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S3:E9 Lead, Follow, Or Get Out Of The Way

Original Air Date: Mar 5, 2006

In episode 309, Dana looks like she's on the road to recovery; Carmen comes out to her family; Helena gets slapped with a lawsuit; Jenny attends a transsexual support group meeting to help her deal with Max; Bette continues her struggle to find inner peace.
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Cast
Mia Kirshner
Jenny Schecter
Jennifer Beals
Bette Porter
Pam Grier
Kit Porter
Leisha Hailey
Alice Pieszecki
Laurel Holloman
Tina Kennard
Marlee Matlin
Jodi
Kate Moennig
Shane McCutcheon
Daniel Sea
Max Sweeney
Rachel Shelley
Helena Peabody
Cybill Shepherd
Phyllis
Kate French
Niki Stevens
Rose Rollins
Tasha Williams
Written by
Ilene Chaiken
Directed by
Moises Kaufman
Rating
TVMA
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Graphic Language, Adult Content, Nudity

6 Seasons, 71 Episodes

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  • Season 6

    Jenny and Shane have a sizzling romance; Bette and Tina plan to adopt a child; Kit and Helena open a new nightclub; Alice and Tasha share a mutual crush on a third party; the series ends in a shocking crime.

    Season 6

  • Season 5

    Passion rekindles between Tina and Bette; Jenny directs her movie and dates the closeted actress playing her in the film; Kit faces fierce competition from a lesbian couple that opens up a rival gay establishment.

    Season 5

  • Season 4

    Jenny publishes a serialized story that's a thinly veiled version of her friends' lives, and sparks interest from Tina's movie studio; Tina pays a social price for firing Helena; Bette takes a job in academia.

    Season 4

  • Season 3

    Jenny dates Moira, who is making a gender transition and changing his name to Max; Kit begins dating Angus, the male nanny to Bette and Tina's six-month-old daughter; Helena buys a movie studio; Dana battles breast cancer.

    Season 3

  • Season 2

    Tina reveals she is pregnant again and begins dating heiress Helena as Bette's life spins out of control; Shane and Jenny become roommates and both date sexy deejay Carmen; Kit buys The Planet; Alice and Dana fall in love.

    Season 2

  • Season 1

    Jenny and Tim's marriage crumbles thanks to her attraction to local cafe owner Marina; Tina struggles to become pregnant despite Bette's ambivalence about parenthood.

    Season 1
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