We got the ‘To L and Back’ band back together to discuss the messy glory of ‘The Ultimatum: Queer Love’ — the pain, the glory, the tongue kissing in sushi restaurants and why Haley does NOT in fact owe Dayna an apology.
Come commiserate the end of our problematic fave, talk about the state of queer television at large, cast an L Word prequel set in 90s new York, and learn what We, the hosts of To L and Back, would have happen to all of the characters after the end of this season!
“For now, what I’ll say about this storyline is that I was just glad to not see that damn purple coffee mug. The fact that they did not bring this coffee mug back out was one small mercy of this storyline for me.”
“If Shane asked me to go to couple’s therapy, I’d be like, “We don’t even know each other, but if this is what it takes to get you into a therapist’s office, absolutely, let’s do it.”
“I just want to say, I know that this woman is supposed to be from Kansas City — and that’s actually a personal attack on me.”
Definitely by the end of the night, if no one says, “You shouldn’t be single anymore. This isn’t working for the rest of us,” then I didn’t break up properly.
“I am so certain that this episode will have polarized us the most of any episode we’ve done yet. I’m certain of it.”
“This is what the show is about. The show is about dating your exes, your friend’s exes, and your exes’ exes. That’s the topic of the program.”
Drew: Then Kehlani does a little Titanic, which means “putting a hand on the fogged-up glass”—
Riese: It means “causing a ship to hit an iceberg and then sink.”
Drew: Which… metaphorically? You could argue…
“As someone who’s never actually been in a throuple, I do think that throuples could solve most problems on television.”
“I can’t think of a better metaphor for The L Word: Generation Q than Bette and Tina having a grand romantic gesture as new character — a new beloved fan favorite character, Gigi, is hit by a car.”
“I would follow Kehlani to Narnia, to a gambling ring. Really to anywhere.”
“Imagine if I was dating Desiree Akhavan, and I was like, “You know what I’m going to do? Steal my ex from Rosie O’Donnell.” No! How thrilling! My ex is with Rosie O’Donnell and we get to all hang out and I’m dating Desiree Akhavan? That’d be amazing.”
“Imagine if all of our days were as productive as the people in The L Word. We would be cruising through life.”
“Sepideh Moafi’s tongue is acting. Her tongue has more compelling storylines this season than many of the core characters, I would argue.”
“I’ve been very precious about getting my hair wet but I would get my hair wet to kiss Gigi in the rain.”
“I think everyone should make love to a plastic spoon at least once in their lifetime.”
“Why is she being like, ‘Oh, I can’t kiss you. I’m in a relationship.’ Like, no, you’re not. You met an older woman at a party last weekend. Who among us hasn’t? Take it easy.”
“As a person of Midwestern experience, I can say that a Lake House is supposed to be on a lake.”
“In Gigi’s head she’s always calculating everything and very aware of everyone’s emotions and very aware of her own emotions and then does the chaotic thing anyways. And that’s how I live my life and I love to see it on TV in someone so hot.”