

Shane is harassed by an old girlfriend, Lacey (guest star Tammy Lynn Michaels), who thinks Shane used her. While doing research for a story, Alice meets her old girlfriend Gabby (guest star Guinevere Turner) and is immediately drawn to her again. The next morning, Jenny finds a ring from Tim on her breakfast table.ĭana is asked to star in an ad campaign, but is worried about her sexual orientation being made public.

Jenny soon betrays Tim by sleeping with Marina. Bette also deals with her alcoholic older half-sister Kit ( Pam Grier), who has problems with her singing career, the only straight female character of the main cast. Bette and Tina have their own problems and discuss using an African American as a donor for their child, which Tina will carry. Jenny also meets Marina Ferrer ( Karina Lombard), European owner of The Planet coffeehouse, who is immediately drawn to Jenny and eventually kisses her in the toilet. Tina introduces Jenny to her circle of friends: Dana Fairbanks ( Erin Daniels), a prim, proper and closeted tennis player, the witty and ambitious bisexual journalist Alice Pieszecki ( Leisha Hailey) and the androgynous, sexually aggressive hairstylist Shane McCutcheon ( Katherine Moennig). Her new neighbors, Bette Porter ( Jennifer Beals) and Tina Kennard ( Laurel Holloman), a couple for seven years now, have a hard time finding a male willing to donate his sperm to fulfill their wish for a child. Jenny Schecter ( Mia Kirshner) is a young writer who graduates from college in Iowa and moves in with her boyfriend, Tim Haspel ( Eric Mabius), a university women's swim team coach, in Los Angeles. Story by : Ilene Chaiken and Kathy Greenberg & Michele Abbott Further information: List of The L Word episodes No.
