TEXT: [music - "The Pleasure Song" by Marianne Faithfull] [scenes of L.A. - the downtown skyline in the day, the famous "Hollywood" sign, traffic on the freeways, the cars whizzing past, long streets lined with tall palm trees] [scenes of L.A. - at night, the skyline lit up, headlights and brake lights going by double time, the freeways lit up by headlights, the sunrise across the city skyline] [still more scenes of L.A. - driving down a busy boulevard, looking at the hills, buildings, expensive cars on the streets] [yet more L.A. scenes, this time the front porches of the 'burbs and bungalows] [title card: the L word] INT. - TIM'S GARAGE - DAY [Tim is moving furniture around, clearing out space, placing a large desk in the garage] INT. - BETTE & TINA'S HOUSE - DAY [Bette and Tina are in bed, sleeping.] INT. - TIM'S HOUSE - DAY [Tim walks to the closet and puts on a checked shirt. He smells it, closes the closet door, puts his shoes on and straightens up the bed.] INT. - BETTE & TINA'S HOUSE - DAY [Tina stands in the bathroom, looking at an ovulation test stick. She smiles and chuckles, and turns around.] [music stops] Tina: Bette, come here! Bette: (offscreen) What? [Tina looks at the test. Bette enters from the bedroom. Tina turns the stick so that Bette can see it. Bette looks at the stick.] Bette: You're ovulating. Tina: (smiling) I'm ovulating. Bette: (loving) Let's make a baby. [They kiss.] Tina: (between kisses) Let's make a baby. [Tina leans back against the sink as the kiss continues
SUMMARY:
Jenny Schecter ( Mia Kirshner ) is a young writer who graduates from college in Iowa and moves in with her boyfriend, Tim Haspel ( Eric Mabius ), a university women's swim team coach, in Los Angeles. Her new neighbors, Bette Porter ( Jennifer Beals ) and Tina Kennard ( Laurel Holloman ), a couple for seven years now, have a hard time finding a male willing to donate his sperm to fulfill their wish for a child. Tina introduces Jenny to her circle of friends: Dana Fairbanks ( Erin Daniels ), a prim, proper and closeted tennis player, the witty and ambitious bisexual journalist Alice Pieszecki ( Leisha Hailey ) and the androgynous, sexually aggressive hairstylist Shane McCutcheon ( Katherine Moennig ). Jenny also meets Marina Ferrer ( Karina Lombard ), European owner of The Planet coffeehouse, who is immediately drawn to Jenny and eventually kisses her in the toilet. Bette and Tina have their own problems and discuss using an African American as a donor for their child, which Tina will carry. Bette also deals with her alcoholic older half-sister Kit ( Pam Grier ), who has problems with her singing career, the only straight female character of the main cast. Jenny soon betrays Tim by sleeping with Marina. The next morning, Jenny finds a ring from Tim on her breakfast table.