The L Word

Premise

Set in West Hollywood, Bette Porter (played by Jennifer Beals) and Tina Kennard (Laurel Holloman) have been a couple for seven years and want to have a child.

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West Hollywood - Jennifer Beals - Laurel Holloman - Year

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Their next-door neighbor, Tim Haspel (Eric Mabius), faces a major life change when his girlfriend, Jenny Schecter (Mia Kirshner), moves in with him after graduating from college in the Midwest.

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Eric Mabius - Mia Kirshner

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Bette and Tina's circle of friends includes Shane McCutcheon (Katherine Moennig), a butch and sexually aggressive hairstylist, and serial heart-breaker; Dana Fairbanks (Erin Daniels), a professional tennis player who's still in the closet and torn between her career and finding love; Alice Pieszecki (Leisha Hailey), a girlish, bisexual journalist looking for love any way she can; and Marina Ferrer (Karina Lombard), the European owner of the trendy neighborhood café, The Planet, which serves as a focal point for the show, and the group's hang-out.

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Katherine Moennig - Erin Daniels - Tennis - Leisha Hailey - Bisexual - Journalist - Karina Lombard - Café

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Lives, however, begin to change as Bette's musician half-sister Kit (Pam Grier), who is recovering from alcoholism, returns to her life; and as Jenny begins a discreet relationship with Marina, which challenges everything she knows about herself.

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Pam Grier - Alcoholism

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Introduced in the second season are Carmen de la Pica Morales (Sarah Shahi), a confident DJ who starts a reationship with Shane; Helena Peabody (Rachel Shelley), a wealthy supporter of the arts who comes between Bette and Tina; and Mark Wayland (Eric Lively), a documentary filmmaker who moves in with Shane and Jenny.

Related Topics:
Sarah Shahi - DJ - Rachel Shelley - Eric Lively - Documentary

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