Tina's Interrogation Tape

[KiraDemonofAkatsuki]

Honestly, I think that these tapes are genius. It makes you reconsider everything you've thought about the characters until now. Tina having an incestuous relationship? I wouldn't have imagined that in a million years. But I have a feeling that if you were to rewatch the series, it would work its way into the show. Most obviously, we've never met, or even heard about Tina's family.

[AJGirl1985]

Whole Lee Sh*t...speechless

[cwritero3]

I think these interviews make perfect sense. Ilene is telling us that we will never hear the whole story. There is always more to people than we expect, or that we know. There was more to Jenny, there is more to Tina. There is more to every character on this show, and there is more to this mystery.

The fact is, we will never know.

[cwritero3]

WHAT THE FUCK?

[Lama101012]

OMG, poor tina, but you know something I was wondering about her family quit alot. On the whole 6 sessions they didn't brought her family. Now I get to know.. Tina's family story need's additional 6 sessions to explain & explor it after all the drama that we've heard it from her. Poor Tina.

[jobsonworks]

yeah this twist is so, almost too random for Tina's character. I mean something that big should've been explored on the show. A lot of fans still haven't seen these tapes following the finale.

[Dogrescuerirs]

Who wrote this abobination?... Ilene? Why you don't keep Tina's family where the were all these 6 years.

Being a producer, writer and director at the same time was too much for her. This crap is hard to watch. Tina deserved better

[Diane24844]

haha when I imagine being there in the room, with Lucy Lawless leaning against the very chair I am sitting on, I seriously think I wouldn´t be able to say anything at all:D and I´m not a very shy person:D

[lycia69]

Note the TCG time stamp running a the bottom...hours:MInutes:Seconds­;10ths... It's about 1 hour in when Tina beins speaking...and it's about 12 hours before Tina reveals her secret.

[dammitCanada]

Mo Fo!!!! Are you serious???!! I just got brain rammed.

[Meerschweinchen416]

WHAT THE HE**?!

[Killer13nv]

wow! that was really really weird!!! sister!!! YUCK!!!

[The420cherrybomb]

Holly crap I didt see that one coming!

[devilshomie]

These "Interrogations" seem more like therapy sessions

[sophie97163]

Tina always said it wasn't easy to talk to Bette cos she was so self absorbed.. and Bette OS only with tina cos she is like a mother figure she never had.. and this might lead off for a spin show about there past and now they all have to face up.. and deal with the fall out.. Bette will leave tina ..

[sophie97163]

Tina always said it wasn't always easy to

[ZulKoji]

Also, Tina never found out about Bette supposedly fucking Kelly?

[ZulKoji]

Wth?? What does Tina's love life have to do anything with Jenny's death?

[shikamaruisfit]

@ZulKoji I know what you mean I think all the tapes are really pointless at least from the police's point of view. I think they just put personal stuff in instead of relevant stuff to make it more interesting or something

[elektra647]

2:25 Lucy was trying to protect very serious but she laughed out...XD

[godnlenora]

tina;s is the best one ever.

[devilshomie]

What the fuck dude? Well okay she was young um at least she couldn't get pregnant. I could sort of understand why she wouldn't tell Bette about that

[shikamaruisfit]

This makes me feel really ill, poor Tina

[Seastarwsc]

Ok i think there is something that no one is remembering about this ISNT EVERYONE ALWAYS ASKING ABOUT TINA'S FAMILY WHAT HAPPENED TO IT WHY IN THE SHOW IS SHE THE ONLY ONE WHO WE NEVER GET TO KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT HER FAMILY, well thats the thing she and her mom left her father her mother and father died and her sister thinks tina's going to hell, i am not upset about this video i think they did what they didn't get to in the show, what happened to tina's family and this was the only way they thou

[9082809032]

@Seastarwsc You are right, but the device is too weird.

[1202noz1202]

I like the way the interview ended "But she was my first. Not Bette." I love Tina so much, but i am really shocked at that.

[3153dee]

why couldn't she tell Bette that? Something like that you've gotta tell the love of your life/your soul mate/your baby mama. We've known NOTHING about Tina's family until now, why would she tell the cops all this but not her friends who are like family to her? idk there's so many questions but no answers here.

Incest hmm...I would've never guessed.

[ZulKoji]

@3153dee Can you imagine how embarrassed and ashamed she would feel if she told that to someone? There are just some things about you that you can't tell anyone, not even to your partner nor your family. But I'm with you about her telling the cops, what's the point of telling them?

[9082809032]

It makes sense, it does. See on all seasons, especially on 1st. It makes deep sense.

[1202noz1202]

@9082809032 What do you mean? It makes sense? I'm interested. About Bette not being Tina's first? Please tell haha!

[9082809032]

@1202noz1202Well, remember Tinas behaviour during all 1st season - such a kinda "wife-chicken". She just melted into Bette, subordinated to her. Of course Tina loved Bette, but she wasnt some wiak-willed person. That was something in her past, it hurt and made to be as she was. Why she didnt tell Bette? Its too hard to tell about incest . Tina didnt do it at once and then... why? And I think she "became" a gay "too easy"... . Well, may be it doesnt make sense, but we discuss. Why?

[mspinkporter]

Ummmm really but WTF! Tina's family doesn't get any time during the whole series and they decide to drop that bomb on everyone during this? Doesn't make sense.

[1202noz1202]

@mspinkporter Exactly my point! We've never known anything about her family then next minute we found out she was fucking her sister!! wtf lmao

[SignUp0SignIn]

我觉得tina说她关于她姐姐的那段，觉得像在说双姝奇恋啊，u­sed like a boy，huh

[kaka1994420]

OMG!!!bette wasn't her first????????!!!!

[SignUp0SignIn]

@kaka1994420 哈哈，lz，catch u

[1202noz1202]

@kaka1994420 I know right?!??!?!

[BuTtErCuP12490]

As sickening as this is, these kinds of things happen in reality. Yes, it's hard for Tina, but the fact that she's such a strong character, shows how much strength she has as a woman who has suffered through this kind of physical abuse. It all makes sense. Bette offered her protection then betrayed her, then couldn't offer the same protection again, so Tina had to learn how to persevere on her own, and that says alot about Tina. I don't like it but its reality.

[mynameislotti]

What the fuck Illene, what the fuck?! Why would the police even ask about this shit, and why would Tina open up to these strangers after 3.5 minutes, when she couldn't tell Bette in their 8 year relationship or the counselor she was forever seeing?!

This is messed up, I've watched the box set twice since watching these tapes and she shows like, no sign that this happened to her! I get so riled up every time I watch this, I don't know why I do it to myself >.>!

Tinas character deserved better.

[sirimity]

@mynameislotti well it's not 3.5 min, it's 12 hrs (if u look at the time) and they're cops, maybe she felt safe telling them for some reason and thought it would never come out

[lycia69]

@mynameislotti The police would ask in order to find out what type of character Tina is and if she could be the one who killed Jenny. As for the 3.5 minutes, the interview above starts with Sgt. Duffy (Lawless) asking Tina "And why is Kelly not a threat?" which implies it's in the middle of the interrogation that could have been going on for minutes, hours, days, etc.

[lycia69]

@mynameislotti As for Tina's relationship with her sister...well who wouldn't keep that a secret? An incestuous relationship is not something you really want known, even to someone you're close too. In Tina's eyes it was better to tell Kit she was the first rather than being a willing participant in an incestuous lesbian relationship with her sister. I'm sure you have secrets you haven't told your partner...

[amerilevelez]

wth was Illene thinking here? smfh!! No!!

[spaceasunder]

I had to pause the video and yell "What the f***?!?"

[freakificate]

oh Tina babe :( this is so sad.

[fizzlehizzle]

omfg.

[PandasGoMoo]

This still makes me sad.

[ThePatricia1008]

wtf wtf wtf tina and her sister...grouse

wtf????oh cmon wtf

[kaL27eL]

whoa!! i didn't see it coming..

[MissKeandra]

wow!!! who would have thunk that!!! Tina pulled a big one out!

[turtleshell27]

Holy shit didnt see that coming about tina :O

laurel is such a wonderful actress :)

[butterfly91]

tina is perfect. i love her, i love laurel. im MRS.HOLLOMAN to you!!!!!

[mysmarri]

Wow, poor Tina, what a past! It's totally understandable why she didn't tell anyone about that. I mean how do you start, and how would everybody, inclusive Bette react? I bet it was something that Tina wanted to forget and by telling everybody you will see it in everybodies eyes. I'm glad though that she finally got to talk about it. Hm, I wondered if she told Jenny about this? Imposrtant to know; don't think you know someone's past or background just because you know them in the present!

[Garracatapunchis]

@mysmarri You don't tell the women you love... but yet you tell a complete stranger?

[mysmarri]

@Garracatapunchis The main reson why people have a hard time telling people they love stuff like this is that they're affraid they are going to lose them. losing a stranger dosen't seem that hard, that's why I think Tina told a stranger and not Bette, she didn't have anything to lose by telling. I know it's weird but it's also complicated. Hope you liked the show otherwise

[chinghot07]

@mysmarri i completely agree

[Djean70]

@Garracatapunchis YEP!!!

[ZulKoji]

@mysmarri I HIGHLY doubt Tina told Jenny that her sister was her first. Considering how nosy Jenny turned out to be in season 6, she would have told Bette and everyone else about this if Tina would have told her.

[godnlenora]

tina rules i love her interrogation better than everbody;s interrogations.

[mysmarri]

This is a perfect exemple of the saying: every sinner has a future and every saint has a past.

[CathyCoconut]

Actually makes sense to me... and I friggin' adore Tina.

[JocelynPadilla25]

I was NOT expecting this. Holy shit.

[butterfly91]

OMG!!! IS THAT XENA???

[JocelynPadilla25]

@butterfly91 aha Yes that is lucy lawless.

[lebomatseke]

WTF!!!!!!!!!!! wow- I didn't expect that. She used to piss me off cos she was so home body ish but she also has secrets in her past. Wow

[HeatherSexual]

this just urkes me to no end... its weird why would they do that? I get that they want to reach a largeee audience and some people do that kind of stuff when they are young but wow.. not for Tina's role. DID NOT SEE IT COMING...

[turtleshell27]

@HeatherSexual i really find it perfect for tina's role to have a past thats so shocking because shesmade out to be so perfect throughout the show.

[HeatherSexual]

@turtleshell27 actually you make a great point!!

[TheLovehurts14ify]

Holy Crap!! Dont like that at all :S

[parisferrer1]

I think....I honestly think I might be scarred for life after seeing this :/ Poor Tina though, but at the same time...gross! Who decided to go in this direction with Tina's character? Did anyone see this coming????? I sure as **** didn't!

[MAreesay]

ahh, why do they tell the investigators this? it's just not relevant at all (even if it is interesting).

[baxter2832]

hello. can somebody translates this interrogation in french please. dont understand everything. she was abused by her sister ???

[JBtlw95]

@baxter2832 @baxter2832 Detective: Et pourquoi est-ce que Kelly n'est pas une menace?

Tina: Ma mère est morte quand je suis sortie de fac et elle disait que la seule vraie intimité entre deux personnes est en quand on lit de la poésie. Et donc le seul vrai acte de trahison est quand on partage de la poésie avec quelqu'un d'autre que son aimé.

D: De la poésie? Vous croyez à ça?

T: C'est vrai. Mon père avait une liaison avec cette jolie jeune fille qui travaillait pour lui et ma mère n'a jamais

[JBtlw95]

@baxter2832 été menacée.

D: Donc ça ne vous dérangerait pas si Bette avait une liaison avec cette Kelly?

T: Ce n'est pas ce que je dis. Je ne suis pas ma mère.

D: Mais ce ne serait pas la trahison ultime?

T: C'est ce que je dis.

T : Vous voyez, mon père, pendant sa première campagne d’élection, avait cette espèce de p** de manager.

Elle raconte la carrière de son père, et que sa maîtresse lui envoyait chaque soir un poème qu’ils lisaient ensemble au téléphone, etc. Et sa mère a dit à son père

[JBtlw95]

@baxter2832 que ça ne pouvait plus continuer. Et comme ça ne s’est pas terminé, elle a pris ses trois enfants et a déménagé.

D : Dur. Et à propos de votre relation avec Jenny ?

T : Eh bien, on a fait un film ensemble. C’était un peu difficile au début, mais on est devenues très proches.

Elle raconte comment elle et Jenny se sont rapprochées pendant le tournage, et ce qu’était le film.

D : Vous vous sentez manipulée parfois ?

T : Non, je ne dirais pas ça comme ça. Je pense que c’est une artiste

[JBtlw95]

@baxter2832 elle essayait seulement de faire un bon film et peut être que je me sentais seule et j’avais besoin de parler à quelqu’un.

D : Donc Bette Porter était votre première ?

T : Hum-non, elle ne l’était pas. Je lui ai dit qu’elle était ma première, je dis à tout le monde que c’était ma première mais ma première était ma sœur. Ma grande sœur. Quand j’avais onze ans je pense. Douze, je ne sais pas. Ca a duré à peu près trois ans, et, je ne sais pas je pensais seulement que c'était ce que

[JBtlw95]

@baxter2832 tous les enfants faisaient. On faisait des jeux de rôle et j’étais toujours le garçon. C’est drôle parce que… Je ne lui parle même plus maintenant. Elle vit au Texas. Elle pense que j’irai directement en enfer. Mais c’était ma première, pas Bette

Valaaaa.

[baxter2832]

@JBtlw95

tu as tout tradui. UN GRAND MERCI.

[JBtlw95]

@baxter2832 Jtp ;)

[pinkpunky15]

u guys are hatin on tina..n hvnt even realized she was 12 and was a victim of her older sister..is like a father abusing of a child kind of thing..nobody feels very prooud bout this..mb she is scare..n for more confidence she might have with the others mb is too hard for her to share this moment of her life

[OMGStephanie]

3 years?!

[spagerbot]

Awww, I feel bad for Tina. Having that secret and being too ashamed to tell anyone. That's awful.

[mvpc2323]

OK... I'ma just try and forget I ever saw this.

Thanks Ilene. You're officialy an idiot.

[love4triumph]

Umm..I think this has made me very uncomfortable. Yep..it's confirmed...I am unbelievably uncomfy right about now!

[meivisonfire]

HOLY SH*T O.O

[godnlenora]

tina;s interrogation was the best part of the show and tina is one of my favorite characters and so is bette and they are my favorite couple on the show.

[Rosveen]

OMG. Ilene Chaiken is completely insane. It's a shame she made 'The L Word', it could've been a really great show if it had been done by someone more competent. The final season was terrible, and then these interrogation tapes... Honestly, does anyone believe that Tina would actually have such past? Her sister being her first, Kelly&Bette not ultimate betrayal... It sounds so fake. It is fake, for all we've learned about Tina during all those years.

[ceabelita]

what the fuck?i wish i shouldnt saw this shit....

[vyvyhexe]

incest?? why did we have to see this??

[Angella769]

OMFG!!! what the fuck!?

[arcticmonkeyzzz]

wow i did NOT expect that from Tina... I mean, I always found it weird that she was that open to a relationship with a woman (Bette) without any past experiences, but beside being with her sister, not confiding in Bette is what struck me the most...

[survivinlife03]

Yeah ...

[64martini]

WTF??? what the writters were thinking!!!????

[BMWGGANTMSFU]

Mmmm....no.

[kstarilicious]

WHY ILENE WHY

[KLaSsIKfuturethreat]

WHAAATTTT??? her sister?! wtf is this >:[

[TheRoxie08]

ok..i wish i neva saw this shit...helena interrogation is the best of all

[dexter09890]

@TheRoxie08 Absolutly agree with you 100%!

[Curlytopism]

i didnt see that coming

[FLuTonks]

wtf did I just watch.

[DD90610]

I have the DVD set of the 6th Season of TLW & this interrogation is NOT included. Don't know where it is coming from - out of the blue somewhere??

[XxFaithxX2008]

Totally f'd up!!!! I hate how they portrayed Tina in this stupid interrogation tape! Ugh!!! I wish I'd never seen these.

[frozenfirehayes]

@XxFaithxX2008 I couldn't agree more! I too hate how they portrayed her, this interrogation tape was so unnecessary!!

[yanies2hot07]

wow iilene sure knows how to keep us on the edge of our seats

[godnlenora]

tina rocks.

[ElizaLover100]

where are all these coming from?

are they like, a special feature from the dvds?

[thincrust88]

Was this 'tape' ever shown on cable tv?

[PureInfatuation]

Ilene is such an ass! That was so NOT necessary! wtf!

[CantFigureThatOneOut]

oook.. wasn't expecting anything like that :X

[stipV]

It's fucked to introduce this issue when the show is over, why just chuck it in when it can never be mentioned again?

[bisexylover]

ya i agree it doesnt look like she is.but omg what the fuck? incest -- ew!! how could they do that to poor tina!! and for some reason i dont remember watching this.

[marjoli4]

Good Lord talk about character assassination!!

I have no choice but to think that IC is nothing but certifiably insane!!

[ShaneLwLover]

WTF??? Poor Tina T.T ...They really fucked up all the characters specially this one lol IC is nuts

[4248699]

I'm glad there was some sort of continuation to the program. Thank you for the tapes! I was surprised that Tina had not confided in Bette about her past. Wow, didn't see that one coming.

[dexter09890]

I'm not sure anyone did...

[lakbones]

@4248699 I didn't see that one coming -*Drink*-

[iheartdogs824]

omg! i was so not ready for that one.

[Djean70]

@iheartdogs824 ME 2, I WISH THEY WOULD HAVE PUT THESE ON THE SPECIAL FEATURES ON THE DVDS. THIS IS AWWWESOM....

[1202noz1202]

@iheartdogs824 Same here! not. one. bit.

[fredo19130]

Oh my... poor Tina. That's so ironic that her sister acted like that afterall...I don't think it ruins the role... i admit that surprise me but it's kind of feed the role, give her reason to act like she reacted...what i think was missing in her role a little bit.

[knightraider08]

OMFG....Tina what happened to you my love...?!

[briemillman]

Oh my fucking god!!!! Why would that retard IC fuck up Tina's character like that?!?!? That's so messed up! It doesn't even look like she's freaked out about it o_O

[leeannie90]

:|:| OMGGG !!

[vero031987]

que demonios es esto!!!!! le fregaron a la serie

[LAVAGUEZA]

they ruin the whole thing with this stupids shit.

[geritamak]

WHAT THE FUCK???

[Flemablob]

yeah i know!!!!!