These three have a lot of chemistry, even more so as a throuple then when it was just Alice and Nat, and are pretty funny and cute together - but I am still STRESSED OUT by this situation. Nat is also angry with Gigi for working her way into her relationship with Alice, but that anger dissipates pretty quickly when they all decide to all operate as partners.
(The characters, that is - I’m still stressed as hell.) Alice, Nat, and Gigi wake up in the same bed and then hustle around trying to hide their adult sleepover from the kids. Speaking of dynamics, last week’s all-time most stressful threesome seems to be resolving in a way that works for all. Really hoping we get to see this dynamic! Like, it’s maybe possible that Shane could sleep through a screaming newborn without helping out, but I’m trying to imagine what it would look like for the child to not really direct any normative baby needs (love, conversation, silly songs) at the small boxer who sleeps with their mom. Quiara is going to be really shocked when she finds out babies notice people being around and bond with them. However, Quiara then goes completely off the rails by insisting that her forthcoming child doesn’t have to have an impact her relationship with Shane, or at least that Shane doesn’t have to co-parent that baby. But when asked, “How?” Quiara answers, “By a donor,” with such speed and clarity it healed me from at least three wounds inflicted by Unnecessary Men storylines past. Also, Shane doesn’t want kids and that’s why they broke up.
Well, they just signed divorce papers, so maybe Shane’s ex-wife with whom she’s currently sleeping is pregnant.
#The real l word season 1 episode 9 online tv#
So often lesbian relationships on TV expand beyond the couple to include the men who were boyfriends and husbands before, the dude someone in the relationship has an affair with (while freaking out about no longer being a lesbian, even though queerness can cover all manner of sexualities and there’s no need to pull anyone’s queer card), or some random male roommate who is gonna tape our favorite television friend - ahem, Mark. I would like to take a moment and congratulate The L Word: Generation Q on not introducing an Unnecessary Man in episode five.