Material warning: this short article talks about drug abuse

This article consists of spoilers for

The L Word Generation Q

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It is strongly recommended that you watch the tv show before reading.

Welcome to my weekly report on Season 2 of

The L Word Generation Q

. Weekly, we’ll go over the figures’ story arcs and choose areas that fit my plan. I am not unfortunately why these will all be thinly veiled pro-communist rants. You can read
my applying for grants month 1 and its own main storyline things
, and my recaps of periods
one,
two
,
three
,
four
,
five
, and
six
, if you need refreshers.

Season 2, Episode 7: Light

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their week, I kicked straight back which includes potato treats and something of my personal BFFs, trying to ward off the doom from it by leaking out in to the realm of wealthy LA queers.

And, actually, this event really did offer some reprieve through the monotony of lockdown. At least, it provided me with something entertaining are upset about.

This whole occurrence had been pivoted around another casino poker night. What is happening with this poker crap?

This casino poker night is meant is a fundraiser for one thing. I missed just what, just, because at this point I became smashing crunchy potato jewels.

Nonetheless had a ‘silent auction’, so I was able to surmise it absolutely was some wealthy individuals thing.

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he show again drew on many original L term tropes by having water themes throughout the event whenever individuals were planning to get down.

Within this episode, Shane and Tess spend the whole event becoming cute and couple-y and, once they eventually write out, it really is pouring. Gigi and Dani in addition spend episode flirting, following they, as well, hug in the pouring rain.

Also, when Jordi asks Angie with the prom, she really does so through what I are only able to believe is some intricate US routine that requires by herself and several of her pals dancing in a water feature with umbrellas.

It was sweet, but style of outdoors my personal cultural comprehension. I possibly couldn’t think of any such thing even worse than some body carrying this out personally. No shame whether it’s your thing, though. It must be also Angie’s, because she states certainly.

There is certainly merely… plenty liquid. As well as the water thing has been rather hilarious to me.

Like, yes, we have it: W. E. T.

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inley and Sophie give us some more crisis this episode.

It opens with all the a couple of all of them having a gender fest. Eventually they stop to muse about whether or not they should just take a break, asking “Should we have some water or some food?” Relatable.

Through the other countries in the event, Finley has many insecurities around not being good enough for Sophie in light of Dani getting therefore wealthy and glamorous. Sophie tries to guarantee Finley, but the woman is obviously however struggling.

I mean, I have this. Should your girl’s ex had been some conversations on millionaire, while were still racking your brains on just what work you are interested in seeking, it would be confronting.

Nevertheless, Finley seems to be actually enjoying coaching soccer. And that I must say, she appears very pretty in that consistent. Never feel detrimental to not wealthy, Finley!

Anyway, Alice captures them banging once again during the studio, which is major embarrassing, so chances are they go to get in on the poker evening.

These are typically being sexy with each other but, to be honest, we however don’t see the chemistry among them. I believe they were much better as friends, but any.

Afterwards, whenever Sophie and Finley leave the celebration, Finley takes a truly clear swig from a stylish flask before she begins operating them residence. Due to the fact authorship can be so understated, the audience is needless to say completely astonished when she is quickly pulled over of the police for a breath test.

Exactly what will occur next?!

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wanna rant concerning depiction of alcohol about tv series because, yet again, the article authors make a separation between ‘good consuming’ and ‘bad having’.

Good consuming is actually glamorous; something that rich individuals can apparently carry out with little to no outcome. Poor consuming is something that working-class people like Tess and Finley would.

Definitely, Tess is currently in AA, basically fantastic if it works in your favor. But it’s these an overused story in United states TV shows that it is tough to not ever view it as an easy way the tv show prevents engaging making use of the subject matter more significantly. You can still find merely ‘good drinkers’ and ‘bad drinkers’.

Thus needless to say, contained in this narrative, it really is Finley who is pulled over for beverage operating. She’s

an issue

. Alcoholic beverages businesses must love it when reveals along these lines help advertise the concept that a problem with alcoholic drinks is far more related to the person compared to the material itself, because chances are they are blameless.

Seem, there are times i am a huge drinker and times I’ve been sober. I have no judgement towards people who drink. My personal feedback is that the alcohol industry is terrible, and that it really greatly targets the communities.

There’s a complete selection explanations why we now have a lot of sipping inside our communities, maybe not the very least of all of the because, usually, among the many just locations we can easily discover each other ended up being taverns. For this reason In my opinion we must end up being extremely crucial of how programs build relationships and depict alcohol.

Plotlines in Gen Q consistently revolve about liquor; the main ‘trendy’ hang-out area, Dana’s,

is a bar

. Yet the wider effects of this and its own connection to ‘bad drinkers’ like Finley will never be discovered.

Anyway, i am going to end ranting relating to this… for the present time. But whether you drink or perhaps you cannot, we ought to be significantly sceptical of Big Alcohol as well as how it tries to promote you images of attractive consumption while trying to write off situations of harmful usage as personal moral failings.

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o, onto Carrie. She’s got got such an interesting narrative arc inside tv show at this point, and my pals and that I have now been debating all of it week-end.

Shane is actually falling Tess at AA ahead of the casino poker night, and she sees Carrie walking in to the building. Later on Shane views Carrie once more, this time around from the casino poker night.

Carrie’s sitting at the club, sans Tina, so Shane covers to inquire about Carrie about the woman drinking. Carrie freely informs Shane that the woman isn’t in AA. As an alternative, she is in a support group for people with disordered eating. She is had it managed up until now, what exactly is-it which is set this lady down? Tina’s number of “beautiful” friends and, specifically, Bette.

This will be one of many rawest times we have now had thus far, and I also in person cherished this land point. We’ve all moved into a queer area and thought excessively omitted or like a loser. It sucks, but it’s correct. Carrie places terms from what so many of us have noticed.

For Carrie, this feeling of being not good enough, of being a loss, develops as a result of the circle of friends their partner has. We come across this later on within the episode whenever she goes over to try to say hello to Bette, and Bette is absolutely raw to her inturn. Bette is really a bully that she takes delight in watching Carrie shrink out.

The incident with Bette leads to Carrie to spiral even more, to the point in which she cries about how precisely bad these people make their feel and Shane and Tess need to take her house. Whenever Carrie stumbles inside the house, she has a realisation: she cannot wed Tina.

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in fact believe she shouldn’t wed Tina.

In this situation, Bette is terrible, but Tina can also be a big problem. She actually is maybe not promoting Carrie. Through her passivity and inaction, she ends up condoning Bette’s therapy of Carrie and will be offering some platitudes of those “all being children”.

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maybe not

just what queer family need to look like.

If Tina wants to be with Carrie, she requires actually rigorous limits with Bette. If she are unable to, next she needs to conclude it with Carrie. Getting your spouse spiral into damaging behavior since your ex is actually treating all of them so terribly, and then carrying out absolutely nothing about this, is like the worst relationship behaviour. Fare better, Tina.

(really, i will have Micah’s job, shouldn’t I?)

Since we are talking about Bette: she ends up convincing the artist Pippa Pascal to sign together gallery, then your two of all of them venture out to commemorate within poker night.

It appeared really from fictional character that such a major artist would choose an elegant casino poker evening, but all right.

After the evening, Bette and Pippa wind up starting up. This sex scene had been, admittedly, really hot, but I’m very crazy at Bette for her behaviour that I can’t really be happy with anything great she really does.

Although it requires neon lit sex.

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inally, Alice is actually starting up with Nat through the entire event, and it results in all of them having another break-up.

We dunno, mates. Can we have a more interesting plotline for Alice at some time?

Though the woman one-liner “remain gay and state no to patchouli” had been *chef’s kiss*.

And to tell the truth, the most effective second for the occurrence had been when Alice and Bette went to lunch with each other and noticed Gigi and Nat at another dining table.

Really, this scene reminded me personally of this classic times within globe. They may be gossiping and cracking gay jokes, plus it helped me want to visit a café for a soy latte and a goss

so incredibly bad

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Bette and Alice tend to be making reference to exactly how Gigi is Bette’s ex,  Nat is actually Alice’s ex, Nat and Gigi tend to be exes, Bette and Alice are exes and, really, Alice and Gigi tend to be exes also. This realisation prompts Bette to say “that is so gay,” and I also’m like yes, Bette, it’s very homosexual.

If only the program – and my entire life – might have much more homosexual scenes inside it such as this.

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