We said goodbye to an old, dependable friend last night. For the past 6 years, we have counted on this show to be bring the intrigue, the sexiness, the glamour, the social responsibility, and the crazy. This short season has seemed, more or less, to be the tying of loose ends while still making sure we are lambasted with its never-ending source of controversial topics (Pregnant Man! Birth Mother Leaves Bette and Tina! Possible Alice-Tasha-Jamie Threesome! Kit Dates a Cross-Dresser! Jenny Steals Alice's Screenplay! Jenny Loves Shane! Jenny's Death!).
So we never found out who killed Jenny--or who stole the negatives of Lez Girls! All we knew in the end was everyone had a reason to be mad at her, and some of the girls were hoping to make peace with her...if just for 1 night. Now that the show is over, I don't think we will ever find out who killed Jenny (unless it will be revealed in Alice's prison-set spin-off). Personally, I think she jumped in the pool herself (or maybe Sounder the Pomeranian somehow contributed to her death? He did suspiciously reappear this episode.) No matter. Bette and Tina seem well on their way to New York, Helena is still rich, Shane will move on from it all as she does, Max is still suspiciously Preganant Man with THAT annoyingly unresolved storyline, Alice has a spin-off (and Tasha), and Kit has found love at last.
I was a little pissy to not hear the horribly delicious Betty theme song one last time in the opening scene, but never fear! As the show aired its ending credits of the ridiculously beautiful and polished women entering the police station, the camera started to slo-mo and frame these women as they gave one last smile into the camera, while hearing the sythesized beats in the background. To me, the seemingly cheesy ending was perfect--the show has always been about our connection to these women, even if we don't live in upper-class LA, are lesbians, feel any tpe of connection to art, or know anyone like Jenny. So congratulations to the show for being able to connect a piece of us to everyone else, just like the good old Chart has always shown that.
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