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The L Word - Season 5 - Complete [DVD] [2008] | ![The L Word - Season 5 - Complete [DVD] [2008]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51lDuwDjN6L._SL160_.jpg)
| Actors: Jennifer Beals, Laurel Holloman, Mia Kirshner, Rachel Shelley
Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
List Price: £39.99 (USD79.18)
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Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 4828
Format: PAL
Languages: English (Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired), English (Subtitled), Danish (Subtitled), Swedish (Subtitled), Finnish (Subtitled), Norwegian (Subtitled)
Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
Region: 2
Number Of Discs: 4
Running Time: 631 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 1.2
EAN: 5039036040839
ASIN: B001PKUTQ4
Release Date: April 27, 2009
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 10
 Not great December 12, 2009
D. Verity
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
Not a great series for the L Word. By far the best series is the first. Some of the storylines are very far fetched in series 5.
 The L Word July 11, 2009
Mrs. Georgina Douglas (U.K.)
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
I enjoyed this very much, couldnt wait for the next season, only sorry to see it end in season six
only an OK June 5, 2009
Raza (uk)
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
usual lesbian drama and plenty of eye candy. bit disappointing not as good as previous series--stories left without closure
 brilliant, but... (also beware, a few spoilers in this review) May 1, 2009
H. Seymour (Hull, UK)
10 out of 13 found this review helpful
OK, let me get one thing straight before I start - I think the L Word is incomparably good, bringing lesbian culture firmly into the mainstream. The writing, directing and performances are superb and have been in every series. This season is also excellent - funny, compelling, dramatic and sad by turns. If it were a stand alone season I would give it five stars without doubt.
However, the L Word has set the bar so high for itself in previous series that I was left relatively disappointed with this one. I was still compelled to watch episode after episode, I laughed out loud many times, but some things just didn't sit right. let me get those pesky complaints out of the way first.
- The Shane/Page thing. This was RIDICULOUS. It's hard to say why without spoiling things... but let's just say all the development, growth and maturity the writers have put into Shane's character might never have happened. She is reduced to a stereotype once more. And the fire at Wax? Also ridiculous, it is never followed up, we never know Shane's reaction to it or how it is resolved. There seems to be a theme emerging of Shane falling for some girl, seeming as though she's changed, and then breaking her heart. This series is no different.
- The amount of sex. I know that makes me sound like a massive prude but I'm really not. The amount of sex in this is totally unnecessary - it seems as if they've got someone new on the production scene who thinks more sex = more copies sold. maybe that's true but I don't like it.
- The over-the-top nature. Everyone's different but I have always liked the highly realistic style - all the characters used to be solid, three-dimensional people. Now there are more stereotypes and wooden characters than you can shake a stick at. Jenny for example - ugh. She's always been annoying but at least she was believably annoying. And the creepy Adele thing. And don't even get me started on the 'She's all that' style makeover - whip off her glasses and she's beautiful!! I thought the L Word was above this sort of thing.
- The cheating. Everybody seems to cheat on everyone else, fidelity is treated like outdated silliness, nobody is happy together for more than five minutes. I really don't like the way the Bette and Tina thing came about in this way. I found Bette especially unlikeable in this series, selfish, controlling and cruel, but then I guess she's always been a bit like that.
- Lastly, as another reviewer has said, Papi appears on the case but not in any episode. Why?? Was this a mistake? Also Tina doesn't appear anywhere on the cover even though she is a central character.
There, all the complaints out of the way. Now the good parts.
- The Alice/Tasha military trial thing. I thought this was brilliant, one of the best storylines ever in the L word in my opinion. One of those TV moments that make the hairs on your neck stand up.
- The comedy. This season is easily the funniest, especially with the fantasy sequences at the beginning
- The Bette/Tine storyline. Although I've had a gripe about this, of course I loved it, any L word fan would, they're our very own lesbian Ross and Rachel.
- The bike race. It was lovely to hear them talk about Dana, who seemed to be forgotten in the last series. It was good to hear they still remember her and miss her.
All in all, an excellent series, but not as good as the others. Series 4 and 1 were much better in my opinion. However for pure comedy this one cannot be beaten.
Excellent April 26, 2009
Anonymous
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This series is a real return to form after the patchy and fragmented Season Four. Yes, it's given up any pretence of being 'serious' drama and gone over the top - particularly with the character of Jenny, who seems to have modelled herself on Dynasty's Alexis - but it's massively entertaining and manages to combine just the right amount of drama and humour. The 'film-within-a-film' theme works brilliantly in recreating some key moments from the superb first season, and unlike its predecessor this run allows almost all of the girls a big bite of the storyline cherry. One big, big gripe, though - 20th Century Fox clearly haven't done their homework, as the box art features Janina Gavankar as Papi, who doesn't appear once in any of these episodes. Couldn't someone have researched the show thoroughly enough to find a cast shot of Season Five, not Season Four?!
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