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Season 6 – FINAL SEASON

Episode 4: “Leaving Los Angeles”

I want to talk a little about Max. His character has a very intense role in this series. I can NOT imagine the inner turmoil he is going through, especially being that Jenny is just so ignorant to what he is going through. His body is completely violating EVERYTHING he feels inside, and yet Jenny keeps telling him to ‘embrace motherhood’. UGH, I wanted to SLAP her. “why is she so sensitive?”, OMG, Jenny, seriously?! HE, Jenny…. HE!!! I really think she was totally out of line. It doesn’t take a fellow transgender to figure out that Max is NOT happy about being pregnant, nor does he like to be referred to as a mother or any other female or feminine term. Max identifies with being a man, not a woman. I mean, you could say that Jenny is straight, and she should embrace her straightness. She WAS with Tim for how long before even moving to LA, they were engaged for fuck sake. Who the hell is she to judge ANYONE? But on a different note, I’m concerned about what kind of parent Max will end up being. I mean take the hallway fight 2 episodes for instance. He just freaked out and kicked his boyfriend in the balls….how appropriate was that reaction? Just because you are a man, and angry, does NOT give you the right to abuse your partner! Granted, Max is experiencing things the average person wouldn’t experience, still doesn’t excuse his actions. I think the birthing teacher referred to Max as ‘the’, “…spread her legs apart, oh…I’m sorry, spread THE legs apart”, is a very honest reaction (1).

Obviously Max is a female, but wants to be referred to as a man. Do you expect average people in society to know how to talk to him? What to refer to him as? To not judge at all? Apparently this is a side of life that Tom cannot cope with. In his defense, he is a gay man. Having to deal with such feminine issues as lubing the vaginal canal for birth, is so far outside his comfort bubble and probably just disgusting in general. He was doing whatever he can to keep in touch with his gayness, out at the bar getting numbers from random men for instance. So I guess it wasn’t a surprise to anyone when Max woke up to find Tom had moved all his stuff out and left him. Now Max is facing the hardest thing in his life, and he has to do it alone. I only hope that someone from the group will step up and be there for him, (I’m thinking Kit for some reason) help him out with the birth, leading up to the birth, and of course the after. Maybe he will adopt the baby out. Since Tom left, there isn’t any family to speak of to raise this baby, just Angry Max.

Bette & Tina, I give them so much respect for being so out, and so together with their parenting. They make the most amazing parents sometimes. The little kisses, (2) Bette worrying about what to pack for a night…just so so cute. (I’m not sold on the Momma T and Momma B thing, there has GOT to be a better way to differentiate between both moms.) I think they handled themselves QUITE well for being discriminated against so cruelly and openly, and then asked to leave. For a moment there Bette was trying to explain things, she obviously didn’t get what was happening. (3) Tina picked it up right away. I know if it was my partner and I that were in that house, my partner would have LOST HER MIND! You could tell the pregnant girl was embarrassed about her parents actions and their words. When she came to the hotel later that night, to talk….Bette was totally ready to call it off. But that girl made one hell of a speech. I had tears in my eyes, it was beautiful. I think that girl is smarter than she or her parents give her credit for. She comes off as such white trash, not knowing about any of the fathers of her kids…the way she dresses and talks. But she amazed me, she really did. What she said about a baby boy being raised in a lesbian family and how beautiful it would be. But as great as this all seems, I keep coming back to this; if you were Tina, and there was the issue of your partner’s fidelity, would you be so willing to have another child with the partner in question? I mean, Bette is about to go into business with her old college roommate (who, BTW, she used to be in love with). (4) This spells disaster in large bold letters. I get that Bette is out of work, and the girl, Kelly, is made of money. And together Bette stands to make quite a lot of money, but I agree with Tina, I think she should have talked to her partner first before making a decision like that. Bette always seems to think that if she talks to Tina about something first, that shows some sort of weakness on her part. Like she needs to check with the boss first, but it really isn’t like that. It is a partnership, and a partnership works on trust and communication. Not to say that the partnership with college roommate Kelly is the smartest idea….but at least it was an idea to make a lot of money. But at the risk of being unfaithful, KNOWING she is still and probably always will be on probation for her last bout of infidelity, in my opinion just isn’t worth the money. And just a side note. The writers of The L Word want us to believe that Kelly and Bette were college roommates….but we have all seen Saved by the Bell and Flashdance…how can you EVER think that Jennifer Beals and Elizabeth Berkley are even CLOSE in age? Seems a little far fetched to me. NOT saying that Jennifer Beals is or looks old by any means (she is still sexy as hell, FAR sexier than Elizabeth Berkley), but it is a little hard to miss. Anyway, back to Bette and Tina. I understand that innocent flirting is ok, and couples can still thrive and be faithful even with flirting…but I think Tina lets Bette get away with too much. I would NOT be so calm about this, the whole working together thing. No way, NO MA’AM!! Innocent flirt in a bar-fine, or bump into an old friend flirt-fine…. Bump into your hot old college roomie that you had a crush on and almost killed yourself over-HELL NO!! I’d have to draw the line there.

Dylan, Dylan, Dylan….what are we gonna do with you? She just doesn’t know when to leave well enough alone. I can’t believe she manipulated Tina into meeting with her. And she is claiming not to be liar like before. But, wasn’t meeting with Tina under false pretenses, isn’t that lying?? ‘Helena is the love of my life’, STALKER MUCH!! Tasha, great friend that she is ripped up that nasty little business card. Which Helena, of course, sneaks off the table before it can be trashed. Of course she goes go over to Dylan’s house, of course she is going to have dinner with her, of course of course of course! Women are like that. Helena knows good and well that Dylan is no good for her, I mean she cheated her out of EVERYTHING!! Then claimed that she is straight and left with her boyfriend….just to come back on the scene as a lesbian screen writer, give me a break! But apparently Helena is sill stuck on her (they did have a VERY hot sex scene, LOTS of passion), and that can only end badly. Dylan doesn’t seem to know what she is doing, and neither does Helena. Helena is doing real well for herself right now. She has gotten herself together, owns HIT and The Planet (but where are her kids again???)…and could loose it all if history repeats itself, as history tends to do. But do have to say, from Helena’s expression (5) while she was talking to Dylan, it looked like she was horrified with herself for actually being at Dylan’s house, let alone telling her to meet her for dinner. Helena actually seems a bit out of control of herself. Which to me is CRAZY, Helena always seems like she is in control of herself. This just didn’t seem like her….I kinda like it. The bit of roughness at the club, the freak out outside HIT, Helena is a rough rider, LOL! If they do get back together, I will tell you this, that will be a passionate relationship. Or maybe it will be just the sex that is passionate, and the relationship part will fizzle out. Honestly, can you ever really forgive someone who has burned you so bad in the past? Can someone change so drastically that they deserve a second chance just because they started coming around town again and throwing apologies around? I would think not….but then again….this IS Showtime after all

I do like the idea that Alice has of setting Helena up, but who in their right mind actually LIKES being set up? Especially with a person that it seems both Alice AND Tasha have a little crush on. The vibe on that double date was intense. Both Alice and Tasha were all over that Jamie chick. (6) I mean she is cute and everything, but Alice and Tasha are my favorite couple! Not sure what is happening there, but Shane seems to be catching onto it as well. How can you not, Tasha and Alice get all googly eyed when they talk about Jamie, all smiles and sunshine and shit. It’s crazy. Both want to talk to her, both want to hang out with her….it’s just to weird. And they wonder why Helena bailed as soon as she could, I would have too!

‘Clutter Clearing’ Has anyone ever Clutter Cleared as a away to remove old unwanted memories? I understand the concept of clearing out old stuff that hold bad memories…but I DON’T think that clearing clothes out of your closet will erase or clear bad memories from your life or release the crazy you have in your head. Especially to clear someone ELSE’S closet. Take Shane for instance, trying to clear stuff out of Jenny’s closet, and Jenny finding excuses why she can’t throw this out, or that out. ‘That reminds me of my first love, I can’t get rid of that’. LOL. I think it was sweet that Shane wouldn’t get rid of her ‘Carmen’ clothes, made me smile. Her face just softened a little at the mention on Carmen. (7) I also think it’s cute she laid down some ‘Carmen Rules’ to Jenny. Jenny is trying to change Shane into something faithful that Shane will never be. I still have high hopes that Carmen will pop her beautiful face up, maybe the series finalé At least then we would be able to get past the Shenny stage. Ugh, they are so annoying. It is too funny to see other people’s reactions when Jenny and Shane come in the room. (8) Like Alice at the Spanish restaurant, she was so annoyed with Shane for telling Jenny to tag along. I am seeing more and more that most of the characters on the show just do not like Jenny, not that I blame them….but still. Even Shane I think is getting taste of who Jenny really is. Not the friend part of Jenny, but the ‘Crazy Jenny Show’ part. Jenny wanted an office, Jenny and Shane are sleeping together…therefore one bedroom is open for whatever Jenny wants. Like an office. So is so so so crazy sometimes.

I am really starting to wonder who actually kills Jenny, or if Jenny just kills herself and it looks like someone else did it. I am still wondering what happened with Adele? What is going on with the missing movie negative? We have 4 episodes left and there are so many story lines going. Like the construction on TiBet’s house. Max’s pregnancy. Alice’s screenplay. Jenny’s screenplay. The weird crush thing with Alice and Tasha and Jamie. Do Alice and Tasha break up? Does Bette cheat again? Do they adopt the baby? Kit and the Drag Queen, will they get together, or won’t they? I was hoping this final season would wrap things up nicely, but it doesn’t seem to be going that way. Looks and feels like we are in for a few cliff hangers…

Only 4 more episodes left…

CHEERS!!