The L Word

'The L Word' follows the lives and loves of a group of lesbian friends living in Los Angeles. The main character, Jenny, is a recent graduate of the University of Chicago, who moves to Los Angeles to live with her boyfriend Tim and begin a professional writing career. Jenny's life is turned upside down when she attends a party hosted by Tim's next-door neighbors, Bette and Tina, a lesbian couple who are about to take the step into parenthood after being together for seven years. A brief encounter at the party with Marina, the owner of the local coffeehouse, suddenly has Jenny thrust into a whole new world that makes her question her own sexual orientation. Other friends of Bette and Tina include Dana, a professional tennis player who is shy but eager to meet the right woman; Alice, a magazine writer who has a brief relationship with a self-identified "lesbian" man; and Shane, a hairstylist who can't stick to just one woman, and Kit, Bette's half sister who struggles with alcoholism.

Cast

• Jennifer Beals
• Laurel Holloman
• Mia Kirshner
• Leisha Hailey
• Erin Daniels
• Katherine Moennig
• Rachel Shelley
• Pam Grier
• Daniela Sea
• Marlee Matlin
• Rose Rollins
• Dallas Roberts
• Karina Lombard
• Eric Mabius
• Sarah Shahi
• Janina Gavankar
• Eric Lively

• Season 1
• Episode 1: Pilot
  Dr. Wilson: All right, I'm going to take a look at this and while I'm gone, well, you remember how I...
• Episode 2: Let's Do It
  Dana: [after seeing an exchange between Jenny and Marina] I thought Jenny was straight.::Alice: Dana...
• Episode 3: Longing
  [after Alice tells Gabby off exactly as Bette and Tina told her to]::Gabby Deveaux: Emotional crippl...
• Episode 4: Lies, Lies, Lies
  [Jenny is writing. Scenes from the party are intercut with a hallucination of her English professor ...
• Episode 5: Lawfully
  Alice: [to Shane after finding out that her mom, Lenore, kissed Shane] Hey, sorry you got Lenored!...
• Episode 6: Losing It
  [repeatedly during a poker game at Bette and Tina's]::Shane McCutcheon: Liquor in the front. Poker i...
• Episode 7: L'Ennui
  Shane: Guys, my cousins did this for my uncle Bill and he hasn't had a drop to drink since they put ...
• Episode 8: Listen Up
  Bette: [voiceover at her and Tina's support group] What's happening to me?... Am I just panicking?.....
• Episode 9: Luck, Next Time
  [Kit and female dancers are filming a music video in hoochie outfits]::Bette: Shit. I feel like I di...
• Episode 10: Liberally
  Dana: You know, Al, just 'cause you're riding the big fat weenie doesn't mean there's something wron...
• Episode 11: Looking Back
  Bette prepares for the gallery's 'Provocations' show and hires Candace, an attractive female contrac...
• Episode 12: Locked Up
  The role of Ivan Aycock was originally intended for 'k.d. lang' (qv). But this was decided against b...
• Episode 13: Limb from Limb
  Alice: [Seeing Dana and Tonya dressed alike] "What is with the twin thing? Are they merging already?...
• Season 2
• Episode 1: Life, Loss, Leaving
  Alice: This coffee tastes like poopie-shit! Where's Marina?...
• Episode 2: Lap Dance
  Tonya: [Dana and Tonya have gone to see Dana's parents to get their blessing for the wedding] Sharon...
• Episode 3: Loneliest Number
  Jenny Schecter: How are you?::Bette Porter: How were you when your life fell apart?::Jenny Schecter:...
• Episode 4: Lynch Pin
  Bette travels to New York on business to ask for continued funding for the California Art Center fro...
• Episode 5: Labyrinth
  [Tina hasn't told Bette about the baby]::Alice: I mean, she's GOTTA know. Is she fucking blind?...
• Episode 6: Lagrimas de Oro
  [Bette and Tina are talking on the phone]::Bette Porter: And you know who's responsible for this? Yo...
• Episode 7: Luminous
  Shane tries to dull her pain by a day at a health spa with Veronica in the hopes that she can forget...
• Episode 8: Loyal
  When Alice tries to catch up on her latest journalism assignment, she accidentally runs into her ex,...
• Episode 9: Late, Later, Latent
  [on admitting that he is gay]::Burr Connor: I am a card carrying member of the Cock-Sucker's Club....
• Episode 10: Land Ahoy
  Alice: [whispering in Dana's ear] I want you to fuck me really hard with a strap-on....
• Episode 11: Loud & Proud
  [after Tina tells her she wants to start seeing Bette again]::Helena Peabody: [condescendingly] Oh, ...
• Episode 12: L'Chaim
  Shane: That's the cycle of life. We start out eating baby food and wearing a diaper and we go out th...
• Episode 13: Lacuna
  Shane: [laughs] I like a girl with ambition.::Carmen de la Pica Morales: [also laughs] Fuck you!::Sh...
• Season 3
• Episode 1: Labia Majora
  Jenny: Are you thinking about having sex with me right now?::Moira: It's crossed my mind......
• Episode 2: Lost Weekend
  Alice Pieszecki: [to a little kid at Angelica's birthday party] Hi there, who are you?::Roland: I'm ...
• Episode 3: Lobsters
  Carmen de la Pica Morales: [snickering, to Shane] Big butch: go unload the truck.::Moira: [tosses ba...
• Episode 4: Light My Fire
  Bette Porter: I'm trying to meet with Barbara Grisham tomorrow before the hearings.::Tina Kennard: S...
• Episode 5: Lifeline
  Alice Pieszecki: What do you teach?::Uta Refson: I'm a vamperologist. I teach a course on the queer ...
• Episode 6: Lifesize
  Carmen de la Pica Morales: ...Are you jealous? [talking about Carmen flirting with guys in her DJ-bo...
• Episode 7: Lonestar
  Tina takes a business trip to Vancouver, Canada to a movie shoot location and has a chance to explor...
• Episode 8: Latecomer
  Alice: Where's Carmen?::Shane: Ugh, I'm in the shithouse.::Alice: Why?::Shane: Carmen had a dream th...
• Episode 9: Lead, Follow, or Get Out of the Way
  [after Tina slept with a man]::Bette: You no longer have the privileges of being my life partner!::T...
• Episode 10: Losing the Light
  [after finding out about Max's past as Moira]::Tim Haspel: [to his wife] Next thing you know, she'll...
• Episode 11: Last Dance
  [at Dana's funeral]::Priest: How unfortunate it is that she died before finding herself a husband an...
• Episode 12: Left Hand of the Goddess
  Six weeks after Dana's death with everyone still grieving over the loss of their friend, Helena take...
• Season 4
• Episode 1: Legend in the Making
  Bette Porter: [at Joyce Wichnia's office] Tina's not qualified to parent a biracial child.::Tina Ken...
• Episode 2: Livin' La Vida Loca
  [first lines]::Imposter Papi #1: [to Alice] Alice. Alice, over here. Alice? Alice right? From the ra...
• Episode 3: Lassoed
  [first lines]::Jenny Schecter: Stacey! Stacey!...
• Episode 4: Layup
  Bette Porter: [Papi is trash-talking Bette while they are playing basketball against each other] Who...
• Episode 5: Lez Girls
  Alice: Right, right. Oh, wait, he's talking to me! So weird. Huh?... What?... OK, I'll tell her. He ...
• Episode 6: Luck Be a Lady
  Control freak Bette enjoys her new romance with Jodi while at the same time, she clashes with Tina o...
• Episode 7: Lesson Number One
  [Talking over whether Helena should have sex to erase her gambling debt, and whether she'd feel like...
• Episode 8: Lexington and Concord
  A heated argument over politics as well as the issue of race turns into passion for both Alice and T...
• Episode 9: Lacy Lilting Lyrics
  Jodi: [to Bette] Yes, I fucked her. But it didn't work. Every time I looked at her, my head filled w...
• Episode 10: Little Boy Blue
  [in Sign Language; subtitled]::Jodi: Hello, Amy.::Amy: "Hello, Amy?"::Jodi: Let me call you at home....
• Episode 11: Literary License to Kill
  In aftermath of the disastrous get-together dinner, Bette finds out that Jodi has been offered a job...
• Episode 12: Long Time Coming
  [Jenny barges in on a meeting she was deliberately left out of]::Tina Kennard: Oh Jenny, we thought ...
• Season 5
• Episode 1: LGB Tease
  Shane aborts her plans to move in with Paige to help raise her son when she falls back into old habi...
• Episode 2: Look Out, Here They Come!
  Tina's obvious, lingering affection for Bette affects her dating prospects. Jenny lands Shane a last...
• Episode 3: Lady of the Lake
  Tina Kennard: Speaking of freakish, look at Jenny's new assistant.::Alice Pieszecki: Well, you kind ...
• Episode 4: Let's Get This Party Started
  Bette's jealousy over Tina's new girlfriend is the probable cause of a surprising moment. Meanwhile,...
• Episode 5: Lookin' at You, Kid
  Alice Pieszecki: Why is my life supposed to stop because you want to live in a fucking closet? I did...
• Episode 6: Lights! Camera! Action!
  Jenny Schecter: So this is what I want you to do. Ok, so you're going to look at her and you're goin...
• Episode 7: Lesbians Gone Wild
  Bette Porter: So which side of the bed is Nina's?::Tina Kennard: I don't know. Um. [gets up and stan...
• Episode 8: Lay Down the Law
  Jodi Lerner: Maybe she's a spaghetti girl. Straight until wet....
• Episode 9: Liquid Heat
  This episode has the largest amount of sex scenes in the same time: Bette-Tina, Tasha-Alice, Shane-M...
• Episode 10: Lifecycle
  Molly Kroll: I've never flown to the Pacific North-West to chase a girl I barely know, and I'm here,...
• Episode 11: Lunar Cycle
  After the revelation at the Pink Ride, Jodi vows to fight for Bette. But a talk between Bette and Jo...
• Episode 12: Loyal and True
  [last lines]::Jenny Schecter: [to Shane] You know what? It's the ultimate betrayal. You've broken my...
• Season 6
• Episode 1: Long Night's Journey Into Day
  Bette Porter: Poor Shane.::Tina Kennard: Fuck that! I wouldn't blame Jenny if she never spoke to Sha...
• Episode 2: Least Likely
  [Helena attacks Dylan in the parking lot outside the nightclub]::Helena Peabody: I don't give a fuck...
• Episode 3: LMFAO
  Before Shane leaves the house for work, Jenny asks her if she's going to do 'Patrick Dempsey (I)' (q...
• Episode 4: Leaving Los Angeles
  Dylan approaches Tina to ask for her help to get back together with Helena. But the rest of the girl...
• Episode 5: Litmus Test
  When Tasha, Alice and Jamie are sitting and looking at Alice's photo album, the baby photos are real...
• Episode 6: Lactose Intolerant
  Alice: [as Bette is describing a stroller that seemingly does everything] Does it do the dishes?::Be...
• Episode 7: Last Couple Standing
  The girls partake in the annual 24-hour Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Center's dance marathon at Hit! wi...
• Episode 8: Last Word
  In the series finale, a celebration of friendship ends in disaster. Alice tells Tasha that if she wa...

• Lyrics: play full screen play karaoke
• THE "L" WORD - Earth Wind And Fire

Maurice White, Jon Lind, Nicky Brown & Allee Willis
I climb in bed
She's distracted
Flipping pages
Asking for the matches
Cigarette smoke hangs
Just like a curtain
That makes me wonder
Is her love for certain?
I see the truth now
She gave me the blues today
She turns the lights out
Whenever I want to play
Chorus:
(L.O.V.E.) She don't get the message
All I ever wanted was your love
All I ever wanted was your love
Our love is dyin'
On the cold sheets
My body aching
To warm a heart with no heat
Just a whisper
Of the ";L"; word
Makes her shiver
She touches love with cold feet
In her heart lies the naked truth
I could use today
She turns the lights out
Before my heart can say...
Chorus
Bridge:
L's the word that I heard
From your lips, your hips, your fingertips
L's the word in the wind
Love has touched my heart again
L's the word to be heart
From your lips, your hips, your fingertips
Chorus
Bridge
Vamp 1:
(L.O.V.E.)
Vamp 2:
(L.O.V.E.)
(L's the word that I heard)
(L's the word that I heard)
(L's the word that I heard)
(L's the word that I heard)
(from your lips, your hips, your fingertips)
(from your lips, your hips, your fingertips)
Vamp