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"The L Word" Recaps: Episode 5.7 "Lesbians Gone Wild"

A sympathetic ear — Niki is fiddling with some Sidekick-like phone, bemoaning the fact that she has to work while others wrestle in oil. Adele says it must be hard for her, and reveals that some actresses insist on more time off and shorter hours.

Niki: Hey, how much time before you think they need me again? 'Cause SheBar's right down the street ...

Adele ponders this, then says she "thinks" she heard them say it would be another hour and a half.

It's almost too easy, isn't it, Adele? Niki promptly texts her friends.

Not easy at all — Bette lies on her bed, looking forlorn. Jodi peeks in and asks how the rest of her day was, then launches into her own tales of Amy and lunch. A kind of desperation crosses Bette's face, and she pulls Jodi to her. They hug, and it's almost tender, but then it becomes needy and almost frightening. Bette won't let Jodi touch her, but wants her there as she touches herself.

That was almost as shocking as the brutal Bette-Tina sex at the end of Season 1. I don't think that's coincidental: This is how pain and guilt look in the bedroom.

Naming names — On the film set, Molly is bored. Shane offers to take her out later.

Molly: [laughing] Sure.
Shane: What?
Molly: My mother told me all about your little game. You're like the Fonz or something, for lesbians.

Ahahaha! So perfect. And isn't Molly pretty? She sorta looks like the love child of Shane and Phyllis, come to think of it.

Shane doesn't like her new nickname, no doubt because it hits a little too close to home.

Shane: I'll give it to you: You're sassy. No one's called me that before.
Molly: I'm not sassy; I'm bored. But not bored enough to sleep with you.

Woo! Remember the last woman who got sassy on Shane? They almost got married.

Elsewhere, Jenny asks Butch the A.D. — oh, hey, her name is Sandra! — why nothing's happening. It seems they're all waiting for Niki, and Adele thinks she knows just where Niki went.

Tina: [looking at the postcard Adele has handed her] Lesbian Turkish oil wrestling?! That little bitch.

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