L Word-Exciting

kellylife · July 19, 2010

The third season of theL Word picks right up with allthe excitement, romance, and sexual tension of the previous seasons. Alice is struggling to get over the loss of her best friend andher lover while Dana moves on with Lara. One of the biggest turns of the seasoncomes when Dana is diagnosed with breast cancer and the womenstruggle to help her cope and to deal with it themselves. Tina and Bette'sdaughter, Angelica, is six months old and the two have done their best toreconcile and form a stable home for her. Bette is in the process of trying toadopt Angelica, so the couple has routine visits with a social worker. Shaneand Carmen are in a committed relationship and living together in Jenny'shouse. Carmen's job as a dj is starting to pick up and she's even offered aposition djing for Russell Simmons at some point. Shane opens a hair studio inthe middle of a skateboard shop and, in typical Shane fashion, struggles tostay loyal to her (gorgeous) girlfriend. Jenny is off on a road trip somewherewith a girl named Moira who has a gender identity crisis. At some point duringthe season Moira becomes Max and decides to transition to a male. MeanwhileJenny struggles to sell her book. Kit finally gets a storyline besides beingthe alcoholic has been sister and even finds a love interest. And finally, inone of the best additions, Helena Peabody is finally a full member of the castand has her own story lines not involving Bette and Tina.

This season of theL Word is emotionally chargedand takes some chances that they haven't in previous years. With the additionof Moira, the show brings the first transgendered recurringrole to network television. Though Jenny's story line typically bores me totears and, I'll admit, I usually fast forward through a large portion of herscenes, this show actually made me interested to see whatwould go on. Jenny finally found someone who was her match. The heartbreak thatexists with Alice when she sees Dana and Lara constantly is palpable, andcompletely relatable. I don't think anyone who has ever had their heart brokencan look at what she went through without understanding how well done andrealistic the emotion was. When we lose Dana later in the season, it only intensifies and finally givesAlice a chance to shine as someone besides the confused bisexual girl. On thesame token, it's nice not to see Kit sitting around just being everyone else'sgo to girl and instead having her own story. The addition of Angus, Angelica'smanny, as Kit's boyfriend finally brings a little meat to the Pam Griercharacter.

The third season of the theL Word is quite possibly thebest one yet. A lot of the original characters have story lines that give thema chance to show their artistic range, and the new characters are welcomeadditions whose stories all add to the plot. I can't wait to see what's going tohappen in the fourth season.

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