This drama series deals with different diaries that Jennifer Bells, Kate Monig and Lisha Healey perform through their original roles. Jennifer, Kate and Lisha begin various daily challenges alongside a new group of LGBTQIA characters. The group can take different daily paths, but face love, shock, sex, setbacks and success on a daily basis in Los Angeles.
Despite the hesitations and qualms, Generation Q is definitely an appealing sequel and it's far better than many expected. It only falters when it looks to its past instead of marching forward.
Generation Q is careful to balance fan service with the original characters against the new possibilities of its younger, hungrier batch of characters -- but in terms of compelling stories, Generation Q often wins out.
The L Word: Generation Q spends equal time catching up and introducing new characters as it does developing storylines that will leave you waiting for episode two.
Gen Q's New executive producer Marja-Lewis Ryan dispenses with nostalgia here, instead allowing her new characters to organically blend in with the show's mainstay cast. The writing is tart, though maybe not as tart as Alice's citrusy blazers.
The best aspect of the revival is the fun and whimsy it conveys. As in the original series, plenty of hard topics are broached, but there is a generally sunny and playful tone that is only partially derived from its setting.
