LOOKING — Page 35

If those were the fun gays, I'd much rather hang out with the depressed, sad gays.

Good CHRIST.

The PREP conversation was interesting. :S

"but of course that always happens on TV so doesn't necessarily show how drunk he was I guess."

You work sooooooooo hard on these things.

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I had to pause this one a couple of times. I can do blood and gore, but the cringe'y very public meltdown is so awkward. Only up from here, Patrick. Yikes.

Not a great ep, but almost worth it to see Dom in his He-Man harness. I want a "Dom at The Eagle" episode.

Agreed. I want a Dom A-plot ep.

My last relationship was Patrick and Kevin's relationship. I was Patrick, he was Kevin. The only difference is that I'm not as dim as Patrick and instead of a public meltdown, I imploded and then wrote a play about it.

I don't like Richie. I love Raul, and I think he does everything right and I get the significance of the character, I just don't like him.

I want more Dom. In my life and on the show. I want a Dom at my doorstep, without the He-Man wig.

I'm enjoying Augustin and Eddie, but if their relationship turns into Eddie completely avoiding any sort of intimacy over "I'm sick and you're not and you don't understand because you're not sick", I'll be very disappointed. Or maybe he's playing reverse psychology to open Augustin up in ways he wouldn't otherwise do...I don't know. Sassy bear boys frustrate me.

I want the Ginger boy to wear that Wild Things costume all. the. time. Please and thank you.

I find Patrick's meltdown cringe-y because it's like a worst-case-scenario fully visualized and realized all in one fell swoop.

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I would have liked the speech better had he actually finished and outted Kevin's affair in front of John. He nearly did and it makes John look a bit dim for not asking Kevin what that comment was about, but Kevin makes it seem as though John would be completely blindsided and destroyed by the affair so perhaps it's the last thing on his mind? Regardless, the speech would have had more of an impact for me had he finished it.

"I think a big problem with Patrick's meltdown, as expertly written and performed as it was, is that it just seemed to come out of nowhere -- if it was the climax of an hour-long episode it might have felt better prepared for. Maybe if the whole season was watched back to back..."

I agree with this. I mean they did cut to him, a bit too obviously perhaps, constantly downing drinks, but... Looking likes to play everything so low key, that when they do have a big melodramatic moment it can feel a bit forced--and 15 mins isn't much build up.

"I would have liked the speech better had he actually finished and outted Kevin's affair in front of John. He nearly did and it makes John look a bit dim for not asking Kevin what that comment was about, but Kevin makes it seem as though John would be completely blindsided and destroyed by the affair so perhaps it's the last thing on his mind? "

I dunno. I wondered why his friends didn't drag his ass down earlier anyway--I think if they had let him go through with where they knew he was heading it would have gone a bit too Melrose. As PalJoey implied, I don't think they were going for an epic soap meltdown (this was not Erica Kane reaming out Pine Valley while high on pain killers,) but for a pathetic vibe. Obviously not the time or place, but he kinda has a point re Augustin (and of course would never say it when sober--) the guy is doing so much better, everyone comments on it, yet he barely acknowledged what a jerk he was or thanked others for literally picking him off the street and still doesn't seem concerned about paying rent.

I agree with PJ as well that the end scene with Dom was well done (especially since sometimes on this show I sorta wonder how connected the three friends really are--episodes are so short that we barely see them interact anymore,) and also liked the pathetic/sad smile to Richie who can't help smiling back but still goes off to dance with the Ginger "I'm a real journalist because my PrEP post went viral" dude.

This is the first time we saw much of John and his beer shirt and jester hat seemed to be going with his "I'm just here to have a good time," vibe. At the end it seemed clear he knew what was going on.

Broomstick, I want to read your Kevin play!

Updated On: 2/25/15 at 03:39 PM

Someone made a tumblr for Dom's Juicy Chicken Window:

http://domsjuicychicken.tumblr.com/

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Daniel Franseze (sp?) who plays Eddie said in a recent interview that he's the only POZ character on American TV this season (and there were none last year...) I dunno why I was surprised by that.

Lee Daniels needs to take over this show and give it life. I can't invest anymore time on the sissy man/child (Patrick) and chicken windows.

I mean really...

The Lee Daniels version of LOOKING was the Showtime version of QUEER AS FOLK -- initally interesting but ultimately just cheesy.

LOOKING-wise, I was interested in Kevin's partner John and his reaction to the meltdown. Did he not get the allegation that Patrick was making about an affair with Kevin? He seemed perfectly okay with Kevin after the fact in that little scene on the stoop, where he's offering to get some karaoke going. It's Kevin who puts a stop to the whole thing by petulantly demanding to be taken home, resulting in Patrick's "have fun in Seattle" remark, which John clearly doesn't understand.

Somehow I got the impression that John wasn't bothered by Kevin's having gotten some on the side with Patrick, his friendliness toward Patrick even seemed almost flirtatious, as if he wouldn't have minded joining in the fun. It was the Seattle remark that seemed to put a crimp in things where John was concerned, interestingly.

It's Kevin I'm finding more problematic as the series progresses. His behavior is really unforgivable -- stringing Patrick along with promises that he'll break up with John, it's also clear that John is absolutely clueless about Kevin's alleged unhappiness in the relationship so Kevin's clearly not being forthcoming with him about anything.

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Updated On: 2/26/15 at 02:04 PM