Showtime's "The L Word" Complete 5th Season on DVD (Oct 28)

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L Hath No Fury... "The L Word" tells intertwined stories about the lives and loves of a group of women--some lesbian, some straight--in Los Angeles.

THE L WORD, Showtime's popular cable TV drama series, is back with the Complete 5th Season DVD set arriving next Tuesday October 28 (SRP $55.98).

Creator/producer Ilene Chaiken is gearing up for the 6th (and final) season debuting in January, which will be an abbreviated 8-episode season. Afterwards, the producers will broadcast a pilot for a possible spinoff series centering around Leisha Hailey's character Alice Pieszecki.

Showtime's CEO Matt Blank first announced plans for the new show at the Television Critics Association press tour in July.

"We're doing this interesting thing: The storyline at the end of The L Word, the final episode in the final season, there will be an open-ended component to it," Blank confirmed. "And Ilene is going to carry that story along on the Internet, which we think is an interesting way to keep The L Word experience going. Then if we decide to go ahead with the spinoff that storyline will segue into the new series."

In July, 2008, it was confirmed that Elizabeth Berkley (Showgirls, Any Given Sunday, Saved By the Bell) will star in a multi-episode arc of the final season. She will play the straight girl that got away from Bette (Jennifer Beals) in college. Berkley and Beals are best friends in real life, having previously worked on the 2002 independent movie Roger Dodger.

The L WORD: Five Season Pack - Paramount and Showtime have also bundled every episode of the series' entire five seasons! Each season set includes many exciting bonus features, including audio commentaries, cast interviews and behind-the-scenes featurettes, music selections, fan letters, website features, and much more (SRP $235.98).

The L Word Production Notes (Wikipedia): Filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia at Coast Mountain Films Studios, The L Word is a television drama series on Showtime that portrays the lives of a group of lesbian, bisexual and transgender women and men and their friends, family and lovers in the trendy Los Angeles-area city of West Hollywood.

The show was created and is executive-produced by Ilene Chaiken (Barb Wire, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air). Other executive producers include Steve Golin (Being John Malkovich, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) and Larry Kennar (Barbershop). Besides Chaiken, writers of the show have included Guinevere Turner (Go Fish, American Psycho) and Rose Troche (Go Fish, Six Feet Under).

The pilot episode premiered on January 18 2004. The sixth and final season is to premiere on January 4 2009. Outside the US, the series is distributed by MGM Worldwide Television.

In 2008 The L Word's companion web site was honored at the 59th Annual Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Advanced Media Technology for Best Use of Commercial Advertising on Personal Computers.

Notable cast members include:
-Jennifer Beals
-Katherine Moennig
-Leisha Hailey
-Laurel Holloman
-Mia Kirshner
-Pam Grier
-Erin Daniels
-Rachel Shelley
-Sarah Shahi
-Karina Lombard
-Eric Mabius
-Eric Lively
-Dallas Robert
-Daniela Sea
-Cybill Shepherd
-Rose Rollins
-Janina Gavankar
-Marlee Matlin
-Clementine Ford
-Kate French
-Lauren Lee Smith
-Kristanna Loken
-Annabella Sciorra
-Rosanna Arquette
-Camryn Manheim
-Lolita Davidovich
-Olivia Windbiel
-Meredith McGeachie
-Alexandra Hedison
-Sandra Bernhard
-Jane Lynch
-Simone Bailly
-Preston Cook
-Holland Taylor
-Kelly Lynch
-Sandrine Holt
-Heather Matarazzo
-Ossie Davis
-Charles S. Dutton
-Eric Roberts

Series Synopsis:
5 HOT AND SEXY SEASONS!
"The L Word" tells intertwined stories about the lives and loves of a group of women -- some lesbian, some straight -- in Los Angeles.

SEASON 1
Set in the chic world of Los Angeles, this humor-laced dramatic series explores the lives of a group of lesbians, their friends, family and neighbors. The series takes a smart, sexy and fun look at the hopes, dreams and lives of these people as they deal with things like career struggles, relationship issues and the pressures of trying to start a family. The show provides a fresh look at everyday life, told with passion, frankness and humor.

SEASON 2
The second season of the L Word takes off with 13 hotter-than-ever, sexy episodes filled with sizzling new characters.

SEASON 3
Lusty. Liberal. Legendary. Season Three of The L Word, the long-running, highly provocative Showtime drama, arrives on DVD in this 4-disc collection. Revisit the tightly-knit, complex circle of friends in Los Angeles' lesbian community as they struggle to make sense of a world filled with love, children, tattoos, families, weddings, funerals, the "c-word" and sometimes even men. Complete with all 12 chic and sexy episodes, stellar guest stars including Billie Jean King, Rosanna Arquette, Dana Delany, and more.

SEASON 4
The L WORD returns to DVD with The Complete Fourth Season in a collectible 4-disc set. Showtime delivers all 12 dramatic and deliciously provocative fourth season episodes of this successful long-running series featuring all the beauty, chaos and complexities of a group of women who inhabit Los Angeles' lesbian community plus a bevy of behind-the-scenes special features. Cybill Shepherd and Marlee Matlin join the sexy cast of ladies, giving 2 more reasons to buy The L Word: The Complete Fourth Season on DVD.

This season, the war in Iraq becomes an integral part of Alice's (Hailey) life as she struggles to move on after the death of Dana; Helena (Shelley) tries to find financial independence and come to terms with leaving behind a world of privilege; Phyllis Kroll (Shepherd) -- who takes the courageous plunge late in life to come out of the closet -- risking everything that has defined her life up to now; and, Bette (Beals) has to deal with Jodi Lerner (Matlin), a woman who confronts her head-on about her Type-A personality.

SEASON 5
Unresolved romances and a long-simmering film project finally bear fruit in the fifth season of THE L WORD®. Dreams come true and new life paths are forged for many of the series' characters this year, but not without the The L Word's trademark provocative storylines, sizzling sexuality, and heart-rending emotion.

This Showtime drama follows an ensemble cast of characters who represent multiple facets of the lesbian lifestyle, but enact very human dramas that anyone can relate to. In this fifth season, Jenny (Mia Kirshner, Exotica) finds her way into the director's chair for the movie LEZ GIRLS. Meanwhile, Bette battles her jealousy over Tina's new lover, and Alice accidentally outs a male celebrity. Plus there's that pesky sex tape that rocks the film set. This collection presents all 12 episodes of the fifth season of this sexy series.

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