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Editorial by Gennie88
I've been an enthusiastic fan of the L-word since it premiered
in 2004 and have merrily ignored the story inconsistencies, odd
episode openers, bad music and the addition of unnecessary peripheral
characters (Mark from s2 much?). I have kept with the show and continued
applauding it for all of its positives. Great core cast, offbeat
humor, it's tackling of controversial and important LGBT issues,
and interesting story lines. However my initial and continued reaction
to episodes 1 and 2 of season 3 was, "This has just become
yet another trashy, superficial, soap...what happened to the writing?"
After last years lackluster season finale I expected the show to
tie up some loose ends and resolve some story arcs. Instead, all
we get are plot twists that are just "shock value, shock value,
drama vehicle". For example, Alice and Dana's relationship
was a story line that progressed from the end of season one and
continued throughout all of season 2 and now suddenly without any
rationale or explanation it's just over. Are we honestly expected
to believe that Dana, who was head over heels in love with Alice
and her best friend to boot, would just suddenly leave a generally
happy relationship to go be with her ex, and the only reasoning
for this was move was "closure"? If you couldn't deliver
detail at least give us a general idea of what happened L-Word writers.
And trying to temper out Alice's pathetic creepy stalker behavior
with humor is just not working for me. Yes, granted Alice has always
been a character that was insecure and generally clingy in relationships,
but a car chase, Dana shrine, and spying are just too much. What
happened to the crazy, fun and charmingly awkward Alice that we've
all come to know and love?
Another confusing and random change was Helena's character. Why
would she suddenly be such close friends with Alice? Where and when
in season 2 did the two have any real interaction? And why has her
character suddenly taken a 180 and completely morphed into a nicer,
gentler Helena? Is she really the one on meds and not Alice?
While it's refreshing to finally see a real butch on the show,
her character still just seems dull to me and I feel like she was
only chosen because she fit the bill physically. Her integration
into the show so far seems pretty odd to me and bit a awkward and
I'm going to see if the show handles her introduction to the rest
of the cast any better.
My final impressions of season 3 were that while the characters
may have retained some of the personalities that made them near
and dear to their fans, it just seems like to me that a lot of the
show's initial atmosphere and character has been lost and instead
a lot of zany story twists are being substituted to titillate the
audience. It just seems like it's a totally different show that
is just using badly impersonated characters.
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