Gay TV Recap: "Beauty and the Geek" gets their Gaysian on, wet

Last night the CW premiered the new season of reality "social experiment" Beauty and the Geek, which takes some socially inept but intelligent men and gorgeous but mentally vacuous women and puts them in a mansion together in the name of the greater good. (The greater good being, of course, ratings.)

But this season is different for two reasons. First, this is the first year where the geeks will be competing AGAINST the beauties, as opposed to WITH them, in pairs. And second, the show has cast its first gay man, self-professed "Gaysian" Greg (or "Greggie", as the girls will soon take to calling him).

In last night's premiere we learned that Greg is gay right off the bat and saw him side instantly with the girls, even though they are technically his enemies in the competition. The girls take to him like a duck to water, and Greg even decides to room with the women rather than deal with his context-challenged (and possibly homophobic) fellow males. Indeed, when we see two of the geeks arguing over top bunk/bottom bunk, one goes out of his way to point out that it's good that the beds aren't on the same level, lest someone accidentally roll into someone else's bed and penetrate him in his sleep, or something. Good lord...

Meanwhile, Greggie goes to sit with the gals on the rim of the hottub, we get our first laugh-out-loud moment of the night:

He falls in.

Yes, in a wool sweater, glasses, everything, the guy goes all-in. It's pretty priceless, especially since it's like something out of a Revenge of the Nerds movie.

Later, Greg gets emotional when explaining to the girls that he's got some identity issues being both gay and a geek. The girls seem legitimately touched by his honesty and his discomfort, and they provide as much support as they can without using their breasts (which I'm guessing is their first line of defense when it comes to comforting men).

When it's announced that the first challenge will be to get as many phone numbers as possible from members of the opposite sex at a stacked-deck nightclub (really, what do you think those "clubgoers" were told before they were ushered into a room lit like a football stadium and then set upon by 9 geeks and 9 obviously hot models in ugly makeup?), Greg is concerned. But it gets even more confusing when we see him getting numbers from GUYS at the club. Did he mishear, or is he just supposed to translate pronouns like a good gay boy living in a straight world and adjust the challenges as needed?

Anyway, the boys lose, so the girls get to send five men to the Win Ben Stein's Elimination Room, and they of course spare Greg because they like him.

Other Highlights:

• Amber and Randi, apparently forgetting that they're on the same team and that this is not The Bad Girls Club, get into a screaming fight on the first night, to the horror of the nerds
• "Sweater Vest Enthusiast" Tommy is kinda cute, isn't he? And it looks like he's going to be the first geek to get some action!
• The previews show Greg pulling out some hot dance moves in the next variety-show-themed episode. Work!

Lowlights:

• "The Cowboy"
• "The Poet"
• That someone has "Daisy Dukes Hostess" as her title
• Randi's title is "The Navy Diva". What does that even mean? That if she wears battleship grey 3000 sailors will try to board her?

So what do you think? Is Greg playing the new game exceedingly well by befriending the enemy, or is he shooting himself in the foot in regards to his own team? Will he be a weak link, or will he play both sides to his favor? Given that this is an entirely new game, it's anyone's guess ... share yours in the comments!