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4.02: Livin' la vida loca

Hello Girls, I 've just watched the 2nd episode (don't know why it's already available, but it's OK!), well we met Papi, I can't understand why all girls sleep with her, she's not irresistible!

No chemistry during the sex scene in the car, it was boring! but Alice has a great body!

Helena is soooo beautiful, so is Alice: really nice! They could be a great couple (but I don't think it will happen even now that they're roomates)

The young blonde already had a crush on Bette, lol; this should be interesting!

No Marina in this episode :-(

So, have U seen it already, what did U think about it?

Kisses from France...


Frenchcamilla's picture

babym80 wrote: Kisses from

babym80 wrote:

Kisses from France...

How come you've seen it? I live in France too, if there a way...get back to me!

Kisses from France too

babym80's picture

salut miss! et bien oui je

salut miss! et bien oui je sè pas pkoi il été dispo dès aujourd'hui, mais bon tant mieux, on va pas se plaindre, il est o format mp4,je l'ai lu ak le logiciel bsplayer (mais un otre ki lit les mp4 fè l'affaire ossi), dc je te mets le lien: [admin edit: torrent address removed] je sè pas si c autorisé de l'écrire ici, sinon si jamé tu ve parler de la série, je te laisse mon adresse msn: babym80@hotmail.com      @++++

bluette's picture

you must not give the adress

you must not give the adress of that file, it's forbidden and that could threaten the site itself.en français :  tu ne dois pas mettre de lien vers un torrent, cela pourrait nuire au site qui ne doit pas envoyer de lien vers un support illégal       you should put in your subject "spoiler"...i thought you want to guess what will going on in the second episode and NOW I KNOW I WONT SEE MARINA I AM SO DISAPPOINTED!!!!!!!

babym80's picture

sorry, U're right ! I want

sorry, U're right ! I want to PM the adress (can I erase it?), but cant' do it, I didn't put spoiler in my subject becose I thought everyone saw the episode, so OK I'm changing the title right now, see ya

Frederique's picture

too late but don't worry...

et comme dirait marina : c'est pas graaave ! hi from paris too

dopedupdawl's picture

it was good...

i saw it too.. i gotta say i LIKED papi though... maybe it's just me lol. but yeah, her and al had nothing.. i thought the helena thing was hilarious though.

and i've also wanted to see alice and helena hook up! i know it won't happen... but one can dream... they should make for fun roomies though :)

z's picture

episode 2

oh boy alice is soo hottt!!! Not too impressed with papi tho' shane stl has my heart  and my booty if she wants it ... but on a seroius note.. jenny and max need to be tied together and shot ,dang! they give me a headache and not in a good way.. still i am cautiously optimistic about this season. keep hope alive!!

zoe

with each breath love yourself

jenism's picture

I'm quite partial to Papi as

I'm quite partial to Papi as opposed to some people. I think Janina Gavankar has great potential as an actress and will probably eventually contribute a lot to the show. Or maybe I just thought she was hot, either way, things are sorta looking up this season. I'm keeping the optimism flowing.
harveyt's picture

Some good, some bad

Papi did nothing for me and the sex in the car scene was funny but not sexy. That Helena would take up with Papi after hearing Alice being fucked by her was unbelieveable and as she was still in her running gear at the end of the episode we can only presume they had been at it all day. I don't want to be base but wouldn't you at least want the woman you're fucking to take a shower between lovers? But then in the L Word you can sleep with 1000 women and not catch an STD.

Liked the scenes with Bette and her TA, although it is obviously just foreplay for Jodi's arrival. 

Jenny was very entertaining in her own way, especially liked the swearing scene with Shane and Shay.

The scene in The Planet with Tina (one of the very few she was in) was too much. Where do these friends get off. All she said was that she missed not having her daughter all the time and then gets harangued by the others. (Helena telling anyone how to be a parent is a joke.) Yet when Tina mentions that she's had 2 abortions, they say nothing. Not believable.

Not a great episode but still miles better than the train wreck of S3; hopefully it will only get better.

hrj202's picture

hrj202

Where did helena's children go?  Did the other mommy get sole custody?  I can't remember. 

harveyt--Good question about STDs...perhaps shane and papi have one or two, or had at some point.  Also i agree, the comment Tina made about the two abortions got brushed right over.  Like HELLO! that sounds really intense!

I liked it when Jenny and and Shay were sitting next to eachother on the counter.  It was like the two little kids...

TMeade's picture

last 2nd episode

I think the whole Papi thing was quite funny...I'm hoping That Papi would hook up with Bette...That would be quite sexy...Papi is a little over the top with her playerism...if that's a word...This season has to be better than last season..God please let it be..

fetisha's picture

papi

yeah but I think the point of Papi's character is that she's silly. I don't think she's meant to be taken seriously. She funny and sexy. Something the show needs more of..
bluemellow's picture

papi's character seems

papi's character seems forced- she's TOO much of a player in contrast to shane's cool calmness.i find her to be a bit too self absorbed with her status as well.. SO not cool.
Dreamcatcher's picture

PAPI

I don't know what it is about her, but uh, she's really kinda hot. It's the smile and the confidence.  The way she talks is pretty strange but then again I don't really know what passes for a Los Angeles Latina's accent.  AND with the way she was uptalking her kissing skills,  i don't think we saw her kiss either Alice or Helena..come on writers!!!!! We know she can talk the talk, now hurry up and let's see if she can walk the walk. *wink*
januarygirl's picture

papi

yeah i don't really get why papi is supposed to be so irresistable. she's mildly amusing (the spanish accent needs work) but nothing i would fall over for seriously i barely noticed her i was more focused on the new extreme hotness of Leisha holy smoke she's always been cute but this season she's in a whole other realm.

"But I dream of flight, not to be as the angels are, but to rise above te smallness of it all. The smallness that I am. Against the daily death the iconography of wings."

Geezz2's picture

I don't comprehend this disaster anymore

When is someone or something gone to do something about....i am beyond annoyed...so i cant even write an eloquent or constructive criticism.... I hate the character of Papi... The girl is talented i don't doubt that, but she doesn't pull the though diva Latina HoTTness and the sexscene between alice and papi plain sucked suked (not in the good way)  

DONDE ESTA CARMEN??????

And didn't anybody think about asking Iyari Limon or MIchelle Rodriguez for the part of Papi....Cause we all know, Michelle is PAPI.....ay que si oiga, Boricua and Dominicana.

Oh yeah I hope to see Bette and her T.A. in action. And sorry people but i kind of like how bratty Jenny is acting now, love the new Jenny. And why why in the name of love is Max still here?

jenism's picture

Max, that's a character I

Max, that's a character I hadn't really thought of. I keep hoping he'll fall off a cliff or something. It wasn't too exciting watching him go on a date with his boss's daughter. speaking of which, how do you think that will turn out, anyway?
ebronte76's picture

Max and the Boss's Daughter?

It's The L Word so you know it will end in disaster. 

My girlfriend and I could not get over the fact that Max was willing to date a girl, and kiss her on her front porch without that girl being aware of Max's history.

Not only is that not cool, it can't go well when you have to finally tell the person.  It would be much better, but less dramatic for the series, if you tell them up front so they have all the information before hand.  You can only hope that they will accept you for who you are; but that's all any of us can do.  Truth is always better than lies (even if they are just lies of ommision).

I wonder what Max's support group would think about him dating a girl (not to mention the boss's daughter) without telling her that he is transgendered.  But I doubt we will get to see that scene since it would actually be interesting, unlike pretty much any scene with Max in it.

hrj202's picture

Max's & Boss' Daughter

ebronte76- I kept wondering about whether or not Max's "omission" was ethical or not. I think I'm leaning towards what you wrote. What is completely clear is that dating the boss's daughter is a big no-no, especially when it seems Max wants to stay closeted (not sure if that's the right word) at work. I guess the writers want us to think Max is a complete idiot?

And on the date, what was all that talk about feeling POWERLESS WITHOUT A MAN?! I'm confused. Any ideas anyone? :)

Rain1113's picture

Max's lines

Yeah, the whole "powerless with a man thing" was also confusing. Is Max really going this straight? I think it referred to the notion that it is a man's world and women feel that to be powerful, they need to feed off that power from a man. What the heck? Isn't that kind of 1960's? But I never really liked Max's character... although I do like how much variety the show has introduced and the effort they make to include a wide spectrum of personalities (bisexual, transgendered...)

You have to take note though that it's still the first few episodes of the new season, it takes some time for the plot lines to emerge and new characters to be integrated. Although I agree with having Michelle Rodriguez play Papi, she really does fit that role, she's gay and Latina. Aside from that, isn't Janina Gavankar Indian?

blew's picture

Max & the Boss's Daughter

I agree. Max needs to be upfront and honest with anyone s/he dates right from the get go. Just because Max has wants and needs doesn't mean that others are obligated to satisfy them.
iluvkahlo's picture

Max needs to go...

I have not been impressed with this season so far. I want to see Marina and the very sexy Carmen back!!! Carmen should come back, her show teachers went NO WHERE! Bring my boo back! :((

Max has to go! That character is so boring lord! I think this season by far will be the best for Jenny. EVEN though they didn't give her and Marina characters closure!!! Papi, is ok I don't like this "player" thing they have on. Kind of slutty if you ask me. I'm not down with sharing lovers with friends, let alone hooking up with them with in hours.

kaylmarie's picture

the episode...

well..i finally got a chance to watch it - i kept missing it since i had to work and what not. I missed the first 5 minutes, so i missed tina and helena talkin about helena getting canned. But then when shane shows up with shay...and is so clueless.
papi..kinda like...i dunno shane when shes playin a girl its not that obvious - with papi youre like oh fuck her and leave her for sure. Cuz all it is sex - one after the other. Haha uh..alice's interview with her tho - haha alice getting her freak on! FINALLY! she was in die hard need of a good lay! hehe
uh...when they lost shay - that was kinda like oh shitish..
but max and jenny both need to go byebye - theyre just a nuisance. That's just my thoughts (that many people share)

but yeah i had to get my two cents in

goddess903's picture

episode 2

I loved this episode! Alice got laid, Bette is on the road to getting laid, and Tina...well, can someone put her out of our misery? I DVR every episode and watch it at least a couple of times during the week. Mind you on the second or third time I fast forward through anything Max. Apparantly no acting skill was required, and the writers have backed themselves into a corner with the whole Max story line...There isn't a place for him now that he isn't "bopping" Jenny. (Does anyone else wish Max had developed a fatal infection secondary to breast cancer instead of Dana?)

I can't wait to see more Marina, she made me love The L word in the beginning.I was hoping to see her at least once more (weren't we promised a couple of episodes?). But let's not make this deeper than it is, I don't need to see Jenny brooding for awhile, but I'd rather see Marina than that damn Claude again.

and now that you know my thoughts you'll be a better person....:)
MsWoo's picture

I'm glad I'm not watching

Sounds like it is going to be another dreadful season. I think the creativity well went dry.
ania's picture

Scribe Grrrl - come back!

Please come back and write a recap of the latest episode - I can't wait much longer!

 

Cheers, Ania

sizz_leteen's picture

Thank God for YouTube

As a Canuck, I probably won't be seeing this on Showcase until September, so whoever's been posting s4 on YouTube has made my life.
I think Papi's going to be an interesting character, but I think that Carmen was much prettier. Aside from that, I think it's kind of sad to just throw in these token characters so they can cover every point of diversity. Why can't Janina play an Indian lesbian? I could be wrong, but I feel that Asian (all Asians in general) gays/lesbians are under-represented in the media. Just my two bits.
I loved the sex scene between Alice and Papi, though. I could just put Leisha in my pocket. She's as cute as a button. 
Doylerulz's picture

Alice

Alice looked smokin hot in this episode. I thought the car scene with her and Papi was kind of funny. And as for Shane VS Papi, I'll take Shane anyday. My only complaint was Max's date with the boss' daughter. That was boooring.
Leonharte's picture

thoughts

loled at Shane reprimanding Jenny for swearing in front of Shay. Jenny's reactions were just so perfect.

Mixed thoughts on Papi... the scene with Alice did just not work. Though I suppose it shows you how she does what she does so fast.

Max's date with the boss's daughter was not the best. Boring. The time was better spent.

Sometimes I'm lost on the references because I haven't seen S2 or 3, just S1 and the first two eps of S4. The problems with living in Australia... the joys of broadband.

fonziere's picture

Diversity..

Talking about diversity, they could have just had Papi play an asian on the show.. that would've been interesting and a lot more easier (what with the forced accent). Latinos are sexay, but more so when they're authentic. Otherwise, I have no qualms about Papi's character, seems to me she's the over-confident boisterous type.. and there are dykes like that out there.

More kinds of LGBT thrown in to create the apt environment for chaos. Looking forward to more of S4.

Jenny & Max; the disliked characters.. they could have been more contributing to the show, since they do represent the monotonous, insane (the bad kind), f*cked up individuals in the real world.. as I see it they're going through massive changes and that's bound to throw them into fits of crankiness. True but does not make me leap with joy with eagerness.. they've sort of made the characters less-likable.. somehow. Need to loosen them up a bit.

They're makin' us shane fans starve for her part. Running around on a dope binge and/or with the responsibility of a half-brother in his teens does not count.

 

dj_stokes's picture

i miss carmen :(

i miss carmen :(

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