Product Description This release contains every episode from the third season of the Showtime Original series. Star Jennifer Beals, Erin Daniels, Pam Grier Special Features: Widescreen format, featurettes 644 minutes. .com The third season of Showtime's The L Word is all about transitions. The season opens with Alice Pieszecki (Leisha Hailey) coping with her between-seasons break-up with Dana Fairbanks (Erin Daniels), who is herself headed for an even heavier series of transitions. Kit Porter (Pam Grier) both falls in love with a younger man and discovers she is going through menopause. Shane (Katherine Moennig), who spent much of the first two seasons of the show hopping from bed to bed, finds herself more or less committed to Latina deejay Carmen (Sarah Shahi). And the second season's resident villain, Helena Peabody (Rachel Shelley), becomes embroiled in a sexual harassment case that leaves her ultimately looking like the victim. As with previous seasons, The L Word gets all hot and bothered with various seductions filmed to sometimes jarring music on the soundtrack, but it's the day-to-day foibles and celebrations of Los Angeles's lesbian community that keep the show interesting. Newcomer Moira/Max (Daniela Sea) begins the process of gender reassignment, making for some curious situations with potential employers. Bette (Jennifer Beals) and Tina (Laurel Holloman) begin to drift apart when Tina lands a big movie studio job and starts feeling attracted to men, leading to a custody battle over their baby daughter. Where The L Word starts getting preachy and obvious is in the opening flashback sequences. When these vignettes refer to current characters of the show, they make sense; when they depict situations meant to underline how queer identity has evolved over the years, they seem politically overloaded. The L Word works intelligently through its characters' concerns without having to resort to such direct appeals for tolerance. Its strength isn't in making lesbian culture appear more mainstream, but in making us care and identify with these women's struggles, regardless of our sexual orientation. --Ryan Boudinot
M**R
Simply the best
I Love, Love, LOVE The L Word! This is the best series about women BY FAR! A lot of people have compared it to QAF (Queer As Folk), but I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing, as both are amazing series. I own the 1st and 2nd L Word seasons (and have watched them over and over), and the 3rd is on it's way to my home as I type. I cannot wait!This (3rd) season is pretty heavy. It is also shorter than the other two (I think). But, I have to say I still loved it so much! I cried like a baby towards the end of the season (those who watched it should know why).If you are a lesbian, and want to see a series that you can relate to, I would definately reccommend this series!!!It's great because it takes away stereotypes and lets people see that we are all just normal gals, who happen to love other normal gals!
V**N
I love them regardless
It would be great if the writers read these reviews, but I know they're mostly for other people considering purchasing. I don't get cable TV, so Showtime is out of the question. This is something I've done every year now, simply purchase the series. The characters go through interesting transitions and yes, there are plenty you love to hate. But it's like a good book, you can't wait to go home and watch the next episode when you've just bought the series to see what happens to the girls next! It's hot, it's fun, and yes,. I guess it is shorter than other years, but to me, still well worth the $$ to watch it again and loan it out to my friends.
L**N
Can't wait to watch the next season of this series!!!!
This is the best series I have EVER watched! After each season, I have been on the edge of my seat waiting for the next, this season is no exception!! True, season 3 had some tough times for the characters as others have mentioned, but that's what made it so real and my favorite yet! Just writing this review makes me anxious all over again to pop the next disc in and get my fix!UPDATE: Sheesh, what started out to be an awesome show sure left me dropping my mouth open at how it went to complete crap the last couple seasons. Should have spared us all the time of sitting throught the last couple, ooh...throw in some unoriginal drama and call it the L-Word? I don't think so. What a bummer.
S**Z
As addictive as season 1 and 2
After many hours searching the internet for the third series I finally came across it. I ended up watching the whole thing in a day and a half! I guess the only thing I didn't like about it was I felt as though I had missed something between the last episode of season 2 and the first episode of season 3 because it took a while to figure out what was going on. Needless to say I quickly got over that became rivited again to thise series that I would be completely lost without if it ended. All your favourite characters are back and a few introductions too. I laughed, I cried and most importantly.... I LOVED IT!!
M**N
THE L-WORD(SEASON 1, 2 and 3)
I have watched the L-Word from the very start and comparatively, the Season 2 was better than Season 1 and 3(It also had a better musical theme). The Season 1, I found the lesbian couple(played by Jennifer Beals and Laurel Holloman) there so convincing that you would think they are real lesbians in real life! And what about boyish Shane...just a real eye candy for all the lesbians out there. I think, every lesbian is in love with her(laugh out loud).What I found quite putting-off though was the injecting of heterosexual characters(boy and girl)there who seems to have more love scenes in the whole series than the lesbians...who seems to HOG the screen most of the time too. Isn't the L-Word a lesbian series, after all??? Let it stay that way please! Why can't they simply just make a lesbian series that is "all lesbian"??? I think, the producers have this silly notion that straight people won't watch a series without heterosexuality on the plot/story which is just pure misconception. Heterosexuals are ever so interested on how the "other kind" lives, thrives and even, become intimate. They are big voyeurs to the unknown and not spoken of! So, for goodness sake, make a proper all-lesbian series!!! Even more so on the 2nd Season, what's more irritating is the heterosexual girl on Season 1 becomes totally gay here(totally transformed and not interested in men anymore, duh!). Isn't change a gradual thing? This demeans our intelligence, in my opinion. The one who wrote this must have been straight as a ruler to NOT know the real world or facts about lesbianism!!! And, what is this about another straight black woman singer who looks ridiculously outcasted in this world of gays and les? I didn't see her story as any help in "putting meat" on the whole series, sorry to say. To put it blunt, the producers just wasted good money paying for "misplaced" talent(though she sings real good admittedly). I was expecting the 3rd Season to be better, but alas, they lost the story all throughout here. What a big disappointment!!! A lesbian character dying in this season didn't help boost the ratings as they have expected it would, I suppose. Nobody likes to see people dying, gay or straight! I think, what they should have done here was expand on the lives of the characters more(such as put flashbacks about their past lives, how they became to be, etc.). It would have been better too if they added more "credible gay characters" ...new, fresh faces, as we say. Even Gina Gershon(Of "Bound"), though quite mature, would have lifted their ratings sky up if they have included her in the cast. And, what about REAL lesbians included in...Ellen De Generis(a real cutie!), K.D. Lang, Melissa Etheridge, Portia de Rossi...they would be real "crowd-drawers"!!!I think, it is about time they leave gay filming to those who know the "raw deal"...not just because they want to create a fad or exploit the world unknown to them or even more, just make money out of it. Lesbian producers, anyone for the taking?
O**N
Two thumbs up & a big Bravo!
I love this show full of unique women with life's dramas. This is truly a unique show and appreciate amazon for including it in prime shows. Lots of sexual scenarios but I will say that what attracts me to this show are the story lines which are difficult challenges that affects all walks of life and not just the gay communities. We are all species of human and therefore we all have challenges with life itself. Bravo!
F**G
I like this soap, and i'm a guy!!!
As usual you will need a scorecard to keep track of all of the relationships of the 8 main characters. To me Bett and Tina seem to have the most complicated relationship but the others are gaining ground. I love how they keep sticking their noses in each others business. That behavior would provoke fist fights in real life. So come on gang, bett, tina, carmen,shae, jennie, dana, kit, alice, and now moira and helena cannot wait for you to stick your nose in their business! Watch and enjoy.
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