'The L Word: Generation Q' Episode 4: Finley and Rebecca head towards a dead-end as childhood trauma resurfaces
This story contains major spoilers for 'The L Word: Generation Q' Episode 4 titled 'LA Times'
In the previous episode of 'The L Word: Generation Q', it is revealed that Finley (Jacqueline Toboni) did not have a good time growing up.
She struggled with her sexuality and religion for most of her life growing up and well into adulthood, so much so that she did not even attend her grandfather's funeral.
Today, she is also estranged from her family. When she reveals this to her love interest, Rebecca (Olivia Thirlby) understands Finley might not be entirely cool with her bring a priest.
And it definitely seems to bother Finley. Despite her growing feelings for Rebecca, she cannot brings herself to come to terms with the fact that she "fudged a priest".
This indicates that Finley has endured years of emotional abuse with some fans also believing that she could also have been sent to a conversion camp, which further added to her trauma.
It also brings to light her issues with alcohol. For about three episodes now, it has been evident that Finley has a genuine alcohol dependency — she drinks a lot, and she drinks a lot often.
We saw this first when she is in the bar with Shane (Katherine Moennig) when she needed the liquid courage to pick up girls.
So when Rebecca invites her over for a little get-together she is hosting later in the day, Finley refuses to come to because of the two priests and a rabbi present there.
At Shane's birthday party, when Finley is jacked up on just enough liquid courage, she ends up at Rebecca's house and, in her drunken stupor, tells her that because it is not a "real church" and Rebecca is "not a real priest" that whatever they're doing is okay.
Rebecca finds this conversation hurtful, but it also shows that while she wants to genuinely see where this goes, she now knows that Finley is not actually in a place to confront her complicated past.
With their last conversation a disagreement, where will Finley and Rebecca's relationship go?
'The L Word: Generation Q' airs on Sundays at 10/ 9c on Showtime.
