Oh I am so glad they didn't go there… *that* would have been misguided. I actually thought they handled the balance of his character *mostly* pretty well—I found the final taxi bit kinda hysterical (and it did show how wrong headed he was)

<3 Rita!

Yeah, I thought this was overall one of their stronger episodes. Which is funny, because when I opened this review I realized nothing in the episode particularly stood out for me, or even really surprised me. But it felt a lot more solid.

Yes! Thank you. I actually kinda liked him and that story (though didn't it just kinda fizzle away? Maybe it's time to revisit this show…)

Yes, yes, I know that, but I don't remember anyone thinking of him as a showrunner back then :P Or, more to the point, commenting on his stylistic quirk of having characters walk/talk

I dunno if I agree with that. In theory anyway I think a lot of people with ABC Family's key demo would love this show. I just doubt they discovered it.

Fair enough but I'm not sure how much that added to his "household name"

I probably missed a line—I thought he said he did care for her, but he didn't seem to ever say it was a similar attraction. When Evy was asking if he saw her as a boy wouldn't he have said something like "I like girls too, I'm so confused" or when his mom kept asking him if he was gay? I mean, maybe not, but…

I didn't think about that… That's a fair point.

I agree with that… somewhat. I think there's a surprising amount of nuance with the younger cast (especially Eric and Taylor who are two characters dealing with their sexuality and their situation in ways you rarely see on TV) and *some* of the older characters. I mean even Leslie is a character I can kinda…

Is Taylor being shown as non cooperating though? I mean he said, not so firmly apparently, that he had enough, but he hasn't changed his statement or anything.

The way Taylor's been shown (only *slightly* starting to gain control of himself in this episode—) makes me pretty sure he was taking it in the trailer to off himself…

Ya think? :P I can see why Eric was talked into doing that—and I can even see why Taylor finally agreed to it, but at the same time I just kept saying to myself—don't agree to meet him at the *rec center*. Howabout across the block from your house or at some lame coffee shop or something…

Right. And, depending on your age and how comfortable you are with yourself, even if you know they don't literally mean it—it honestly doesn't take away that hurt.

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I admit, I'm biased too, but I think the show pretty clearly wants to make him gay. I also think if he is bi, I'm not sure if they can really do a decent job of explaining that in the remaining four episodes, given how everything is ramping up.

And, maybe just because I was a boy dancer in a small town (well at first) who was often the only guy in class—and I know these shows are female driven and I'm fine with that—but it always bugged me that suddenly there would be (sometimes explained, often not) male dancers when they needed them. I know they had the…

*Exactly* how I feel. I think they took on too much from the get go (and especially considering the gossip of not having a great budget)—see my comment about the wasted actors in the first half of the season (Ellen Greene, etc—I know Kelly Bishop never made a long term commitment and I adore her, but maybe then they…

And I hate to sound so contrary—and I know the reviewer said "usually" but (and I am nitpicking)…

…Yeah… I found the whole scene upsetting (like watching through your fingers upsetting) but that bugged me, especially since they showed a gas station or something right behind with people coming and going. I mean, I know you don't always think in those situations but… Film it differently at least.