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A Sneak Peek, Episode 4

In Sneak Peek Episode 4, costume designer Cynthia Summers reveals the fashion secrets of our fabulously dressed L Word women.

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187 Comments

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Hi take my place and help me please.....
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Come and help to make it better enjoy and win.
You can translate it...

thanks!

I sure!. Love the sneeeeeeeeeeKKK pEak!.. darlin' IC!. hope you can do more! probablY!.^^.. OH Still hpin' you'll get my TIbette back!.. its THe only Couple i gt addicted toO!.. And more LEisha! please!!!. i love you LEisha call me anytime!. hehe ^^

TV

littlefish1 When are you guys coming back on. what date soon I hope

Oh Alice/leisha!

ilove you binx!
Oh i ForgoT!.. My real Lifetime crushie Oh i mean LOVE hehe!! i love YOU!.. i'm still inlove wid yoU MISS Lesiha HAiley!.. i wish when i graduate, this L word Staff will accpet me if i would apply as an make up artist!.. hehe!.. Oh I would LOVE To do Leisha's MAke up!. anytime anywhere.. W/o salary!. hahah!.. Yeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaa!

TIna and bette

ilove you binx!

they will always be HOT on whatver the dress they have!!..

its all BEcuz They are JEn and LAu! hehe!. i love'm so much it kills me!. hehe! mwa mwa !tibette! keep holdin' oN!. i lOVE you guys SOOO much please get back togther!. hee! mwa

I love Bette with or without suits

I'm a huge Tibette fan so please please, let these two women be together, forever. I like Marlee Matlin but I felt in love with this couple since episode one. They are made for each other. Just have to watch them in a lot of episodes and they even make the same gestures at the same time, they talk at the same time,...
I was so glad to see them together with little Angie!

And although I think Jennifer is so gorgeous and so beautiful I think she looks better with her hair longer, like in season 3, especially episode 9.

Here's hoping for a TiBette new year as well.

deare Ilene, i thinking yet

deare Ilene,

i thinking yet for the final episode of season 5...
I have got my expectations...
I think that carmen will come back at the last episode...

am I right?

suspense...

What's the story?

I'm completely miffed as to the amount of comments and conspiracy theories on this post!!

What's the story?

At the risk of causing more aggravation, (lol)... can I say, it's just tv...relax?

You would want to have nerves of steel to make a lesbian show because of all the backlash... I would never have thought that most of that backlash would come from ourselves.

How are we supposed to increase representation on film/tv, if we can't even support the brave few who are making changes?? Are we really that unsupportive?

Re: TV

2 words I agree, thanks sapchick!!! Peace!

Hellllppp

Does anyone still have the sneak peek of ep 1-3. I totally missed 'em coz my internet has been down for awhile. Please let me know.

P.S. Dear admin, please re-post episode 1-3, I'd appreciate it , much!! thanks :)

Re- Post

That sounds like a good idea, Wish they could re-post them too. Theres a way you can download them too. Do the actors get to keep thier fashions? Just keep Helena looking hot. Good piece Cynthia, I would like to see more.
Peace, Donna

Re: Happy Birthday 2

Quick shout out to Marlo who is having a birthday Tues August 14!!! ~~~~~~~ Happy Birthday Marlo~~~~~~~

IluvKateMoennig...

http://www.ourchart.com/come_on_ilene

When they post, they never take it down

rovermom :)

Life is a 3D puzzle and everyone has a piece!

people are people and Bush is Crazy!

I love this sneak

LA FIESTA i love this sneak you don´t know why???
Yes you are right i love tibette, yupi, yupi, BRAVO.
Gracias por entretenernos en este mundo tan
aburrido!!!!!!!!!!!!
Put More Laurel picks,wwwwwwaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwww i love her, of course i don´t like the three way but with this two womans no lo dudaria ni un solo segundo.
Viva Tibette, i don´t care if they back in your mind I.C. in my mind they are the best couple i ever seeing.
Gracias.

Am I the only one who

Am I the only one who thought Bette looked really pretty when she was NOT wearing suits?

I agree

Actually, I agree. There's heaps of stuff other than a suit that Bette looks great in. She's drool-worthy in just a tank top.

When Bette was not wearing suits..

I didn't like the way she looked at all. I've never heard anyone else who liked her without. I'd say in this instance, you're pretty much alone.

Stop the MADNESS

There is an awful lot of ugly going on among women I really like and admire. Time for everybody to get their kubaya-yas on. Click the link and then put your hands next to your monitor:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCP2YV6Jge0

Your friend,
Rusty
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At the risk of changing the subject back to the podcast, I must say that a Tibetter could take the video as half full or empty with regards to Tina. Personally, I was happy that IC mentioned Tina and Bette in the same breath, I like Tina's fashion and was quite pleased with the footage of her which I thought was quite a lot - of course, for the most part, I only see Tina (and some Bette) so my perception may be distorted.

As an aside, I just wanted to say to those people who think that we Tibetters are paranoid about Tina's omission by Cynthia, one can hardly blame us - Tina, one half of THE couple, had a mystery lobotomy in S3, disappeared for most of S4 only to come back to play the Greek chorus to help sell the Jodi (sp??) and Bette romance. Then Tina, one of the foundation characters disappears off the Show's banner (look up)to be replaced by a brand new and highly contested new character. Hmphmk!

Here's hoping for a Tibette new year.

PS IC I think other than the above, you're doing a great job...well, maybe just cull a few of the 'extra' characters (no, not Tina!).

You and others don't know the meaning of paranoid.

Paranoid means to feel something that can not be viably proved. What has gone on for over two years and now on this board with pictures, podcasts, is proof that Chaiken is playing games with not only those of us who like Tina as a character but Tina and Bette as partners.

I am not a Tibetter. However, even me in my "paranoid" state can see how Chaiken has manipulated those who are into acquiesing and sometimes pleading with her to bring these two back with one another.

I have no problem with Bette and Tina being with other partners. However, why can't this show get it right when it comes to pairing either of these women with partners who burn the screen instead of deflating it?

MM is not that partner. The man who played Henry wasn't that partner.

What I and some others have said with regard to how this podcast was edited to not include Tina so that Ilene could mention her later on was very obvious. Ms. Summers was taking each character on this show, one at a time. She was talking about each character one after the other until she came to Tina. Tina on that chart was after Bette and before Jenny. And, every character on that chart was spoken about except for Tina. And, then miraculously, Tina was mentioned by Chaiken when she questioned Ms. Summers about Tina's clothes. Ms. Summers looked like she was hit in the head because of course she spoke about Tina in her podcast before it was deliberately edited by Chaiken's doing which gave Chaiken the opportunity to try to take credit for Ms. Summer's oversight (which wasn't an oversight: just edited to look that way) so that the more gullible or pandering members of the viewing audience gave credit to Chaiken for "reprimanding" Ms. Summers in effect for not including Tina in her podcast.

Was it Paranoid to feel the way some of us did when Chaiken was rumored to have killed Dana? No. I am a fan of Erin's and she gave her all to this show even though her storyline was tied with Alice's storyline meaning Erin never had a storyline all her own. Even when she died in S3, it was more about Alice than Dana and I resented that as did many Erin/Dana fans. As soon as Erin was paired with Leisha as scene love partners, I had a feeling Erin would get the short end of the stick because Leisha got the best of everything: lines most of all and the opportunity to show her stuff. Just as Jennifer was given to show what she could do up to her potential. The rest of the actresses were not given that opportunity and did wonders with what they were given to act. This has been said thousands of times before all over the TLW boards about how Dana/Erin and Tina/Laurel were handed mostly crap with work with and made it into gold for the most part. Scripts and words to say and how a character is written are KING.

Jennifer was given crap in S3 and her performance was mostly subpar. As many people said on many TLW boards, even rabid fans of Jennifer's, Jennifer called in her performance for the most part in S3. It's all in the scripts. That is the key.

Now back to this podcast. If anyone didn't see the blatent editing that occurred with Tina in this podcast, I suggest you change your lenses or stop watching altogether. I hope you don't vote in the 2008 American elections because not only is your eyesight mypoic, your judgement is flawed as well.

ASHLEY

Love your posts

Oh my. "Peeper" -- Alice

Oh my.

"Peeper" -- Alice Pieszecki, January 8, 2006

That is what I said when I saw your photo's

Actually, it was more like. WTF?

And, oh my, Rossi is at it again with her comments which don't amuse or engage or entertain me. Bore is more the word.

I'm confused -

Ashley, it appears that the "you" in your header is addressed to me but as what I've stated actually attempts to explain why we could be thought of as paranoid, I'm probably mistaken.

However, having said that, (and I'm amazed that I'm believing that IC is supportive of Tina), here's another scenario: maybe IC has seen how much support Tina actually has. The 'Tina' forum numbers in the newly created forum actually speak volumes whereas maybe before it wasn't as evident to her. They are the highest there.

So, now she asks for the podcast to be edited so that she can apply a specific focus on Tina (and Bette). Frankly given the choice between Cynthia mentioning Tina in passing amongst the other characters, or having IC call her out especially along with Bette, I go with the latter. Any day that IC specifically mentions Tina or Laurel is a good day in my book! ;)

Tina was included in those pics, lots of her

Which I am happy about because at least she hasn't been white outed like she was in S4. It was in the commentary about how someone, a costume designer see's Tina which we get for everyone else but Tina in that podcast. So fault me if I wanted to hear what Cynthia had to say about Tina as well. If Bette was left out of that podcast in terms of what Cynthia had to say about her and why she dressed her the way she did, the Bette/Jennifer fans would have been out in droves bitching and moaning about her absence. I am holding my ears for the din of the few who would never let us hear enough from their bitching.

You have to be brain dead or just a bitch who wants to comment for no other reason than they don't like Tina and anyone who says anything in favor of her gets a response: mostly idiotic responses.

Chaiken's writing of Tina was similar to how she wrote Dana. We get next to nothing about Dana and Tina and what motivates either one on this show. Alice and Bette get the best of everything as characters and those of us who are fans of Dana and Tina (to say nothing of the actresses who have had to take what they got) had to settle for leftovers for their favorites and since the main course in writing for the favs on this show is mostly inferior since S2, what does that say about the leftovers?

Ilene said she made a mistake in killing Dana. She got that right. Erin should be back on this show. Most of us who miss Dana/Erin will never forgive Chaiken no matter how much she says she made a mistake in killing her. DS instead of Erin? No one wanted that. Erin lost her job and I don't see her working as she should be working whereas DS who is bad and whose story most people don't want told any more because of the horrible way in which it was told. DS is working and Erin is not. What is wrong with that picture?

I want to hear her say the same about Tina and the mistake she made in that "going back to men" storyline. It wasn't the storyline that I objected to but the poor way in which it was told. She lied to Laurel about it being an important story to be told for what reason I don't know. She almost wiped out Tina in S3 who was almost no where to be seen in most of S4. After all that Erin and Laurel did in their parts to get this show on the map in S1 and in S2 this is what they have gotten in return. Laurel in her pregnancy who gave her all and more for this show only to be relegated to an almost non-entity in S4 and the same for Erin in S3. Dana's story wasn't told from Dana's POV but from Alice's just like Tina's story going back to men wasn't told from Tina's POV but from Bette's.

Erin and Laurel have a huge fanbase unlike MM or DS and yet these two are prominently featured on this show and this site. Is it any wonder why fans of either Erin and Laurel are pissed at this when MM and DS have not delivered in their parts and are featured again and again when very few want to see or hear from either actress? Erin and Laurel are part of the original cast on this show and should have been respected as such because they delivered in their parts and after S1, they became part of an ensemble we all loved and that was the meat and potatoes of this show.

There is a petition (which never work so I don't know why people continue to ask for this or that) for Holloman and Beals to do a podcast together. Chaiken will never allow that to happen. Did you guys see how in October Jennifer and MM and DS will be going to some gender bender foody thing in Chicago? Again and again, MM is put out there with or without Jennifer, this time with Jennifer. She will never do the same with Laurel and Jennifer. Chaiken is more of a mob boss than the fictional Tony Soprano ever was but not as talented as Tony. At least he gave into Carmela once in a while when he realized how much of a bully he was which led to his many mistakes. Even with all of the fictionalized Tony's mistakes, Chaiken will never be loved as Tony was.

As I said in that petition, Paris Hilton will win the Nobel Prize in Physics before Laurel and Jennifer will ever appear at any function related to this show, let alone a podcast.

To Ilene: PROVE ME WRONG. Yeah, right.

ASHLEY

I just so love your post and I have said the same thing in mine ,that Ilene will NEVER let JB and LH do a podcast together it just will not happen Ilene has a couple to promote and it's Bette/JB and Jodie/MM .I too have always felt that Ilene had no real interest to develop the character of Tina at all and I think we will more then likely get the some old bullshit from the writers in S5 with the character of Tina.Yeah I feel you she gets rid of ED and writes Laurel off of almost all of S4 and when she does have scenes all the writers have her doing is promoting the JoBette s/l.And we are given DS and MM for ED and LH WTF.And TiBette is never going to happen as long as Ilene has her JoBette anybody with eyes can see she is already promoting this couple to death.And here me out ILENE WILL PLAY the Tibetters AGAIN in S5 ,Ilene herself has even said that TiBette will not happen tell the very end so she has already said she WILL play us to the very end.

Thank you

"mystery lobotomy" ...... that could only explain it.

I also think the number of characters has gotten out of control....way too many to develop any real stories in such a limited amount of time. I'm hoping against hope they'll get back to the core cast and work on some real story lines for the wonderful ladies that brought this show to life.

Here's hoping for a TiBette new year as well.

DJM

the L word chat room

does anybody know of a chat room for the L word?

Shakingthesalt, I noticed

Shakingthesalt, I noticed that someone started a forum topic for that request in the "Feature request" category but I don't know if ourchart is considering this. I'm sure lots would enjoy it.
Mi blog

ok that would be great.

thank you for that info. i think it would be great to chat with all the fans of the show. nobody I know even watches it. but then again.. im stuck in hetroville.

ok that would be great.

thank you for that info. i think it would be great to chat with all the fans of the show. nobody I know even watches it. but then again.. im stuck in hetroville.

I'm SOOO gonna regret this but...

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Do you want to take the Chill Pill or the Drama pill?

*sing song* I think I know which one everyone took...

*runs and hides*

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
It's the signature of doom! Thank you, carry on.
I was always funny in that car crash sorta way.

give a chill....

god give a chill pill to ashley for pete sakes.

GRIMEVIL

I will take both.

chill or drama pill - i will take both

me 2 ;)

BTFAN2

Thanks me and you do have a understanding and are good friends ,you are just a few ppl I would never want to upset ,you are the greatest .Maybe I should have worded my post in a different way and I will always have your back.BTFAN2 knows I am a Tina lover and she has NEVER had a problem with it.Thanks again BTFAN2.

deedee

What I truely love about you is that you ARE a friend. We can see tha same picture differently, disagree or not and still respect each other and smile. Friends do that.

Thanks

btfan2

It was fun seeing the podcast...

I loved seeing Tina in those beautiful suits and the great dress she had on when she was with Shane and Alice. Most of all it was great to see her with Bette and little Angelica. What a pretty family they are.

Dior Homme

"Dior Homme.. means for her" er, Im guessing i heard that wrong!

in french homme means man "

in french homme means man

" that's hot " - Tinkerbell

Indeed

Yeah that's what I thought, groovy.

bette rocks my socks!! so

bette rocks my socks!! so damn sexy..

Bette rocks all right

Bette rocks my world! AlphaHotBette 08!

Yes, she is yummy! I'm gonna

Yes, she is yummy! I'm gonna drink a bottle of Pinot in honor of Alpha Bette this weekend. :-)

Mi blog

the nugget shirt is a peta

the nugget shirt is a peta shirt if i remember well , and there's also a shirt with a cute pig " pigs are friends ,not food " and another shirt with a frog its written " cut class , not frog" lool

" that's hot " - Tinkerbell

cute T

I am not a nugget... chicken nugget or fashion nugget? ;-) That was a nice wrap!! i wish just a tiny bit more on Helena's wardrobe. Thanks for sharing a nugget of info, Ms. Summers.

cool editing... love it!

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Minnie... I read the header

Minnie... I read the header for your post on the front page and visioned a bunch of rabid pitbulls running toward it and tearing it up.

"Peeper" -- Alice Pieszecki, January 8, 2006

Generalization Simplification

When someone generalizes their comments about a group of people who may have the same endgame in order to make some supposed and very tired and tedious and prejudiced point about said "group" of people reflects more on the person who posits the "one size fits all" dictum than the group being generalized without any respect for individual intellect and thought within the "group". Generalizations are as simplistic and anti-intelligent as the person who puts forth such commentary and those who condone it are even worse: lemmings falling off cliffs.

re: one size fits all

Well, if it fits...

Settle down, I think you're reading way too much into it. No need to start foaming at the mouth. ;)

"Peeper" -- Alice Pieszecki, January 8, 2006