We’ve passed the halfway mark of season one of The L Word: Generation Q, so it’s all a race to the finish from here. Will Bette’s campaign be derailed by her affair with Felicity? Will Dani choose Sophie over her dad? Will Finley ever realize she’s not welcome to live at Shane’s forever?? Let’s find out!
You can check our our recap of episode 1x04 here.
Bette & Angie
Bette finally pulls the trigger and breaks things off with Felicity. The other woman is clearly pissed and tells Bette she loves her — something our girl definitely does not say back. Instead, she tells Felicity if she really loved her, she would stop trying to put her campaign in jeopardy.
In the parenting world, Bette drops Angie and her lil gal pal Jordi off at school, because apparently Mama Bette is good with them hanging out now that they go to the same school. Angie begs her mom not to come to the school play tonight, but after Jordi sullenly reveals her parents aren’t coming either, Angie secretly tells her mom she can come — but only to support Jordi.
Bette shows up to the play with her two BFFs and all the various people they’re fucking in tow, and asks them to make a big deal for Jordi, who’s starring in the play and has no one there for her. It’s adorable, and it’s obvious Angie appreciates her mom’s gesture. Bette gives both girls flowers afterwards and Angie confesses to an observant Shane that she has feelings for Jordi.
But a great night quickly goes south when Felicity’s ex-husband shows up as they’re walking out of the school, accusing Bette of still sleeping with Felicity. He drunkenly knocks Angie over, and Mama Bear Bette responds by pushing him down the fucking stairs. She calls 911 as a giant circle of people take pics with their iPhones, and boy, Dani is gonna be so pissed.
Dani & Sophie
Daddy Nunez sends over some chocolates to celebrate Dani and Sophie’s engagement…along with a prenup. Dani’s horribly offended while Sophie laughs it off and tells Dani that if that’s what it takes to have her as a wife, she’s happy to sign it. That is, until Sophie’s sister, Maribel, notices a specification in the prenup that any children actually birthed by Sophie will have no claim to any inheritance from their grandfather. That pushes Dani over the edge, and the two set off to confront her dad.
This is the best version of Dani we’ve seen yet. This girl has a damn backbone, yelling at her father in the middle of his very echoey office building. A flustered pops tries to make excuses for the prenup, but he mostly just seems angry that Dani’s standing up to him instead meekly doing whatever he says. With a straight up “Fuck You,” Dani (and Sophie) are gone — there will be no prenup.
But all’s still not well in paradise, as Sophie wants to chat about what happened so they can be better prepared for next time Daddy Nunez tries to interfere in their marriage. Dani shuts down and says she needs time to process, while a hurt Sophie goes home alone. Sophie reiterates her fears of Dani shutting her out to her sister, while Dani winds up at the office and literally breaks down crying to Bette, who certainly understands fathers not accepting their queer daughters.
Alice, Nat, & Gigi
It’s time to deal with the threesome! Alice, Nat, and Gigi all wake up in the same bed. Alice is thrilled, Gigi’s hungover, and Nat…doesn’t want to talk about it. After avoiding letting the kids see what all the ladies got up to, they finally have it out, aka Nat shares her frustrations about how Gigi is still in her life even after cheating on her and admits she doesn’t want her to ruin what she and Alice have. But they talk it out like damn adults and realize that while they have no idea what this is, maybe they can make it work. They drink some wine, argue briefly about telling the kids, and hold all the hands at Angie’s play.
Finley & Tess
Tess, still distraught from her breakup with Lena after discovering she slept with Shane, shows up at the bar only to find Finley passed out and hungover in the back room. The two go out for breakfast and Tess reveals that she got sober because she wanted to feel things again. Finley is not too inclined to agree.
Finley heads over to Rebecca’s to apologize for the night before, but admits she doesn’t remember much of what happened. Rebecca tells her she needs to work out her own issues, deal with whatever and whoever hurt her, which Finley denies. And again, Rebecca tells her to go home. Instead, Finley parks her bike in a quiet spot and calls her dad, who can’t talk because he’s at her sister’s engagement party — which Finley didn’t know about — and because her mom is walking over — who Finley presumably doesn’t talk to. Woof. Rough, girl.
Tess spirals after telling Shane she knows about her and Lena, and however many years she had sober go right out the window. When Finley shows up to help with the bar since Lena’s MIA, Tess pours them both shots and they buckle in for a long night. And if you guessed that the night ended with them closing down the bar and fucking on the couch, ding ding ding! You are correct!
Shane & Quiara
After Quiara showed up unexpectedly at Shane’s birthday, the two hooked up, because duh. But in the morning, Quiara’s got a bomb to drop — she’s preggo. It’s a sperm donor, and she says she doesn’t want Shane to be a parent (aka the thing that broke them up because Shane doesn’t want kids!) but she does want her to be her partner. Later, Quiara shows up again to make sure Shane knows she has all the time in the world to think about it…and Shane invites her along to Angie’s play.
Micah & José
José accidentally tells a stunned Micah he loves him, and when they discuss it again later, Micah accuses José of being all over the place. But they agree that they’re in a good place, even if they don’t know exactly what it all means, and Micah feels safe enough to admit he wants to try something new, sexually. He sticks José’s hands down the front of his pants, aaaand they’re off. Have these guys gone a single episode without having sex? L Word!
And that's it for this week! Next time on The L Word: Generation Q...
