Catch up on episode four here and let’s get into episode 5!
Tess and Shane aren’t talking. Well, Tess is moping around Shane’s house refusing to talk to Shane. A stray bumblebee causes the two to be accidentally locked on the balcony together, sans cell phones. Tess is belittling and rude, per the usual. I guess I could have sympathy for an actual lesbian in this situation after being cheated on, but this faux lesbian has been expoliting Shane’s kindness continuously and my give-a-fuck just isn’t registering for this.
Finley wants the details on Sophie’s fling with Dre. Fin is all up in her head about it but Sophie swears she loves Finley. This relationship is messy, y’all.
Well, they’re trapped on the balcony together for an undetermined amount of time, so Tess might as well agree to talk to Shane about their shit. Captive audience for the win, I guess. Tess plays the victim, as always – no surprises there – and doesn’t take any ownership for the behavior that led Shane to feel so unloved and unseen. Boo, hiss.
In an adorable meet cute moment, Dani is rescued from a renegade sidewalk scooter by a sexy stranger. They go the route of cheesy rom com and kiss, because obviously that’s the right move in this scenario. I love this.
Alice is trying to enjoy a solo movie and then sees Taylor (the chick she’s dating) show up to the same movie on, what looks to be, a date. Whaaaaaaaat the fuck?
Shane finally admits to being deeply unhappy in her relationship with Tess. Hallelujah, because we all could see it. She’s drained and this isn’t working for her.
Bummer town! Dani finds out that the sidewalk hottie who swept her off her feet is Dre, who Sophie was hooking up with while Finley was in rehab. I mean, can Dani catch a break?
So Finley tried to nail Sophie in the back room at the bar (isn’t she supposed to be working though? Like?!) Dre is on stage singing and eye-fucking Dani. Sophie is listening to Dre while this is going down and can’t stop imaging that it’s Dre fucking her instead of Finley. Ouch. It’s so disturbing that Sophie stops Fin mid-fuck. Now we know why they haven’t had sex since Finley got home.
Sophie takes this opportunity to tell Finley that Dre is here, in the building. Oh, and, yeah, she’s on stage right now. I feel like Sophie could have strategically handled this information outing better, but there wouldn’t be enough drama had she handled this more delicately, huh?
Finley cannot handle this situation at all, so she pulls the fire alarm — ya know, like any grown adult would do when left in charge at their place of business. Oh, Finley.
It’s looking like Dre and Dani are a no-go because of Sophie’s past tryst, and that’s not an entanglement that Dani wants to get involved in. She has enough skeletons with Sophie to knowingly walk into another. Dani is, however, impressed by Dre’s performance and suggests an alternate relationship: publicist and client. We love a woman who’s always on her game and scouting out her next business opportunity. Dre is taken aback but impressed, walking away while laughing as she says, “I see you Dani.”
Angie gets intimate with a woman for the first time removing a condom that’s stuck in her roommate’s vagina. This storyline ended up being a weirdly cute part of the episode.
Alice makes an entire scene in the middle of the movie when she sees Taylor kiss the other woman, who she is indeed on a date with. Alice thought they were exclusive.Taylor is not ready for that. Alice’s main character energy is the best ever because we can always count on Alice to be Alice and extra af. Also, if this relationship drama happened while I was in a movie theater I would be so entertained.
Tess and Shane break up. I’ve been waiting forever for this. Shane leaves Tess in her own house though, wtf? Finley gets off the hook entirely too easy for losing a night’s worth of profits and snagging a fire department fine because Tess is feeling tender and let’s it all slide. I think Finley really could have benefited from being held accountable for her actions here, but whatever. Tess and Finley go to a meeting together because bonding and these two are maybe perfect for each other.
With dog in tow, Shane heads over to her bff Alice’s house. “Do you want to be the little spoon?” Alice asks Shane who replies, “No one has ever asked me that.” What follows is a wholesome cuddle puddle with the pup sandwiched in the middle. I think I love Shane and Alice’s on-screen friendship even more because I know that these two actresses are lifelong good friends in real life too. The friend love is real and that makes their characters so much richer.
There are so many different ways episode six could go. I’m more excited for the next episode than I have been in awhile. Is that because The L Words: Generation Q feels like a telenovela sometimes? Yes it is and I’m here for it.
