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Selling itself as the gay and bisexual answer to "Sex and the City," the Showtime series "The L Word" follows the always complicated lives and loves of a group of friends in West Hollywood, including Kristanna Loken, left, Katherine Moennig, Rachel Shelley and Leisha Hailey.

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Selling itself as the gay and bisexual answer to "Sex and the City," the Showtime series "The L Word" follows the always complicated lives and loves of a group of friends in West Hollywood, including Kristanna Loken, left, Katherine Moennig, Rachel Shelley and Leisha Hailey.

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