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Setting the scene — Kit is trying to make everything perfect for Benjamin. But surprise, surprise, her cell phone rings — Benjamin's got some sort of family thing going on. Kit eyes the nearby bottle of wine, when she really ought to be eyeing that assistant/server/whatever who's helping her prepare the dinner.

What's cooking — Helena's preparing a feast. Tina has brought flowers, and is impressed that Helena's got such mad culinary skills. Helena offers Tina a sip of wine, and before all you puritanical Americans freak out, please keep in mind that a sip of wine is perfectly routine among pregnant Brits and Europeans, and they don't seem to have had many bad results. Well, not counting Helena, of course.

But I'll give Helena props for trying to boost Tina's self-esteem: Tina protests when Helena starts to give her a foot massage, because she doesn't "deserve it." Helena says that's the wrong way to think about it: Tina should be thinking she's entitled to it.

Yeah, okay. She's also apparently entitled to uber hot Bette sex, so I don't care what you might do to her feet. It's just not going to compare.

An AA meeting — Ivan — hey Ivan! — is leading a group. Kit shows up and tells her story about being stood up and wanting the wine, and really just wanting someone who will listen. Ivan's eyes say something between yes and no.

Good job, though, Kit, for fighting off the demons again.

A strip club of some sort — Ivan takes Kit to a sizzly scene, and sees his "gal," Iris, who's a dancer. Kit's immediately jealous. But she sits with Ivan and Iris (Ivan and Iris? funny) anyway. Ivan explains that Kit owns The Planet. Iris says that Ivan's tried to take her there a few times, but it's just not her scene. Kit has already heard enough:

Kit: "Well, maybe you shouldn't pass judgment before you've been there."

Yeah! But I have to clap for Iris too, who says she doesn't hang out with lesbians because it's "too much drama." Word.

Iris also reveals that she and Ivan started seeing each other about five years ago. This really gets Kit, of course, because Ivan was "doin' miss thing and trying to romance me."

Ivan: "We never discussed monogamy, okay? We didn't get that far. But if we had, I would've explained to you that it just doesn't work for me."
Kit: "And I woulda told you to fuck off."

Yeehaw, Kit is in the hay-ouse! But Ivan points out that Kit is seeing a married man, which is kinda fair. Kit gets too disgusted and has to leave.

Okay. Let's discuss. (1) That was a really crappy way to write Ivan out of the show, and (2) I like the fact that Ivan's girlfriend isn't necessarily a lesbian. I don't know why she should be — Ivan clearly identifies as a man, so why not date straight women? This is why it could have worked with Kit. Sigh.

Burr blah blah — Jenny cries about Carmen while Burr blubbers and reveals his homo-ness. I know it's hard to believe that something could be more boring than the Mark stuff (or sometimes the Shane stuff), but this really is. And Tony seems maybe a bit drunk, or perhaps that's just his way of seeming emotional.

Overcompensating — After I wake up from the little nap induced by that Burr scene, I sorta wish I hadn't. Helena is showing Tina the new rooms for the kids, and there's an extra room: one for Tina's kid. It's "dazzling," according to Tina, and it is, but it's also a bit too perfect. And Tina's not ready to have a room in Helena's house — even though Helena says there's no pressure.

The better room — Bette is fixing up a room for the baby too, and there's the mobile from the cute artist, and it's all just enough love and attention to make the room seem nice without overdoing it. Guess who I vote for?

A great ride — Dana is in the bathroom, getting ready for her evening o' love. She has told Alice it's a fashion show, and Alice has no idea what's up — she hears Dana fall with a thud at one point, and wonders if this is "one of those Miu Miu things where you don't know where the straps go." Straps, indeed:

Dana: "Sort of."

And then Dana emerges, begging Alice not to laugh. We don't get to see much but the straps, and the look on Alice's face as she says "Fuck. Who's laughing?" in a completely lascivious way and pulls Dana onto the bed. Right on.

A final thought — Yeah, the peeing at the beginning was yuck. But tell me this: do you want a show that veers into yuck once in a while, or do you want a show that plays it safe? I vote for the former. And I still say that as long as it's not hurting anyone (and maybe as long as I don't have to watch), more power to them. Free your mind and express yourself and vogue and do the hustle and all o' that. And infest yourself with literary pediculosis if you must.

NEXT WEEK ON THE L WORD: Bette confronts her dad; Kit's hair is straight; Alice and Dana ride the Love Boat; Jenny thinks Mark's "art" sucks.

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