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The L Word Episode: "Little Boy Blue"

Season 4, Episode 10
Episode Synopsis: Kit hits the bottle in an attempt to forget about Angus, who wants desperately to apologize for cheating on her; Max goes home for the funeral of her mother and receives a mixed welcome; Helena dumps a load of cash on a sure thing at the racetrack; Jenny thinks she's found a director for her movie; Bette's control issues rear their ugly heads. Original Air Date: Mar 11, 2007

March 11, 2007: B is for Bette

This episode turned into the Bette hour, didn't it? After watching Bette go through her ups and downs over three seasons, I have to say, I'm siding with Jodi in this fight. Bette is a control freak, and even though she may have had the best intentions in planning the party for Jodi, it turned out to be a bizarre validation device for Bette, and not really at all about Jodi. It's so ironic. Bette kept trying to interpret for Jodi regardless of Jodi's wishes, and Bette's reason was that she didn't want Jodi to "miss anything." Well, as far as dinner-party banter, sure, Jodi missed some things. However, what Jodi did not miss out on was the one thing that Bette would have wanted her to miss, namely Bette's need to control. When it comes to reading people, Jodi has a keen sense of character judgment, and that didn't work so well for Bette tonight. Jodi read Bette like a book, but Bette didn't want to hear anything that Jodi had to say about it. Being deaf has nothing to do with how much... read more

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