Episode 3.12 "Left Hand of the Goddess"

THIS WEEK'S L WORD VOCABULARY:

• Post-predictable: The episode. Not only did you see it coming: you're already over it and filing your nails.
• Joni Mitchell: Better than everyone, and perfect for Bette.
• Genetics: There's a reason they call it a twisted pair, especially in the McCutcheon family.
• Prefrenchious: Jenny and her new flame. Make that "flamme."

Episode 3.11 "Last Dance"

THIS WEEK'S L WORD VOCABULARY:

• Pitch-perfect: Leisha Hailey. Despite all the obstacles, like the writing, and the writing, and the writing.
• The enemy: A moving target, if you're Jenny.
• Waterfalls: Don't go chasin' 'em.

Episode 3.10 "Losing the Light"

THIS WEEK'S L WORD VOCABULARY:

• Undervalued: Erin Daniels.
• Misunderstood: Dana.
• Betrayed: The viewers.

Episode 3.9 "Lead, Follow, or Get Out of the Way"

THIS WEEK'S L WORD VOCABULARY:

• Painful: Really the only word you need for this episode.

Episode 3.8 "Latecomer"

THIS WEEK'S L WORD VOCABULARY:

• Tea: Even more refreshing than you might think. Especially if it's English.
• Space and time: Wasted by Betty.
• Family: Shifting and evolving and somehow surviving.

Episode 3.7 "Lone Star"

THIS WEEK'S L WORD VOCABULARY:

• Operatic: Transcendently orgasmic.
• Subtlety: If you don't know what it is, you're in good company.
• Gold star: Not if I'm grading the episode.

Episode 3.6 "Lifesize"

THIS WEEK'S L WORD VOCABULARY:

• Pronouns: A salient sign of Tina's confusion.
• Fire extinguisher: The best way to get your point across.
• Family: Better when redefined.

Episode 3.5 "Lifeline"

THIS WEEK'S L WORD VOCABULARY:

• Act like you have a girlfriend: The thing you just don't say to Shane.
• Cold: The new black.
• Vampire: Often exactly what you want her to be.
• Good directing: The cure for bad writing.

Episode 3.4 "Light My Fire"

THIS WEEK'S L WORD VOCABULARY:

• Politics: The thing this show was missing.
• Playing with fire: What everybody does, but nobody quite does right.
• Ms. Porter: She's back.
• Googling: Foreplay.
• Fingertip: The incredibly erogenous zone.

Episode 3.3 "Lobster"

THIS WEEK'S L WORD VOCABULARY:

• Labels: The thing nobody can get past.
• Money: It makes the world go round, and it makes Tina's eyes go round.
• Uninspired: The nicest thing anyone can say about this episode.

Episode 3.2 "Lost Weekend"

THIS WEEK'S L WORD VOCABULARY:

• Easy: Men. Unless you're genderqueer.
• Progesterone: Good if you're crazy; useless if you're a bigot.
• The ultimate patriot act: What Tina doesn't like.

Episode 3.1 "Labia Majora"

THIS WEEK'S L WORD VOCABULARY:

• Burnt curtains, wiff-waff, etc.: The female genitalia. And there's plenty more where that came from. So to speak.
• Beauty: The antithesis of "baby-proof."
• Unbelievable: Leisha Hailey's ability to turn something really wrong into something kinda funny.