Sure, I would be thrilled to watch Helena do just about anything—wash dishes, file her nails, buy toilet paper. Her mere existence is sufficient to stake out a spot on this list.
#1: Alice and Dana
This was a hard one. I have a soft spot in my heart for the Love Boat fantasy, but I have to pick Alice and Dana’s first sex scene as my number one favorite. Dana reveals that she always thought Alice had great boobs and Alice reveals that she always thought Dana was a hottie. When Dana bends over, Alice, as serious as can be—as if she were in awe of a wondrous piece of art—remarks, “Dana, you have a really nice ass.” Dana flips around, they kiss, and then it’s on.
The song, “Finally,” explodes onto the scene as Alice and Dana struggle to get clothes off. The effect is comedic, but also very genuine and sweet. They are laughing and kissing; Dana falls off the couch. When the scene moves to more serious fucking, the viewer is pulled in even more. Alice whispers that she wants more of Dana (more fingers it turns out). The camera pans to fingers gripping the carpet, very steamy indeed. Then laughs follow as they nearly get busted and have to remove handcuffs while Dana’s girlfriend has her back turned—good stuff.
I think this scene is brilliant and I don’t think there is a person out there who can’t relate to it. It is a rollercoaster—intense, funny, normal, climatic, and real. But most of all, we know that these characters are really in love—and that is hotter than anything.
Runners Up
Shane/Carmen, Dylan/Helena, Shane/Cheri, Max/Jodi’s interpreter.
One Sex Scene They Should Have Done
Sisters, realtors, friends, straight women, socialites, flower delivery girls, other women’s girlfriends—Shane has had them all. It is rumored that Shane has slept with nearly one thousand women and the producers and writers of the L Word certainly kept Shane busy between the sheets over the course of the series. You would think, at this point, that we’d seen it all … but we haven’t.
