Reviewer Jen |
Build-up 5 |
Kissing 5 |
Love scenes 5 |
Episode overall
5 |
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Final episode in the first season of the showtime series 'The L Word'. Beals' and Overman's relationship gets more complicated, while Daniel's delivers some big news to her friends.
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 Actresses: Mia Kirshner & Anne Ramsay
Kirshner and Ramsay are in bed the 'morning after'. Both seem to be naked, at least from the top up, and are lying together talking. Things progress to the two touching and kissing, and eventually, though we only see their facial expressions during the act, they move their hands down each others body and have sex.
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 Actresses: Jennifer Beals & Ion Overman
I only caught the last half of this scene (sorry), where Beals and Overman begin to kiss against the wall in a bedroom. Beals moves down and begins to kiss Overman's abdomen, they then move from there to a bed where Overman begins to undress Beals. She begins to remove Beals' pants while kissing down her body, but the two decide to stop. The scene ends here.
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 Actresses: Katherine Moennig & Rosanna Arquette
A brief scene where Moennig tries to explain a sticky situation to an irate Arquette. It ends with a very emotional embrace where Moennig's feelings for Arquette are very evident.
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 Actresses: Jennifer Beals & Ion Overman
Beals and Overman are in Beals' office. The atmosphere is immediately charged. While Beals is leaning against a wall Overman goes to her and holds her from behind. Beals turns and the two begin to kiss. Almost immediately she puts Overman's hand down her pants, where its obvious what's going on by Beals' reaction.
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 Actresses: Jennifer Beals & Laurel Holloman
This scene begins with Holloman confronting Beals about what she recently figured out (the affair). Beals tries to embrace Holloman and gets slapped in return. Beals eventually gets Holloman onto the bed, where she tries to hold her down, rip off her shirt, and from what it looks like, forcefully have sex with Holloman against her will. Holloman gets the upper hand eventually and the scene (thankfully) turns consentual. On top, Holloman leans down and kisses (and bites?) Beals, eventually pushing Beals' hand under Holloman's dress she is wearing. Afterwards the two lay together crying, before the scene quickly cuts out. This scene was the most emotionally-charged in the season, I felt.
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 Actresses: Leisha Hailey & Erin Daniels
By far my favorite scene in this episode! Daniels answers the door to find Hailey on the other side. When asked what she's doing there, Hailey tells Daniels that she can not marry her girlfiend turned fiancee. When Daniels asks why, Hailey leans in and kisses her. The kiss is brief but sweet. After a moment Daniels leans in and initiates another kiss, this one longer and well... hotter. The kiss ends and Hailey runs off.
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Definitely an excellent ending to the season, though a bit too much of a cliffhanger for me. Definitely left me wanting more, which is, I guess, what The Powers That Be want. Like the first two episodes of the season, this one had a lot of sex scenes compared to the rest of the season.
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