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I meant straight GAY guys, I have a problem typing everything out like word vomit and not editing it...and I was speaking ironically.

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MASC ONLY no offense it's just a preference

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I could've used a re-write or two. I should totally be a writer on LOOKING.

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SonofRobbieJ said:

"I know that's a MASSIVE over-generalization, but the most emotionally fulfilling moment of the series happened between a gay man and his straight, female best friend. It sends a rather thorny message that our relationships with our lady supporters are healthier than our relationships with each other. I know...I'm reading into that waaaay too much. "

I get your point, though I admit I didn't see it quite like that. That said, last week's Paley Center panel with the cast and creators is online, and they imply that this was partly to lead and contrast with some upcoming major fractures showing problems with Dom and Doris' relationship. For whatever that's worth.

Horse, they also were asked about the ratings, and the creators seemed optimistic about a new season--mentioning how over a week of repeats they get about 2 million viewers, and that HBO told them from the start that they didn't expect big numbers. For whatever *that's* worth.

(And yes, great episode.)

As for Tovey... meh. The only thing--and others have brought it up--that I do think made me feel sorry for the guy in his comments was his talk about thanking his dad for not leading him on the path he really felt as a teen he wanted and would have been comfortable with because it made him man up, or whatever. He didn't say that he had come to an understanding with his dad (who still refuses to watch him in gay roles, apparently,) or he forgives his dad, or whatever--he thanked him and seems to think that without his dad he would have ended up an unhirable, tap dancing, prancing "freak."

But it's an interview. And actors give bad interviews, and Tovey always has given ones that make him seem kinda confused and insecure (his comments about his jealousy of Dominic Cooper--who he was in History Boys with and, for the record, who DID go to a theatre school and is a bigger name than he is--show this.)

I do think it's kinda ironic that the most stereotypically masculine role I've seen him in, and I've seen a lot of his tv and some film work, is playing gay on Looking.

Yeah, I have no idea what PJ is referring to ^there, either. Is the Paley Center panel worth checking out, Eric? I don't want any spoilers. Glad they sound optimistic about a renewal.

"I put it on while cooking for a dinner party…"

Oh no. Did you talk about TV at the dinner party?

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I'd be surprised if HBO cancelled this show. Not because its good or has good ratings, but because they need content for their streaming platforms. The show pairs well with Girls which also has crumby ratings.

I enjoyed the new episode a good deal. Nice to see Doris get some time, and it was an interesting choice to make Dom's family issues almost a sideplot, reflecting I'm sure the way he's come to view them himself, as being not particularly important -- he can't even remember whether his mother is alive or not.

As for Kevin's reappearance, well okay. I hope Patrick enjoys himself while it lasts, because it won't last for long. But then again, what does?

And if nothing else, the show gave us a few precious moments of the sublime Mary Kay Place, who is warmth and life personified and I wish she was on every show all the time.

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Updated On: 3/4/15 at 08:52 AM

YES, Mary Kay Place was perfect casting. She was one of the best parts of BIG LOVE.

One if not THE best episode of the series so far. Loved Dom and Doris' interaction. Patrick was tolerable. The episode was written by the talented Jhoni Marchinko.

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Never mind.

Updated On: 3/4/15 at 10:54 PM

Doesn't Justin Sayre write for 2 Broke Girls as well?

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