Whatever Happened To Papi?
It’s one of the great mysteries of The L Word. Once the writers feel they’re done with a character, he or she is written out of the story without much thought. The whole cast seemed to move on from the death of their friend Dana with surprising resiliency, and Marina got ditched pretty fast as well. So when Papi didn’t show up for season five, none of us should have been surprised. Her larger role in the fourth season didn’t guarantee she would continue on the show: she wasn’t dating one of the main characters and her pseudo rivalry with Shane never really caught on. Never mind she and Tasha were pretty much best friends, her presence was no longer needed.
This doesn’t mean fans of the show haven’t been wondering what happened to Papi. And while I have no definitive answers (I’m betting a lot of sex is in there somewhere, however), I can tell you a few things that have been going on in the life of Janina Gavankar, the woman who brought Papi to life.
According to What’s Worth Watching, she’s been cast in at least one episode of the 5th season of Stargate: Atlantis. She’ll be part of an all-female SGA team, which is pretty cool, although there’s no word yet as to the role’s potential for recurring. It sounds like at least one member of the team is already getting a recurring role, so here’s hoping Janina’s character isn’t killed off. Either way, I’ll try to find out when her episode airs and let you all know!
April 14th, 2008 at 4:16 pm
She will be in the episode currently titled “Whispers.” You can keep tabs on how production of this episode is going by checking out Joseph Mallozzi’s blog (www.josephmallozzi.wordpress.com). He is the show runner for Stargate: Atlantis and I believe he is writing this episode as well.
Hope that helps!