Gay TV Recap: The Closer

Glad you watched The Closer and it seems that you found it watchable.  The scene you reference with Kyle Gallner (from Veronica Mars - I Heart Beaver) and the suicide watch mission was insane to watch. 

Kyra Sedgwick's character Brenda has become more and more determined to close a case at any cost and that scene almost made me sick.  It was incredible to watch her reduce this kid to an emotional wreck and to see the disgust in her own face realizing she went possibly too far.

Incredible episode and I'm glad that the gay wasn't the one doing all the killing!

i posted my response in your earlier entry, but the more i think about it, the more i'm pretty sure that she would have treated this poor kid this shabbily no matter what his sexuality.which means she's not homophobic, just extremely unlikeable...and her accent gets on my nerves, too.

i think i'll skip this show. (even though i've liked kyra in other things).

 

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The character of Brenda Leigh Johnson is not homophobic.  She is from the deep deep south so there may be some issues there with how she feels about gays but its never come up and she doesn't strike me as a homophobe.  She is likeable but she's at a breaking point characterwise - there are 2 seasons of history there that might not be coming across for first time viewers.  Give it another shot!

Yet another crime show that absolutely refuses to have gay characters in any meaningful role until it's time to make them look mentally unstable or pathetic. I think this show had an episode a few years ago where a gay man was murdered and his grieving partner turned out to be the killer, and every gay character in the episode was supposed to be an embarrassment.

I have no desire to see this show on any regular basis. And the last thing her husband did that anyone noticed was showing his dick in Wild Things. Just mediocrity all around.

I've been watching "The Closer" from the first episode, and gay storylines in the past have been treated with far more substance than this particular episode. As much as I love this show -- right up there with "Friday Night Lights" and "Battlestar Galactica" -- I'm going to say this season premiere was a let down.

As determined as Brenda is, this time out she seemed far too zealous. And indignant.

I would like to encourage first-time viewers to give the earlier seasons of the show a shot. This episode does not reflect its usual quality. I'm just hoping its not a harbinger of the season to come.

Brenda is not homophobic and neither is this show. Brenda is like that with everyone even her co workers. Sexual orientation has nothing do with it. She would use any information she can to close a case. So yes, a case can made that she is insenitive and crass at times, to people gay and straight, but homophobic I don't think so. I wouldn't suggest actually watching the show more than once to see how she treats everyone she has scenes with.

Ugh, you are pretty quick to say everything is homophobic. Before you judge the entire series around one episode I suggest watching the first two seasons and you will two whole episodes out of 24 that have homosexuals in them and no one on the force says anything homphobic what so ever. They make fun but, again, if you watcht he series they make fun of alot of things on the show.

 

Let's not jump to conclusions shall we?

In fact, I found it kind of refreshing that the gay son was not the crazy killer but just a confused teenager. Not confused about his sexuality, just confused about drug use. The straight other son was the criminal and that was also different than the typical cliche. Brenda will use anything to get what she needs, she's obsessed with getting the killer and sensitivity with any perp is not her concern. The "gay storyline" was a red herring but it would have worked for any relationship that the family didn't approve of.