The L Word: The Complete Series

The L Word series is about the lives, loves and friendships of a group of lesbians living in Los Angeles. The casting is superb: Jennifer Beals (Bette), Erin Daniels (Dana), Leisha Hailey (Alice), Laurel Holloman (Tina), Mia Kirshner (Jenny Schecter), Katherine Moennig (Shane), Pam Grier (Kit), Rachel Shelley (Helena) and Daniela Sea (Max), only to name a few. In addition, there are guest appearances by Cybill Shepherd, Gloria Steinem, Ossie Davis, Billie Jean King and Snoop Dog. Every element in the series is first class: the photography, scenery, costumes and story lines. The music is among the best I've heard in any series. I never realized there were so many talented women artists. Plus there are performances by many well known artists, including Heart.The series deals with a number of serious gay issues: coming out, gay adoption & parenting, coming out to parents, gays in the military and trangendering from female to male. Plus it puts a lesbian perspective on issues common to us all: love, relationships, monogamy, promiscuity, breast cancer and job discrimination. It includes women from all age groups: from their early twenties to their mid-fifties. I was pretty naive about transgenders and was quite touched by Max's struggles as she/he goes through the transition process. Dana's struggle with breast cancer is absolutely heart wrenching. When Phyllis (Cybill Shepherd) comes out as a lesbian after twenty years of marriage the story is both touching and hilarious. There is a lighter side: The Gay Pride Parade, The Lesbian, Gay Bisexual, Transgender festivities at the 11th Annual Women's Event in New York and when the gang goes on an Olivia Cruise it made me want to immediately jump on the boat and ride away into lesbian heaven.The show does not portray your typical butch-femme stereotypes. Instead you have gorgeous lesbians dressed in exquisite clothes. The lingerie only adds to the sexiness. The love scenes are not just hot, they are sizzling. Most lesbian love scenes are done by straight women and appear fake and sometimes look downright painful. Not here! The kissing, touching and simulated sex are absolute erotic. Shane, who is known for her promiscuity, steams up the screen with her seduction of an array of women.The only disappointment is the ending of the series. It leaves more questions than answers. Who really killed Jenny Schecter? It could be that way because they are leaving the series open to a sequel.The cost of the series may seem expensive, but consider that you are getting a total of 81 episodes. Plus each season includes a number of bonus features. This is a series you will watch over and over and is well worth the money.

I liked it because I can watch whenever I want

It's embarrassing to say that I missed this show while it was being produced and bought it five years after it went off the air. This is one where you want to find six people and "discuss" motives and reasons and outfits after each episode. If you haven't seen it - and you can get past the fact that it's Jennifer Beals (she makes 40+ look so easy) in designer clothes (even lipstick lesbians probably were a little taken aback), then you will enjoy this show. My thanks to Little Chicken Productions for creating this show and taking on such interesting topics. I don't know anyone that would have been 100% represented by any of these characters or their story lines, but I bet there was 20% in each episode that strongly resonated for every gay woman out there. I will take 20% over the zero I get from Cops/"Real Life ANYTHING"/Zombie Shows. Sad that it is over - but at least I have the DVD's and YouTube can't do anything with these!

I chose 5 stars because this series helps lesbians relate to real life problems,and find solutions. I feel like the characters depict real relationshipsIn society. I particularly enjoy watching each character "come out"or help others to do so. It helps people who are gay to know that is okay.I just wish we had a place like The Planet, where we could meet otherlesbians and share our trials and tribulations together.I learned that finding your true self can be done best through exploration.I relate to each character in some way, which I'm sure we all do.I've learned that being in a monogamous lesbian relationship, relationship canbe very difficult at times but so can being in a straight one. If you followyour heart, be true to yourself, everything else will fall into place.I'm very sad that The L Word is no longer on, and there will never bea replacement. Thanks for reading.

The outer cover was in poor condition, but that’s to be expected. All of the discs were plastic wrapped and in good condition. Some portions of this show didn’t age well, but it’s still a great watch. My biggest gripe is that there are no subtitles or closed captions, not even in English.

I loved the show so much that I had to buy the entire series

Alice. Tina. Bette. Shane. Jenny. Carmen. Helena. Kit. What more is there to say? This show is ICONIC. The first and, unfortunately, only of its kind. I love that this shows the intricacies of lesbian relationships and how they're both similar and different than heterosexual ones. As someone who discovered this their first year in college, I think it's so important to have this kind of show around and we definitely need another. However, be warned, this show is definitely for a more mature audience, as The L Word does not shy away from sex.As far as the complete series, I love that everything is in one place. Makes it less likely I'll lose a season. Everything is clearly labeled and easy to grab. The "bonus" features aren't plentiful, but I'll take what I can get!

I thought that overall the series was done well and was captivating.I thought that everyone sleeping with everyone was a little much.Hated Jenny and no one in real life would continue to have her as a friend and invite her to social gatherings all the time.I would recommend this series to anyone whom I felt would like to see it.I loved Bette and Tina and wanted them to get it together and not fluctuate all the time.I was disappointed in Kit because clearly she was so straight it wasn't funny but the writer wanted us to think that she wanted to dabble in the other side...didn't come across too well so it was annoying me. Every straight person is not interested in the same sex team (although some are).