The L Word, week 2

You know all the things that irritated me last week about this show? Well they're back this week with a vengeance. That's not quite true. The lesbian couple didn't bring a man into their bed this week but did give a holier than thou speech on how monogamy isn't just a theory because some people, like them, actually practice it. Apparently it doesn't count as being non-monogamous if you do it together or if it's with a man or if you don't actually do "it" because he figures out you're just using him. Big whatever to that one. However I'm really annoyed with the whole lesbian couple thing because while they irritated me greatly because of the whole "desperate for a baby" move, Jennifer Beals is really, really hot. And when she and the blonde chick get physical, well lets just say it's really nice having lesbian eye candy.

But back to annoyances. When confronted about sleeping with the straight chick (who is now engaged) the predatory lesbian said with an absolute straight face "I didn't do anything wrong." So I'm not really sure what that message is. Like it's ok to sleep with a straight girl because cheating on her boyfriend doesn't really count if it's with a woman. Or it's ok to sleep with the straight girl because you're "turning" her gay and then you'll get your free toaster. Or cheating doesn't matter because it just doesn't. Not sure about that message at all. In any case predatory lesbian is playing mind games with both the straight girl and the boyfriend. Straight girl is completely falling for the lesbian and will soon enough break the boyfriend's heart (either by leaving him or by him finding out you slept with predatory lesbian). Whatever.

Now onto my favorite part of the show. The part where they imply that sexuality is "fluid" and compromisable (don't know if that's a word but it fits if it is). This week they said "Screw implying! Let's just say it!" And so they did. The very, very skinny lesbian who sleeps with just about every woman she comes across said "Sexuality is fluid." Then somebody said "Straight girls are straight until they aren't" and then conversely "or they're gay until they aren't." I'd go on and on about how unamused I am about this and how insulting it is to me that they continually imply that who I am (and who your are) is so easily changed or forgotten but I'd just give myself a migraine.

Instead I would like to fuss about how winkwink nudgenudge things aren't really funny or cute when you make them obvious and obnoxious. Like for example having Melissa Etheridge's girlfriend wear a Melissa Etheridge t-shirt while playing a jilted lover turned stalker who is playing a guitar.

What really irritates me most about this show though is how they give me just enough good stuff to keep me interested, enough to make me nauseous but not throwing up. The lesbian couple, when not desperate for a baby, are terribly cute and sweet together. Lesbian sex where no one has long nails or is wearing high heels is fantastic. Sweet lesbian flirting when you're feeling someone out to find out if they're gay or not is cute. All that stuff is really fantastic and unavailable anywhere else on tv. But the rest of it sucks and I want to beat the lesbians who are making it over the head with a stick.

But still I'm watching so I can bitch about it.