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Spoilers below for Sundays episode ofThe L Word: Generation Q.
She wasnt exaggerating: True toits predecessor,Generation Qhasnt skimped on soapy twists and turns.
Eternal bachelor king Shane is married and a soon-to-be parent!
Jenny wasnt murdered by one of her friends she killed herself!
Bettes beloved sister Kit is dead!
Alice is part of a throuple that includes her girlfriends ex-wife!
So much to discuss.Oh my God, Im so happy to be talking to you.
It was killing me, the first interview.
There was so much I couldnt say.
Lets talk about Tina.
Laurel Holloman has a very vibrant, important career as a painter, and is internationally known.
And she has a long-lead schedule as a painter.
So the question is: How many episodes can we get her for?
What is the parameter?
For me, as an actor, it was important to have Laurel as my scene partner.
Because we work so well together and these characters have such an extraordinary history together.
And itd be a very sad day for me, lets put it that way.
What was behind the choice to have their storyline go this way?The co-parenting story became really interesting.
Do I wish that Tina could have been introduced physically earlier?
As they say in kindergarten, You get what you get and you dont get upset.[Laughs.]
It wasnt even in the cards.
If she could have come back as a regular, that would have been ideal, for sure.
But what if the 2016 election had been different?
I cant wish that.
I am where I am.
And I dont really know why.
Its not antipathy or anything like that.
Shes traveling a lot; shes had a whole life.
Im not always in Los Angeles; shes not always in Los Angeles.
But we still adore each other.
Even when we first saw each other after a while, it was like no time had passed.
What was your first conversation with her like?
That dinner was epic.
It was over three hours long.
And it could have been longer, easily.
Because theyre still connected.
Even in anger, theyre connected.
In Bettes heart, Tina is the love of her life.
She may have fucked it up, for sure, and Tina may have grown at a different time.
Everybodys growth comes differently.
Tina, according to Ilene, was a late bloomer.
Bettes at this point where shes running for office.
For her, it feels like, I just know what I want to do.
Should I slow down because you dont?
Should I not be myself because you dont know who you are yet?
To find out who the other person is will be interesting.
I do want to talk about Kit, too.
My fear was that Bette was running for office because Kit had died of an opioid overdose.
What was behind that choice?Youll see that its not so simple.
Its not exactly what people think it is right now.
Who in their right mind in this day and age wants to run for office?
You have to be propelled by an engine that wont give out.
But the other shoe will drop for Bette.
The breakdown will come.
You cant avoid the gaping, bleeding hole in your soul.
Everywhere she walks, Bette is trailing detritus.
Shes trailing blood and not paying attention to it.
Eventually thats going to have to turn.
Theres no fucking way.
That doesnt get to happen.
Hes lucky she called 9-1-1.
Let me put it that way.
Pam is so busy.
All these people are working 24/7, you know?
Theres so much more that you want to do and I wish the writers had talked about it more.
But you have all of these characters youre trying to minister to, especially these new characters.
They need time and space to grow and take root.
But maybe itll come up again later.
Its somebody whos dear to her somebody shes inhabited for years and years so its upsetting.
Jenny is not dead.
That’s not the story that needs to be told about a survivor of sexual violence.
It’s not a story that can be wrapped up and tied up with a bow.
So no, she is not dead.
Talk to me about how youd do it.
At a certain point, its about our relationship to death, too.
You have to start exploring, what is your relationship to death?
The fantasy of resurrecting people can be done on film, but to what end?
What do you gotta do?
I meant more as a flashback as a way of a resolution.
What happened with Tina and Bette?!
We need time to do that.
But you only have eight episodes.
And you have all of these new characters that need to grow.
But theres only so much real estate.
I understand their dilemma.
As an executive producer who doesnt write, you cant go in and say, Go do this.
How did that come about?Oh, that was so much fun.
Kate messaged Erin and asked her to come to set and didnt tell her why.
She came to the set and saw that Shane had named her bar after Dana.
It was a really, really wonderful day.
I want to see it explored more fully, for sure.
I want to meet the person who would lead Tina away from Bette.
I want to understand that and get further into their story.
