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Guess I’ll go watch some porn never any guilty feelings there! Tess has Finley come work at the bar that night, and after a day spent being compassionately and very honestly broken up with by the priest she was seeing - “Work on your own shit I need to be with my equal” - and calling her dad but getting hung up on when her mom gets near the phone, Finley shows up ready to booze.īy the end of the episode, Tess and Finley have sex, and it’s tough - they are likable together, these hot people, and their off-the-wagon/never-on-the-wagon connection makes sense, but Generation Q keeps giving me sex scenes I can’t guiltlessly horn out to. Of course, that relief is wiped pretty clean by Tess frantically calling Lena repeatedly, not getting an answer, and then making the decision to drink. Her vibe with other characters on the show has been detached, so it’s great, and a bit of a relief, to see some real connection happen for her. They head to Brite Spot for food and conversation, and, for me, this scene is the one where Finley starts to make more sense. On the topic of chemistry, Tess (the remaining unfucked-by-Shane member of Dana’s managerial duo) and Finley meet in this episode, or maybe already knew each other? I don’t think we’ve seen them interact directly, but maybe they did in the pilot? Tess is trying to stay sober in the aftermath of heartbreak and calls her sponsor, or a friend in recovery, for support, who suggests she help someone today - just as Tess walks in on Finley sleeping it off in the bar’s back room. These three have a lot of chemistry, even more so as a throuple then when it was just Alice and Nat, and are pretty funny and cute together - but I am still STRESSED OUT by this situation. Nat is also angry with Gigi for working her way into her relationship with Alice, but that anger dissipates pretty quickly when they all decide to all operate as partners. (The characters, that is - I’m still stressed as hell.) Alice, Nat, and Gigi wake up in the same bed and then hustle around trying to hide their adult sleepover from the kids. Speaking of dynamics, last week’s all-time most stressful threesome seems to be resolving in a way that works for all. Really hoping we get to see this dynamic!
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Like, it’s maybe possible that Shane could sleep through a screaming newborn without helping out, but I’m trying to imagine what it would look like for the child to not really direct any normative baby needs (love, conversation, silly songs) at the small boxer who sleeps with their mom. Quiara is going to be really shocked when she finds out babies notice people being around and bond with them. However, Quiara then goes completely off the rails by insisting that her forthcoming child doesn’t have to have an impact her relationship with Shane, or at least that Shane doesn’t have to co-parent that baby. But when asked, “How?” Quiara answers, “By a donor,” with such speed and clarity it healed me from at least three wounds inflicted by Unnecessary Men storylines past. Also, Shane doesn’t want kids and that’s why they broke up. Well, they just signed divorce papers, so maybe Shane’s ex-wife with whom she’s currently sleeping is pregnant.
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So often lesbian relationships on TV expand beyond the couple to include the men who were boyfriends and husbands before, the dude someone in the relationship has an affair with (while freaking out about no longer being a lesbian, even though queerness can cover all manner of sexualities and there’s no need to pull anyone’s queer card), or some random male roommate who is gonna tape our favorite television friend - ahem, Mark. I would like to take a moment and congratulate The L Word: Generation Q on not introducing an Unnecessary Man in episode five.