The L Word
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The L Word
TV on DVD Review

The L Word: Season 5 (2008)

Reviewed by Nicholas Fonseca | Oct 22, 2008
EW's GRADE
B

Details Release Date: Oct 28, 2008; DVD Release Date: Oct 28, 2008; Genre: Drama

The penultimate season of The L Word, Showtime's lesbian drama, veers, as they all have, between entertaining and infuriating with its sexy/silly mix of high drama and higher camp. Bette and Tina's long-awaited reunion 
 arrives and Jenny tones down the crazy (as much as she can) for the shoot of Lez Girls, while the 
 series' best secondary characters ever, Dawn Denbo (Elizabeth Keener) and her infamous lover Cindi (Alicia Leigh Willis), open a club to rival the ladies' longtime hangout, the Planet. Skip the 
 perfunctory EXTRAS
 (a PSA, a music video) and just lap up the 
lunacy. Exhibit A: lesbian Turkish oil wrestling! 
B

Originally posted Oct 24, 2008 Published in issue #1018 Oct 31, 2008 Order article reprints
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