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And
now I want all of you lovely people to know that after
last week's recap, I received several e-mails commenting
on my excited chant of "soup chef soup chef soup
chef." The e-mails were most instructive: they
informed me that it is not in fact "soup chef,"
but rather "sous chef." The corrections
were gentle and kind, and certainly well-intended.
I replied, politely explaining my reasons for using
the "incorrect" phrase and chuckling to
myself. (For those of you who still don't get it:
Dana called Lara the "soup chef" last season
because she'd never heard of a "sous chef.")
Let
me put that a little more succinctly. I have two words
for those of you who didn't get the "soup chef"
reference. The first word rhymes with "duck,"
and the second rhymes with "sous." But you
can call it duck soup, and I won't even correct you.
While
I'm on a roll, let me just say this: Martina,
you're pissing me off, and if you think the L
Word is depraved, you've been breathing that
thin mountain air for too long. Take a closer look
at that political razzle-dazzle you're lusting after
and get back to me.
Was
I recapping a show? Oh, right.
KCRW
— Alice is still nervous. She's also
kind of sideswiped by the Lara thing, so she launches
into the story, telling Mimi (the interviewer/manager/something)
all about the crazy chart of lesbian connections.
At one point Alice sort of looks down, and Mimi turns
and signals to the sound guy to start recording. Alice
continues to be her wonderful self, witty and sweet
and touching and yum. Mimi interrupts to tell Alice
they have what they need.
Alice
is confused, but Mimi says it was great. Yay! I want
KCRW to actually give Leisha a show.
The
C.A.C. — Bette welcomes Helena (barely)
and turns the meeting over to Leo. But Franklin insists
on making a big deal about Helena. Then they all start
to talk with Allyn Barnes. Bette turns out to be an
expert on Allyn's work — she wrote her graduate
thesis on one of Allyn's pieces. Helena and Leo try
to rein Bette in, but Allyn is of course impressed,
because Bette is insightful and persistent and right
about everything.
Allyn
and Bette chit-chat about Yale and Vasarely and Borges,
and everybody else just sort of blinks and squirms.
Hey, Helena, you see that? There's still one thing
that outshines your pots of money: the utter brilliance
that is Bette Porter. You might think about trying
to get Tina interested in bondage, because short of
tying her up, there's no way you're gonna keep her.
Sweet
— Jenny tells Carmen what happened with
Burr. She says "it just sort of came out,"
but she should say "I just sort of came out."
Carmen is supportive and sweet and has an iPod.
Nearby,
Shane knocks on Mark's door and tells him that, as
her servant, he has to come along with her, wherever
she's going. Eh.
Lovey
dovey — Alice is telling Dana about
her new KCRW show, which is all about connections.
Well done, Alice. Dana tells Alice she's proud and
then does a sexy funny radio announcer voice that
is pseudo-British and much nicer than Helena's accent
despite its dorkiness.
Dana
wants to know what made Alice decide to talk about
the chart. Alice tells Dana about Gabby, but not about
Lara. Boo. If you know so much about connections,
Alice, why don't you know that that little omission
is probably going to come back to bite you?
The
phone rings. It's Jenny: she and Carmen aren't going
to Helena's.
Cut
to a wonderful shot of Helena and Tina sitting in
front of a fabulous spread, all alone. Helena's all
offended: "I'm not very forgiving when it comes
to social transgressions." Oh? I never would
have guessed that.
Tina
suggests that they "initiate" Helena's house
instead. Ick. Tina teases: "Or am I not enough
for you?" Helena says "You're more than
enough for me," but she doesn't mean it.
Bette's
house — Ah, this is where the party
went. Bette hears a knock and turns to see Carmen,
Dana, Jenny, Alice, Shane, and Mark, making faces
against the glass of the French doors. Aww, I love
it! It's almost as much fun as deploying
a mission to ascertain a disposition. Look at
the faces Dana's making — could she be funnier?
She just keeps on mugging until Bette opens the door
into her face.
So
they all come in, and settle in, and order pizza,
and hang out. Shane says "it's family night,"
and this is my kind of family. Bette agrees: she watches
them as they laugh and talk and touch, and she smiles,
more content than she's been all season. Thank you,
A.M. Homes.
NEXT WEEK ON THE L WORD: Carmen
breaks a heart; Dana squirms; Bette and Tina get close.
And Ivan!! Long live the drag king!
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