez-Pico Julie Hartley
Cinematography	Sandra Valde-Hansen Moira Morel Danny Grunes
Editors	Omar Hassan-Reep Tamara Luciano Christal Khatib Matthew D. Horn Crystal Leong Sarah E. Williams Julie Cohen Bradley Cheyne Laura Weinberg Monique Batac
Running time	53–61 minutes
Production companies	MLR Original Showtime Networks
Release
Original network	Showtime
Original release	December 8, 2019 – January 22, 2023

The L Word: Generation Q is an American drama television series produced by Showtime that premiered on December 8, 2019.^[1] It is a sequel series to The L Word, which aired on Showtime from 2004 to 2009. Similar to its predecessor, the series follows the lives of an LGBTQ group of friends who live in Los Angeles, California.

A first-look screening of the series took place on December 9, 2019, hosted by House of Pride, to coincide with the US release.^[2] In January 2020, Showtime renewed the series for a second season which premiered on August 8, 2021.^[3]^[4] In February 2022, the series was renewed for a third season which premiered on November 20, 2022.^[5]^[6] In March 2023, the series was canceled after three seasons.^[7] In April 2023, it was announced that the series was removed from Showtime platforms.^[8]

Synopsis[edit]

The show centers on a group of diverse LGBTQ+ characters experiencing love, heartbreak, sex, setbacks, personal growth and success in Los Angeles. Generation Q is set over ten years after The L Word, in the new setting of Silver Lake, Los Angeles. Several actors from the original series returned to reprise their roles alongside a new ensemble of diverse characters.^[9]

Cast and characters[edit]

Main[edit]

Jennifer Beals as Bette Porter-Kennard, the managing director at Isaac Zakarian’s art gallery. In between the events of The L Word and Generation Q, she married and divorced her partner, Tina Kennard. She sabotaged Tina’s engagement to Carrie Walsh in season 2 and remarried her in season 3 after Tina forgave her. Beals reprises her role from The L Word.^[10]
Kate Moennig as Shane McCutcheon, an androgynous and highly sexual lesbian former hairdresser, now the owner of «Dana’s», a gay bar named after her deceased friend, Dana Fairbanks. Moennig reprises her role from The L Word.^[10]
Leisha Hailey as Alice Pieszecki, a talk show host and author. Hailey reprises her role from The L Word.^[10]
Arienne Mandi as Dani Nùñez, Bette’s former PR manager, Sophie’s ex-fiancée and CEO of «Núñez Incorporated» following her father’s arrest. She is Iranian on her deceased mother’s side.
Sepideh Moafi as Gigi Ghorbani, the ex-wife of Nat Bailey and co-mother of their children, and currently Dani’s girlfriend. Her real name is Golnar, and «Gigi» is a nickname.
Leo Sheng as Micah Lee, an adjunct professor and therapist working for Nat Bailey who is a trans man, and Maribel Suarez’s boyfriend
Jacqueline Toboni as Sarah Finley, an executive assistant from a religious family. She goes by «Finley», previously worked for Alice Pieszecki and had an affair with Sophie which led to the end of Sophie and Dani’s relationship.
Rosanny Zayas as Sophie Suarez, a TV producer for Alice’s show and Dani’s ex-fiancée, having had an affair with Finley not long before their wedding. She and Finley later enter a relationship, which becomes strained due to Finley’s alcoholism.
Jordan Hull as Angelica «Angie» Porter-Kennard (season 2–present;^[11] recurring season 1), Bette’s daughter with her ex-wife, Tina Kennard, and half-sister of Kayla Allenwood
Jamie Clayton as Tess Van De Berg (season 3;^[12] recurring seasons 1–2), the bartender/manager of Dana’s, a recovering alcoholic and girlfriend of Shane

Recurring[edit]

Freddy Miyares as José (seasons 1–2), the new property manager of Dani, Sophie and Micah’s home, Micah’s ex-boyfriend and husband of Scott
Carlos Leal as Rodolfo Nùñez, Dani’s father
Brian Michael Smith as Pierce Williams (season 1), Bette’s campaign manager who is a trans man
Stephanie Allynne as Natalie «Nat» Bailey, Gigi’s ex-wife and Alice’s partner until she realizes she is polyamorous, which leads Alice to end their relationship
Jillian Mercado as Maribel Suarez, Sophie’s sister and an immigration attorney, and Micah’s girlfriend
Olivia Thirlby as Rebecca (season 1), a bisexual Congregationalist minister (MCC) who briefly dates Finley
Latarsha Rose as Felicity Adams, an ex-employee and ex-lover of Bette’s
Sophie Giannamore as Jordi Sanbolino, Angelica’s girlfriend
Lex Scott Davis as Quiara Thompson, a popular singer and Shane’s manipulative ex-wife
Donald Faison as Tom Maultsby (season 2),^[11] an editor who becomes interested in Alice’s book and later begins a relationship with her
Rosie O’Donnell as Carrie (seasons 2–present),^[11] the girlfriend of Misty. She was previously engaged to Tina Kennard, but called the engagement off after being repeatedly mistreated by Tina’s ex-wife Bette Porter and Tina failed to stand up for her.
Simon Longnight as Hendrix (season 3), a creative writing instructor at Angie’s college and her new love interest after Jordi breaks up with her
Carmen LoBue as Dre (season 3), Dani’s love interest who had a history with Sophie

Special guests[edit]

Laurel Holloman as Tina Kennard, Angelica’s biological mother and Bette’s wife. The two divorced between shows and Tina became engaged to Carrie Walsh, an engagement which Bette sabotaged out of jealousy in season 2. Tina forgave Bette and remarried her in season 3. Holloman reprises her role from The L Word.
Roxane Gay as herself
Megan Rapinoe as herself
Margaret Cho as herself (season 3)^[12]
Fletcher as herself (season 3)^[13]^[14]

Guest starring[edit]

Fortune Feimster as Heather
Jeffrey Muller as Tyler Adams, the ex-husband of Felicity Adams who harbors a grudge against Bette Porter ever since Felicity slept with her
Mercedes Mason as Lena, Tess’ ex-girlfriend
Rex Linn as Jeff Milner, the Mayor of Los Angeles who won against Bette through fraudulent campaigning
Griffin Dunne as Isaac Zakarian (season 2),^[11] the owner of an art gallery who hires Bette despite her dislike for his views
Brook’Lynn Sanders as Kayla Allenwood (season 2), Angie’s half-sister from Marcus Allenwood
Vanessa Estelle Williams as Pippa Pascal (seasons 2-3), a talented artist whose career Bette seeks to revive. She later began a relationship with Bette until Bette cheated on her with Tina and remarried Tina. In the season 3 finale, a relationship between Pippa and Sophie is hinted at.
Anne Archer as Lenore Pieszecki (season 2), Alice’s mother. Archer reprises her role from The L Word.
Rosanna Arquette as Cherie Jaffe (season 2), Shane’s ex-lover and Tess’s brief new girlfriend but who still pursues Shane. Arquette reprises her role from The L Word.
Mark Berry as Marcus Allenwood (season 2), an artist and the sperm donor of Angelica Porter-Kennard. Berry replaces Mark Gibson, who portrayed Marcus in The L Word.
Joanna Cassidy as Patty (season 3),^[12] Tess’ mother who is suffering from multiple sclerosis and dementia
Kehlani as Ivy (season 3),^[15] a makeup artist who is part of Alice’s glam squad
Joey Lauren Adams as Taylor (season 3),^[12] a barista who becomes Alice’s love interest
Daniel Sea as Max Sweeney (season 3), Jenny’s ex-partner, now a trans parent of four. Sea reprises their role from The L Word.
Erin Daniels as Dana Fairbanks (season 3), Alice’s ex-girlfriend who died of breast cancer and who appears as a figment of Alice’s imagination. Daniels reprises her role from The L Word.

Episodes[edit]

Series overview[edit]

Season 1 (2019–20)[edit]

Season 2 (2021)[edit]

Season 3 (2022–23)[edit]

Production[edit]

Development[edit]

A sequel to The L Word was confirmed to be in development by Showtime on July 11, 2017.^[36] Marja-Lewis Ryan was confirmed as showrunner and executive producer on November 20, 2017; original L Word series creator and showrunner Ilene Chaiken will serve as executive producer, with Jennifer Beals, Katherine Moennig, and Leisha Hailey also serving as executive producers.^[36]^[37] The L Word:Generation Q will consist of eight episodes.^[38]

In anticipation of the show, several LGBTQIA outlets have created special programming, such as Autostraddle’s podcast To L & Back: An L Word Podcast;^[39]^[40] two episodes of RuPaul’s podcast, RuPaul: What’s the Tee? (one of which is a conversation with L Word producer and cast member Kate Moennig);^[41] an episode of Margaret Cho’s podcast, The Margaret Cho, featuring comedian Fortune Feimster who will appear in The L Word as a guest star;^[42]^[43] and Cameron Esposito’s podcast, Queery, in which she interviews original L Word creator Ilene Chaiken^[44]
.^[45]

On January 13, 2020, the series was renewed for a second season.^[3] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, filming for the second season was delayed for several months and was originally expected to premiere in late 2020. Production for the second season finally began in December 2020.^[46]^[47] On February 4, 2022, Showtime renewed the series for a 10-episode third season which is expected to premiere later this year.^[5] Production for the third season began on June 9, 2022.^[48] On March 23, 2023, Showtime canceled the series after three seasons. However, a reboot of the original series set in New York is in development with Chaiken attached to it.^[7] On April 4, 2023, it was reported that the series was removed from Showtime platforms following the cancellation.^[8]

Casting[edit]

Jennifer Beals, Katherine Moennig, and Leisha Hailey reprised their roles from the original series.^[49] Bette and Tina’s daughter Angelica, depicted as an infant in the original series, was portrayed as a teenager by Jordan Hull.^[50] Sarah Shahi stated that she would reprise her role as Carmen de la Pica Morales, though Showtime did not officially confirm her involvement, and Shahi ultimately did not appear in the series.^[51] Pam Grier stated that she would not reprise her role as Kit Porter due to shooting conflicts with the ABC series Bless This Mess.^[52] Kit was subsequently written out of the series as having died of a drug overdose.

Ryan stated that she wished to introduce new characters to the series in order to have it «live on in a different space.»^[38] Arienne Mandi, Leo Sheng, Jacqueline Toboni, and Rosanny Zayas were confirmed as series regulars on June 24, 2019,^[53] and Sepideh Moafi was confirmed as a series regular on August 2, 2019.^[1] Brian Michael Smith and Stephanie Allynne were confirmed for recurring guests on June 27, 2019.^[54] Olivia Thirlby, Fortune Feimster, Lex Scott Davis, and Sophie Giannamore were confirmed for guest roles on July 23, 2019,^[55] while Freddy Miyares, Jamie Clayton, and Carlos Leal were confirmed for recurring roles on July 31, 2019.^[56] On December 2, 2019, Jillian Mercado was cast in a recurring role.^[57] Laurel Holloman returning as Tina Kennard was teased during the series’ promotion but not confirmed until the sixth episode aired; her appearance was revealed before the episode’s opening credits.

On December 9, 2020, for the second season, Jordan Hull was promoted to a series regular while Rosie O’Donnell, Donald Faison, and Griffin Dunne were cast to guest star as Carrie, Tom Maultsby and Isaac Zakarian, respectively.^[11] Anne Archer and Rosanna Arquette also returned from the original series to reprise their roles as Lenore Pieszecki and Cherie Jaffe, respectively.^[58]^[59] On July 27, 2022, Kehlani announced that they are set to guest star for the third season.^[15] On August 8, 2022, Margaret Cho, Joey Lauren Adams, and Joanna Cassidy were cast to guest star while Clayton was promoted to a series regular for the third season.^[12] On September 21, 2022, Fletcher announced that she is set to guest star for the third season.^[13]

Broadcast[edit]

The L Word: Generation Q premiered on December 8, 2019, on Showtime.^[1] The UK television premiere was on Sky Atlantic on February 4, 2020^[60] The first episode of the second season debuted on August 6, 2021, on streaming and on-demand for Showtime subscribers, ahead of its Showtime premiere on August 8, 2021. Each episode of the second season was released to stream on demand every Friday, ahead of its weekly Showtime on-air premiere.^[4]
The third season premiered on November 20, 2022, with a new episode available to stream on demand every Friday for Showtime subscribers, ahead of its weekly Showtime on-air premiere.^[6]

Reception[edit]

Critical response[edit]

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the series holds an approval rating of 81% based on 31 reviews, with an average rating of 6.9/10. The website’s critical consensus reads, «Though at times Generation Q doesn’t quite stand on its own, it has style and charm to spare and announces a new phrase for The L Word that will please new and old fans alike.^[61] On Metacritic, it has a weighted average score of 60 out of 100, based on 13 critics, indicating «mixed or average reviews».^[62]

The second season, however, was met with a more polarized response, particularly for its narrative, heavy reliance on throwbacks to the original series, and its negative stereotypes regarding bisexual relationships, butch women and transgender people. The Los Angeles Times put particular emphasis on Carrie, the series’ first clear butch character who was portrayed as an overweight, self-loathing, insecure woman easily intimidated by Bette and all femmes in general, and Finley, who was depicted as overly carefree to the point of being drunk and potentially dangerous. Bree Tomas voiced her defense for the butch community, particularly Rosie O’Donnell, who after being cast as Carrie was subjected to online abuse, fat shaming and negative comparisons to Jennifer Beals on social media by fans of the series, which was widely condemned by critics.^[63] According to Showbiz Cheat Sheet, following the airing of the second season finale, which saw the end of both Bette and Pippa’s relationship and Tina and Carrie’s engagement due to Bette’s actions and behavior, and ended with a cliffhanger that teased a third reunion between Bette and Tina, fans expressed their displeasure with Bette and Tina’s storyline, labelling it as too repetitive and «out of line», and took to Twitter with the hashtag «IleneSavetheLWord». Ilene Chaiken, the creator and showrunner of the original series who herself had come under heavy criticism for reinforcing negative lesbian stereotypes, responded by praising Ryan’s work and defending her decision to give Ryan full creative control.^[64]

Following the airing of the second episode of season 3, Ryan gave an interview regarding Bette and Tina’s relationship. Though she had previously stated during the first season that she wanted to take storylines in different directions, Ryan recanted her statement in the interview and said that her intention had always been to build up towards a wedding between Bette and Tina, revealing that following the first season and the revelation of Tina’s engagement to Carrie and Bette’s dinner date with Maya, she was harassed with direct messages on social media demanding that she reunite Bette and Tina. The interview was met with both praise and backlash from fans, with some accusing Ryan of choosing predictable and unrealistic fan service over creativity. The return of past characters such as Max Sweeney and Dana Fairbanks, however, was met with praise.^[65]