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Televisionista has an intriguing tidbit about an upcoming episode of Brothers & Sisters. In the second post-strike episode "Double Negative", airing April 27th, Scotty (Luke MacFarlane) is experiencing financial problems, and Kevin (Matthew Rhys), ever the romantic, suggests a "solution", a domestic partnership. That would allow Scotty to receive benefits from Kevin's law firm. Scotty is LUKEwarm (sorry) to the idea, but according to lukemacfarlane.org, some kind of ceremony will take place on the season finale. Hopefully, what this means is that Luke will sign on to season three.

It appears that fans of Jason are out of luck for the near future, though. Eric Winter has been signed for a major recurring role in the post-strike episodes of the CBS series Moonlight. If you want a Kevin/Jason storyline again, it's time to say a few Hail Viva-Laughlins.

As consolation for the absence of Jason, here's a pic of Eric from his early modeling days, looking alarmingly twinkish!

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Last night’s episode of Brothers & Sisters, “Compromises”, was chock full of gay stuff. First, Kevin meets Scotty’s friends. I hope they’re just his “bar” friends and not his closest friends, because they make a very arch, catty and unpleasant little sewing circle if you ask me. Anyway, they think Kevin is stuck up and button-downed. Me, I’m totally siding with Kev on this one.

Still, Kevin is incensed at being thought uptight so he takes Sarah back to the bar the next night (because Scotty and his friends are there every night) to prove them wrong by getting drunk and performing some really tragic karaoke. The bar is called “Cinammon Jack’s” — not to be confused with the lesbian bar down the street, “Nutmeg Nancy’s.”

Meanwhile, Jason joins brother Robert on the campaign trail in Michigan where he discovers that Isaac, the Machiavellian political consultant who publicly outed him years ago, is now working for his brother’s campaign. Needless to say he’s a little miffed.

And if that weren’t enough, Saul finally got some screen time — first fending off Nora’s request to talk about his personal life, and then sharing a glass of pinot with Veronica Mars’ dad, who must be working undercover or something.

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Raise your hand if you saw last night's Brothers & Sisters plot twist coming! (If you read my BEST.GAY.WEEK.EVER! column and figured out my asterisk quiz, then you did know.)

Last night's episode still revolved a great deal around Kitty's upcoming wedding, but Kevin's (Matthew Rhys) long simmering frustration with boyfriend Jason (Eric Winter) who is off in Malaysia and not bothering to call home (except to his brother) finally came to a head last night when Scotty (Luke Macfarlane) brought home some cater waiter leftovers including lobster and champagne. He might as well have just walked into Kevin's apartment, stripped off his clothes and pounced on him!

After eating their sumptuous, suggestive meal the two fell asleep together on the couch.

Upon waking, Scotty clearly realized there was something in the air and tried to get Kevin to go to bed while he inflated his air mattress. Kevin agreed and rose to exit stage left, but before he even got halfway up, spun around and he and Scotty lunged for each other.

The two parted awkwardly the next morning and, of course, Jason finally called that very afternoon. We see the start of the conversation, then Kevin closes the door and the scene cuts away. When Kevin arrives home it's to find Scotty packing up to leave, apparently uninterested in either being Kevin's plaything or being a constant reminder that Kevin cheated on Jason.

But before Scotty can go, Kevin tells him he broke up with Jason and that he wants to give this thing with Scotty another go. Hmm....

While I'm certainly glad to have yet another guy-guy kiss on the show and Kevin's storyline picking up steam again, I'm not quite so sure what I think about it unfolding this way. (And having seen next week's ep already, I know a bit more about where things head next!) Is Kevin an ass for so quickly cheating on Jason? Or is Jason's lack of communication a sign he is more in love with God than Kevin as Kevin seems to fear?

We do know Jason is going to be back soon, presumably either to fight for his man or thump him with the good book.

What does everyone think of this latest plot development? Is Kevin an impatient, idiot for trashing yet another relationship? Or is he justified in dumping Jason because he's realized he still has feelings for Scotty?

• Brothers & Sisters scoop: Eric Winter will definitely be back for a buncha scenes before the writers' strike takes its toll, and Kevin and Sarah will both sing in a gay karaoke bar in episode 12. Okay, I might actually start watching this again...

• No mention of As the World Turns, but reports are coming in that soap writers are the first to break the strike.

• It's not so much the story here but the headline: "Republican guilty of soliciting gay sex." Shouldn't they just hard-code that at this point and cycle in the names of senators as needed?

• Hoyay in Rex Morgan, M.D. and crotch-shots and drag queens in Gil Thorp? Why, it's the 5 Most Unintentionally Hilarious Comic Strips!

• Boy George, aka "George O'Dowd, a musician of Ravey Street,", charged with false imprisonment related to that fateful coke-heavy "break-in" incident earlier this year.

We've spent the past week covering the TV upfronts and while there's not a lot to anticipate in terms of gay visibility there's plenty of good looking men coming to the airwaves. Let's take a look at what the upcoming season has to offer.