IMHO — THIS WEEK IN GAY TV
GOSSIP GIRL: The CW show finally "revealed" what everyone had pretty much already figured out: Eric (Connor Paolo) is the show's gay character. (Technically, Asher is another gay Gossip character, but he might not be back again.) I thought the episode was fine for yet another "oh-look-which-secondary-character-is-gay" storyline. But it's doubtful Eric will be getting a whole lot more screentime, or at least not enough to make his character anything special.
THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW: Not as gay as last week, but Martin Sheen was adorable and Ed Byrne was pretty darn funny, too. Best line of the night as delivered by Byrne: "I'm sure Martin Sheen wouldn't be the first person to get a nut in the eye on The Graham Norton Show." Ha! That's called laughing with us, not at us.
BROTHERS & SISTERS: Matthew Rhys so rocked that proposal that I found myself wanting to civil union Kevin myself. And he's not even real. And I'm already civil unioned.
BROTHERS & SISTERS: Has anyone ever looked more adorable accepting a proposal than Scotty (Luke MacFarlane)? He looked so surprised and happy and in love. And as Snicks said in his recap, I also felt so verklempt I needed a moment. Just wait until you see the season finale.
BROTHERS & SISTERS: The show not only gave us the best gay wedding proposal ever, but also Saul's (Ron Rifkin) heartbreaking coming out scene. What better illustration of the horridness of the closet, than Saul's begging to have his life back so he could live as an out gay man? It was absolutely devastating.
DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES: That wasn't a storyline on Sunday night; that was a lame setup using Bob and Lee's "masculinity" as the punchline to a bad joke. I'm actually a big fan of DH, but frankly, I wish Marc Cherry had never bothered introducing a gay couple to Wisteria Lane if this is all the more he can do with them. For shame, Marc! For shame!
AS THE WORLD TURNS: At least someone got some good scenes this week with Noah getting all butch on Captain Pervy. But this whole Ameera storyline is officially DOA and stinks as bad as Perez's journalistic integrity. Either turn her into a villain, marry her off to Captain Pervy or something. But enough already.
AS THE WORLD TURNS: Luke was back to standing by Noah no matter what this week because all he does these days is storm off then storm back. Poor, Van Hansis. I worry he's going to get some kind of acting whiplash going back and forth between "I hate this! I can't stay! I love you! I'll always be here! No! This is unacceptable! I must leave now! Stay! Go! Stay!" Oy.
BTW, I'm not particularly fashionable, nor am I one to notice things like hairstyles, but I can't be the only viewer who was pretty taken aback by Van Hansis's new 'do this week. I almost suspected Jake Silbermann of slipping the stylist an extra hundred to make Van look ridiculous since Van scored an Emmy nod.
Anyway, I went back over the past year's ATWT clips and pulled these pics of Luke's various hairstyles over the past twelve months. And I even gave them a letter grade. Ooohhh, I bet the folks at CBS are just trembling over that!
GREEK: Still no Calvin (Paul James) on this week's Greek. Boo! Hiss! Fortunately, I've seen next week's episode and Calvin's new love interest Michael (Max Greenfield) arrives on the scene. Michael is a French teaching assistant and let's just say he wouldn't be quite as home in a fraternity as Calvin.
Les Bleus: A gay-bashing storyline is so 1990's, but Kevin's (Nicolas Gob) reaction is so raw and believable that it elevates the whole storyline. Too bad Yann is such a jerk.
Forbidden Love: Not much Ollian although we did get a little canoodling. It's nice to see the show doing something with them, but it would nice if that something were an actual story. I'm starting to feel my love fading just a little bit.
Hollyoaks: As if John Paul (James Sutton) wasn't already one of my favorite gay characters, this week's episodes nicely showcased what a complex, believable character he is as played by James Sutton who darn well better make our Hot 100 List. And those quick kisses with Kieron were perfect!
Work Out: Tardy trainers! Tardy clients! Perfect photo shoots! Such dram-zzzz. Sorry, nodded of there. Look, Brian Peeler got fired! I guess it's not a total loss then.
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