Superhero finale: Parthenon's legacy lives on

So as we know, gay hero Parthenon was eliminated last week and sadly did not make it to the Final Three and advance to last night's Who Wants to Be a Superhero? two-hour finale. But that doesn't mean that his presence on the show didn't make a lasting impact (aside from being occasionally totally hilarious, that is). In the Feedback After Show exit interview with the winner, we learn even more about the hero that we came to love over the course of the season.

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So yes, the well-meaning but rather bubba-ish Defuser won the prize, which doesn't upset me but isn't terribly exciting, either. But in his exit interview with the creepy-but-kinda-hot former champ Feedback, Defuser makes a rather touching comment about his relationship with Parthenon:

"I bonded with several but I think Parthenon the deepest. He was like, 'How are your cop friends gonna feel about this? You're the big, tall cop from Texas and here I am, the gay guy from Orlando, you know? And we're the ones that are hanging out most!' And I said, 'You know what? Who gives a damn?' He was such a cool guy just to hang out with."

This echoes Parthenon's exit interview, in which he too noted that he and Defuser were best buds and even that Defuser used to crack his back every night (it's a long story and a good one worth checking out). it's neat to see these two guys from very different backgrounds bond on national television, but there's one little problem with the scenario...

We never saw it happen.

Remember, these interviews take place before these guys have seen the actual cut show. So while they may have been hanging out together all the time and might have been good friends in The Lair, in the finished product you would never know they even spoke to one another. I watched every episode and aside from a funny moment when Defuser casually brushed dirt off Parthenon's butt, I can't remember a single moment that suggested that the two were even friendly.

Kind of telling, kind of a bummer. It's nice to see that they've left discussion of the friendship in the Feedback show, but it would have been nicer to see it on television!