The final season of the L Word is premiering on Sunday, January 18th on Showtime. The buzz on L is that they are once again killing off a central character in the murder of Jennifer Schecter. Jenny is the mousy, shy hetero with a penchant for cutting turned Hollywood power lesbian. This is the not the first time that L has killed off a main player – I still haven’t forgiven them for killing off Dana, the sweet, one-foot-in-the-closet pro tennis player. Of course it gave them an excuse to run the obligatory “pink” episode with the L gang slapping on their bike gear to do a Ride For Breast Cancer fund raiser.
Over the last five seasons Jenny’s character has undergone quite a metamorphasis, especially in season 5. Mia Kirshner, the actress who plays Jenny, was quoted as saying she tried to invoke a little Marie Antoinette into Season 5 Jenny, and for that she was highly successful. Jenny solidified her role as the girl everyone loved to hate. Although I felt she went so far off the obnoxious cliff that it was pretty unbelievable that the rest of the L Squad would remain friends with her.
So early spoilers have suggested that Jenny has been murdered and that EVERYBODY is a suspect. Very “Who Shot JR” for those of you born before 1980. I still won’t know until the premiere if this is just a media stunt and will all turn out to be a dream sequence. Although if that’s true, I’ll be disgusted enough not be too sad that the L Word is going off the air. Did I mention they’ve only filmed 8 episodes for this last “season”? Although Sex and the City did so well as a feature film, I wouldn’t be surprised if Ilene chaiken and company drag the girls out in a couple of years for another round of L Wordness.
I’ll miss Bette the most, played by Jennifer Beals. I loved her in Flashdance, but her impressive body of work in this series forever releases her from being remembered only as that chick from the 80’s who inspired everybody to cut up their sweatshirts and wear legwarmers.
Talk to you after the premiere!
ill miss them too. *boohoo* lword come baaacckkk
Hey there! I actually did a post comparing this whole “who killed Jenny” thing to “who shot JR”! Just watched episode 1 of the 6th season. Weirdness abounds! Bette and Tina are still together… for now!
That’s funny – Who Shot JR was the first thing I thought of when I heard what they were doing with Jenny… although it was a little bit before my time, I remember my parents and my older siblings glued to the television
Off to read your post now! Thanks for the comment…
Yes, it was before my time also… but we all remember it! See, nothing new under the sun, huh?