The L Word - The Complete First Season | 
| Director: Tricia Brock;tony Goldwyn;burr Steers;ernest R. Dickerson;jeremy Podeswa
Actor: *
Studio: Showtime Ent.
Category: DVD
List Price: $29.99
Buy New: $23.99
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Rating:  134 reviews
Format: Box Set, Collector's Edition, Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number Of Discs: 5
Running Time: 822 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5.7 x 2.5
MPN: 758445205220
ISBN: 1594470529
UPC: 758445205220
EAN: 9781594470523
ASIN: B0002MPQRS
Theatrical Release Date: January 18, 2004
Release Date: November 9, 2004
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Product Description
Explores the personal and professional lives of a group of lesbian and bisexual women in Los Angeles.
Genre: Television
Rating: NR
Release Date: 9-NOV-2004
Media Type: DVD
Amazon.com
Four years after Showtime made gay men the focus of its original series Queer as Folk, it was time for a little turnabout with The LWord (bad title, great show). Centering around a tight-knit group of lesbians in Los Angeles, this drama was far removed from its working-class male counterpart in both style and content. While the men of QAF enjoyed a fabulous if melodramatic life on the middle-class streets of Pittsburgh, the women of The LWord lived it up in sunny California, with gorgeous houses, glamorous careers, and sexy wardrobes. Ironically, though, The LWord adhered more to the everyday drama of ensemble shows like thirtysomething than the soap opera antics of QAF, and the results were surprisingly heartfelt and effective, appropriately stylish but never over the top. There was plenty of room for titillation, but creator Ilene Chaiken fashioned from the start a show centered on characters and not just sex, aiming for the heart rather than... well, other places. The LWord focused primarily on committed couple Bette (Jennifer Beals) and Tina (Laurel Holloman), a former power-career duo who've decided to have a baby; however, artificial insemination and the changing dynamics of their relationship throw their previously happy existence off-kilter. Within their orbit are spunky journalist Alice (Leisha Hailey), sultry hairdresser Shane (Katherine Moenning), closeted pro tennis player Dana (Erin Daniels), and espresso bar owner Marina (Karina Lombard) who, in the show's most polarizing storyline, bedded the seemingly straight Jenny (Mia Kirschner) and shook up her heterosexual world. Jenny's am-I-straight-or-not? kvetching frustrated both her fiance (Eric Mabius) and many viewers, who were alternately irritated and intrigued by her inability to decide one way or the other. But Jenny's weakness was part of The LWord's strength: in exploring many sides of many issues, both domestic and political, it never came up with an easy answer for any of them, making the show all that more fascinating--and compulsively watchable. --Mark Englehart
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| Customer Reviews: Read 129 more reviews...
 the L word July 27, 2008
Patricia Doustout (Maine)
I cannot believe that I got the first season for such an incredible price, and the condition it was in was great.
L Word season 1 June 23, 2008
bette (Rainier, Wa.)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The first season of this show, arrived in as great condition, that I think it WAS new!!!!
Great service, nice timing of arrival. Wonderful day!
best TV show ever!! June 1, 2008
denise (Los Angeles, CA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
once i started watching it, i can't stop!! i finished the whole 5 seasons in two weeks!! that's how attracting this show is =].
"shane's the best!!"
love the L word April 17, 2008
Brandy Demetroff (lincoln park, michigan)
I love this show. The first season was one of my favorites. There was humor, and heart break. I will miss this show when it's gone.
Loving the L Word April 14, 2008
Evelyn Adamson (Southern Pines, NC USA)
We really loved the first season of the L Word. My partner just started watching it during the 4th season. Now she has more of a sense of the story line and characters. I can't wait to buy season 2 and 3 to watch with her. I highly recommend buying all of them!
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