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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

Шейн МакКатчен
Персонаж L Word
Изображается	Кэтрин Менниг
Продолжительность	2004–09, 2019
Первое появление	18 января 2004 года
Последнее появление	15 декабря 2019 года
Автор	Илен Чайкен
Классификация	Бывший; обычный
Профиль
Род занятий	Парикмахер. Модель
Отец Габриэль МакКатчеон Сводные братья Шей МакКатчен

Шейн Маккатчен — вымышленный персонаж-лесбиянка из американского телесериала Showtime The L Word и продолжения сериала L Word: Generation Q, которого играет Кэтрин Менниг.

Содержание

• 1 Развитие персонажа в L Word
• 2 Сюжетные линии
  • 2.1 The L Word
  • 2.2 Записи допросов
  • 2.3 L Word: Поколение Q
• 3 Прием
• 4 Ссылки
• 5 Внешние ссылки

Развитие персонажа в The L Word

Изначально Шейн был объявлен Меннигу «сексуальным» и «андрогинным». Менниг сказала Мишель Корт из Адвокат, что она многому научилась, играя Шейна. В ней есть элементы реализма, потому что «жизнь имитирует искусство, а искусство имитирует жизнь». Актриса также объяснила, что она имела отношение к определенным аспектам сюжетных линий Шейна, потому что она уже пережила их. Менниг не согласился с обозначением персонажа бутч. Коллега по актерскому составу Лейша Хейли (которая играет Элис Пиешеки ) также не согласилась и считала, что Шейн был более андрогинным.

В течение четвертого сезона Шейн стал опекуном своего брата Шэя Маккатчеона. (Эйдан Джаррар). Менниг сказал Карману Крегло из AfterEllen.com, что Шейн вернется к своим «диким путям» после того, как продюсеры решат, что сюжетная линия не подходит. Менниг сравнил Шейна в пятом сезоне с Где Уолдо, потому что «она появляется повсюду и хочет просто хорошо провести время»

В преддверии дебюта в сериале в декабре 2003 года, репортер из PR Newswire писал, что Тэмми Линн Майклс была выбрана на роль «брошенной любовницы» Шейна Лейси, которая продолжает ее преследовать. Розанна Аркетт подписалась на игру. Чери Джаффе, жена главы студии Стива Джеффа (Джеймс Перселл), которая прибывает в качестве нового клиента Шейна. Писатель рассказал, что Шейн изменится «больше, чем ее прическа». Отношения Шейна и Шери были любимым делом Менниг, и она приписывала успешные сцены актерскому мастерству Аркетт. Менниг считал, что отношения были настолько «испорченными», и это было забавно изображать, потому что они также были дисфункциональными.

Менниг сказал, что во втором сезоне Шейн привлечет персонажа с «обоснованным чувством собственного достоинства, плюс много девичьей неуверенности «. Она объяснила, что «вас всегда привлекает тот, у кого вы хотите учиться». Эрин Дэниэлс, которая играет Дана Фэрбенкс, добавила, что «вы видите, как Шейн борется с собственными чувствами, что действительно пугает ее». Персонаж был раскрыт как Кармен де ла Пика Моралес (Сара Шахи ). Менниг не был уверен, продлятся ли их отношения, потому что была неуверенность в будущем персонажа. Но зрители хорошо отреагировали на сюжетную линию, и сериал решил развить роман.

В четвертом сезоне Шейн начинает отношения с Пейдж Собел (Кристанна Локен ). Они встречаются после того, как брат Шейна, Шей, подружился с ее сыном Джаредом Собелем (Джексон Аллан). Локен сказал Корту Адвоката, что Пейдж «бьет» Шейна на встрече PTA, и «там все начинается». Ее героиню эмоционально обидели мужчины, и она считает Шейна «тоже немного раненым, и я думаю, что ей нравится эта чувствительность в ней, эта уязвимость». Пейдж «становится сильной» и уверена, потому что раньше она спала с женщиной. Но у нее никогда не было однополых отношений, и она видит Шейна и думает: «Я просто сделаю это и посмотрю, что произойдет». Через их отношения в сериале изображена сюжетная линия, в которой Пейдж рассказывает своему маленькому сыну, что она состоит в лесбийских отношениях с Шейном. Локен сказал, что она смогла черпать вдохновение из собственного детского опыта, связанного с этой проблемой.

Локен сказал, что Менниг никогда не работал с актрисой, которая была выше ее в сексуальных сценах. Она пошутила, что они не уверены, кто должен быть «наверху» во время сцен. Продюсер шоу и сценарист Ангола Робинсон сказала Корту, что, по ее мнению, Менниг и Локен обладают «удивительной химией», поэтому «приятно видеть, как Шейн соревнуется с Пейдж». Создатель сериала Илен Чайкен добавила, что им было «жарко вместе».

Сюжетная линия дружбы, разработанная для Шейна и Дженни Шектер (Миа Киршнер ). Но некоторым зрителям хотелось, чтобы их отношения стали романтическими. Менниг считал, что дружба была сладкой, и гуманизировала их обоих. Она добавила, что «это был один из немногих случаев, когда отношениям действительно потребовалось время, чтобы вырасти».

Несмотря на то, что Шейн изначально был назван андрогинным, а не мясником, сцена секса между Шейном и Пейдж в сезоне Четыре показали фэнтези, в которой они были изображены как пара бутч и женщина соответственно, а в The L Word: Generation Q Шейн упоминается Анжеликой Портер-Кеннард как «дядя Шейн».

Сюжетные линии

Слово L

В первом сезоне бывшая девушка Шейна, Лейси, начинает ее беспокоить. Она злится, потому что Шейн отказался от отношений. Лэйси развешивает плакаты и раздает листовки местным, чтобы разоблачить распущенность Шейна. Шейн противостоит Лейси и обвиняет ее в том, что она боится остаться одна. Вместо того, чтобы идти в полицию, Шейн убеждает Лейси прекратить преследование, переспав с ней в последний раз. После этого псевдофиаско Шейн позволяет своему старому другу Клайву (Мэтью Карри Холмс ) переехать к ней. Раньше она работала вместе с Клайвом проституткой. Шейн работает в салоне под названием Lather. Через Клайва она встречает Гарри Самчука (Колин Каннингем ), который отправляет своего голливудского друга, чтобы Шейн подстриг ей волосы. Это дает ей возможность наладить контакты и обеспечить безопасность важных и высокооплачиваемых голливудских клиентов. К сожалению, Шейн вынужден выгнать Клайва из ее дома, когда он крадет вещи и деньги, чтобы заплатить за наркотики. Шейн заводит роман со своей клиенткой Чери, лесбиянкой-золотоискательницей, у которой есть семья. Чери убеждает своего богатого мужа Стива вложить деньги в салон Шейна. Стив начинает подозревать, что Шейн спит со своей дочерью Клеа Джаффе (). Тем не менее, Клеа любит Шейна и раскрывает роман своей матери с Шейном. Полагая, что Шейн соблазнил и превратил его жену и дочь в геев, Стив угрожает убить Шейна, если она когда-нибудь снова приблизится к его семье. Шейн говорит Чери, что любит ее, но она отказывается оставить свой богатый образ жизни.

Шейн переезжает с Дженни и Марком Вэйландом (Эрик Лайвли ). Арианна Хаффингтон нанимает Шейна для стрижки, и таким образом Шейн знакомится с ее помощницей по производству Кармен, которая также является лесбиянкой. После секса Шейн говорит, что ее не интересуют отношения, но Кармен преследует ее, веря в обратное. Они обнаруживают, что Марк снимал их сексуальную жизнь для документального фильма о лесбиянках. Голливудский продюсер Вероника Блум (Камрин Манхейм ) нанимает Шейна и заставляет ее манипулировать потенциальными клиентами, потому что Шейн от природы хорошо умеет разговаривать с людьми. Шейн убеждает женщину подписать права на историю своей жизни Веронике. Шейн уходит, когда она недовольна своими действиями. Кармен начинает отношения с Дженни, хотя все это делается для того, чтобы Шейн ревновал, что вскоре обнаруживает Дженни, побуждая ее расстаться с Кармен. В то же время Шейн все еще боится вступать в отношения после того, что она пережила с Чери. Однако в конце концов Шейн собирается вместе с Кармен и признается ей в любви.

Кармен знакомит Шейна со своей семьей, но делает вид, что они друзья. Семья влюбляется в Шейн и пытается устроить ей свидание. Это побуждает Кармен выйти, но ее гомофобная семья, особенно ее мать, отвергает ее и прекращает контакты. Шейн работает в магазине скейтбординга Wax с парикмахерской. Чери навещает Шейна и говорит ей, что развелась со Стивом, получив большую часть его состояния, и все еще интересуется ею. Кармен исполняет диджейский сет в Wax и Def Jam смотрит ее выступление. Шейн замечает, что Кармен флиртует со своими сотрудниками, и реагирует, спя с Чери. Кармен противостоит Шейну, который говорит ей, что ей трудно жить с моногамией. Шейн перестает проявлять интерес к сексу, Кармен обвиняет ее в наказании. Затем она говорит Шейну, что изменила ей в отместку. Шейн скорбит о своей подруге Дане Фэрбенкс (Эрин Дэниелс ) и просит Кармен выйти за нее замуж, которая позже соглашается. Шейн находит своего отца, Габриэля Маккатчеона (Эрик Робертс ) и обнаруживает, что у нее есть сводный брат Шей. Хелена Пибоди (Рэйчел Шелли ) финансирует свадьбу, и они едут в Уистлер, Британская Колумбия, где однополые браки являются законными. Когда она замечает, что Габриэль изменяет своей жене Карле (Сара-Джейн Редмонд ), Шейн понимает, что она может сделать то же самое с Кармен, и бросает ее. Убитая горем, Кармен навсегда покидает Шейна. Позже Шейн пытается помириться с Кармен, но ее насильно вывозят двоюродные братья Кармен, которые говорят ей, что Кармен больше не хочет ее видеть.

Шейн употребляет наркотики с Шери, а Карла бросает сводного брата Шейна, Шэя. Шейн не хочет нести ответственность за Шэя, но позволяет ему остаться, потому что она не хочет, чтобы он жил в приемной семье, как она. Шейн начинает моделировать нижнее белье для Hugo Boss AG, чтобы оплатить медицинские счета из-за сломанной руки Шэя. Он подружился с Джаредом. Шейн сближается с матерью Джареда, Пейдж, и после многочисленных неудачных попыток они занимаются сексом. Габриэль возвращается, чтобы забрать Шей домой. Понимая, что она не получит опеки над Шаем, Шейн вынужден позволить ему уйти. Шейн и Пейдж отправляются на поиски нового дома, но их риэлтор соблазняет Шейна, несмотря на то, что он знает о ее отношениях с Пейдж. Пейдж говорит Шейну, что ей хорошо, когда Шейн спит рядом, но Шейн, стыдясь ее действий, говорит Пейдж, что она не любит ее, и прекращает их отношения. Позже воск поджигают. Хотя Шейн явно потрясен, он не подает заявление в полицию, и вскоре после этого Пейдж и Джаред исчезают. Первоначально предполагается, что Пейдж была виновата из мести, но позже Шейн утверждает, что она сожгла Вакс сама; остается нераскрытым, было ли это правдой, или виновата ли Пейдж, но Шейн солгал, чтобы защитить ее от потенциального попадания в тюрьму и оставления Джареда без матери.

Позже Шейн занимается сексом с матерью и двумя ее дочерьми отдельно в день свадьбы одной из дочерей. Ссора заставляет Шейна воздерживаться от секса. Однако в итоге она не может воздерживаться надолго и занимается сексом втроем с Доун Денбо (Элизабет Кинер ) и ее угнетенным любовником Синди (Алисия Ли Уиллис ), владельцами новейший лесбийский клуб Шебар. Когда она спит с Синди без разрешения Денбо, Денбо намеревается отомстить. Денбо говорит Шейну и ее друзьям, что она разрушит их жизни. Она начинает войну за территорию между Шебаром и Планетой. Молли Кролл (Клементина Форд ) испытывает влечение к Шейну, и они спят вместе. Ее мать Филлис Кролл (Сибилл Шеперд ) разговаривает с Молли о Шейне, и Молли называет Шейна «необразованным», «легким» и неумным. Шейн подслушивает их разговор, поэтому Молли пытается убедить Шейна, что любит ее. Они пытаются наладить свои отношения, но вмешательство Филлис кладет этому конец (по иронии судьбы, Филлис сама убедила Молли проводить время с лесбиянками в надежде, что она сама станет лесбиянкой и поймет гомосексуальность своей матери).

Когда Дженни расстается с Ники Стивенс, (Кейт Френч ), Шейн занимается сексом с Ники на балконе, и Дженни их прерывает. Молли дает Дженни письмо, адресованное Шейну, но Дженни скрывает его. Шейн делает серию жестов, чтобы заслужить прощение Дженни, но безрезультатно. Дженни говорит Шейну, что это она, а не Ники, разбила ей сердце из-за их долгой дружбы. Она показывает, что влюблена в Шейна. Дженни и Шейн вступают в отношения, которые Алиса обнаруживает и раскрывает их друзьям. Поведение Дженни становится более неустойчивым, чем обычно, и это настраивает ее друзей против нее. Шейн игнорирует просьбы друзей бросить Дженни, потому что она чувствует себя обязанной Дженни. Шейн начинает спать с Ники. Дженни говорит ей, что ей все равно, но заставляет ее чувствовать себя виноватой. У Шейна есть шанс встретиться с Молли, которая сообщает ей о письме, которое она дала Дженни. Шейн находит письмо на чердаке Дженни вместе со многими другими предметами, взятыми у их друзей, что побудило ее решить прекратить отношения с Дженни. На вечеринке Бетт и Тины Дженни находят мертвой в бассейне, покончившей с собой.

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После смерти Дженни каждый из персонажей допрашивается полицией на предмет их личных мотивов убийства Дженни. Хотя Шейн не может разглашать никакой информации, она признается, что сожгла Вакс сама, а не Пейдж. Поскольку записи изначально предназначались для того, чтобы Алиса была незаконно осуждена за убийство и послужила основой для отмененного тюремного сериала под названием Ферма с Алисой в главной роли и новым составом персонажей, каноничность содержание лент теперь неясно с производством The L Word: Generation Q, оставляя неизвестным, был ли это Шейн или Пейдж, которые сожгли Вакс дотла.

Слово L: Поколение Q

Спустя десять лет после смерти Дженни Шейн переезжает в Лос-Анджелес, где она воссоединяется с Бетт и Алисой. В диалоге выясняется, что она ранее открывала, но продавала парикмахерские в Париже и Нью-Йорке, а также купила дом в Лос-Анджелесе. Она также замужем за Квиарой, но они расстались. По настоянию Бетти и Алисы Шейн позволяет Саре Финли, одной из служащих Алисы, помочь ей собрать новую мебель. Финли не требует от Шейна услуги, а взамен Шейн позволяет Финли переехать к ней. После того, как кандидатуре Бетт на пост мэра угрожает один из ее предыдущих сексуальных скандалов, Шейн оказывает Бетт ее поддержку и изначально против того, чтобы Бетт появлялась в ток-шоу Алисы, чтобы объяснить свою точку зрения и вернуть веру людей, но уступает. В процессе у Шейна есть своя стюардесса на одну ночь из ее самолета в Лос-Анджелес. Позже, после игнорирования большей части сообщений Квиары, Шейну наконец-то отправляют документы о разводе. В состоянии депрессии она ходит в бар, которым управляют любовницы-лесбиянки Лена и Тесс. Она покупает его и превращает в местный гей-бар «Дана», отдавая Тесс и Лену главными. Шейн начинает романтические отношения с Леной, что означает, что Лена изменяет Тесс. Когда Тесс узнает, она расстается с Леной и злится на Шейна за измену со своей бывшей девушкой. Шейн наконец отвечает на текстовое сообщение от Квиары, ее бывшей жены. Позже Шейн празднует свое 40-летие, но не выглядит в восторге, особенно когда она наконец подписывает документы о разводе. Однако на вечеринке по случаю дня рождения Квиара присутствует, к шоку Шейна. Хотя Квиара знает, что Шейн расписался, она говорит Шейну, что беременна, и все еще хочет быть с Шейном, даже если это означает, что она будет нести единоличную ответственность за воспитание ребенка. Вместе со своими друзьями Шейн посещает школьный спектакль Анжелики и замечает, что Анжелика, похоже, влюблена в своего друга Джорди. Впоследствии она дает Анжелике совет, как признаться в своих чувствах, в результате чего Джорди возвращает их, и они оба целуются. Тронутый моментом, Шейн соглашается возобновить ее отношения с Квиарой и любезно просит Финли съехать. Позже Шейн идет с Квиарой, чтобы впервые услышать сердцебиение ребенка, но позже Шейн утверждает, что она не чувствовала никаких эмоций, что пугает ее, хотя Квиара уверяет ее, что все будет хорошо. Однако позже Квиара терпит выкидыш и теряет ребенка. Несмотря на опустошение для Квиары, Шейн выражает удивление, когда Квиара не горюет, и небрежно заявляет, что она будет оплодотворена снова как можно скорее, что привело Шейна к пониманию, что Квиара была оплодотворена только для того, чтобы заставить ее возобновить их отношения из-за обязательств и вины. Реакция Шейна приводит Квиару к мысли, что Шейн почувствовал облегчение после смерти ребенка. Понимая, что Шейн никогда по-настоящему не примет материнство, Квиара навсегда покидает Шейна и возвращает ей обручальное кольцо. В состоянии депрессии Шейн усыновляет бездомную собаку.

Прием

«Жительница шоу Лотарио, которая так сильно увлекается своими приятелями, нуждается в гигантской доске сухого стирания, чтобы отслеживать ее забавы. Возможно, самый смелый персонаж сериала, Шейн — жестокий и добродушный не амбициозный и спит с любой женщиной, которую захочет. Она не злая, только до следующей ночи ».

— Деннис Хенсли из« Адвоката »описывает Шейна. (2004)

Шейн фигурирует в списке AfterEllen «Топ-50 любимых героев женского телевидения». Их автор утверждал, что на земле не было женщины, которая могла бы противостоять «чарам жителя The L Word Лотарио». Далее заявляю, что Шейн «как ее культовая лохматка — ее нельзя приручить, и именно так она нам понравилась: дикая и свободная». Фергус Шил из The Age сказал, что Менниг показал звездный потенциал и становился «более уверенным и интересным с каждым эпизодом». Он добавил, что Шейн лучше всего справляется с «запутанными сексуальными проблемами». В то время как Гордон Фаррер из публикации заклеймил Шейна как «высокопосвященного андрогинного парикмахера». Корт из Advocate’s сказал, что Шейн была «классической женщиной-жеребцом шоу». Корт ранее описывал ее как «распутного» парикмахера, который «трахнул их и бросил», [который] оказался самым большим сердцеедом лесбиянок в первом сезоне ». Чарли Макколлум из The Charleston Gazette сказал, что Менниг показал «особенно убедительную игру» в роли «хищного Шейна, который любит секс, но ненавидит обязательства». Гейл Шистер из The Seattle Times высказала мнение, что Шейн был смоделирован по образцу «сексуального парикмахера Уоррена Битти » из фильма Шампунь и добавила, что «не подходит. отношения ».

Мэри Фоулк из About.com сказала, что Шейн и Чери« шипят »; добавляя, что их интимная сцена в бассейне «почти заставляет вас простить неверность» против Кармен.

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• Профиль персонажа на Showtime

Every TV show worth its salt has its heartthrob. In the noughties, Grey’s Anatomy had McDreamy, and later, McSteamy; The O.C. had angsty Ryan Atwood (and, for a more indie-inclined viewer, nebbish Seth Cohen). In 2004, Showtime debuted a series about a group of lesbians living (and, per the show’s theme song, laughing, and loving, and fucking) in Los Angeles called The L Word. This time, the heartthrob looked a little different.

While the nominal protagonist of The L Word was, at first, newly out writer Jenny Schechter (Mia Kirshner), the spiritual hero of the show was none other than aspiring hairstylist Shane McCutcheon (Kate Moennig), the only hardscrabble, non-lipstick lesbian on a show populated primarily by white, affluent femmes. When we first meet her in The L Word’s pilot episode, Shane is rumpled, cranky, and caffeine deprived, clad in a sleeveless vest and aviators, but her appeal is instantly obvious. “Whenever Shane walks into a room, somebody runs out crying,” her friend Bette (played by Jennifer Beals) observes.

Over the course of the series, Shane goes from the lesbian Don Juan of West Hollywood to an actual person with great loves, undeniable talent, and—most of all—friends she’d do anything for. One thing stayed true, though; when Shane appeared onscreen, tousle haired and sardonic, audiences (both queer and not) took notice.

The appeal of Shane has endured, still debated and appreciated in dorm rooms and lesbian bars across the world. Now, the woman who launched a thousand fan Tumblrs is poised to make a comeback alongside original characters Bette and Alice (Leisha Hailey) on The L Word: Generation Q, coming to Showtime on December 8. In honor of her return to the small screen, here is an oral history of Shane McCutcheon—according to the people responsible for bringing her to life, as well as the fans who loved her.

I. Finding Shane

Ilene Chaiken (co-creator, writer, and executive producer): Of all the characters, Shane was the one I had the most specific, visceral sense of. I knew Shane would be the hardest to cast, because not a lot of experienced, skilled actresses had the vibe of sexy and defiant androgyny that I wanted. In my mind, she always had dark hair, and the voice was the most important part; it couldn’t be some cool young woman who undercut it all with a girly voice.

Gary Levine (president of entertainment at Showtime): That original pilot shot of Shane in the vest, going around the hedges, has only gotten more iconic with time.

Kate Moennig (actor, Shane McCutcheon): I was living in New York when I received the pilot script, which was originally called Earthlings. I thought, What the hell is this? But I figured it out by page two. I met with the casting director, who put me on tape, and then they flew me to L.A. to read for it. One other girl was reading for Shane that day, and that was Leisha Hailey, who plays Alice. She had this comb in her back pocket, I saw it and thought, “Shit, I can’t believe she brought that, what a smart idea. I have nothing to play with in this scene.” That’s how we met for the first time, and long story short, she didn’t get it (laughs). I went into the room, auditioned, and soon we were shooting the pilot in Vancouver.

Chaiken: Kate was specifically and explicitly Shane. The straight, white, male network guy loved Leisha, and I did too, but not for Shane. We threw down, and I stood firm—“Trust me on this”—and we made the deal that we’d find something else for Leisha, who I wrote Alice for.

Jennifer Beals (actor, Bette Porter): The first time I met Kate, I was with my husband in an elevator at the Sutton Place in Vancouver. This incredibly beautiful, self-possessed, androgynous woman turned to me, and with this extraordinary voice asked me if I was on The L Word. We hadn’t yet begun shooting. I said, “Yes,” and asked her if she was on the show. She almost smiled, and said, “Yeah. I’m Kate.” The elevator doors opened. She said, “I’ll see you around,” and gave us the peace sign as the doors closed. We turned to one another and simultaneously said, “Shane.” Kate was always relaxed in her work. Witty. But the epitome of zen.

Leisha Hailey (actor, Shane’s friend Alice Piezsecki): I never imagined that when I met Kate in 2003 that we were starting a 17-year friendship. How lucky am I that I get to work with my best friend? Now we basically play alternate versions of Shane and Alice out in the real world. We pretty much see each other every day.

Sarah Shahi (actor, Carmen de la Pica Morales): My first day of filming was with Kate, and here’s how that went—“Sarah, this is Kate. Kate, this is Sarah. Sarah, in this scene, Kate’s gonna go down on you.” We both busted up laughing so hard. And the rest was history. And any time we had any love scenes, we really took care to cover the other up in our blocking. We were sisters. We still are.

II. Being Shane

Moennig: My father died a month after the show aired, so I wasn’t really in a place to pay attention [to the world’s response to Shane]. I was in my own world dealing with real life, and I had a delayed reaction. Shane was so much fun to play because she had such self-possession, and hopefully she gave people the privilege of being accepting of themselves as well—back in 2004, an androgynous female lead was harder to find. People didn’t really know what “androgynous” was.

Chaiken: I always had an idea of Shane as a savant: self-schooled on the street, coming from a difficult childhood. We really played with gender fluidity, and at times Shane could pass as a boy. We didn’t really use words like “nonbinary” in 2004, but it was always clear that Shane was not what we might think of today as nonbinary—she’s just androgynous. There’s a club scene in season one where Shane is all dressed up, with makeup on, and [director] Rose Troche said to me, “She goes through boy to do girl.”

Beals, on what the character of Shane meant to her: It’s like asking what Christmas means to me. It’s ineffable. Shane is the triumph of survival. She’s the triumph of authenticity over fashion.

Moennig, on Shane’s character arc: I thought the Carmen storyline was great, and I love Sarah Shahi to death. I loved working with Rosanna Arquette [who played Shane’s on-and-off flame Cherie Jaffe]—she is an absolute pleasure. The friendship with Mia Kirshner’s character, Jenny, started off in an interesting place, because they were two little misfits, but it really jumped the shark when they got together. It was a terrible idea, because they were friends, but I think the dynamic could have worked if there wasn’t a murder mystery plot in the final season that overshadowed everything.

Shahi, on the end of Carmen and Shane’s relationship: I only had a two-year contract to begin with, so I knew it had to come to an end. I was excited to do other things, but at the same time, The L Word, the girls, Ilene Chaiken—it was a dream job. Ilene has so much respect for actors and the process; I got spoiled on that show. I thought it would be like that in other jobs, and it wasn’t. And as far as our story line goes, I think creatively it was the most truthful choice. It was too early for Shane to settle down. There was no choice but for Carmen to get her heart broken.

Moennig, on Shane’s season 4 guardianship of her younger half brother, Shay: I came up with that brother storyline because after Shane dumps Carmen at the altar, I wanted her to have some level of redemption. Carmen was so loved by so many people, and that’s pretty unforgivable—I think it’s what was needed at the time to get Shane back on track. I don’t think her running around causing mayhem would have been terribly sympathetic or relatable.

III. Watching Shane

Chaiken: There was an L.A. club that screened new L Word episodes on Sundays and as the show became a phenomenon, everybody there had the Shane haircut, the fedora, the sleeveless vest. It was clear she was a style icon. Straight women talked about Shane, fell in love with her, saw her as a “gateway lesbian.”

Katie Heaney (author of the coming-out memoir Would You Rather): Shane caused a huge identity crisis for me. I was obsessed, and so attracted not just to Shane, but every character’s woman-centered life. I did some panicky research online, and saw all these things about Shane being a sort of universal plug for sexuality, and I decided she was just one of those people, and I was still at least 95% straight. I know now that a straight woman doesn’t do that much research on lesbians. It’s a little painful to think about now, because I wouldn’t really come out to myself for another seven years, but Shane planted a very slow-growing seed for me.

Riese Bernard (Autostraddle co-founder and CEO and host of the L Word podcast, “To L and Back”): Through the re-watch process [for Bernard’s podcast], I still obviously am attracted to Shane, but I notice other qualities about her: She’s a very loyal friend, she’s a lot more accepting of bisexual and trans folks than her peers are, she always puts her friends first, she’s very empathetic and caring. I also notice that I think she’s very clearly poly and should probably stop trying to be in monogamous relationships! It’s funny how they frame her as the girl who can’t commit, but she has more serious girlfriends throughout the series than anybody else does.

Jacqueline Toboni (actor, Sarah Finley, The L Word: Generation Q): Shane was the only non-femme main character, and seeing her have internal struggles that weren’t just about being gay was so important to queer kids. There was this split between, “Oh my God, I want to be her,” and, “Oh my God, I’m in love with her.” In the new show, Shane plays sort of a reluctant older sister to my character, which is a dynamic that happens with Shane a lot because she has such a big heart.

Hailey: In The L Word: Generation Q, Shane has a lot more responsibility on her shoulders, but at her core, she is still the same person and is forced to rise to the occasion.

Levine: One of our primary directives in the reboot was to honor and deepen the character of Shane, and Marja-Lewis Ryan, The L Word: Generation Q showrunner, worshipped the original but still has so many new things to say about the character.

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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