Cop shows in the U.S. have sometimes featured regular gay characters, like Julien in The Shield and John in NYPD Blue, but the French series Les Bleus has taken the next step by making a lead character gay, and actually given him a love interest.

Nicolas Gob plays rookie cop Kévin, who falls in love with fellow cop Yann, played by Mathieu Delarive. The clips I've seen so far have been sweet and effective, and even though they're in French, it's easy to get the gist of what's going on, and I find myself making up my own dialogue (I knew I should've taken French in High School, but I took two years of Pig Latin instead...Rap-Cay!)

I've chosen a few clips from Blog Gayclic.com, and thanks to the magic of Babelfish, have translated their helpful descriptions of each one. Normally, I'd rewrite into proper English, but there is something charming and fun about the way it is translated.

You can see more clips of Kevin and Yann after the jump, and many thanks to AfterElton.com reader Enno for the tip about this great show!

Beautiful surprise Wednesday evening by discovering (a little by chance) the new police series of M6, "the Blue ones. First steps in the police force ". Not only this series is well carried out and played well (what is limiting suspect for a French series), and in more one of its principal characters, Kévin, is gay... and rather nice! :o) Carried of Kévin: Originating in the Basque Country, Kévin dreamed to become CRS of beach, but it landed in a police station in full heart of Paris. Fan of musculation, it hides under his biscotos a a little naive heart, to tend a little too much. The girls adore it, especially Laura, but it is gay. Not easy in a medium like that of the police force. Often awkward, too timid, Kévin will have much evil to find its place in the medium of its brigade. But if it hates the brawl, it will never deflate. In the second episode Kévin makes the knowledge of Yann, a cop of the VAT, which invites it to dine... Here the extract below.

Extrait Les Bleus Kévin Gay
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There are more clips after the jump!