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#304: "LIGHT MY FIRE " by Pam Cole The random act continues building the chart from the previous episode, adding its first man. Agatha, previously a nun, joins a religious group that promises to cure her homosexuality. Only their cure involves making sure a man is involved in the sex act; they think God isn't as offended by lesbian sex as gay male sex, and three-ways are perfectly acceptable. Tina and Bette totally switch roles as Tina becomes the breadwinner and Bette becomes the housewife. Tina starts her new job at Helena's film studio and Bette stays home with Angelica (and picks up Tina's dry cleaning). Carmen is invited to DJ for a Russell Simmons party, but it is on the same night as Shane's opening party at WAX. Carmen is conflicted but Shane encourages her to take the gig because it is such a big opportunity. Billie Jean King interviews Dana on television in what turns out to be an embarrassing mutual admiration party. Dana is playing in a big tennis match, and the whole gang watches her play on television. She seems to falter near the end, leaning on her racket and looking sick, but she guts it out and wins the tournament. Afterwards she gives Lara a BIG long kiss on television while everyone, including Alice watches. Jenny has taken a job at The Planet as a waitress (after dramatically burning her novel page by page in disgust) and Moira comes to work with her on her first day. Billie thinks Moira is a good-looking guy and starts to hit on him until he learns that Moira is a girl. He takes a liking to Moira anyway and invites she and Jenny to a party at his house, which turns out to be a party of transsexuals. Billie (trying to play nice guy but who could trust him in that "Drug Dealer" T-shirt) assumes that Moira is in some kind of gender crisis and asks her if she goes by any other name, to which Jenny replies that Moira sometimes calls herself "Max." Later Moira admits that she has thought about becoming a man since ever she was a child. Julia Lourd, the woman involved with Bette's art exhibit, "The Art of Dissent," hurt her back surfing and can't go to the Senate Congressional Hearing in Washington, DC, so Bette has to fill in for her. Tina is upset that Bette is leaving on such short notice and that the baby will have to stay with a babysitter for the third night in a row. She is impressed, however, that Bette is meeting with Sen. Grisham, who is rumored to be a lesbian. Tina talks about how she thinks Sen. Grisham is "hot" because she has so much power. (Hmmm. That's a clue if I ever heard one about the trouble between Tina and Bette.) Twice Bette tells Tina that she will miss her while she's gone, and Tina never responds. At the Senate Committee hearing, a Sen. "Horsey" sets fire to a picture of "The Art of Dissent" calling it "unpatriotic filth," which sets Bette on fire as she rips the burning page from his hand and stomps out the flame with her spiked high-heel in the senate chamber. She then reams the senators about how they should be ashamed of themselves for their unpatriotic acts of cutting funding for the arts while ignoring abject poverty, the failure of our education system, and real desperation. (She also mentioned something about a president who tells lies as justification for going to war.) In doing so, she catches Sen. Grisham's wandering eye, who chases Bette down as she storms out of the Congressional hearing and invites her to a cocktail party that night. Bette is reluctant, wanting to come home to LA, but the Senator insists. Later she takes Bette back to her own apartment and makes a pass at her. Bette turns her down, and then calls Tina to explain the situation she is in--part of some arrangement they have made at some time. She wants Tina to tell her not to sleep with Sen. Grisham, but Tina tells her to do whatever she wants to do. Bette, who must have learned her lesson about sleeping around, leaves the apartment without having sex with the senator. Alice is having trouble with her radio show. She can't come up with anything to talk about except Dana. Somehow she gets onto the idea of Bush's dick and has a really funny monologue about how we should know as much about Bush's Dick as we did Clinton's dick. Her boss gets angry about it and holds up a sign that says "You are dead to me." Tina and Helena go to a documentary screening and meet Dylan, a filmmaker that Helena immediately has eyes for. Helena goes off into her old "let me make your dreams come true and manipulate you however I like" spin, before she realizes that Dylan is there with her boyfriend. Angus and Kit baby-sit Angelica (for the third night in a row, I guess) and Angus makes a pass at Kit after he puts Angelica to bed. Kit resists because she thinks Angus is "a child." He spends the rest of the evening trying to convince her that he is right for her. Everybody goes to Shane's big opening party at WAX. Moira shows up in a suit dressed like a man, which everyone really likes. Even Carmen shows up, with Russell Simmons in tow. Alice and Dana continue to patch up their friendship in an awkward conversation where Alice congratulates Dana for winning the tennis tournament and Lara for getting kissed on national TV. The episode ends with everyone dancing to a mix Carmen put together for Shane.
Alan Cumming
As we roll into Episode 304, things get interesting for our heroines and restless for our viewers as we build towards an absolution. Do we get it this week? Eh...not really, but we get more buildup and plenty of songs, so let's get to it. C'mon baby, light my fire... Madrid Tierra - Del Fuego. At the Planet as Kit, Carmen and Shane chat. Othello 9 - Saturn. At the Planet, as Nightcrawler gives Bette a zinger and notices Moira as a "he." I'm sensing a theme here... Madrid - Wondres. Plays at the Planet as Nightcrawler chats with Moira. Carole Pope - Transcend. Carmen cleans the kitchen as she gets acclimated with Life With Moira. Moira appears to leave behind the kinda messes that I do at home and I can definetly relate to being lakadaisical with stuff at times. Othello 9 - Let It Ride. Plays as Jenny and Moira/Maxx arrive at Nightcrawler's party. On a sidenote, between Ivan, Benjamin and Angus it's a wonder that Kit hasn't regressed back to the bottle. Tribe 8 - Junkyard Dog. Plays at the Wax place with skateboards as Shane and Carmen are about to watch Dana play tennis. Wait...Dana play tennis??? For about the 2nd time ever on the show??? It's like history, man. By the way, I don't care what reality this is, 2 people start kissing like that on TV and the commentator's gonna stop talking about the match. Hell, I can see Pardon The Interruption going miles with that if it were to happen in real life. Tra La La - All Fired Up. I like this song. Plays at the radio station as Alice self destructs in a way that makes a radio person like myself proud. Ember Swift - Est Elle La. Plays as Jenny and Moira discuss Moira being an outsider. It's Francois and all that. Le Tigre - Nanny Nanny Boo Boo. LE TIGRE!!! Hell yeah. Plays at Wax for Shane's Big Party. Dana's congratulated for her big win. As for the song, it's Le Tigre! So ya damn right it's good. Julie Doiran - Faites De Beaux Reves. Senator Boxer...er...Grisham tries to seduce Bette. Sorry, Barbara. Bette digs carpenters for extra curricular activities, though if you got a nice wall...let's move on. The Gossip - Standing In The Way Of Control (Le Tigre remix). More good time fun at the Wax as Shane shaves hair into an artform. Good music, so find it and play it loud. Catlow - The Weekend. I'm beginning to like Catlow more and more. At the Wax which has apparently become like the Planet as it's a music hub. The Pretenders - Message Of Love (EZ remix). Russell Simmons is
in the house as Carmen plays this. It's a Pretenders song that's been
EZ-fied! Catchy. So we end with people dancing and enjoying themselves.
Well good for them! Break The Trend Radio Nowhere To Go Radio: All Women, All Day The Broad & Cast Network
Creative Consultant ADAM RAPP
SHO.com: Dana gets the results of her biopsy and hears the "c word;" Alice meets Uta, a lesbian vampire at "Bisexual Speed-Dating; Bette accidentally discovers something disturbing in Tina's online chat room; ex-flame Cherie drops into WAX and Shane's chair; Jenny gets word that a publisher is interested in her work and tries to be supportive with Moira's transition to Max. TVGuide.com: Tina develops an attraction to men; Bette tries Buddhism and gets good news on the work front; Alice and Kit meet a lesbian vampire and Angelica's nanny (Dallas Roberts) at speed-dating; Dana gets bad news on the health front; Helena woos a documentary filmmaker (Alexandra Hedison); Moira goes out as a man; Shane's ex (Rosanna Arquette) drops in. TV.com: As Tina finds herself attracted to men, Bette explores Buddhism and also hears good news on the work front. Both Alice and Kit try out speed-dating; Kit with Angelica's male nanny Angus and Alice with a lesbian vampire. Meanwhile, Dana receives devastating news about her illness, Helena pursues documentarist Dylan Moreland, Moira goes out as Max, and Shane's ex drops by to see her.
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