Curve Magazine – December 2002
On the occasion of Jennifer Beals’s recent auction of an original pilot script of The L Word—originally titled Earthlings—for LGBTQIA charity GLSEN, it feels like the perfect time to revisit the early days of...
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Jennifer Beals Auctions Signed The L Word Pilot Script to Support LGBTQIA Youth
Jennifer Beals continues to demonstrate her commitment to the LGBTQIA community through a recent charitable initiative. In December 2024, she announced the auction of an original pilot script of The L Word, originally titled...
The L Word: A Photographic Journal by Jennifer Beals
Jennifer Beals is set to release “The L Word: A Photographic Journal” in April. This collection features analog photographs she captured during the show’s six-season run, offering an intimate behind-the-scenes glimpse into the series...
Omitted Pilot Scene
An original introduction to Bette and Tina that never made the cut [Season 1, Episode 1 (Pilot), January 18, 2004]. INT. CALIFORNIA ART CENTER – MAIN GALLERY – AFTERNOON Alive with industry – gallery...
Tibette’s fate in the mind of a showrunner
Here’s the thing. It’s been way longer than nine months, and there’s no sign that you’re moving on. But, hey, we’re glad you’re still here – and we love that you have hope. We’re still here, too. And we’re just as curious as you are to see how this story plays out.
Prison Scene!
We wrote it. We shot it. We loved it. But the network didn’t. It was the rare instance in which we had a creative disagreement. Our executives simply felt that it was too soon for us to be spoofing ourselves. They felt that it was something to be attempted in a third or a fourth season, but not at the end of the first season, when the audience was still bonding with these characters.
