That's What You Did

The L Word, Season 2, Episode 2


Jenny: I like you very much.

Robin: Hmm, that's a very bad way to begin a conversation.

Jenny: Okay, I'm sorry. I'm just not ready to be married again.

Robin: Well Jen, I haven't asked you to marry me.

Jenny: Robin, it's so obvious to me that's what you want. And I kind of feel like... I don't know, that you set me up or something.

Robin: Oh, no, no, no. No, they leapt to that conclusion 'cause that's what they want for me. Ya know? You can't punish me just because my friends want me to find, you know, an equitable partner.

Jenny: Okay, I'm - I'm not trying to punish you. Look, Robin, I'm just realizing that, um, I need to... I - I just need to be alone right now.

Robin: Jen, you can have time alone. You don't have to be with me every second.

Jenny: Well, I've never really been on my own before... and... I think that I need to just... to feel scared.

Robin: Oh, there's nothing to be scared of. I - I'm not a scary person. I'm a loving -

Jenny: Oh Robin, come on. I mean I'm - I'm so - I'm terrified of being on my own. I just gotta make myself do it, Robin, and I can't - I can't distract myself by creating all this fucking labyrinth-like drama that I'm so good at creating and I promise you... that you do not want to get sucked into my fucking bullshit.

Robin: You know what? Don't. Okay? Don't - don't tell me what I want and don't want. I know what I fucking want.

Jenny: Okay, well I'm gonna speak for myself.

Robin: Please.

Jenny: This is uh - this is what I want.

Robin: I can't believe you're doing this. I... I can't go through this again.

Jenny: I don't know Robin, that's why I'm saying we should stop now before we actually go through anything.

Robin: So, um... you don't want to be in a relationship?

Jenny: No, I don't.

Robin: You just wanna entice people, sleep with people. Make them fall in love with you, so you can fuck with their heads.

Jenny: No, that's not what I want.

Robin: Well, that's what you did.


Until tonight, I couldn't figure out why I was so fucked up. Now I do.

That, my friend, is exactly what you did to me. And yeah, don't tell me what I want, what I can or cannot handle. I know what I fucking want.