The L Word enters its final season

I’m a few weeks late on this one, but the L Word, the famous Showtime original series about lesbians in Los Angeles, is in it’s final season.
I have to admit that the L word had a pretty significant impact on my coming out. Now, I wouldn’t say that I wouldn’t have come out if it hadn’t been for the show, but it definitely helped. It was so nice to have representations of lesbian relationships, lesbian sex, even lesbian drama. I even remember when I started watching the show when I was in college, at first secretly on my own and then with friends when we realized we were all watching it.
The L Word is definitely the show we all love to hate. There are many critiques to be made about how lesbian and queer women are represented, about what’s missing from the show. There is much diversity lacking. It isn’t really representative of the queer community. But, despite all this, it’s still a reflection of our lives and relationships, however limited or sensationalized. In a world with so few representations of our lives, it matters.
The last three seasons of the show have been particularly overly dramatic, and many people have questioned Ilene Chaiken’s vision. This final season seems to be no exception, with much sensational drama already taking place in the first few episodes. But, as with the rest of my queer friends, I’ll be watching every episode down to the last one.