Yeah, I’m excited to see the end of Beirut. Also Welfare Queen, which seems unlikely bc she’s apparently very popular. But Tammé deserves a better character.

Yes that’s also the way I read that scene! I didn’t get a “I’m in love with him and he is breaking my heart” vibe from her at all. To me it was more a “Oh my friend, what are you doing” kind of face.

His reaction isn’t that uncommon for the time period. People genuinely didn’t know that much about AIDS, and didn’t know how it could be contracted. There was a fear that you could catch it through touching someone who had it. If you listen to the end of the last episode, the nurse tells Bash that it will be hard to…

No kidding. Granted I think he was softer in WWE, and he wasn’t shirtless in the scene, but it’s 100% true. Compared to the John Cenas and Undertakers and Batista and whoevers of the world, Carlito looks “average.”

I did not love the way they used AIDS as effectively a plot point for Bash’s grief and denial while skirting around Bash’s identity and the nature of his relationship with Florian.

Season 3: Somebody gets that WASP into therapy.

I feel the show is leaning toward directing as Ruth’s end game, but other Carmen is probably the one to get wrestling.

What eliza-cat said, but also, Bash only has two kinds of relationships in his life - employee/employer and mother/son. He doesn’t know how to begin to express himself in a normal way.

The bartender calling Bash a walking “Ken doll”, was as on point as it was funny, considering how soul crushing most of this episode was for the characters.

How do we know Arthie is bi as opposed to a lesbian who so far was in the closet?

Great finish was for an awesome season and excellent recaps. While they were juggling a lot of balls this season, I do really like how they managed to maintain a sense of reasonable actions while doing so.

I don't think Carmen's crushing on Bash as much as she knows he's gay. She seems to be the only one that got to know him personally and figured it out. I think she's just sad for him. In my head they stayed up late talking about wrestlers they thought were hot because she grew up with that and he's a super fan.

You have to think that Debbie has been in the situation Ruth was in at least a few times, and that may be why she reacted so strongly. When she says how Ruth should have diffused the situation - “I have a fiancé”, etc. - she doesn’t even need to think about it, it’s just common sense to her. She shouldn’t have said…

He’s lonely and he’s terrified because his best friend who he probably was in love with is dead. 

I don’t know much about pro wrestling but I always figured they all must have body dysmorphic disorders due to who they spend all their time with.

Hey! Actual gay man checking in. While I haven’t lost a partner to AIDS, I do know people that have, and I think characterizing Bash’s entirely understandable spiral as an “asshole phase” is really shitty. He’s probably in not unjustitfied terror over how long he’s going to live and whether or not he’s positive.

Thank you. My laptop is literally held together by strategic placement and tape right now.

Congrats on managing to get all these written (and nice job, btw). LaToya vs computer was one of my favourite subplots of the season.

Nooooooooooooooooooooo!!! It can’t be over already. I don’t wanna wait another year for 10 more episodes. Thanks for doing an awesome job on these again this year, LaFergs. I wish there were as many people still around as last year to enjoy them.