What I’m Watching: The L Word: Generation Q

The L Word: Generation Q: Season 2, Episode 9 “Last Dance” (B+)

As usual, Finley hogged a lot of this episode’s attention, but it’s clear that there’s much more at play than just an eagerness to be the life of the party. Sophie was rightfully worried about her, and I definitely didn’t expect that Finley would end up seeking out the person she considered the exact opposite of her, which resulted in Dani having to call Sophie to come check in on her new girlfriend, which was certainly uncomfortable. Dani lying to Gigi wasn’t a good thing, but they appear to have made up, and now it’s just a question of how Dani is going to help the company recover. After making Angie miserable by not standing up for her earlier, Bette did go back to advocate for her and shared a positive moment with Tina and with Angie’s father, but now they’re going to have to break the news to her that she’ll never get to make that connection. Sophie and Maribel revealing their secrets to the family was awkward but entertaining, and Micah did pretty well throughout the whole thing. Alice being pigeonholed as a lesbian and asked constantly about the new woman she was dating threatened to compromise her identity, and it remains to be seen how confirming that she’s with Tom will go for her. On a considerably lighter note, I very much enjoyed both Alice and Tess agreeing that Shane was Eeyore, something that she wasn’t too thrilled to hear about but couldn’t really do a good job of denying.