haha, i love this interview with kate moenig and leisha hailey from the L word. it's like, they're both reasonably smart people, and they have to sort of try to back up the choices made by the mighty ilene chaiken in terms of plot, characters etc. but basically, they could either be honest or they could sound like total idiots by saying, "yes, it totally made sense that my character said she loved this girl and then on the next episode the girl wasn't on the show anymore." i'm glad to say that they didn't do that, although i feel like mama chaiken isn't going to be any to happy. basically, they take the complete opposite road and dis everything that has happened on the show. rightly so. dana getting killed off, shane's break up with carmen, shane's relationship with paige, alice's unlikely relationship with tasha, alice's disappearing bisexuality, and so on. they do manage to say a few nice things about being able to contribute (although obviously not enough), but it's comforting to know that these women we look up to feel the same way as us about the show. oh also, i like that they totally leak upcoming stuff. or at least, kate moenig says that shane's going to date jenny, and leisha hailey is like, tasha's days are numbered. honestly, while not being unpleasurable to watch, the L word is unbelievably bad. like, couldn't they just hire the writers from party of five? not that i think that show is well written, but it seems like its a similar but not ridiculous style of writing. the big problem is really continuity, in plot and characters. the writers act like no one watches more than two episodes of the show. which is not at all the case, moreso than most other shows. we are a captive audience. we don't have another show to watch. so we watch it all. so pay us back by respecting that we are not retarded, and we remember everything that has happened to these characters. also, i wish i had showtime. gah.