The L Word: Generation Q season 2 episode 6 review: Karaoke night

Season two of The L Word: Generation Q has kicked the drama into high gear in the aftermath of Sophie and Dani’s disastrous non-nuptials.

Last week’s episode was pretty heavy and dealt with grief and ghosts from the past, as Angie took her family to therapy and Shane dealt with a surprise greeting from an ex. Let’s dive into what happened this week.

The L Word: Generation Q: Karaoke night at Dana’s

The main centerpiece of this week’s episode revolved around Karaoke Night at Dana’s, reminding us of the best and most dramatic episodes of the original series when Kit owned The Planet.

Through beautiful, soft lighting and many a tracking shot, “Love Shack” took us into Dana’s and made us feel part of the room in one of Gen Q‘s best episodes yet.

First, of course, there’s the Sophie/Dani/Finley situation. Sophie and Dani seem to be done but trying to be friendly (evidenced by Sophie sending Dani a drink). But Finley, of course, reads into every witnessed interaction between the two and overreacts, sending her further off the wagon.

Thanks to some pep talks from Uncle Shane and Auntie Alice, the two knuckleheads finally figure it out thanks to good old karaoke night as Sophie sings their song, “Physical” by Dua Lipa (anyone else think this was a weird choice?) in a declaration, sending an emotional Dani out of the bar…

…with Gigi hot on her heels to save the day. Though things had been heating up between Gigi and Bette, after finally meeting her favorite artist in person, Bette cruelly tells Gigi she doesn’t check all of her boxes and knows that someone out there does, leaving Gigi free to pursue the hurt and confused Dani.

Meanwhile, a blissful Bette sings karaoke alongside Shane and Alice, which is pure fan service, but we honestly don’t care. As for Alice, she’s figured out she likes Tom and doesn’t quite know what to do, but when he shows up to karaoke night, it’s clear he has no idea she’s interested.

Their chemistry is pretty adorable as he insists he can be the best wingman ever for her, which she takes as a cue that he thinks of her as a friend. But then Alice finally gets the courage to be direct and asks him to dance and tells him she likes him. And their dance is sweet! No matter what the gender is, Alice deserves another great love and Tom seems like a great candidate.

And then there’s Shane and Tess, the latter of whom receives an upsetting phone call from Cherie Jaffe during karaoke night ending things. Tess has no idea what’s happened with only Cherie’s cryptic words to “ask Shane.”

Aside from very clearly being in love with Tess, Shane genuinely did nothing this time, so it seems like she got Jaffe’d again as Tess seemingly quits and walks out of Dana’s. Relying on Finley to steer the boat (yikes), Shane goes after her, and all but admits everything to Tess.

Just like Tess, it really is sweet to see the softer side of Shane and Kate Moennig is great at giving us those subtle different facets of Shane based on who she’s with. Tess and Shane have been the slowest of the slow burn, but we don’t mind the wait.

The L Word: Generation Q: What else happened this week?

While Sophie and Finley, Alice and Tom, and sort of Tess and Shane all finally got together, other couples at karaoke night couldn’t find their rhythm.

After hooking up last week, good friends Micah and Maribel walk on eggshells around each other at Dana’s, and it’s a miscommunication of epic proportions with Maribel being sort of biphobic and Micah slighting Maribel that leads to the two at home in bed (separately) sadly watching Love & Basketball. Adorable.

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