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At the hotel bar, Jenny tells the Femme (do we know her name yet? have I been dozing off again?) that she wants to get really drunk and then dance and dance. Max tells them they'll make everyone uncomfortable.

Femme: "Then they deserve to feel uncomfortable, don't you think?"
Max: "No. I don't think anyone deserves to feel uncomfortable."
Femme: "Max, I don't understand why you want to be like these people. You seem so much more interesting as who you are."
Max: "How do you know who I am? You don't know who the fuck I am."

Point of order: neither do you. Or if you do, you certainly haven't conveyed it adequately, but I realize that's another discussion entirely.

Max: "How do you know I'm not like these people?"
Jenny: "Max. You're great the way you are. And the way you were. And you know what happens when you walk into this room?"
Max: "What?"
Jenny: "People start watching you. They're looking at you closely, and at first they think that you're one of them. But then they look a little more closely and they begin to feel uneasy because they realize that you're not. You're always gonna be one of the others. You're like us."
Max: "You don't know that."

I'm surprised he didn't say "I know you are, but what am I?" Jenny and her Femme (whose name is apparently Claude) just decide to dance, rather closely.

Outside, Lara and Alice play with string (you know, the cat's cradle thing). Lara says her little sister was always good at it, and Alice says she didn't know Lara had a little sister. They talk about Lara's family and it seems good for a few fleeting moments.

Alice: "I'm really glad that we're, you know, finally, kinda —"
Lara: "Alice?"
Alice: "What. What?"
Lara: "I need to tell you something."

Right on cue, meddlesome Tina interrupts. She asks what they're doing out there; Alice says they're just playing and "trying to get over the debacle of the evening." Save a seat for me.

Tina wonders what happened to Shane; Alice says Shane's father found $10,000, left his wife, and ran off with some floozy. So of course Tina wonders where Shane's dad got 10,000 dollars. Meanwhile, Peggy and Helena have arrived.

Helena: "Oh my god. Is that what happened? Well, he has no money. He wanted to buy her a wedding gift. It was heartbreaking."

The valet calls for Peggy, but she has something to say before she takes her leave.

Peggy: "My darling, I have cherished the time we have spent together. It has reaffirmed all of my recent convictions. And now, because I love you so very much, I'm going to do something truly radical. "
Helena: "Mummy, he told me —"
Peggy: "Sweetheart. I'm cutting you off financially. From this moment forth, you are going to have to make relationships with people who love you for yourself, not your money."
Helena: "You're not serious."
Peggy: "This is going to turn your life around, darling. You're such a wonderful girl, such a beautiful girl, you have such a surprisingly kind heart. You need to know that people love you even if you are penniless."

Alice looks like she's thinking "I can't believe Peggy is doing this in front of everyone" and also "Oh my god, Helena's going to be crashing on my couch, and just when Lara and I were about to get real."

Peggy goes to the waiting car, where Marilyn is also waiting. Peggy hops in, and she and Marilyn share a big fat kiss. I never thought I'd want to swap places with a 56-year-old Canadian marriage commissioner.

Alice: "Wow. Go Marilyn."

Helena looks like she's about to burst into tears. Alice tells her it's okay.

She warned you — Tina and Henry can't find Angelica. That's because Bette has her, and is hurtling off into the night, to the bittersweet sound of Joni Mitchell's All I Want.

NEXT SEASON ON THE L WORD: Oh, right, like I have any idea. I don't even know which century it will be set in. I think I'll be recapping, though, if I can recover from this season of crap. Bonsoir et bonne chance.

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