Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9781594470523
Format: Box set
ISBN: 1594470529
Label: Showtime Ent.
Manufacturer: Showtime Ent.
Number Of Items: 5
Publisher: Showtime Ent.
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2004-11-09
Running Time: 822
Studio: Showtime Ent.
Theatrical Release Date: 2004-01-18

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Spotlight customer reviews:

Customer Rating:

Summary: love the L word
Comment: I love this show. The first season was one of my favorites. There was humor, and heart break. I will miss this show when it's gone.

Customer Rating:

Summary: Loving the L Word
Comment: We really loved the first season of the L Word. My partner just started watching it during the 4th season. Now she has more of a sense of the story line and characters. I can't wait to buy season 2 and 3 to watch with her. I highly recommend buying all of them!

Customer Rating:

Summary: Amazing
Comment: This season is what started the fire. All the other seasons, in my opinion, pale in comparison. The storyline is so involving, and so realistic. Excellent work.

Customer Rating:

Summary: Entertaining, but a tad unrealistic.....
Comment: I enjoyed watching the first season of "The L Word." In the beginning, during the first few episodes, I didn't think I was going to particularly care for the series, but as I progressed further into each episode I began to care more and more about each character.

The series revolves around a group of lesbians (and one or two bisexuals) whose lives are intertwined in one way or another. On the whole, the issues touched upon in this first season are the kind one would find in every day ordinary life, namely love, friendship, betrayal, jealousy, etc. It is fun to watch this group interact with one another. You'll also find several episodes dedicated to larger societal issues, such as censorship and gay parenting.

On the whole, however, you will not be bogged down with excessive political agenda-setting maneuvering, and I appreciated that this series didn't attempt to resolve all the world's problems in one fell swoop in its first season. You won't find any over-the-top Rosie O'Donnell-type obnoxiousness, and I suspect the series wouldn't be as successful as it has been if this had been the case. There is a nice balance in this first season, and those who aren't inclined towards misandry, misanthropy, or the chronic malcontent mindset will surely find something to like somewhere along the way.

One thing I didn't particularly care for, and which is not exclusive to this show in particular, was the fact that almost all the characters are beautiful, slim and trim, and have very interesting careers and lives. Come on. We all know better. But then again, I doubt very many people would want to watch the daily machinations and inner workings of this subculture's most obnoxious and undesireable.

All in all, I really enjoyed the first season of The L Word.

Customer Rating:

Summary: Not what I expected
Comment: I heard that this show was the lesbian version of Sex and the City which is not at all true. They don't delve into fashion at all. The show is mostly about lesbian relationships which is great, but the story line wasn't believable.

But I must admit that I still purchased Season 2 because there's something addictive about it...

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Editorial Reviews:

Four years after Showtime made gay men the focus of its original series Queer as Folk, it was time for a little turnabout with The LWord (bad title, great show). Centering around a tight-knit group of lesbians in Los Angeles, this drama was far removed from its working-class male counterpart in both style and content. While the men of QAF enjoyed a fabulous if melodramatic life on the middle-class streets of Pittsburgh, the women of The LWord lived it up in sunny California, with gorgeous houses, glamorous careers, and sexy wardrobes. Ironically, though, The LWord adhered more to the everyday drama of ensemble shows like thirtysomething than the soap opera antics of QAF, and the results were surprisingly heartfelt and effective, appropriately stylish but never over the top. There was plenty of room for titillation, but creator Ilene Chaiken fashioned from the start a show centered on characters and not just sex, aiming for the heart rather than... well, other places.

The LWord focused primarily on committed couple Bette (Jennifer Beals) and Tina (Laurel Holloman), a former power-career duo who've decided to have a baby; however, artificial insemination and the changing dynamics of their relationship throw their previously happy existence off-kilter. Within their orbit are spunky journalist Alice (Leisha Hailey), sultry hairdresser Shane (Katherine Moenning), closeted pro tennis player Dana (Erin Daniels), and espresso bar owner Marina (Karina Lombard) who, in the show's most polarizing storyline, bedded the seemingly straight Jenny (Mia Kirschner) and shook up her heterosexual world. Jenny's am-I-straight-or-not? kvetching frustrated both her fianc (Eric Mabius) and many viewers, who were alternately irritated and intrigued by her inability to decide one way or the other. But Jenny's weakness was part of The LWord's strength: in exploring many sides of many issues, both domestic and political, it never came up with an easy answer for any of them, making the show all that more fascinating--and compulsively watchable. --Mark Englehart