1/5 Did you actually plan this ending?
  by David Champion (Killeen, Texas)
I will buy it eventually to end out my collection of the series. I am really glad that I didn't preorder. That would have been a waste of funds. You leave everything at a question mark. Not a cliffhanger ending a smart aleck teenage way. Enough Said.

4/5 Loved the series but not the finale
  by Liz (CA)
As an avid watcher of The L Word, I anxiously awaited the release date for the final season. I'd read some unkind reviews of the final season but figured that the series couldn't end in a way that would disappoint me. I was WRONG. With the exception of one or two things, I had no real problems until the last episode. (((SPOILER ALERT))) I did not like that they broke up Helena and Dylan. The chemistry between those two was absolutely electric and I think that they were the 2nd best couple on the show (the first being Tina and Bette). As far as the last episode, they left way too much to the imagination. I am one of those people who needs to know how things end. I don't like when major events are left open for interpretation.

I still reccommend The L Word Final Season for anyone who is as into the show as I am. It absolutely could've ended better, but it was still a wonderful series.

1/5 Horrible.
  by L. silva
I am highly disappointed in The L Word Final Season. I watched originally on Showtime with great expectation especially for the last episode. I don't know what happened to the show. The truth is, it was never the same since the creators decided to cut Dana out, after that they barely hung on - but the show was still entertaining. The Final Season however was just plain bad.

First, I don't care if you have gender dysphoria - just because you take hormones does not mean you automatically turn into the opposite sex, and therefore your sex organs no longer work according to their original settings. Max's whole "Oh I didn't think I could get pregnant" was an insult to people facing this issue, as well as an insult to a character who supposedly is intelligent enough to create complex IT programs, but apparently didn't get 4th grade biology. Girls and boys, penis and vagina equals baby, even if the penis is gay and the vagina is confused. So...girls and boys, put a rubber on it and move on. Having Max become pregnant was just plain cheesy, especially since the plot was created only shortly after the idiocy of the "pregnant man" story. Good job creators, you took a break through character, and screwed it up.

Second, yes Jenny needed to die - but was it necessary to make ME want to be the killer? The character was already annoying to began with, and the majority of The Final Season was basically "The Jenny Show" and "How will Jenny make me want to kill her today?? hmmm." Tedious.

Third...Shane should have grown up. Brian Kinney of Queer as Folk was a much better written character than Shane, and even he grew up in the end. I personally did not see any growth in any of the characters apart from Helena.

Finally...how dare you not re-introduce the entire cast when they say goodbye? I didn't see Carmen, Marina, or Dana in the final "good bye shots." Carmen and Marina showed up in a tape made by Jenny, which begs the question...why didn't Marina just come back and take Jenny? That would have been a better rap up of the show.

Overall, I personally hated this season. The best (and it's a stretch) that can be said for this season, is the last episode where Tina and Bette are sitting at the porch, and we see Shane walking back home supposedly from another night (just as in the very first episode). It was bittersweet, and a good reminder of just how good The L Word ONCE was.



4/5 Sorry To See You Go
  by Linda DeSantis (Brooklyn, NY)
I loved The L Word from day one; great characters, great arcs, great story lines and lots of spice.

Each character had a uniqueness about them. Especially the two I mention here: Alice was a complete delight (Leisha's craft in delivery was flawless). Jenny's character was indeed complex. You just loved hating her at certain points. But I did hate to see her go.

What I did find lacking was a bit more realism in body types. I, as an overweight lesbian, loved seeing the beauty in these women but the lack of people with weight issues should have been addressed.

I disagreed with the writers regarding Dana's demise. She should have represented hope and the love for life. We know people die from breast cancer and the devastation that surrounds it but I believe it would have been a better story line showing Dana rising above and having a positive attitude toward the disease and the lessons learned and what she possibly could do to help others. I write this from witnessing this disease through my life partner.

And then a side bar to that, since Dana did die, and having her reappear before Alice, that should have gone on periodically through the remaining seasons. Especially, in the very last episode when everyone was saying their good-byes...her ghost-like appearance could have shown up.

All in all I will miss my fix of The L Word.

5/5 great but too short
  by Susan M. Sokoloski
fantastic ending to a great series. A "who done it?" with a confusing ending. Lives up to the L word series expectation of excellence. one problem is it is way too short, that is not a full season was shot. too bad, not enough of a great thing.