Yep. That Dana thing was beyond stupid. Dana was the character most people who watch the show could relate to. There was no reason to kill her off. Back when the rumors started, I read that Erin wanted to leave the show. I thought it would be better to just move Dana away or something, but I couldn't begrudge Erin wanting off the show. After it became clear that she did
not want to leave (and that Kate and Leisha fought to keep her), it made me angry. What the fuck is wrong with TV show people that they're so in love with killing off characters?
Speaking of that, I just read an
article at cnn.com about Naveen Andrews from
Lost. In talking about the death of Shannon not too long after she and Sayid had begun their relationship, he said it was, "brutal and completely unnecessary. I fail to understand, actually, why they feel this need to get rid of people." Sound familiar?
I know
The L Word has lost some loyal viewers, not even just the devoted Dana/Erin fans. I've thought about why I still want to watch it. For me, I think it's partly about the few glimmering moments that happen every now and then, increasingly rarely of late, that remind me of how good the show could be if it really tried. An example from the finale would be the scene when Carmen's trying on her wedding dress and they're all talking about Tina going back to boystown. Carmen says something like "Tina, come back to us," and Bette says something like, "They can fucking
have her!" Snap! I loved that. Also good from the end of the season were all those Dana flashbacks. Someone please tell me why we couldn't have had
that Dana before she died? Doing acid with Shane at that Tegan and Sara show...I really would have loved to've seen that without the contamination of knowing Dana was dying/dead. Better yet, don't fucking kill her to begin with. So lame, so lame.
The only way to get Dana/Erin back would be to pull a
Dallas or something of that nature, and I just don't see them doing that. I had such deja vu when there were all those "the last few eps are just a dream" spoilers going around toward the end there. It hurt to see devoted Dana/Erin fans so in need of hope, and they have my sympathies. I think the Kittens can relate. And
that is exactly why I have resisted getting really emotionally invested in television shows or characters for a few years now.
It has been a pleasure watching actors like Mia and Leisha do their thing, and a pleasure to watch Sarah at all. So unbelievably beautiful, she is. I really think Leisha totally carried this whole last season, even though she was given some seriously shitty storylines. And poor Mia had to spend most of the season occupying the same space as Daniela Sea, who is probably
the worst actor I have ever seen on TV. I was embarrassed for her. She should never have been cast.
This is just conjecture on my part, but I think the problem lately with
The L Word is ezgirl's influence. I find ezgirl to be untalented and arrogant. I think since IC and ezgirl fell into bed with each other, IC quit listening to the voices of reason around her. (And it was probably always those voices of reason who kept the show from being even worse.) I always had issues with this show, which I've posted about before, but they were usually sort of political/social issues relating to the representation, or lack of, of various sorts of people. I had some problems with the overall structure, but I don't remember thinking the nuts-and-bolts of the writing or acting on the show was ever particularly shitty like so much of it was this season.
Have you read some of the fan fics posted on say 
