Gay TV round-up: Work Out and The View

It was really hard to watch Doug last night. You can tell when he was coughing that he didn't look good. Cheo asked him if he was dizzy, and he really didn't look good. He said it was a little cold, and we all know it was more than that. I wanted to say that I love Doug and will miss him every day, and good luck to Cheo. I was on dialysis for a while and I know what he's going through, and I hope we get updates on him to see how everything goes. Good luck to him, and Good bye to a great man, gay or not, that was taken way too soon. TakersMinistry

i felt sad watching last night's episode as well. :-(

....but something that interests me is why hasn't the official cause of his death been announced??? i heard it was kidney failure, but no official report or statement has been made. i wonder if it's simply out of privacy or.....if it was much worse...??

I watched the show last night, looking to see how they would handle Doug's passing.  While I look the way they showed Doug and Cheo together, and Doug's anxhiety over his upcoming birthday, it felt like his actual physical situation was little more than a footnote, while the show concentrated on Jackie's daliences into heteroflexible land.

Hopefully next week Doug will receive a proper treatment.

Not only did they not really focus on Doug in last night's episode, but mention of his very serious illness at the end made it seem as if things were going to be okay. Jackie said that he was on antibiotics, alert, and talking. Accept for the fact that I know that he died, I would have walked away from last night's episode thinking there was nothing to worry about. To make it worse, previews for next week's episode revealed more of Jackie's shenanigans. Are they really ever going to deal with his death on this show or was last night the closest they will ever get? My partner and I feel robbed...

i thought they've been doing a great job. i was curious as to how they would handle it and whether or not his death happened during the filming of the second season when i had read here that he passed away. as far as i could tell, the only place this was even mentioned was here and at afterellen. so i was thinking this may be a shock to people who watch the show now but didn't hear the news when it happened.

I found it incredibly strange that Doug went missing for a week and nobody did anything.  Nobody stopped by his house; nobody called the police.  They just depended on the fact that he wasn't returning calls--but, hey, after all this is L.A.  They made it sound that his disappearance was out of character for him but no big deal.  

It really turned me off because of the depths of how self-centered Jackie and her staff really are--Jesse being in a snit because he didn't know about Jackie and Rebecca, etc.  Please, are they back in high school or what??  Yeah, given the context of the show I shouldn't be surprised that all of them can't think outside of themselves. 

But I was still taken aback that no one said "What can I do??" "Can we send flowers?" when Jackie told them what had happened to Doug.

I lost my partner who was 35 due to a brain tumor.  I'm certainly glad I had a better support system than what Doug had.  He came across as a real sweetie who deserved better.

I will admit that I really love to hate the show. There is something about Jackie that is a huge turn off. Even when she states her desire is helping people she just comes across as somewhat arrogant, elitist and definitely morally bankrupt.
Most of the other people come across as your typical superficial hollywood crowd. I can't imagine any overweight person going to Jackie's place to workout. The atmosphere to me is cold and shallow.

I felt Doug was really the only person on the show who had some inner quality to him that came through. No wonder he worked well with clients. He was soft spoken and although he was in the heart of the Hollywood crowd there ... he seemed sincere.

I hope they honor Doug in the next episode but something tells me that Jackie's sex life and her career are more important than anything else.

I thought that the foreshadowing was insanely difficult to watch. The way that Doug actually said this was the last birthday he would celebrate. Also can I just say that I love Cheo? My heart goes out to him. How painful for him to lose Doug like that. But what I was wondering, did they ever say what happened to Doug's parents? Were they in an accident or did they both get sick and die at the age of 43? I just was wondering. At least maybe Doug can be with them again.

For a bunch of people that work together, that party together, that proclaim they are "like family", how could they ignore Doug's absence for a frigin' week? If any one of my employees were out for a single day and had I not heard from them, I'd be worried sick. I really lost my appetite for the show knowing just how self-centered the Sky Sports "family" really is. Get over yourselves and your bodies folks...this is life.

Tonight's episode is when the show announces Doug's death. I have to say I'm a few weeks behind on episodes but caught up yesterday - and the episode that focused on Doug's birthday and his caring for Cheo completely broke my heart. You could feel the tremendous love between Doug and Cheo in all their interactions with each other. I believe they broke up in July 06 - so at the time of filming it was probably relatively recent and you could just tell (esp. with Cheo) that they weren't completely over each other. I have very mixed emotions about tonight's episode... this situation is so "real" that I cannot imagine reality tv doing it justice. My heart goes out to Cheo - and rest in peace Doug.

it did feel like jackie knew something and did not want to incorpoate it in to the series at that time...oh well its her show about her...we all loved brian gentle soul and kindness..to others on the show...we thought cheo was going to not make it and then the shock of brians death is still unbelievable...how did all of brians family die..was a disease through out the family