Review of The L Word: Generation Q

I'm biased in writing this since I'm comparing the original but one can't help do that when some of the same cast members are in this one. What I loved about the first one was it's rawness, it's artiness, it's intellect. No one, besides Bette maybe, was established and you're watching this group of gay friends find their way in life with all the drama in tow. Some storylines were risqué for the time, which made it all the more interesting. Cut to now and all of our beloved characters are well established, living these high flying lives that just seems so untrue to the characters that they were and it takes away a certain quality and relatability from them. We're now expected to find this in these new characters but the writing just doesn't quite live up to that same quirky standard. I understand this is a different show and perhaps they had to sell it that way to bring it back, perhaps they felt they needed a younger generation for a younger audience to relate to. It's not a bad show and the new characters aren't terrible, but there's a certain depth missing here. There was more to the L Word than affairs, it was about power dynamics, whilst at the same time being goofy and at times off the wall. GQ seems lost in a soap opera style drama and that comedic aspect seems absent. Which for an audience still deprived of real representation in the mainstream, might not seem that bad, but for others expecting more than this, you'll likely be disappointed.

Edit: the new season picked up, likely due to Tina and Bette coming back together. But it seemed slightly tacky in my opinion, just for viewers sake that love Tibette, it didn't seem so raw, more just wanting to appeal to the audience. The other characters have certainly improved in terms of likability. Alice is the star of the show, it would be nothing without her.