What is The L Word about?
A group of lesbian friends struggle with romance and careers in Los Angeles.
In Los Angeles, a close-knit group of lesbian friends navigates careers and intimate, earnest romances.
Melancholy and romantic. A date-night pick at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on Paramount+.
The L Word parents guide
For a TV-MA, this one goes further: strong sex and nudity. Beyond that, no real violence and frequent strong language.
- Scare
- Not scary
- Jump scares
- None noted
- Gore
- No gore
- Violence
- No real violence
- Sex and nudity
- Strong
- Strong means explicit or repeated sex, extended nudity, or sexual assault shown on screen, attempted or completed, even partly off screen. Any one of these is enough.
- Language
- Strong
- Frequent strong profanity or slurs.
How we rate: an AI reads what is known about each title and tags it 0 to 3; we check the tags against a hand-rated set and correct them by hand when readers tell us. Estimates, not a scene-by-scene review. Spot a mistake? Tell us.
Cast and crew
Created byIlene Chaiken
StarringJennifer Beals, Kate Moennig, Mia Kirshner, Leisha Hailey, Laurel Holloman, Daniel Sea
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The L Word is on our LGBTQ+, Set in Los Angeles and Romance on Paramount+ lists.
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