How much do I hate "The L Word" finale?

I don't know why I'm surprised that a show that takes itself as seriously as The L Word, and frequently shifts genres to suit itself, would end its closing season with ends more loose than Shane's knickers.

Perhaps Ilene Chaiken fancies herself as the lesbian David Lynch, and if so, I think she's seriously misjudged her audience. Most L Word viewers are not there for the artistic style, we're there for the false hope the show gives us by creating a feel good universe full of successful, good-looking lesbians who mingle with other successful, good-looking lesbians.

Some of us may kid ourselves that we're interested in its occasional political storyline such as the military's policy on gay recruits or same sex adoption, but really what we want is to watch pretty women drifting in and out of love. The show handled romance so much better than it ever did anything else, even if the sex scenes were often contrived.

By failing to tie up the loose ends, and leaving many of the key characters we've grown to know and love, alone, the script writers have robbed us of the very thing we watch the show to achieve, the feel good factor.

As for the self-indulgent, surreal music video at the end? Words cannot convey how embarrassed I was when I watched it. I love to see a cast bow at the end of a performance when I'm at the theatre! There was something about Bette reaching for Jenny's hand as they all walk towards the camera in evening dresses with their hair blowing in the wind, that really cemented my suspicion that The L Word is little more than a mediocre pile of pretentious daydreams that achieved way more time in the spotlight than it actually deserved.