The L Word is getting gooooood!

The third episode of the L Word was almost, well, enjoyable! The hyperbolic but not totally unbelievable scene of the gay-straight mixer at Tina's place, with that awful game of Celebrity. And cute Shane as a quasi-parent. But best of all, to my mind, is the Nadia-the-hot-TA (played by Jessica Capshaw) pursuit of Bette "Dean" Porter. I always liked Jessica Capshaw, daughter of Kate Capshaw and stepdaughter of Steven Spielberg, on the Practice. She was assertive, and I remember she sexually pursued Eugene, the black lawyer, which was a random but kind of hot pairing. And I'm just now remembering that she had her first awkward kiss with him in a car! And now with Bette, the fawning, the flirting, the self-confidence. And the car scene that ended WAY too early! Sad. The only thing we can hope for is for that scene to continue in the next episode but I fear it won't, since Marlee Matlin is going to appear soon. Our friend Laura says Jessica Capshaw is "fat for TV," but that's what I like, that she's bigger than normal Hollywood women, and bigger than most of the women on the L Word. More realistic, sexy, more substantial. And her characters always seem to be uber-self-confident and sexual, which I like. Let's hope to see more of her.