how are people getting the scoops?

[spinsterish]

h'ola,

over the l-word season i came into bits and pieces of info "about the
next episode," or "the one after that," or "by season's end this will
have happened," from my gossiping friends, and i was wondering from
where people were getting their info. i could never get a straight
answer from anyone! (no pun intended) (and most of it proved true=
e.g. mr p. was moydered by the evil curly lox, the characters all
changed dramatically and were not what they started out as)

does anyone know? and where do the rumors start, for instance- marina
not making next season? (pity, that- but then she has become just a
shell of the former seductive, mysterious, and confident woman she
was...)

has the cast or crew spilled some dirt somewhere we need to know about
and can go to?

just curious, (but not bi-curious)
spinster

[l***@large.com]

Spoilers and rumors are two different things, though both can be
considered scoops. :) Just to clarify for anyone else reading (even if
you know the difference!) a spoiler is generally knowledge about
upcoming episodes with a first-hand source (i.e. at its inception), and
[if it is a true spoiler] you can count on it happening. A rumor OTOH is
gossip that may or may not be true and may or may not have a reliable
source. Whether Karina is a diva or not is a rumor... whether she's
coming back or not are all rumors... the season was written ahead of
time however and some ep's did leak, and those spoilers were revealed
mostly at televisionwithoutpity:

http://forums.televisionwithoutpity.com/index.php?showtopic=3113958&st=0&#entry822362

I imagine someone connected peripherally with the show was the original
source of most of the spoilers. The rumors, OTOH, can be started by
anyone. :)

As for TWOP forums, spoilers are redacted in black so that you can't
accidentally read them. If you want to see them you have to highlight
the text to read it.

HTH

***@large