• Series: The L Word

• Genre: Comedy Drama
• Movie Type: Gay & Lesbian Show, Prime-Time Drama
• Themes: Women's Friendship, Thirtysomething Life, Looking For Love
• Main Cast: Jennifer Beals, Laurel Holloman, Mia Kirshner, Katherine Moennig, Leisha Hailey, Erin Daniels, Sarah Shahi, Pam Grier, Rachel Shelley, Eric Lively
• Release Year: 2005
• Country: US
• Run Time: 60 minutes

Plot

Season two of Showtime's lesbian-oriented seriocomedy series The L Word finds the formerly blissful relationship between control-freak Bette (Jennifer Beals) and supplicative Tina (Laurel Holloman) on hiatus due to Bette's infidelity, with Tina hiding the fact that she is once again pregnant. Having come out of the closet, Jenny (Mia Kirshner) splits with her husband, Tim (Eric Mabius). Wisecracking Alice (Leisha Hailey) and hyper-defensive Dana (Erin Daniels), who is engaged to her new manager, Tonya (Meredith McGeachie), try to hide their affair from their tongue-clucking friends. And the footloose Shane (Katherine Moennig) avoids getting serious with seductive deejay Carmen (Sarah Shahi), despite secretly harboring feelings for her. In other developments, Bette's straight half sister, Kit (Pam Grier), opens up her own nightclub, The Planet, and urges Bette to mend fences with their father, Melvin (Emmy nominee Ossie Davis), who is dying. Tina, who is disenchanted with Bette, nonetheless enters into a relationship with another domineering woman, Helena (Rachel Shelley), the daughter of influential philanthropist Peggy Peabody (Holland Taylor) and a professional rival of Bette. Jenny begins to date Carmen, thereby unintentionally cultivating Shane's jealousy. And a number of surprises are in store for certain of the characters as the 2005 Gay Pride Festival. The season ends with a funeral, Tina's painful labor throes, and various piquant moments of truth for Bette, Jenny, and Alice. ~ All Movie Guide

Cast

• Jennifer Beals - Bette Porter
• Laurel Holloman - Tina Kennard
• Mia Kirshner - Jenny Schecter
• Katherine Moennig - Shane McCutcheon
• Leisha Hailey - Alice Pieszecki
• Erin Daniels - Dana Fairbanks
• Sarah Shahi - Carmen Morales
• Pam Grier - Kit Porter
• Rachel Shelley - Helena Peabody
• Eric Lively - Mark Wayland

Credit

Steve Golin - Executive Producer; Ilene Chaiken - Executive Producer; Larry Kennar - Executive Producer; Dan Gagnon - Composer (Music Score)