All language subtitles for The L Word (2004) S01E11 Liberally.en

Bring in the pussy light.

Are you good?

And... action.

China, get started.

Amber, really get into it.

And in walks the principal.

You ready, man? You got wood?

OK, so first you're mad. Get in there.

Girls, you're embarrassed and surprised.

Now you're hot.

China, blow him.

Give her a facial.

When he's done that, look
up and say, "That was great."

- That was great.
- That was great.

Oh, Tina.

It'll take time, but
we'll get through it.

All right? We'll get through it.

Come on.

I'm so glad you came
over. I'll call you.

Have a good day. Bye, Tim.

Oh.

Hi, Trish.

- Hi.
- Um...

I'm just on my way to
the grocery store...

to get some bread for toast.

I, um...

I've forgotten my wallet and my
keys, so I'm just gonna go get them.

Where's my head?

And when does it start prepping?

Mm-hm.

Good.

So when do I have to go to Virginia?

It's exciting. All right. All right.

Thanks, Val.

- You're going to Virginia.
- As the personal for Drew Barrymore.

A huge fashion picture.

My budget's three times
what it was on Darkness.

That's wonderful.

But I wish you had discussed it with me.

I don't know what there is to discuss.
I got offered a job. I took it.

What about our summer holiday? I
was organising the house in Hydra.

I never signed off on Hydra.

We talked about it. I
didn't say book a house.

Did you book a house?

I wanna spend time with you. You've
been here six weeks this year.

Don't you wanna spend time together?

Come and be with me now.

Come on.

Now, the fact is, I can't
afford not to take this job.

Do you have any idea how much you owe?

A lot.

Sweetheart, I want you to
have your beautiful dream.

Then I have to go to work,
don't I? To take care of you.

And while I'm gone, you can resume
your little thing with Jenny.

I know you don't wanna be here
with me now. You want Jenny.

And he's rough.

It's like, he fucks
me, you know? It's hot.

- Yeah, that's wicked hot.
- It is. It really is.

'Cause there's not
that bullshit of like,

"I'll do you, you do me", "Have
we had equal time?", all that crap.

Just 'cause you're
riding the big, fat weenie

doesn't mean we do it wrong.

- Now that you're out, let's give you a mullet.
- No.

- It'll be hot.
- No!

- She's not a bull dyke.
- Thank you.

The thing is, though, you guys,

I've only slept with him, like,
five times, so if I'm late...

- You're late?
- For my period.

I'm sure you learnt in fifth grade

that's part of your reproductive cycle.

So what are you saying, then?

I'm saying if I'm late,
it wouldn't be Andrew's.

- Would it be Lisa's?
- Wow.

He'd be the first lesbo in
history to pull that one off.

Shit.

- So the world we live in is a godless one?
- Art mirrors the world we live in.

Do you think the fact
that you're homosexual

makes you morally bankrupt?

I am a pervert. Only a
pervert could show this work.

I didn't know I was being taped.

That is not what I said. She twisted it.

You can be sure this tape has been sent

to every conservative congressman,

along with this lovely document,

a life-size painting of the
President in an SS uniform,

Jesus sodomising Mary.
And this is a doozie.

This is a live-performance
piece? Are you sure this is art?

- Absolutely.
- We put it to a vote, Bert.

It's important. The museum's behind it.

OK. You are gonna have to learn
how to deal with Fae Buckley.

She was caught off-guard.
It could happen to anyone.

They will try and get
at you on legal grounds.

The law's on your side, but
not the political climate.

There's two ways to go.

they'll rant and rave
while we look the other way.

That is what we've been doing,

while they call us
pornographers and paedophiles.

Or we meet them head-on.

I wanna challenge Fae
Buckley to a debate.

The woman's a gladiator in the
public arena. She always wins.

Let's do it.

- What am I gonna do if I'm fucking pregnant?
- Get an abortion, Al.

You could give the
baby to Bette and Tina.

The kid would belong to all of us.

- Instead of two mommies, six mommies.
- No, Bette and Tina'd be the moms.

- This is gonna be entirely natural.
- OK.

- As long as it's not too crazy or...
- Or too cool.

- We'd be the kid's extended family.
- Great idea.

There's no bigger karmic blessing

than doing something
selfless for another person.

How about a little support for me?

Bette would have hired
somebody to do this.

I would have done it for you.

I'm not gonna come to your show
tonight. I'm sorry, I can't.

- Hey, it's OK.
- I'm sure Bette will come.

I wouldn't want you to do
anything you're not up to doing.

But don't you think
it'd be good to get out?

It's great. I look good, right?

- You look hot.
- You look excellent. Look at this.

From the neck up. We have to
do something about your clothes.

- I'll take her to Fred Segal.
- I got these at Fred Segal.

Shane. Madam Cherie, line three.

She requires your
attention immédiatement.

Hello.

- Hi.
- Hi.

- Where are you taking me?
- It's a secret.

OK. Let's go.

Well?

Well, I don't know why we're here.

Steve and Harry own most of this
block. They're developing it.

And I've convinced
Steve to invest in you.

So you can open your own shop.

- No way.
- Way.

But don't tell him I brought you here.

Isn't it just oozing with potential?

It's beautiful.

It's un-fucking-believable.

I'd keep this like the old barber shop.

No big reception desk. Just
the cutting stations right here.

The waiting area where
you have sofas and tables.

I see it mid-century moderne,
kind of kitschy but chic.

Mm. I'm thinking pool table.

And... up here it could be the
colouring or shampoo stations.

- Shane.
- Yeah?

Look at this.

Ah, fuck.

Yes, please.

I know I was only, uh, 12 weeks...

but I feel like I lost someone
I was with my whole life.

My baby boy.

Just the last week we found
out that it was gonna be a boy.

You'll try again.

I know it's hard to
think about it right now,

but you'll try again.

Tina's devastated. Frankly, that's
the way she should be feeling.

She's grieving.

- What about you, Bette?
- I see you steady and strong.

Letting Tina lean on you.
Has it sunk in for you yet?

- Have you cried?
- Believe me, it's sunk in.

But... Karen asked you
a specific question.

Have you cried?

I don't need to cry.

I wanna see some episodes of
Insight. Can you get some tapes?

Hey, Tina. Tina. Hi.

Now's the time.

When something terrible happens and
you're in a black pit of despair,

do something for people who
can't tell you what despair is

because it's all they've ever known.

I'll be there all day tomorrow.

- What did he want?
- He wants me to volunteer.

Maybe you should check it out.

- Are you gonna make it to Kit's show?
- I really don't want to. Kit understands.

Excuse me. Excuse me. Can I get... ?

- This is funny. I had group today.
- Miss my ass?

Did you guys talk about
me gettin' outta there?

We had a few other things to talk about,

but it's not as intense without you.

This is the last place
you'd expect to see me?

- I never figured you'd be a Kit Porter fan.
- She's my sister.

Excuse me. Here you go.

Meet my ex. Bette Porter,
this is Candace Jewell.

Nice to meet you.

Do you wanna sit with me and a
couple of my sister's friends?

- Where's Tina, by the way?
- She wasn't feeling well.

- Hey.
- Hey, baby sis.

This is Yolanda and
Candace. This is Slim Daddy.

- Hi. Nice to meet you.
- And now please put your hands together...

together, together,
together... for Kit Porter!

Whoo! This is so cool.

It's overwhelming. I
think I need a drink.

I was just kiddin'. My
baby sister is here tonight.

She has helped me go down
that straight and narrow.

In the house tonight is Slim Daddy!

I don't know what I wanna say,
but there's no one like this woman.

Kit Porter is a real motherfuckin' diva.

Y'all gonna give it up for Kit.

- I respect that she's your woman.
- She's not. You met my woman.

Oh, right, right. Well, I still
think the two of you would...

you know?

Yeah. Lord have mercy on me.

- ♪ Hold on ♪
- Sing this song, Kit.

♪ To our love ♪

♪ We can ♪

♪ Rise above ♪

♪ All the things that people
♪
♪ Seem to think they know ♪

♪ They're just words ♪
♪ We shouldn't listen ♪

♪ Any more ♪

♪ Here in the dark ♪

♪ Nothing else matters ♪

♪ Here in the dark ♪

♪ All I wanna do is think of you ♪

♪ And I... ♪

♪ I know that I'll
never say goodbye ♪

I pass by the California
Arts Center every morning.

- I'm doing a job nearby.
- What job?

My partner and I are doing
the carpentry on a loft.

- You're a carpenter?
- Hey.

Sure you don't wanna hang
out with us, baby sis?

We got everything for
everyone who needs anything.

Yeah, I'm sure. I've gotta get home.

Well, I guess I'll dream
about the two of you

'cause I got the basic
instinct about you.

Don't you get my
sister into any trouble.

I can handle it. Congratulations.

- Thank you. Thank you. All right, then.
- I'm so proud of you.

Listen, I should really get home.
It was nice running into you.

Nice to meet you. Check out the
museum one day on your lunch break.

OK.

- This is ridiculous.
- I'll get it.

These staff are so
slow. They're useless.

You shouldn't be doing
that. It's their job.

- Well, they're busy. I'm helping them.
- You're coddling them.

- We didn't order...
- It's a gift from me.

- I wanna be in Paris this morning.
- I wanna be in profit someday.

My treat. Enjoy. Put it on the books.

- Kate Moss, eat your heart out!
- Look at you!

If I didn't know it was you, I'd
think someone hot just walked in.

- I feel stupid.
- You look so sexy, Dana.

- Really? You like the hair?
- Great!

- What are you doing?
- Me? I'm drinking coffee.

You can't do that. Bette
and Tina'd kill you.

- Bette and Tina would kill her because she's...
- I...

I'm sorry.

- Alice might be pregnant.
- "Might" being the word I'm clinging onto.

We thought it was karmically destined

because Bette and Tina
want a baby so badly.

- You'd have a baby...
- Bette and Tina would adopt it.

Eh, you can't say
anything. They don't know.

- And you might be misreading the karma.
- The karma.

Do you know what an
extraordinary gift that would be?

- They're making sure I know that.
- To all of us.

The whole DNA model of
family is being reinvented.

We're making a new world that
reflects the way we love and...

- I'd like to see that reflected somewhere.
- What?

Um...

- I'm gonna take care of this today.
- It's mine.

I have a tab to pay.

I'm gonna check out this
raw space with Steve Jaffe.

- Yeah?
- He's talking about opening up my own salon.

- No way!
- You gonna call it Shane, Shane?

Yeah, I'm gonna go. You look great.

- Bye.
- Hey, thank you. Take care. Bye.

There's a line at the counter.

Marina, there's a line.

- Seems to be a communication breakdown.
- Shane, hold up.

I'll see you later. I gotta go.

Thank you for the croissants
and coffee I couldn't drink.

- Aren't you late for something?
- Yes.

- Wait for me.
- Thank you. Thank you.

- Bye. You look great, really good.
- Thanks.

- Is there something you wanna say?
- No.

You pick a fight in
front of these people

and then you make like
you're hurt or victimised?

Want someone to come to your rescue?

- Maybe.
- Who, Marina?

I already rescued you. Remember?

- Hey.
- Hey.

- We'll take the Jag.
- All right.

We're gonna drop my
daughter on 3rd Street,

so she can kill my
hard-earned bucks on an outfit

that looks like it's from a reject bin.

That's fine.

I was hoping you might hang out with
Clea for a while. Just something.

- Well...
- Well, you know what, she...

she quit college after six months.

She's flailing. I thought you could
spend a little time with her today.

She might open up to you.
Just an instinct I have.

- I don't know, Steve. It's...
- I would consider it a favour.

Yeah. Absolutely.

Yes. No, I've checked. I'm
checking it twice now, actually.

You've told him we're a non-profit
organisation, it's a tax write-off?

Well, then, you should let him
know that... we're waiting for him.

We got a grant to hire a law firm,

so 50,000 LA garment-industry workers

have health benefits for the first time.

That was our biggest project.

Mostly we deal with
very human-scale stuff.

I wanted to tell you, we have
a gay and lesbian alliance.

I don't know if you'd be interested.

I think I'd like to
do something with kids,

underprivileged or at-risk children.

OK.

Esai is working to bring
down Clay Patterson,

the televangelist whose
refinery is giving cancer

to hundreds of kids
in the south LA hood.

He's a bastard. He gets
around every court injunction.

- Some Christian, huh?
- Have you ever come across Fae Buckley?

- Ben Coughlin just resigned from the board.
- You're kidding?

He got 62 letters with his company
credit card chopped in pieces

from people who don't
want office supplies

from a blaspheming pornographer.

- Shall we get back to work?
- Organs of dead animals decomposing.

A man strangling himself
while masturbating.

You call that art, Miss Porter?

Those are inflammatory
descriptions, Miss Buckley,

of works of art in large exhibitions.

You didn't answer the
question. What makes that art?

Excuse me.

It's Tina. She's been
having a rough time.

- Baby, are you all right?
- I'm with Oscar. Oscar Alvarez.

- I'm in the middle of...
- You won't believe what he does.

Hey.

- Look what we found on Fae Buckley.
- You're doing Fae Buckley research?

Yeah. She was responsible

for getting that teacher fired
at the University of Missouri.

Child-porn charges based on her
three-year-old naked on the beach.

I've been doing this all day.

I've got a highly paid
PR firm working with me.

This is what Oscar
does, OK? Just listen.

- Is there a problem?
- Tina needs to find something of her own.

Tina needs help to get
out of a depression.

You gotta look at this.

I think you and your people might
find this pretty interesting.

Hey. Clea'll be right out.

Now, I want you to know
I will not forget this.

Cherie is planning this big
mother-daughter trip to Paris.

You should hear her. Sounds like
she's planning the Camp David Summit.

Now, Clea doesn't wanna go. See
if you can't change her mind.

Have a good time, sweetheart.

Look, I know this is lame, but
your father asked me to do this, OK?

Crap.

- All right, this should be pretty easy.
- Mm-hm.

Shit! Fuck me!

Sorry.

- Nice work.
- Can I go one more?

Yeah. I haven't played
this game since I was seven.

- No? I never did this as a kid.
- Your parents never took you?

They weren't around. I met my mom once.

- Wow. You didn't live with her?
- No.

Wow.

Can I show you something? Do you mind?

- Sure.
- May I show you something?

Before you hit the ball,
try bouncing a few times.

Bounce? OK.

- Wanna try it? Ready?
- Yeah.

One, two, three...

Ah, well. Just about.

- Nice, though.
- Yeah, it was a great technique.

- Almost there.
- Smart-ass.

- Ah, well.
- Shut up.

Here Cums The Principal. What is this?

Hang on, hang on.

Just turn it off. What is it?
Fae Buckley produces porno videos?

No, no, no. There. See that
girl right there? She's 17.

She ran away from home when she was 14.

Her father was abusing her

and her mother couldn't
or wouldn't stop him.

Child Services report we
pulled has all the gory details.

But her porn star name is China.

Her given name is Cora Buckley.

They know I'm gay. I just don't
wanna talk about it with them.

They're such pervs.

Why are they pervs?

They have this cabinet they
keep locked in the media room.

One night they got drunk
and left some stuff out.

Consuela was cleaning and just
happened to push play on the VCR.

Up pops my mom, buck naked,

riding my dad, whipping
him with his switch.

It was pretty gross.

But you gotta give it
to your folks. I mean,

they wanna keep their life interesting.

And they... they still wanna get it on.

God.

You know, I've never met
anyone like you before.

Well, that's not necessarily
a very good thing.

Tell me more about your parents.
How come you didn't live with them?

No, no.

No, I...

- No, I can't do that. It's not right.
- Why?

- It's not what your dad had in mind.
- God, I don't care.

I'm involved in a few things that I...

- I don't want...
- Like drugs? What?

Yeah, that's part of it.

- What if it's not true?
- We got hold of the police records.

Fae paid off a district
judge to expunge the record.

- Why has it never come out?
- Our people don't know how to play this game.

We're progressives, accused
of being morally bankrupt.

They have skeletons in their
closets and we don't touch them.

We take the high road,
wind up in the ditch.

We leave our dirty laundry hanging out.

They wave it around and
make us look like perverts.

We have to get into their closets.

We cannot afford to be so high-minded.

We're getting killed.

- Hey.
- Hi.

Dana, right? Jenny.

- Are you alone?
- Yeah.

- Can I sit with you?
- Yeah, yeah.

- Here, sit.
- I've never done this before.

- Never been to a bar before?
- No, a women's bar by myself.

- Oh. Me neither.
- Oh, yeah?

Alice was supposed to come,
but her boyfriend called, so...

- Alice is bisexual?
- Yeah.

This is like something out of the
1950s. It's so butch and femme.

It's the oldest lesbian bar in LA.

It probably hasn't
changed since the '50s.

But really it's no different
than any other club.

You have a drink, talk to people
you have nothing in common with,

realise how unlikely it
is you'll ever meet anyone

who's right for you again.

So you have met someone right for you?

We broke up.

It's messy. I know that.

- No, no. It's no problem. It's fine.
- It's small.

There aren't too many places to sit.

Sorry.

So, you're a tennis player?

Mm-hm.

What's that like?

- I train a lot.
- Wow.

That's really interesting.

- I go on tour.
- Wow. Yeah.

I don't have anything to drink.

Do you want juice?

- Sure.
- OK.

- So this is where you write?
- Yeah, yeah. Yeah.

I pretty much do everything
in here, as you can see.

It used to be my writing studio,

um... but you know that
thing with Tim and I?

- Oh, right, yeah.
- So he's letting me stay here so far.

And I pay him rent,
which is kinda weird.

- Oh, gosh.
- I'm so sorry.

- Oh, God! I'll get 'em dry-cleaned.
- No, it's OK.

I know there's worse
stuff on it than that.

OK.

Here.

Um...

Just...

Oh!

OK.

Oh!

- Sorry. Did that hurt? Here.
- It's all right.

- It's OK. Um... You know, why don't...
- What?

- Is this no good?
- Why don't you go on top?

Here.

That's OK.

This is... a really bad idea.

- Isn't it?
- It's really bad.

Maybe we should stop
before it gets too grim.

- Maybe we should just be friends.
- Yeah, yeah.

I'll just grab this. OK.

Oh, God. I am so PMS.

It's good to get off my feet. I
have so many functions this month.

- It's good to see you.
- These boots would look amazing on you.

- I need to talk to you.
- I got you a present.

No.

- I can't.
- Try it on.

I can't. Look, Cherie,

if I'm gonna do business
with you and your husband,

I'm not getting involved
in your marriage. I'm sorry.

You're not trying to
break up with me, are you?

'Cause that would be a
very... very bad thing to do.

Do you like fucking me, Shane?

I love it.

Steve'll never find out.

- I'm not wearing any underwear.
- I know. I can see that.

- You're crazy.
- You have no idea.

- Does it lack...
- OK. Does it lack...

Does it lack serious literary,
artistic, political or scientific value?

- Good.
- Insight's just down here.

What are you gonna
do when she baits you?

"Why are you such an angry lesbian?"

"Miss Buckley, why are you
such a lying, scheming bigot?"

OK, sorry.

"I don't deny I am a
lesbian, and it makes me angry

when people who haven't seen the work

distort and misrepresent
it to the public and media."

- Is that better?
- It's a little combative, but it's good.

What else are we forgetting?

We did critical thinking, First
Amendment, censorship in America.

The Kurosawa quote. What is
it? "Never avert your eyes... "

Baby, you are so prepared.
Just relax. Take a deep breath.

OK?

You're gonna be great.

Thank you for being here with me.

I know how hard it is for you
now just to get out of bed.

I'm gonna be OK.

I know.

- Let's do this is front of Fae Buckley.
- I'm there.

OK.

- Tim! No!
- Come on.

I am gonna get you with this.

Be nice!

- Jesus Christ, it was...
- Bette, I am so glad to see you.

- I have been looking forward to this.
- So have I.

I see you've met. Welcome.
Nice to have you again.

- I'm glad to be here.
- Darla will take you to make-up. See you on set.

It must be hard to find your
colour. It's so in-between.

I guess Darla will have to mix.

- What did she mean?
- She knows personal details.

- That you're half black.
- Is that a crime?

She was trying to psych
you out. It worked.

Bette, the board is fine
with it, I'm fine with it,

if you wanna use that video.

Fuck. Wait a second. I'll be right back.

Promise.

- Hello?
- Hi.

- OK. Tim, we need to talk.
- Can't it wait?

No, it can't. Every minute that goes by

you're gonna get into deeper trouble.

- You shouldn't be dating a student.
- It's none of your business.

I know, but what if Randy
were to find out, Tim?

Tim.

Open the door. Come on.

- If Randy were to what?
- Can you come in?

- Don't.
- I'm not doing this in front of her.

- You have no right. Stay out of my life.
- No.

What are you gonna do,
Jenny? Fucking report me?

- Fuck you.
- You're obviously that fucking treacherous.

I have with me Bette Porter
of the California Arts Center,

the museum that is
mounting the controversial

art exhibition Provocations.

And Fae Buckley of the
Coalition of Concerned Citizens,

the group leading the efforts
to shut down the exhibition.

She needs to loosen
up. She should smile.

When something doesn't go
their way, they cry fascism.

I'm sorry this had to
happen in front of you,

but if you care about him, back off, OK?

Let me tell you something.

Nobody in their right
minds would believe

that you give a shit
about what happens to me.

- Are you betraying the public trust?
- On the contrary, I'm trusting the public.

What gives me the right
to decide what they see?

I'm no more entitled
than Miss Buckley is

to decide what'll
uplift and enlighten you.

There she goes with that
liberal duck and parry.

It's bad faith to promote an
agenda the way this art show does

and then claim no responsibility

for the immoral behaviour it encourages.

Art is meant to be
perceived and interpreted.

It doesn't intrinsically
advocate behaviour.

How can you say you're
not advocating behaviour?

Your whole purpose is to make
that lifestyle appear normal,

so that more people will wanna try it.

If I were trying to convert
people to my lifestyle,

as you seem to imply,

would I use images of a man

flaying himself then
trussing up his testicles?

That piece makes me so uncomfortable,
I can barely look at it.

It won't make anyone wanna be a lesbian.

I opened the '97 Brunello.

Is that the Caparzo
or the Castelgiocondo?

If it's too expensive, I
can always pawn my watch.

Don't be petulant, not if you
want me to take you to Antigua.

... moral Americans can't
decide for themselves

whether to go to an art show
they might find objectionable.

What about that, Fae?

Miss Porter thinks she's
clever enough to trick us

into believing that filth isn't filth,

blasphemy isn't blasphemy,
pornography is not pornography,

but the stuff speaks for itself.

However hard she tries to defend it,

with her fancy language
and her insulting logic,

all it is is sheer disgusting,
filthy, ugly pornography.

She is a pornographer.

I...

I understand why Miss Buckley

is so sickened by the
porn industry. I do.

It's brutal, especially for the
poor children and teenage girls

who get lured in and exploited

because they were running
away from something.

Those children lacked
love. They were abused.

How awful it must be to come
from a home life so desperate.

There is a world of difference
between complex, provocative art

and the tragedy of the porn industry.

- What's in the box?
- Do you believe in God?

If you did, this wouldn't be complex.

God has already done the work
of sorting through this for us.

Faith makes seemingly complex
things simple and obvious.

- God is about the most...
- The Bible condemns homosexuality.

That's why God took your unborn
child from your lesbian lover.

That was a blessing.
That baby is with him now.

So he won't suffer the degradation

he would have been subject to had
he been born into your depraved life.

Monster!

Monster!