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The L Word
recap: Losing the Light (season 3, episode
10)
(Original airdate: 12 March 2006)
THIS
WEEK'S L WORD VOCABULARY:
- Undervalued:
Erin Daniels.
- Misunderstood:
Dana.
- Betrayed:
The viewers.
THIS
WEEK'S GUEST-BIANS: Meredith McGeachie makes
us miss crazier happier days; Steven Eckholdt continues
to grate; Alexandra Hedison goes out with a whimper;
Eric Mabius apparently has nothing better to do; Holland
Taylor (thank you, god) graces the show with her presence.
First,
the title — So it's called "Losing
the Light," even though my interactive DVR guide
said "Loosing." Anyway, if it's "losing,"
that implies that the powers that be didn't want Erin
Daniels to leave the show, but since that's not true,
perhaps it should have been called "Kicking the
Light to the Curb." Or, better yet, "Snuffing
the Light." Or "Unjustifiably Killing Off
the Most Relatable Character We Had."
But
I'm getting ahead of myself.
Mosque
de Paris — Lara's all muddy. She's
at a spa/salon/whatever, and I'm a little confused
by the name of it (mosque? really?) but never mind.
The woman next to her in the mud treatment room announces
that they look "pretty cute." The chart
line begins to snake across the screen from Lara to
the mud woman, but they're interrupted by another
woman who's walking through the room topless: she's
had a mastectomy.
Mud
woman: "Does that bother you seeing
her like that?
Lara: "No."
Mud woman: "I think if
it happened to you, you'd think differently."
And
of course it has happened to someone Lara loves, so
the chart line stops in its tracks and Lara gets up
and goes right to the lockers to get her cell phone.
She calls Dana and tells her she can't stop thinking
about her and wishes she were with her and wants to
talk about coming home, but Dana doesn't answer. We
see Dana's house: it's empty; the mail is piling up.
Dana doesn't live there anymore.
Is
there anything more jarring than the rat-a-tat-tat
of the theme song after a moving moment like that?
The
hospital — Tina is offering to do laundry
and bring mail and help Alice however she can. Alice
sort of shrugs at all of it; after all, there's not
much anyone can do to help her if it doesn't involve
healing Dana.
Tina
gives Dana a kiss on the forehead and tells her she
loves her. She asks Alice whether Shane is coming
next; Alice says no, Max and Jenny are next, and then
Shane and Carmen at 5. And then Kit's bringing dinner.
And Alice? Alice is always there.
Tina
asks whether she looks okay: "Am I too dressed
up?" Too dressed up for what, Tina? For whatever
will allow you to focus on your new boy toy and forget
all about Dana, who's dying in the bed right next
to you?
After
Tina leaves, Alice leans in and says what Dana's thinking:
Alice:
"You're right. Bisexuality is gross. I
see it now."
Dana
sort of twitches, and Alice says "Did I make
you laugh? I think I made you laugh." You did,
Alice, and we all thank you for it. (And no, bisexuality
isn't gross, and I'm pretty sure neither Alice nor
Dana really thinks it is; what's gross is for Tina
to be concerned about her wardrobe instead of her
friend.)
Outside,
Tina gets into a car with Henry and Mikey and Angelica,
and pretends Dana is getting better.
Dirge,
verse one — I used to watch a cool show;
I can't remember what it was called, but it had some
great ensemble scenes of friends supporting each other
and making the most of life and drinking coffee as
the morning sun slanted in and made them all glow.
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