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They're Baaaa-aaaaaack

It's official! During the upcoming Season 5 of The L Word, you'll be seeing a lot more of...

... Cybill Shepherd ...


... Marlee Matlin, and ...


Rose Rollins.

They're all coming back to reprise their roles on the show. And as I sit here at my temporary desk, the writers are upstairs discussing what in the world they'll all be doing and saying. Ain't it amazing?

So there we have it ... excellent news to send us all into the weekend. Have a good one, and we'll see you back here on Monday, dear readers.

(top two photos: Getty Images)

271 Comments

HURRAH!

HURRAH! I love Cybill!

Yay

I am so addicted to this show you have no idea. I really hope to see more of Rose Rollins, she is so gorgous mann. I hope nothing happens to her in Iraq... poor alice :'(

BRING CARMEN BACK!!

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CARMEN !!!!!!! SARAH !!!!!!!! We need you !!

WE MISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS CARMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEN

BRING CARMEN BACK FOR SEASON 5 !!!!!

SARAH COME BACK !!!!!

WE MISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS CARMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEN

BRING CARMEN BACK FOR SEASON 5 !!!!!

SARAH COME BACK !!!!!

WE MISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS CARMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEN

BRING CARMEN BACK FOR SEASON 5 !!!!!

SARAH COME BACK !!!!!

WE MISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS CARMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEN

BRING CARMEN BACK FOR SEASON 5 !!!!!

SARAH COME BACK !!!!!

WE MISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS CARMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEN

BRING CARMEN BACK FOR SEASON 5 !!!!!

SARAH COME BACK !!!!!

WE MISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS CARMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEN

BRING CARMEN BACK FOR SEASON 5 !!!!!

SARAH COME BACK !!!!!

WE MISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS CARMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEN

BRING CARMEN BACK FOR SEASON 5 !!!!!

SARAH COME BACK !!!!!

hihihihihi

PLEEEAAASE SARAH SHAHI !!!!!!!!!!!!

We neeed CARMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YOU HAVE TO COME BACK, SARAH !!!!!!!!

PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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PLEEEAAASE SARAH SHAHI !!!!!!!!!!!!

We neeed CARMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YOU HAVE TO COME BACK, SARAH !!!!!!!!

PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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jeah!

::seconds this notion::

What about Janina Gavankar

What about Janina Gavankar aka Papi? Is she going to come back?
She is so funny!

I hope so!!

OOOOH! I hope so! Yeah, she's funny....and FINE!!

I'm really okay with Papi

I'm really okay with Papi not coming back, she adds nothing new to the show. Good riddance.

She brings a new type of

She brings a new type of person to the show, a kind of person that really exsist in real life, I know few of them!

And at least Janina Gavankar can act that is the difference that she makes due the fact that there is minimum one of the actresses that can't absolutly do her job.

Papi!

Ya i thought Papi was cool,she brought a different little something,something to the show. And she was kinda cool in a way, not really being seen on L word.So on that note i vote to keep her.

I had to see!

So when I read that there was some forshadowing in season three I had to see for my self and dang! it you guys where right Papi is mentioned in season three but she is introduced as Eva its on disc three and the chapters name is Lead, Follow or Get out of the way its the first one in the season three disc three episodes. Carmen skipped prom to go to a porn film festival with Eva and Eva taught her how to sixtynine. lol hahhaha wow talk about forshadowing I think we have to pay closer attention for these small details lol. Great eye and kuddos for the person who first mentioned this lol. I couldn't stop laughing!

Always On The Real!!!

Yay!

It will be great to see those Actors back on the show. But I sooooo miss Carmen! Ugh...I was re-watching seasons 1-3 this past month and man, Carmen sure got screwed over. Why did we never see her fall out? Does she break down? Leave L.A? Find happiness? Man I just wish some characters could run into her sometime so us viewers know she is alive and well. I miss her! =( I would be happy if they even got a different actress and tried to play it off like it was Carmen, at least then I would have closure to this wonderful, light, loveable character. =(

-CKoneLUV-

I would love to see the real

I would love to see the real carmen come back. i think shane is not the same. [meaning happy]i feel shane will be happy when shes able to explain to carman what really happen.i mean shane felt like she was like her dad. so she felt like she wasn't good enough. but she needed to believe in carman love. their love.but maybe carman is cooled off to even lession. and now shane really want to be a family becouse of the relationship with her brother. she might not run so fast from love. i like paige but shane and paige just dont belong. shane and carman. thank

so its been funded

the "Latin Women for Carmen Association"

lol wtf

we need to start taking petitions!

I am so Happy!!!!

I am happy that they will be returning to the show. There are so many loose ends to tie up. I can't wait until next season.

I am so Happy!!!

I use to love watching the L word when the show started it's first season I could'nt wait for season two and i must say i'm not looking forward to anymore seasons of the L word.I don't know what you writers are doing,but seasons 3and4 really sucked big time.You killed off Dana and she was my favorite you should've gotten rid of Jenny because she is the biggest boring character on the show.And Bette running off with the baby that was lame I see enough of that in the real world.I'm sorry,but the L word is boring to me and if you people can't come up with any good material well then the L word will go down the drain very quick.

I think that is so cool that

I think that is so cool that they are all coming back. I really can't wait to see what is in store for this upcoming season. There are so many loose ends to tie up. I can't wait!!!!!

Do they really?

I mean the whole set up, cafe, always together, the group is so close.

They are such great friends too............The stand by me theme is wonderful.

yesssss

Tasha and Alice are an awsome couple! I like Rose!!!

Tasha and Alice

Are you people on drugs?Alice can do better.

Do they really.............

My debate with friends last night was this, the show is amazing and takes us away for fun, frollicks and lots of sexy ladies but do they really exist like this in LA? Its fantasy, its fun and freaking fantastic, but say London where i live theres nothing like this here, is there indeed anything like this in real like like the is???

Its all too good to be true sometimes, even kit old enought to be my mum is hot!

your thoughts please?

debs

ooookay

I say it's a soap-opera with better storylines, realisticness, and lesbians.

Re: Real life...

Don't know about L.A., but it is where I'm from, in the surrounding Detroit areas -- Ferndale, Royal Oak, Ann Arbor, Mi.

Sure some things about the show are to simulate real life, but like Icekiss said, it's TV -- fiction, not a reality show.

Who Cares??

Me and my friends are just like the L Word girls, Good Looking, Sexy, fairly successful to boot, do we really wanna see the dregs of the Lesbian world on our screens ? I don't!!
For some its reality, for other its an escape.. Don't change it !

I wish we had some where as nice as the Planet down the road though..!!

Yeah really who cares! It's

Yeah really who cares! It's not meant to be real, it's a t.v. show!

soap opera or a llltle bit more realistic and less "light"

I just want to say that i read a little article in a french news paper (LMiberation)a little interview of Guinevere Turner explaining the diffrence of point of view she had withe Ilene Chaiken about the "tone" of "the L Word" : for her it should have been a real soap opéra (so unrealistic as soap opera are) and mainly entertainment and funny but in fact it was not the purpose of Ilene Chaiken who have it is said "a more dark writting" (i may not translate properly excuse me for)

The link :
http://www.ecrans.fr/spip.php?article81

soap oprea???

Do you know if that article is posted in english somewhere?

Thanks for that, but it's

Thanks for that, but it's all in like french of something.

translation alittle bit later

Yes it all in French ! I could try to translate it but later because this week it's hot ! Be patient :-)

It is so not like a soap!

It is so not like a soap! There is some reality to it! Soaps are just ridiculous!

Well, it's not comedy, not

Well, it's not comedy, not drama, not sitcom, not action.
Guess the closest classification would be nighttime soap.

It's still a great show.

Drama

Id call it a dark drama, with comedy ... into the lesbian world.. with a bit of glamour added..

put a picture in

call me slow , but can someone tell me how to upload a picture to my profile
thanks
nina1127

Upload your image to

Upload your image to photobucket, or imageshack, and grab the html code, then post the code in your 'me' section.

Hm

Could I be president of the 'Latin Women for Carmen Association'?

Yes!

Yes you can! I for one, nominate you to be the president of the Latin Women for Carmen Association!! Can I can be vice-president and be in charge of letting in all the hotties into the office for "meetings"..LOL! Let the voting begin!

Whatever Happens, Happens!

Renee

Yes

You can be the vice-president and designate ppl to do all the work and I'll just be the pretty face in the front lol

fyeah

i most certainly agree with what i've read, we need dylan, carmen, lara and marina would also be most exquisite. mmm who doesn't love a sexy italian.

papi!!!!!!!!!

So....does this mean nomore Papi? (tears :..( )
~Hey Baby! If I wasn't interested I wouldn't write you~ MizToxic(if u nasty)

dammit

another latin girl who needs closure on carmen!

ppllleeeaaasssssseeeee.

why....

...why!?!?!?!?!

Not a latin girl...

...but still want Carmen to come back!

I'm a Asian girl, a Chinese girl, to be more precise, who doesn't need a closure on Carmen, but want Carmen to back for good!

There are so so many bring-carmen-back comments at ourchart.com... did IC read them? Does she hear us Sharmen fans?

I hope Carmen Backkkk!!!

I hope that Carmen returns and that it is the surprise that this one preparing Ilene Ilene for last moment.

Or better than us disillusion of once, Ilene please that Sarah Shahi returns.
I want to see this Latin girl so warm who makes me dream.

2 short

I can't wait for next season. Its 2 short I need more!!!!!! I live for Sunday night.
Mz.lion

Im looking forward to know

Im looking forward to know if Sarah is comin´ for season 5, but Im happy for the moment, as I saw that Rose is...

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Mexican girl, missing Carmen right HERE!!!!

thank you

for letting rose come back, she is smoking hot i love her!

My Look at Season 4 and YAY Season 5 Renewals!

First of all - I love Phyllis! What a surprising addition to the cast and I am so glad to have her there. And to top it all off a relationship with Jane Lynch? Could it get any better? I just wish she was more involved in the other story lines because I find the show was focusing on too many younger people and not the older generation of lesbians.

And I love Jodi as well! Another wonderful addition. Her and Bette make a great couple but even if those two weren't together I'd love to see more of Jodi mixed up with the gang.

Jenny is driving me crazy this season. She's like a child at this point. I want her boat to sink. Or for her to go through some life altering experience to make her a better person. Mind you - then where would the interesting side stories be?

Tina I want to stay far away from the director. I don't think the two have any chemistry with one another. And I think Tina was made for Bette in a way too. But that's the hard part because Jodi and Bette make such a good couple.

Alice I preferred single. So I kind of hope she gets single again. Her crazy little adventures were fun and after such a long stretch with Dana it was nice to see her normal again and being free.

Kit and Papi were cute for a bit. I wish that could have been explored more.

Helena needs to free herself and become one of those top movers and shakers again because she doesn't suit the little subservient role.

Max is interesting and neat to see once in awhile. I like to see what's going on in his mind and what choices he's making.

Shane is adorable as always. I kind of like her responsibility with Shay and wish she could get him back.

I think that's enough of my two cents for now but yes - to sum it up - WE WANT MORE CYBILL, JANE and MARLEE!

~Crystal-lee
The Pathological Upstager

Season 5 - my opinion.

Bette and Tina - They are over. Do they have chemistry? Do they LOOK good together? Do they LOVE each other? - YES to all questions, BUT The L word (Illene Chaiken) can not always follow patterns of a 'happy couple', on top of a few mistakes. The L word is also 'LIVING' the real LIFE. It extracts facts based on real life. This is the main reason why we love it so much and that we can't get enough... (LESBIANS now have a very good REASON to spend the whole day in front of a TV, watching something that we LEARN and that makes us all THINK, care, and love - The L Word is simply FANTASTIC).

Bette will be ok. She still loves Tina (specially because she had a long-term relationship with her-7 years-It does create a BOND, but Tina *deeeeeep inside* will NEVER trust Bette again. Women do NOT forgive betrayal. We simply don't) but she's being replaced by Jodi (as we all are once someone new arrives... cmon, face it!. And they have a BABY).
But Jodi won't stay with her for a long time. Why? The 'COMUNICATION' problem might arrive. Bette might be less of a 'control freak' with time... but still, as her ESSENSE OF LIFE, she will find herself locked in a room, crying over simple things she might not FIND and FEEL with Jodi... and thn again... (as we all do), she will bring herself to PAST relationships... thinking that THAT was the one (with Tina), ONLY because she found more positive things about it.
WRONG.
Illene might or might not change all this with a brilliant story... Bette's story IS very hard to define and continue.
Bette, on one of her travels to NY, will find a brilliant woman capable to embrace her complex mind, which we all love... I mean, who doesn't admire someone so powerful, INTELECTUAL, beautiful... and... a WOMAN!?
Tina - the sweet Tina, might find a PERSON (as she defines herself as a BI), fall in love (with reciprocity, sure).
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Alice, well.. the HILARIOUS Alice... she will once again (WELL, maybe not - depends on Illene) lose another LOVE.
THe hottie’s -Tasha- death shows REALITY... IRAQ, President Bush (We don't want a BUSH like that, do we?). Otherwise they would definitely be together... but not for so long..
Tasha suffered a lot in the war, and she's very 'old-fashioned' (as she describes herself) and full of restrictions and concerns and this and that, which is normal for the life she has… she’s a brilliant and VERY CORAGIOUS girl.
Alice is much more flexible. Being a Journalist… and THAT difference is not BAD for now, they actually complement each other in a very CUTE way, but later she might start feeling much more their difference. The ‘CUTE’ won’t be so cute anymore. We gotta think ahead.
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Jenny (Oh my God, Mia is such an incredible actress) - THE 'little crazy, but interesting JENNY' is definitely going to be single for a long time (her option)... and meeting always very interesting people all over..
That's just her...for now.
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Shane and Carmen - I do think Carmen de la pica, la mujer tan CALIENTE que me deja LOCA! aI DIOS MIO!!! Anyways...
Carmen WILL come back (reason why Illene left her DJ stuff there).. but will return with another girl.
(The girl will also be a LATINA caliente...)
Carmen did forgive Shane (betrayal with Sharry Jefi or something like that lol) because she KNEW since the beginning that SHANE was a... u know... a PUBLIC woman hehe. Well, but when she left Carmen in the altar, that was rude and unthinkable.
But, like Kate wrote in her OurChart, ‘everything happens for a reason’… and the REASON was: Carmen de la Pica Tan Caliente is NOW much MORE connected to her family. They accept her MUCH more, help her etc.

Shane had the chance to take care of her brother Shay. Discovered she is able to really devote responsible skills for someone.

They won’t stay together. It’s just HUMAN NATURE. Carmen would really feel insecure every time she would look at her (Shane), in their comfortable bed… or sharing the comfortable silence…
It’s just something we can’t forgive – disrespect, betrayal.
We are women. Too emotional, too sensitive. This is our beauty.

Johanna.

Paige

was just a rebound!