Well, damn. If this isn’t just the sweetest damn thing. Last night’s “The L Word: Generation Q” episode, saw the ladies celebrate the opening of Shane’s new bar, which has been named Dana’s. As I said in my Pre-L, it was a touching bit of continuity that made my heart ache in the best way possible.
And then, after the episode aired, the O.G. TLW ladies shared their little behind-the-scenes secret. Erin Daniels herself showed up on set the day of filming to surprise them. Yes, lesbians, Dana Fairbanks lives! No matter how much we groused – and rightfully so – about this show while it was on, the affection we feel for these characters cannot be denied. “The L Word” was never perfect, but it did create some enduring characters who perfectly captured our hearts at a time when hardly anyone else even bothered to tell our stories.
So, seeing them together as their old selves – a little older and perhaps not always wiser but still gloriously themselves – well, it just feels good. Now, let’s all pretend Dana never died and then never showed up magically in a waterfall. I mean, for fuck’s sake, that’s really a thing that happened on this show, and yet we’re this thrilled to see these women together again. Now that, that’s the power of “The L Word.”
My gay old heart will forever love them, they gave me a show I thought will not happen in my lifetime. And thank you Dorothy for this blog , it really means a lot to me. Wishing you and the wife a good 2020.
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I already knew the bar was gonna be a,Ed Dana’s and I still went “awwww”
ReplyDeleteSeeing the video makes me go “awwww” all over again. I’m so happy that this show is back.i so hope it gets a second (eight?) season