The L Word

The fifth season opens with Shane derailing plans to move in with Paige, then suffering the consequences. Jenny returns from Mexico with a Greek hedge fund billionaire who is financing Tina's movie company. Phyllis begins to have doubts about their relationship and wonders if she should explore other sexual and romantic options.

An attempt at a love connection ends in disappointment for Tina, who can't manage to disguise her lingering attraction and love for Bette. Shane's last-minute gig styling hair at a wedding results in a comic series of erotic encounters. Tasha's solicitation of legal advice from a colleague reveals the truth about why she wasn't deployed to Iraq - she's being investigated by the military for suspected homosexual conduct.

In the wake of her recent drama at a wedding reception, Shane swears off sex and embraces a healthier lifestyle of exercise and meditation. After surfing the Internet for a date, Tina hooks up with a gorgeous, surgically enhanced doctor whose unexpected interest in art collecting has them bonding and more. Max ponders a same-sex attraction to Jodi's cute, gay interpreter Tom, who is clearly smitten.

Bette's jealousy over Tina's new girlfriend is the probable cause of a surprising moment. Disappointed to be turned down for the lead in Lez Girls, Jenny is courted for the lead in her movie by the latest Bond girl. The gang attends the opening of a new lesbian club competing with The Planet.

Jenny throws a bash to introduce her friends to the actresses playing them in Lez Girls, provoking both delight and distress. Bette and Tina try to deal with what is obviously a rekindled spark. Alice angrily outs a secretly gay sports star after he utters a homophobic slur, sparking a media firestorm.

The production of Lez Girls finally begins and director Jenny deals with all the usual headaches of filmmaking - including a recalcitrant star and lover, Niki. Unable to control or suppress their desires any longer, Bette and Tina end up in each other's arms, only to suffer the guilt of infidelity when they realize how seriously Bette is betraying Jodi. The owners of SheBar take their war against the gang to the next level.

Clashes between actresses on the set of Jenny's movie somehow lead to a night of lesbian Turkish oil wrestling that ends with a visit from the cops. Tasha meets Colonel Gillian Davis, the hard-assed military attorney who will be prosecuting her "Don't Ask Don't Tell" case.

Niki's handlers force her to appear at her movie premiere with a male escort, squashing rumors of her relationship with Jenny. As Bette and Tina's anguish increases, they decide to go back to therapy to deal with the torturous affair. Tasha's showdown with Colonel Gillian Davis resumes as her separation hearing commences and her sexuality is put on trial.

Amidst a scorching heat wave in Los Angeles, Jenny finds her own temperature rising on the set of Lez Girls when she comes to find her two stars have taken their romance off screen and into bed. Though the power is failing across the city, there is definite energy exchanged between all couples, including Molly and Shane.

A memorial breast cancer bike ride becomes the unlikely setting where Bette and Tina reveal their rekindled passion. As the cycling continues, Molly finds herself chasing after Shane in more ways than one. Jenny and Nikki decide to film their own version of Lez Girls.

The enigmatic and mysterious Adele finally makes a power play and usurps Jenny as the director of Lez Girls. Breaking up is tough to do as Jodi returns to Bette for answers. The girls are outraged when a distressed Kit loses financial control of The Planet to Dawn and Cindi.

In the fifth season finale, Shane predictably pulls away from Molly when the relationship becomes serious. Helena Peabody returns to Los Angeles to visit her mother in the hospital and is gifted with her family's wealth once again. Lez Girls is finally finished as everyone arrives in all the glitz and glamour to the wrap party.