Showtime’s The L Word: Generation Q renewed for second season

The revival of the groundbreaking LGBTQ drama The L Word that focuses on a group of L.A. lesbians and their friends has been renewed for a second, and longer, season at Showtime.

The L Word: Generation Q has been renewed for a second season ahead of its first season finale, which will feature an additional two episodes, bringing the total count to ten for season two. Showtime network executives revealed that the launch of the series drove the biggest weekend of new subscribers for the network in 2019. The revival picked up ten years after the end of the original series, which ended on a rather sour note focused on the death of hot mess Jenny Schecter.

In Generation Q’s first season, we caught up with legacy characters Bette Porter (Jennifer Beals), Shane McCutcheon (Katherine Moenning) and Alice Pieszecki (Leisha Hailey). Bette is launching her political career by running for mayor of Los Angeles, Shane is just returning to LA and embarks on a new career as the owner of a lesbian bar, and Alice has parlayed her old talk radio days into a successful queer-focused talk show. Of course, there is plenty of the talking, laughing and loving that we’re used to from the original, but the show also introduces us to a new set of friends.

Joining the series are Arienne Mandi as Dani Nunez, Rosanny Zayas as Sophie Suarez, Jacqueline Toboni as Sarah Finley, and Leo Sheng as Micah Lee.

Dani is a PR pro helping with Bette’s campaign, Sophie is a producer and Finley is a production assistant on Alice’s talk show, and Micah is a transman trying to find his footing in the L.A. dating scene. Other season one guest stars include Brian Michael Smith, Olivia Thirlby and Jamie Clayton.

The show has made great efforts to appeal to all generations in it’s relevance, but for those of us who were there the first time around, the best parts of the show are still when it focuses on the friendship of Bette, Shane and Alice.

Nostalgia runs rampant throughout many of the episodes (SPOILER WARNING), like when Shane buys a local sports bar and rebrands it as a lesbian hangout and naming it Dana’s, after original series character Dana Fairbanks. We eventually learn the reason why Bette is running for office is to affect change in the world, following the death of her sister Kit due to an opioid overdose. Bette and Tina are also divorced now and sharing custody of teenage daughter Angelica.

Are you glad we’re getting more of The L Word: Generation Q? Who do you want to see come back? (Personally, I’m still hoping for Carmen and Shane to get back together.) Let us know in the comments section below.