The French gay cops of "Les Bleus", now translated for our viewing pleasure

Last month, we blogged about the French police show Les Bleus, and the burgeoning relationship between two of its characters: the rookie cop Kévin, played by Nicolas Gob , and the older cop Yann, played by Mathieu Delarive.

Unfortunately, because the show was in French, much of the nuances of the relationship were lost in lack of translation (and Babelfish just wasn't cutting it). Now, however, ZTube31 is translating all the scenes on the show with Kevin & Yann, and we can finally see the story from the beginning.

Here are the first 3 translated clips, and stay tuned for more tomorrow Monday (Ed: Sorry!)! A huge thank you to ZTube31 for all of his hard work, and a special shoutout goes to AE reader bitchplease, who found these the same time that I did.

We start with the first meeting between Kevin (a young rookie who is sensitive, smart, and sexy as hell), and the slightly dangerous older cop, Yann. There's an instant rapport between the two, and Yann asks Kevin out to dinner. He sure ain't Sipowicz! Speaking of which, I can't tell you how exciting it is to see gay men in a cop show who are NOT playing victims or killers. American television has been sorely lacking in that department with so few gay detectives or cops you can count them on one hand. Kyle Secor's bisexual detective Timothy Bayliss on Homicide: Life on the Streets being one of the rare examples. And it's not an unimportant thing. By having gay people always being victims or criminals on these shows it reinforces our status as others and different. Too bad we have to watch French shows to see something different.

BTW, there is some NSFW language in the last clip, so beware!"

See more clips exploring the relationship of Kevin & Yann after the break

In clip #2, Kevin & Yann meet up in the police storeroom for some light snogging (and yes, they actually show the kissing! You won't see that on CSI), then Kevin comes home and tries to explain things to his jealous female roommate ... and this girl has "boiled bunny" written all over her.

And in clip #3, Kevin has to deal with a homophobic colleague, and a police sting. In both cases, he shows that he may look adorable, but he isn't afraid to stand up for his rights. You go, Kevin!