The L Word
Lone Star
TV Flash files “Lone Star” as hour 34 of 71 in the TV Flash guide — The L Word (2004–2009) on Showtime, season 3, episode 7, aired 2006-02-19, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E07: listed hour 34 of 71 in the The L Word guide, hour 7 of 12 in season 3. It aired 2006-02-19 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Lifesize” (S03E06). Next is “Latecomer” (S03E08).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Jenny injects hormones into Moira; Dana undergoes chemotherapy; Shane and Carmen get matching tattoos; Alice frantically searches for her Dana cut-out; the B52's perform at The Planet; Kit fires Billie; Tina takes a step toward Josh.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Lone Star sit in the The L Word guide?
S03E07 is listed hour 34 of 71 — hour 7 of 12 in season 3, season 3 episode 7.
When did The L Word S03E07 air?
Lone Star aired 2006-02-19 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Do I need Generation Q first?
No. The original Showtime run (2004–2009) is the West Hollywood ensemble landmark; the later reboot is extra innings.
In the series
Why this series still plays
West Hollywood as a weekly social universe: Bette and Tina weather, Shane's gravitational pull, Alice mapping the scene. The L Word made lesbian lives appointment television on Showtime — fashionable, messy, soapy, and rare for treating queer women as the whole ensemble, not a guest arc.
The first useful geography is a social calendar, not a coming-out lecture. A circle of queer women in Los Angeles navigate careers, art, and messy romance — West Hollywood as a weekly universe. Ilene Chaiken, Kathy Greenberg, and Michele Abbott's Showtime series (2004–2009) made lesbian lives appointment television: Jennifer Beals's Bette, Laurel Holloman's Tina, Leisha Hailey's Alice mapping the scene, Mia Kirshner, Katherine Moennig's Shane, Pam Grier's Kit. Fashionable, messy, soapy, and rare for treating…
Filed against
- Jennifer Beals as Bette Porter
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- Laurel Holloman as Tina Kennard
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- Leisha Hailey as Alice Pieszecki
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- Mia Kirshner as Jenny Schecter
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- Katherine Moennig as Shane McCutcheon
Katherine Moennig's Shane McCutcheon was The L Word's gravitational pull — West Hollywood as a weekly social universe, Showtime appointment soap that treated queer women as the whole ensemble. Fashionable, messy, and magnetized. TV Flash…
- Pam Grier as Kit Porter
Pam Grier plays Kit Porter on The L Word, Showtime’s 2000s West Hollywood weekly social universe — Bette and Tina weather, Shane’s gravitational pull, Alice mapping the scene. Fashionable, messy, soapy, and rare for treating queer women…