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This emotionally daring show centers not only on gay issues but a bit more to a relationship than sex… All the characters are complex but instantly likable…The nudity is not exhibited in a gratuitous manner, it is shown as part of the thoughts and feelings of the characters…

The main characters are:

Bette and Tina, a life partners who have been together for seven years… They have the best relationship of anybody gay or straight… They are about to do an incredibly major thing…

Into this mix comes Shane, a girl with short black hair who doesn't get involved with anybody; Alice, the bisexual writer who has one conviction that we're all connected through love, through loneliness, through one tiny, lamentable lapse in judgment; Dana who refuses to accept that whether you're gay, or you're straight, or you're bisexual, you just go with the flow; Jenny who has her world turned upside down when she met, at a party, the most stunning woman she had ever seen; Marina the owner of the little café who doesn't think she has done something wrong; and Kit, the lady with the flashing eyes, who has always wanted to have a place where musicians could come and jam and get much love...

As Bette, Jennifer Beals is a very well-rounded individual... She keeps replaying it over and over again in her head, just trying to figure out the exact moment when she could have stopped herself...

As Tina, Laurel Holloman gets the feeling from Bette that she's so proud to be with her, and she makes her feel really safe and loved…

As Shane, Katherine Moennig is amazing… She is an unattainable beauty who practices sex with no emotional entanglements...

As Alice, Leisha Hailey is constantly complaining about feeling sluggish… She ends up with the most complicated interpretation of sexual identity she's ever encountered…

Mia Kirshner gives the picture of togetherness and sanity to Jenny… She's beautiful and that compensates for a multitude of sins… While she is truly in love with Tim her increasing fascination with Marina permits her life to be wrecked with supposition…

Karina Lombard is definitely beautiful, sophisticated and hot as Marina… The really thing about her character is when she focuses on Jenny we truly feel that Jenny is the only human being that exists for her…

Erin Daniels knows that she is gay but is indecisive to reveal it…

Lolita Davidovitch is not exactly an innocent bystander… She tries to make others jealous in order to find the others desirable…

Rosanna Arquette never felt more alive than she has in the last 20 years of her life… But would she leave her husband, her child, her houses, her trips to Paris, her black-tie galas to run to some rank little love nest with a nice assistant hairdresser who barely has her foot in the door?

Much could be said about every character… Each actress takes on controversial subject while still injecting true different feelings

I was in anticipation of this show, ever since I heard of it way back in 2002. Finally, it pops up on the dish and I wasn't disappointed. You've got to love the insight of what goes on with these women's lives. It's good to see Jennifer Beals and Pam Grier working again, and to discover some fresh new (to me) faces that'll no doubt be noticed. The show was neither pornographic nor too talky. If the worry that straight men will watch this for their own "pleasure", then the more viewers the better, I say: keeps the show on the air. All sorts of people should appreciate this show, but some won't dig this, as 'to each his/her own'. I hope to own this series on DVD in the near future, and I hope this get a world-wide release rather than restricted to Showtime (hint, hint).

I think we often forget that The L Word was a groundbreaking show for its time. It was one of the first TV shows to focus on the lives and relationships of lesbian women (with the addition of other parts of the LGBTQ+ community). We watch each character navigate lovers, heartbreak, friendships, and careers. Regardless of whether you like the character or not, each actor portrayed their role in a uniquely original way. The L Word was never simple. Each character was complex, flawed, and passionate-traits we don't always see on TV. The show has some controversial moments, but it tackled issues that weren't fully understood at the time. Above all, The L Word provided representation for queer women that they had longed for.

The L Word is one of the most original shows I've ever seen. It's the only real lesbian show ever made. It's breaks down stereotypes, and shows you that not all lesbians are butch. It deals with real issues that lesbians have, but at the same time maintains its humor (some of the one liners are hilarious). It's not trying to be perfect or overly explicit (although the sex scenes are nowhere near self-conscious). The women on the show are all gorgeous and very talented. The acting is the most solid part of the show. Some of the characters show so much emotion with so little dialogue (like my personal favorite, Marina, played by Karina Lomabrd). The show has no limitations. Pretty much every boundary was crossed by the end of the first episode, and that's a good thing. This is by far my favorite show, and if you haven't seen it you really should. Gay or straight, you'll love it.

My only complaint is that Karina isn't coming back for season 2. Hopefully she'll be back for future seasons.

I think it's every bit as good as Mad Men. This series is a true delight. Intelligently written so viewers can learn about lesbians, and enjoy their funny and dramatic lives. They did a great job with this series. All the characters are interesting, and inspire viewers to go out and find a group of friends to share their lives together. No sense in giving it away with spoilers. Just watch the first season and you'll like it. It's easy to get attached to these friendly characters with community minded values. I've watched the entire series three times now, and I learn more every time I see it. It's now my favorite series of all time, simply because I feel better after watching it.

The show is perfection. Great characters, great acting, great plots, great concept, great production, great direction.

It is the only drama that I like so maybe I am biased but dang, this show deals with love, death, betrayal, sex, marriage, sexuality exquisitely.

My question is, how did Jennifer Beals become such a convincing lesbian? She is AMAZING IN IT. You're rooting for her despite all her flaws. A badass female lead that we have never seen before nor since. Absolutely spectacular.

These women can all act and I find that cosmic. A timeless classic that speaks to you at all stages of life.

As a lesbian viewer, some of the show is good, and some of it is extremely cringy. Some characters are great, others are terrible. Most of the relationships being shown are toxic and unhealthy, very few are decent and healthy. Tons of drama, so of course they have to have the toxic characters and relationships. This show can sometimes be funny, but I'm glad there's an LGBTQ show out there, even if most of it is very unrealistic. Honestly I wish the Jenny character never was in the show at all. Terrible!

The show is great. My biggest problem with it was who Jenny becomes as a character. By the end I absolutely hated her.

I can't believe this show aired from 2004-2009 only. I've managed to see the first 4 seasons so far. It's an amazing show. Simply amazing. I love all the characters even the antagonists. The acting is superb and it has a surprisingly high amount of comedy. I think the first 3 seasons were the strongest of the 6. I love this show. I can see why they decided to have a reboot. I'm just glad I decided to see this show for myself.... even if I am 12 years late....

After the hit of "Sex in the City", coming up with all sexual variation of that series is somewhat of an obvious development. The L Word is of course the female x female version of the Sex in the ...

American drama series has the highest quality in the world. It seems that they can take any topic, and turn them into glits, glamour, and humor of the highest quality. At the average cost of 7 million dollars an episode, this might not be so difficult as it out budgets most feature length movies from other countries. But still the churning machine that's Hollywood is an amazing pool of talents.

This series benefits from the deep pool of talents as well. The show is very entertaining.

The show has received much accolades already, and doesn't need another one, but if you've never seen this series, it's worth your time to check it out.

Network: Showtime; Genre: Drama; Content Rating: TV-MA (for nudity, simulated sex, graphic sexual dialog and profanity); Available: DVD; Classification: Modern Classic (star range: 1 - 5)

Seasons Reviewed: Complete Series (6 seasons)

Llene Chaiken's "The L Word" is an ensemble melodrama that plunges us into the world of a tight-nit group of lesbians including Bette (Jennifer Beals) and Tina (Laurel Holloman), a long-time couple trying to start a family, bi-sexual creator of "the chart" Alice (Leisha Hailey , inspired as the comic relief), grating, tortured newcomer Jenny (Mia Kirshner), sex-magnet and hair-stylist to the stars Shane (Katherine Moennig) and celebrity tennis player Dana Fairbanks (Erin Daniels). Once the show starts rolling, the characters sink their teeth into you and don't let go.

If HBO is the standard setter, Showtime has carved out a niche "answering" HBO. A niche series played so specifically to a sliver demographic it could only work on Showtime, "L" is a strong-fisted answer to "Sex and the City" - though different in every possible way. Stripping away the romanticized fairy tale of the relationship show, "Word" runs on pure, naked authenticity. While it lacks "Sex's" intellectual pontification, everything - everything - about "Word" feels real. A gay marriage coupled coupled with a gay divorce, the excitement of new love coupled with the misery of a cheating partner, and sex is sometimes a beautiful expression of companionship and sometimes a meaty, awkward, disgusting mess. "L" has a late night Showtime inclination to titillate, but often the sex scenes and plentiful gratuitous nudity are the dullest part. You don't need a man to ruin your life, these women make each other miserable all on their own. The dramatic outbursts are raw and, at their best, difficult to watch. The performances are precise and jump boldly and with full commitment through each flaming hoop and some sloppy writing.

In these PC times it is hard not to talk about a show like "L" without stepping into the middle of a political firestorm. In some ways the show brings this on, from a hyper-defensive title to some unnecessary posturing in its more manipulative story lines (a to-the-camera speech by Gloria Steinham is a low point). There is no mistaking that, "L" has an out-in-your-face feminist agenda to shake up and reshape the world's traditional norms with the questions posed by the simple existence of the characters. What defines a marriage? What defines sex? What is art? What defines a parent/grandparent? It is all fascinating stuff. A few years ago this all may have been mind-blowingly iconoclastic material, but now with homosexuality the new media sacred cow, "L" is given a free license to do whatever it wants.

The difference between this show and others is that it takes full advantage in exploring this fertile ground. It doesn't fall back on its identity, taking for granted an audience that is starved for intelligent entertainment, but explores and expands beyond the one-note characters of "Will & Grace" or simply identifiable caricatures of "Queer Eye". Instead it is a multi-layered tapestry playing like a little epic, spanning the lesbian experience. I won't say that "L" is going to "strike a civil rights blow" for "progressives", but I will say that its sliver demographic has never been so well spoken for and the show never stops going all out to entertain.

First and foremost a relationship series, "L"s characters open the door for some truly unique plot lines – such as Alice's relationship with a lesbian identified man, Dana's fiancé planning the first gay celebrity wedding out from under her and, the big season 1 question, Jenny's moral crisis over cheating on her male fiancé, Tim (Eric Mabius, given dignity few shows would allow), with another women. The weak link in the chain is Pam Grier as Bette's heterosexual sister Kit. The show about grinds to a halt when she appears to sing or whine about her alcoholism.

The production is beautiful all around. With a little imagination the show-runners have broken the restraints of the genre, as with the surreal sequences that evolve around Jenny's pretentious novels. The musical choice is always spot-on. The show is bathed in an atmospheric soundtrack (many remixes of the show's fun and boisterously embarrassing season 2 theme) and, minus that, the ambient noise of passing cars and motorcycles on the LA streets. "L" washes the audience in atmosphere.

The first season climaxes in a knock-down brawl between Bette and Tina the likes of which I've never seen. In "Liberally" Bette's battle with a fanatical Christian group is brought to a stirring climax. "Lonliest Number" takes the show into more surreal territory. The show's best moments are when it lightens up and just lets the characters have fun together. In "Let's Do It" the gang set up a sting to see if Dana's crush is on their team. "Looking Back" finds them on a trip to the Dina Shore Invitational and recounting "coming out stories". At the end of the day the show is elevated on the backs of the cast, their chemistry, and the honest crafting of these characters.

"L Word" could have coasted by on a lesbian theme, but it doesn't settle for doing anything easy and becomes so much more. After the 3rd season the quality goes downhill, stories are recycled, ending in a scattershot final season and one of the most ridiculous, mis-calculated messes of a series finale I've ever witnessed. Still, I'm the exact opposite of the demographic this narrow-cast series is going for and I can't get enough. The mark left by a great series is one that creates a world that you would want to live in, and "L" puts you right in its universe. "The L Word" is a soulful, addictive thing of beauty - often surreal, at times maddening - and a remarkable pure character drama.

* * * * / 5

No show I've ever seen even holds a candle to The L Word. I own all four seasons, I've watched all five, and I am now ready and waiting for the sixth.

The characters of this show are what make it so amazing. I even love the characters I hate, they're all just that good. The acting is just so beyond words.

And The L Word, more than anything, can make a straight woman feel that being straight is abnormal because they make being a lesbian so natural, something that it is. The combination of the raw, gritty reality if being human and the grace and poise of women achieves something that no other show has yet to achieve.

I don't even really know how to review this show because there's just too much to say. I will say, though, that the charm of this show is how apparent and deliberate the script is and how ballsy the story lines are. They aren't afraid to made the fans angry or upset because they know that they can redeem themselves, and make their decisions that were frowned upon in the beginning, the most memorable and heart-wrenching of the series.

This is a show for anyone and everyone over the age of 16. Just get past the very first episode.

There are very few TV series I've watched multiple times. This is one of them. It's just so much fun and engrossing to watch. I love all these characters, even though Jenny becomes this rather broken, self-destructive you want to hate. Though she's played so well by Mia Kirschner, you can't help but feel for her at times. This is a drama with ridiculously funny moments. I'm truly sad when I finish it. I just love this circle of friends and drama. And, yes, this is about lesbians. As a straight woman, here's what I see and think. You actually stop thinking about their sexual orientation and just watch these fun characters in realistic relationships. And all the mistakes made. Gay, straight, or indifferent, very good portrayal of all relationships. Really love this show, give it a shot.

What does the "L" stand for, again?

Now here is a show that could very easily have shared the same title and subject matter and been a cold, heartless exercise in exploiting the touchy area of female homosexuality. It could have easily piled on girl-on-girl sex in an effort to cater to the fantasies of under-sexed (or over-sexed) adolescent males. Though there is plenty of eye candy, to the callous heterosexual male point-of-view, "The L Word" goes deep into its own world and doesn't look back once.

Created by Ilene Chaiken, who I believe is a lesbian in real life, "The L Word" has quickly become something of a modern cult-classic on late-night Showtime fare, and is something that has filled in the void left by the unwanted departure of "Dead Like Me." It's been nearly 22 hours since I saw it last, and I kindly remember two women trying to reconcile their relationship following the birth of a child, and a visit from a bigoted social worker. As a straight black male in his early 20s, I won't pretend that some of what I see on "The L Word" isn't pleasing to my eyes, but I have matured beyond my lust for girl-on-girl interaction and I've found myself drawn into a universe that has diminished many of the stereotypes I've allowed to cloud my overall picture of lesbianism.

I've been made aware to the existence of the many prejudices that gay women have to face as well, being that I've been led to believe they had it easier than gay men. If anything from what I have gathered, they face just as many hardships (if not more) than men do. Also from what I have been able to gather about it, being a gay woman seems a lot more socially acceptable than being a gay man. (I just don't know.) But on the issue itself, who cares, really? They can't change who they are, just as we can't change who we are.

And the cast (what a cast!) of "The L Word" is filled with brave performers who know their stuff (some more than others, according to sources here and abroad) about female sexuality. Basically centering on the lives of a group of Los Angeles women (Jennifer Beals, Erin Daniels, Leisha Hailey, Laurel Holloman, Mia Kirshner, and Katherine Moennig), "The L Word" shows us the world they live in, their various romantic entanglements, and those who either support them or loathe them for who they are.

"The L Word" is brilliant entertainment not just for the ladies, the straight or homosexual and guys, but it's also for anyone with an open mind about such critical subject matter. With a lot of talk about homosexuality in the news and talk of immorality in the United States, where does it say that people deserve to be discriminated against for sexual orientation, and in an America where so much is wrong, what is truly right? In a society founded on the basis of love for one's fellow man or woman, we seem to have violated our own principles in the 20th and 21st centuries when we condemned those with lifestyles different than ours. But shows like "The L Word" and "Queer as Folk" opened doors for thoughtful debate on the issue and have succeeded in showing that the gay community is not a bunch of sexual deviants but real people, just like you and me.

Live life, love, and most importantly, live life and love.

This series about Lesbian life in LA started out well with a mix of interesting characters (Bette, Tina, Alice, Shane, Jenny, Kit, Marina) and a storyline that developed quite well over the first 4 Seasons, then it all went downhill. In the beginning the sex scenes were handled with sensitivity, but the introduction of new characters from S4 onwards and the way the plot that developed around Jenny was ridiculous. Intimate scenes became gratuitous and the storyline farcical. It was a chance to shine a spotlight on life in the LGBTQ community but a missed opportunity to be a great series. Over all, it was entertaining, but from Season 4 onwards the producers and writers lost the plot, literally.

im addicted my and my girlfriend bought all the seasons and are watching it for the second time. my favorite charitor is shane for sure i think shes abosutly beautiful, has major sex appeal. and alice shes funny as hell. this show is mainly about a group of friends that are lesbian, bi, or gay. its a lot more then just about lesbians though its about life and love heart break friends and relationships of all kinds. if your curious about lesbians watch it, as a lesbian id say it coveres it really well it shows major issues we face agaisnt all the people agaisnt gays. it shows these girls as people not just lesbains. it shows so much more then you would think by just reading the back. its something you have to start at the beginning.

I thought the show is at its best, when it don't force the issue on LA's gay community. Which made season 1 and 5, the best and most entertaining for me. This is where things don't get too stereotypical or « withdrawn ». It made the storyline more compelling and believable, even. Seasons 2 to 4, are a good mix of drama and comedy, and my personal view on L Word's golden years. Season 3 is the one I enjoyed less, and I thought Dana's death looked like a ploy to raise the ratings. I'm not like most viewers. I really liked season 6, and found the Jenny Schecter character, to be both intriguing and complex. And by far the least unbalanced woman of the series. The only problem is, she was the only one embracing her « crazy », so it didn't help making her sympathetic I guess. But she wasn't my favorite character either. Max, Helena, Tasha and even Carmen, were. Others like Shane, were pretty iconic, only not very likeable. So making them the true leads, kind of spoiled my fun sometimes. I can't stand Tina and Betty, by the way. The show also has a good set of interesting guests, and musical moments. So it's still up there with the best series of 2000s. I think you can see it as a « lesbian » Melrose Place. And it's not a criticism.

In my humble opinion, the L Word leaves much to be desired. First of all, the lesbians here are all very sleek-looking, and always dressed to-the-nines. Where are all the plainly dressed, overweight, average-looking, or senior citizen lesbians in this series? I mean c'mon! I realize that there are plenty of feminine, lip-stick lesbian sisters out there. And, I say that they should fully exercise their right to dress and act however they wish. But, the L Word is SATURATED with mainly high-femme lesbians with long, dark hair, and stunning out-fits. I know that they have Shane in this show, but she seems to be just a token butch. And Max is the show's token transman.

If the L Word truly wants to be representative of the lesbian community, then they should include more lesbians that are on the butch side, working-class, punk, poor, struggling entertainers and artists, etc. I know that LA is the glam-chic capital of the US. But it's also a major metropolis, with a rich variety of lesbians-NOT just up-scale high-femmes.

Another thing that bothers me about this show, is that they use too much gratuitous profanity. I know that most people do use some profanity in real life, but most of these characters use too much gutter language to be believable. It's as if the producers want to show how 'cool' this show is, by having the characters constantly spewing four-letter words.

They also have too many cheap, tawdry sex-scenes on this show. Yes, plenty of cheap, tawdry sex probably happens in the lesbian community. It's a long-standing myth, that most lesbians don't value plain old raw sex. Many (if not most) can, and do. But sex is definitely over-emphasized in the show. It's thrown in your face, in a manner so blatant, that it's obviously done only for shock-value. It doesn't enhance the plot-lines, and seems tacky and contrived.

We need a show on the air about lesbians from all segments of the community. And the L Word just isn't presenting that. This show is so lacking in depth, realistic characters, and taste, that it's mediocre at best.

I find it interesting that someone who only watched one episode could make such a broad statement of an entire season of episodes. I've watched the whole thing. It's more than worth watching a bunch of straight women (with the exclusion of, I believe, one or two of the actors) believably pull off a lesbian role. It's unabashedly a lesbian show. Written by, as I understand, mostly lesbian writers for a mostly lesbian audience. The lesbian community has been under represented for far too long. While there are some short comings in the script, the acting is hardly bad. In fact, it's the shows subtleties that give it the life it has. These are situations and representations of people who could exist in real life. As the show progresses, it is almost certain to be inclusive to most if not all lesbian life styles. Give it more than one episode, and try to watch it from beginning to end. As a 20 something lesbian myself, I find it a relief to have such an involved show with an excellent cast. You don't have to be a major name in acting to have talent worth watching!! On an end note, I wouldn't mind seeing the writers get into the possibility of an second generation homosexual character... just a thought.