Best. Gay. Week. Ever. (December 5, 2008)

Of all the badass witches, the one nearest and dearest to my heart is...

Bad Willow

Her appeal for gay men: One of the most interesting and thoughtfully plotted character arcs in TV history, who knew Buffy's sweet little lesbian sidekick would wind up being the "big bad" of Season 6?

WILLOW: Come on, this is a huge deal for me! Six years as a side man, and now I get to be the Slayer.
BUFFY: A killer isn't a Slayer. Being a Slayer means something you can't conceive of.
WILLOW: (sighing, shaking her head) Oh, Buffy. You really need to have every square inch of your ass kicked. 

And you know what? Willow was right. Buffy — at least as Sarah Michelle Gellar played her towards the end — totally deserved an ass-whooping.

Most badass moment:  Committed the goriest murder in Buffy history when she snapped her fingers and stripped Warren of his skin.

Okay, so did I miss any witches that were deserving of a spot on this list? If so, share 'em in the comments!

IMHO

Desperate Housewives — Andrew got a new boyfriend. Hurray! Turns outs he's a nice professional — a plastic surgeon no less! Bree will be thrilled, assuming she ever finds out.  But the fact that Andrew and his boyfriend are already buying end tables together means that the show has conveniently skipped over the sweet courtship period of their relationship. Where's the fun in that? We already have Bob & Lee, does this show really need another bickering, old gay married couple?

Todd Grinnell plays Andrew's new love interest on Desperate Housewives

Brothers & Sisters — Got to give the most recent episode credit for offering Scotty some minor business to work with on the construction site. Who knew the boy had carpentry skills? Also, the friction between him and McAllister was a nice touch. But honestly, this show seems to be drifting in the wind. The sooner they kill off one of the Walkers and give viewers some real drama the better.

Scotty butches it up on last week's Brothers & Sisters

Top Chef — The show just isn't the same now that Richard Sweeney, the last male member of Team Gay was told to pack up his knives and go.  Whatever his culinary skills, the guy was certainly charming. We loved his easy laugh, his generous spirit, and his unabashed appreciation of how strangely dreamy Tom Colicchio is.  The rest of the season will be far less interesting without him

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