June 8, 2003
by xof
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Opening Sequence - BABYLON!!!! And Damnnnnnnnnnnnnn.... This is a fabulous scene. The art direction and visuals are stunning. A sea of dancers, silver confetti falling from the ceiling, techno music that turns into a hard pulse as they all dance. The best parts are when the scene's shown in slow motion. We get a series of wide shots of the crowd with their hands in the air, then quick cuts of dancers gyrating. Each time the shot goes from slow to fast, it comes back again to slow. (((You gotta luv how slow motion looks when timed against a fast musical accompaniment...lol.))) Anyway - this all is very fantastic..... And now.....
Cut to Justin, who is standing with several other men - all of them facing away from the camera - all of them looking at the Backroom's locked and bolted doorway. lolllll.... That's right. Management has fixed the lock that Rage - I mean Brian, took a sledgehammer to. (((Come onnnnnnnn folks, how can Justin really be surprised? In the scheme of things - just because Brian opened the door, it never meant that he'd freed the masses - and management, from possible arrest for lewd and lascivious acts in a public place. Hence the reason the owners had the door bolted again.))) Justin's shocked. (((Why?))) And turns to Brian to ask if they're just going to bust it down again - the door that is....lol. Brian's at the bar, saying no. He's done enough for the gays of the Burgh. J: "So you're just gonna take it lying down?" B: "That's generally how it's done." J: "I thought you wanted to get even." B - (((Let's allllllllllll say it in chorus with him, folks!!!!))) - "I just want to get laid."
The next morning - Michael's playing housewife and mother by going around the apartment picking up Hunter's discarded and dirty clothing, and complaining to Ben about how messy Hunter is. Ben's got a good point, saying how neat was Michael at the same age? Michael says he at least knew not to leave his dirty socks on the dining room table. M: "Christ. He even found my secret stash of Mrs. Chips." lol.... (((So Michael's a cookie sneak freak.))) Ben is amused, but says to give Hunter a break. That a bag of cookies and a place to sleep is a luxury to Hunter. Michael says he'd like the luxury of being able to have "Loud, Uninhibited, Screaming, Raunchy Sex," without knowing that Hunter was there to hear them. Ben teases Michael by saying oh, that's why you held your breath last night. "Now that's not healthy, it's like keeping in a sneeze." M: "Yeah, well I was afraid he'd hear us and say 'God Bless You.'" B: "I'm sure he's heard worse." M: "I'm sure he's done worse." Michael knocks on the bedroom door, trying to get Hunter up so they can all leave. He goes into the room, and despite his displeasure with the circumstances - the minute Michael sees Hunter asleep in the bed - he gets this "ahhhhhhh" look on his face. Yep, he's a goner - one more step closer to the slide into the parental abyss. (((Well at least it's good practice for when Mel gives birth...ha.))) And as is always the case when waking a teenager, the cuteness flies OUT THE WINDOW upon return to consciousness - which Michael discovers when Hunter wakes up and complains about being kept up half the night by the sound of Ben and Michael trying to keep it down...lol. H: "Next time, just fuck your brains out. Get it over with." M: "Thanks for the sex tip." H: "Any time." Michael goes into the living room and Ben says maybe they should just give the kind endearing sensitive polite and well-meaning child they have under their roof.....uhmmm. (((Sorry, skip that. I got lost in Zen Land along with Ben...lloll.))) Anywayyyyy, Ben says they should give Hunter a key. Michael's totally against that idea. (((Do you fucking blame him???))) They argue as to whether Hunter's technically "living" with them, or is a "temporary" guest. Michael says Hunter gets in when they let him in. Then they are on to where Hunter's going to go all day. (((Excuse me, when exactly did Hunter graduate from sleep here if you need to, to needing daycare as orchestrated by Bruckner and Novotny???))) Ben says his class wouldn't interest Hunter and so why doesn't Michael take him to the comic book store. Hunter comes in, getting dressed - saying he's up so "what's the fucking rush?" Then he steals the orange juice container out of Michael's hand and drinks from the carton. Niccccceeee... Michael throws an exasperated glare after Ben as he leaves.
Em and Ted's apartment - In one of the GAYEST moments of Em's screen career, we see Emmett doing windows. He's whipping them down with his left hand in large and agitated circles - allllll of which is causing his ass to gyrate from side to side. No even intentionally, I'm sure. But still.... If the opera singer that's playing in the background changed in mid-aria to singing YMCA, it'd be the perfect mood music...lol.))) There's a knock on the door, and Em thinks for a minute it must be Ted - maybe he lost his key. He rushes to answer it, but it's only Lindz and Melanie. Lindz mentions that Em's busy, "cleaning from top to bottom." E: "At the moment, there's only a bottom." Meaning him.....hehehe. Mel says he's a "busy beaver." Snicker... E: "That's a true compliment, Melanie. Coming from you...." THUD.....HAHAHA. They end up telling him that surprise, surprise - the missing money from Gus' account has magically shown up again. (((About which time my jaw drops - DAMN. Em put it back to cover for Ted.))) They ask what's up, but Em's double talking them - cleaning and speaking a mile a minute - saying he was always a bubble brain at math so it beats him. Mel asks where's Ted, why hasn't he returned their calls. Em says Ted's having his tires rotated. Lindz isn't buying that and asks what's wrong. Phone rings, and Em grabs it up - "Teddy?" But it's Vic. Em gives him a different excuse for Ted's absence - saying he's at the grocery. Both the girls hear him. And call him on it when Em gets off the phone. He tries to maintain the pretense...but the more he tries, the closer to tears he gets until Em totally breaks down. Sobbing that Ted's missing, just disappeared and he hasn't heard from him in days. (((Poor Emmett. Bravo Peter. Heartbreaking.)))
Okay - take a breath from the angst. And get ready to have some fun....whoo hoooooo.
Red Cape Comics - Hunter's sitting around as Michael works. Michael throws the feather duster at Hunter saying he should help out, but Hunter says he's allergic to feathers. Besides, he's reading. Michael says reading what? Spiderman, X-Men? (((*Cough* Summer *Cough* Promotional *Cough* Plug!!! - And side note, if you haven't already heard. Hal Sparks, who's a huge Spiderman Fan - has filmed a cameo scene in Spiderman 2!!!!!))) Hunter holds up the comic, and it's "Rage" - Vol. 1, Issue 2. (((Funny thing to catch while watching. Alllllll the shelves behind Hal's head are lined with that same issue. And allllll of them are half covered by a paper band that hides JT's thawing touch on Rage's anatomy. The covering says, "HE'S BACK!" How Terminator of them....lol.))) Michael's interested to know what Hunter thinks of the comic. H: "It eats shit." ouch.... Michael's affronted. "Excusssssssse me?" H: "Who ever heard of gay crusaders? All fags care about is getting their dicks sucked." M: "Yeah, well. For your information, I wrote that." H: "Then you should know." (((hehehhehehehe..... What? It's hard to make a case against that observation when the cover stands as evidence against even opening your mouth to try...lol.))) H: "Besides, a hot hunky superhero like Rage would never exist. Not in a million years." CUE DOOR BELL....and Enterrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr - Brian Kinney. THUD!!!! The camera pans up from a black and white "Rage" close up to show that Brian's come into the store - looking DAMN good in his chocolate leather coat and black sun shades. Brian: "Yooo! Shopkeep!" Hunter sees Brian. Talk about hilarious. He's stunned. Michael's smiling - course we all would be too if Brian Kinney kissed us good morning on the mouth the way he just did Michael. Michael says he thought Brian was out looking for a job. Brian say he was - "Blowjobs." Michael - in one of THE lines of the night, "What's the matter? Justin having dental work?" Awwwwwwwww....snicker. hehe...thud!!! Brian says he's throwing a party - read that as orgy - at his place and he wanted to stop by and show Michael pictures of the ho's .... uhhhmmm hmmm, I mean men that are invited, just in case Michael and Ben wanted to stop by. (((Yeah, as if.... Can you imagine Brian's face if Michael and Ben DID show up and started having at in his loft along with everyone else....heh.))) Hunter picks that moment to hop up out the chair, striding with determination to Brian as he says, "They go to bed at nine. But I stay up late." Brian's taken aback...hehe, which is a rarity. For all of a second, then he gives Hunter a look-down from face to feet before huffing out a laugh and asking Michael if this is the kid. Michael introduces them. Hunter - with NO hesitancy, "Want to fuck?" hahahahaha.... Brian just says, "Nice to meet you too." Michael shoves the feather duster at Hunter, saying go do something useful. H: "I was trying too." He deliberately looks at Brian and winks....awwwwww. Then walks off. Michael sits up on the counter, as Brian says, "Precocious tyke." M: "Yeah, as if I didn't already have enough in my life." (((Meaning, BRIAN??? lol...))) Brian gives him a cute look, "Now, now. I think what you and Ben are doing is incredibly generous. Altruistic. Noble." The soft voice just makes those lines sooo funny. Michael takes Brian's sun glasses and puts them on as he answers, "In other words, I should have my head examined." Brian nods affectionately as Michael turns to look back Hunter's way - which means we're left with a view of Michael in shades and Brian looking almost at us. Cute... very cute.
And nowwwwwwwwww....it's time to face the music. Em's lying on the sofa, curled up and seemingly asleep. In walks Ted. (((The "pucker" - as Baby Hiatus Fred would have called him. Yep, we're still working on switching Fred's "P's" with "F's"....lol.))) Ted sees Em and tries to sneak into the bedroom, but we hear Em's voice stopping him. "Aren't you going to say hello?" T: "I didn't want to disturb you." E: "Disturb me? I've only been up for the past three nights. Where the FUCK have you been?" And in true Em style, he tacks on a concerned, "Are you alright?" Right at the time that Ted is sniffing, before he answers. (((In case you needed a refresher on what he's been ingesting lately.))) Ted says he just needed to get away. Em says why didn't he tell him, leave a message - anything so he wouldn't be scared out of his mind. T: "I meant to call. I just wasn't in a very good place." Em: "Funny, I've always heard Palm Springs was a very good place." I believe the term is BUSTED!!!!!!!!! Ted asks how he knows, but Em says it doesn't matter how. Em says, "Well, I hope you had fun." Ted sorta tries to play it off saying if you think 20,000 tweaked out fags are fun. Em turns back, angry. "So why did you go?" Ted says because he'd never been before, and since he had the time... E: "And the money." Em doesn't let Ted tell any lies, he asks directly about the college fund money. He asks my question, how could Ted steal from a baby. In the SHMUCK answer of the night - Ted says, "It's not like he's gonna need it for another 15 years." YOU BUM!!! damn.... Ted says he didn't steal, he borrowed and he'll pay them back with interest. Em informs him that he won't have too, that Em's put all the money back - with his own. (((Poor Em, all those parties he's been working on - and this is what he has to do with the earnings.))) It was the money he was going to use to buy a special oven for he and Vic to use for the party planning. T: "You did that for me?" E: "Not just for you. For them. So they wouldn't have to look at someone they love and trust and realize that he's become a thief and a liar." (((Damn....his voice. You can practically feel his anguish with those words, because he's having to do that very thing now. Look at Ted, the thief and liar.))) Em walks off....
Liberty Diner - Ben and Hunter on one side of the booth, Michael on the other. Hunter's grilling Michael - IN FRONT OF BEN - "So, you and Brian ever fuck?" M: "What?" H: "I said, did you and Brian ever fuck?" M: "No! We never..." H: "I didn't think so. You're not his type." Which causes Ben great amusement. M: "Well, neither are you." H: "We'll see about that." Ben: "What's this all about?" M: "Someone's got a schoolboy crush." (((Yeah, that makes three of you....lol. Kidding. Just kidding.))) H: "I do not!" Ben: "Oh Christ! That is allllll we need." hahahaha.... M: "Just stay away from him, okay? He's a bad influence." (((UUHHHHMMMMM HMMM..... What exactly do you think Brian could influence a teen hustler to do, that hasn't been done with someone else for a bill and some change?))) Deb brings Hunter a huge sundae just for him, to which he snips out a sarcastic, "Do I look like I'm nine?" She says he looks like, "A smartass little twerp who could use some manners." Michael and Ben grin over that one. Deb says where's her thank you. Hunter thanks her, but gets up to leave without eating it - the jerk. Just before he leaves, Hunter sees a memorial set up with pictures of Jason Kemp on the wall. You can tell he recognizes him. So can Deb, who wants to know how. Hunter says kinda, that Jason hustled but was new and didn't know the rules. Who to go with, who to avoid, when to collect the money, etc. Michael and Ben come over. Deb stops Hunter from trying to leave, asking him questions - saying he owes it to Jason to tell her if he knows anything about who may have killed him, etc. Hunter says Jason's dead, and anyway Jason owed him fifty bucks. Deb's furious. She grabs some money and slaps it into Hunter's hand - demanding to know what he knows. Hunter says the night Jason was killed they were both at a bar. Jason when off with a trick that Hunter warned him against. That was the last time he saw Jason. Ben asks if Hunter knows the trick. Hunter does. Deb says why didn't he go to the cops. H: "You've got to be kidding. They'd never arrest him." M: "Why not?" H: "You figure it out." Hunter leaves.
Deb at the police station - telling Horvath all that she's found out. He's incredulous, saying "A cop?" He doesn't believe it, and he doesn't count the word of a hustler as meaning anything. Since he probably has a beef with one of the officers, or something. Deb says it is at least a lead, something to follow up on. Horvath tells her the case was been "cold cased" by the "higher ups." D: "You mean Stockwell." H: "That's none of your business." Deb says it is her business and that Horvath needs to get the case put back "on the front burner." H: "I'm sorry, Mrs. Novotny. I don't take my orders from you." OUCH!!!! Dang....he's rivaling Ted for Asshole of the Episode.
Nahhhh....Ted'll still win that race by a mile. "Pucker, Pucker." Sigh... Yes, Baby Fred. A true "Pucker," indeed.
Woody's - Em is nursing a Cosmo as he discusses Ted with Michael. More specifically - he's talking about Ted's "ring of Saturn" look under his eyes. Michael's very surprised, considering it's Ted. Michael thinks he should know better than to mess with "that shit." E: "I could have killed him." But he also wanted to hug Ted and tell him it would be alright. (((Thank GOODNESS you didn't.))) Michael rubs Em's shoulder in sympathy, and up walks Crystal. Uhmm hmm, I mean Ted. Michael goes to him and says if Ted needs to ever talk anything out, he's there for him. Ted says his "Lost Weekend" is over, that it was his first and last White Party. Michael leaves and Ted sits beside Em. Ted's been asleep for most of the day, and Em was gone when he woke up. Em gets angry, snapping back Ted's own words, "Yeah, well. I needed to get away. I'm sure YOU can understand that." Then he turns back into Mr. Concern - saying he's glad Ted got some rest. (((Em's constantly going back and forth between his anger and his concern through these scenes with Ted. Veryyyy good acting on Peter's part. And Scott's doing well with the awkwardness of the aftermath - too bad he's having to shine through a plot device storyline that's so completely NOT Ted.))) T: "Em..." E: "There's nothing to say. It's totally logical. One day you're Ted Schmidt - my best friend and the love of my life. And the next day, you're Ted Schmidt - circuit boy." Snickerrrrrrr....hehehe. (((Love that line.))) Em also adds that it's obvious that Ted's been doing drugs. To which Ted tries to play it off by saying he's always been a late bloomer - not having had sex with a man until he was 21 - and now experimenting with drugs in his 30's. Ted's saying it's over and done, he's starting life anew. Maybe starting his own business as a financial planner. (((Wooooo hooooo, where's my checkbook??? Cause I want to be No. ONE on his client list....NOT!!!))) But he's going to tell Lindz and Mel the truth. Em says that's admirable. Ted's also determined to make it up to Em.
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Brian's Loft - Deb comes right on in (((Again!!! This man NEVER learns his own lesson about that DAMN door...lol. The lock's there for reason!!! You'd think after being robbed, outed to mom and busted by Stockwell - the man would A) locked it at all times and B) get a PEEP SIGHT!!!! lol.....))) So here comes Deb. Entering right into a sea of bodies that are sprawled out on every available surface of the Kinney Domain. Orgy in FULL THRUST. ha ha... I'm so not kidding. Deb not only doesn't turn around at the sight, she damn well walks right through the men - talking to each one that she's stepping over. Awwwwwwwwwwwww.....lol. (((Talk about watching your step....hehe.))) She's calling them honey and baby, saying it's good to see they are playing safe. THUD!!! (((You'd think that at least one of them would have - oh I don't know - STOPPED!! Or have been surprised or felt awkward - but Noooooo.))) Once she gets through the moaning mounds of men, Deb walks up into Brian's bedroom, finding him on the bed - nekkid (((remember, naked means no clothes and nekkid means no clothes and you're UP to something...hah))) as you please with another man. Brian jerks up, grabbing a pillow to cover his privates. (((For UK fans, you got to just shake your heads .... lol. Cause Stuart Alan Jones wouldn't have given a shit that his dangly bits were in full view. And if memory serves, on two separate occasions - he let it alllll hang out when caught by Hazel.))) D: "Come at a bad time?" B: "Noooooo, but I just did." snort.... B: "Can't you see I'm in the middle of someone?" Giggle. He demands to know why she's there, and she tells him about Hunter's info on Dumpster Boy. Brian's like, why the hell are you telling me? She says if he'd think with his brain and not his dick, he'd realize that this would put a major kink in Stockwell's run for mayor if it were discovered a Cop was involved in the murder. Brian says go tell "your boyfriend." She yells that he's not her boyfriend, and that she already did but he won't do anything. B: "What do you expect me to do?" D: "Nail the bastard!" (((Yeah, cause Brian really IS Rage - right??? lol...))) Brian says the only one he's interested in nailing is the guy on his bed. Then Mr. Innate-Goodness dismisses Deb with a, "Now if you would excuse me..." She leaves, walking back through the men shagging all around her. (((Can you image the day of filming for this one??? lol.... Sharon Gless must have had one HELL of a good time - considering the view. Gale however, lol. Sure he's used to being naked with other guys by now. But how about spending the day naked with a pillow over your crotch as you dis the dialogue with Sharon. All while trying not to crack up.)))
Oh, and as Deb's leaving - the moaning we hear gets louder and louder!!!! Buttttttt..... Take another listen, folks. The pleasure you're hearing at full volume isn't coming from the 20 men on the loft floor. Nope..... As you continue to watch - you realize that it's MICHAEL!!!! The sound of him moaning and begging Ben to take him....
Quick cut to Michael and Ben on the bed as Michael tells him to "DO IT!" Ben's grabs a condom and is just about to do as begged/demanded...lol, but he stops all of a sudden. Too distracted to go through with shagging Michael - much to Michael's disappointment. Ben tries to blame it on work, etc - but Michael knows it's because of Ben's being distracted by worry over Hunter. Ben agrees - worrying about who Hunter's possibly tricking with, that he might end up being the next one in a dumpster. Michael's pissed, saying Hunter ruins their sex life both when he's there and when he's not. Knock knock knock... Ben goes to answer the door, saying it must be Hunter.
Deb's house - she's on the couch in lavender satin pajama's, eating cheese doodles. Watching the shopping channel. Vic comes in with his boyfriend, Rodney. They have just come from going Mattress hunting. Deb snaps that she's glad they're replacing the one Vic has now, because she's tired of hearing it squeak whenever they get it on. Rodney's taken aback by the rudeness. Vic's pissed off, saying well if she wouldn't have her ear pressed to the wall.... lol. Rodney goes upstairs, and Vic questions her as to why she's being bitchy. D: "You wouldn't understand." V: "No, of course not. We've known each other such a brief time." snicker....lol. Love that line. After some pushing, she admits to seeing Horvath and being treated like a total stranger. She's reallllllly hurt by his having called her Mrs. Novotny. D: "I hate men. Why couldn't I have been a lesbian?" Vic laughs, saying it would have killed their mom if "both her kids were gay." (((Uhmmmm.... Both? Where's your sister? The one who wouldn't let her kids play with Michael once it was known he as gay???))) Vic tries to grab the bag from Deb, but she won't let it go. Pulling out a cheese doodle that's curved, she says that Horvath is like "this cheese doodle." V: "I thought you said he was well endowed." ha... She says she means that once you have one, you don't want to stop. It's better to have never started. (((ahhh, poor Deb.)))
Michael and Ben's Apartment - Hunter about to leave for the day. Ben tells him to wear a cap and gloves because it's cold outside. B: "Did I just say that? I sound like my mother. Actually, make that your mother." Meaning Michael's...lol. Hunter asks is there anything else. M: "Be sure to wear your rubbers." Just as Hunter's about to leave, Michael stops him. And to the surprise of Ben and Hunter, Michael gives Hunter a key to the apartment. Saying now he can come in without interrupting whatever Ben and Michael are up to at the time. Hunter leaves without a word - and no thank you, of course. B: "I'm surprised you did that." Michael says they can always change the lock once he leaves. Ben laughs.
The Loft - Justin standing amongst the ruins of the orgy. Saying it must have "been quite the eloquent affair." Brian hops up onto a coffee table taking a drink from a bottle as he says, "Long night's journey into day. You should have been there." He goes to kiss Justin, but Justin turns his head away with a disgusted sound. (((Really, can you blame him? Morning breath and who knows WHAT else lingering...lol.))) Justin was helping Daph study for mid-terms. Brian tells Justin that Deb showed up. J: "Well, I know how much she wants to be a gay man, but is it wise to encourage her?" AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW....lol. That was a fantastic line. Brian shares the news re: Jason Kemp. J: "Oh, shit." We see Brian picking up a stray used (((ewwwwwwwwwwwwwww))) condom from off his kitchen island as he says for some reason Deb thought the news would interest him. J: "Aren't you?" B: "I already told you..." J: "Right! You want to have fun, fun, fun until your daddy takes your freedom away. In case you haven't noticed, he already has. Butttttt, you're content turning your place into the next Backroom. But, how the hell are you going to keep a cleaning lady?" snicker..... Justin is in top form this episode.
Hmmm....welcome to the house of awkward. Groveling and pleas for forgiveness subject to welcome at the door. Lindz and Mel are listening to Ted's please forgive me speech. Em's there, beside Ted - in full support mode. Ted is all hunched over, saying he's sorry and ashamed, but he hopes that one day he'll be able to earn back their love and hopefully their respect. (((Why, oh why does this feel like an episode of American Idol??? The player's performed and now we await the judges decision. Even funnier to find out that Lindz is Paula Abdul and Melanie is Simon Cowell.))) Lindz says he's brave. Mel says he's got guts and it was a nice speech. "But we'll have to wait and see." Ted's ready to accept that, but Em immediately gets upset. E: "See what?" M: "Saying you're sorry is one thing, meaning it is another." Em's agitated, Ted's saying it's ok - he'd feel the same way if the table was turned. He leaves to go to the bathroom. Em jumps up and lays into them for not offering instant forgiveness. Lindz feels bad for Ted, Mel doesn't - "He's a fucking drug user." Em says Ted only tried it once, but Mel says what we alllllllllllllllll know - that it took some time to get to the point where he'd steal their money for drugs. Em starts questioning whether they are even Ted's friends, to which Lindz and Mel both say their are. M: "Damn good friends." E: "Then why can't you show him the teeniest, tiniest bit of compassion?" M: "Because he'd only abuse it. And us, the same way he's abusing you." Ohhhhhhhh, now see that REALLLLLLY angers Em. E: "He is NOT abusing me. He's counting on me. To believe in him, to be there for him - to help him put his life back in order." Ted's coming into the room again, as Mel stands up to face off with Em. Mel - in a NOT TOO SUBTLE manner - "Would you stop being a silly faggot and have some balls for Christ's sake." Ohhhhhhhhhh, she didn't go there. Yep, she did. Em fires right back. "Well I may be a silly faggot, but you know something Mel. You're a Cunt!" Awwwww.... Mel's mouth drops open, Lindz flinches in regret that it was said. And Temmett walk out of the house. (((How completely catty, and true to life that scene was. I mean, really. People do act like that... More's the pity.)))
Hallway outside Ben and Michael's apartment. Ben's trying to open the door as Michael mauls the man's body...lol. Michael's saying he's so hot he could go down on Ben right there, and proceeds to drop down until Ben pulls him back up. Ha... Ben says he doesn't think the neighbor would appreciate that. Michael kisses him and then LICKS!!! Ben's face from jaw to forehead. THUD...lol. He just wants the door open, like NOW! So they can have at it. Ben says be patient, they've got the place to themselves for the whole afternoon. They open the door and Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww. There's Hunter, getting blown by an icky cubby balding man in glasses. Michael and Ben kick the asshole out of the apartment, confronting Hunter and demanding to know WHY he did this. Hunter says they didn't tell him he couldn't pull tricks there. M: "Because we never thought you would!" Hunter says he needs the money for when they decide to end the good deed and kick him out. Michael says if Hunter does this again, they will. Ben thinks it's a test to provoke them to see if they'll throw Hunter out. B: "It won't work. We want you here." H: "So you can feel good about yourself. Well, fuck that shit. You can keep your damn key." He throws it at Michael, grabs his coat and leaves.
That night, warehouse district - Hunter and the other hustlers out in the cold. After one trick drives off without picking up Hunter, we see a veryyyyy familiar Corvette drive up. Brian's there, picking up Hunter - or at least that's what Hunter thinks. He believes he's pulling Brian for a shag. When he tries to kiss Brian, Brian pushes him back to his side of the car...lolllll, and tells him to buckle up for safety. They drive off, Brian practically doing a 360 degree spin as he zooms off into the night.
Em, Vic and Ted in a gourmet food store - picking up things for another party. Em's running through his list as Vic asks why didn't Em buy the catering oven he was saving up for. Em's blaming his lack of skill with math for not having saved enough. Course we all know what realllllly happened to the money. Vic's saying there's no way they can do everything they need to with the equipment Em's got. E: "I've never had any complaints about my equipment before." Ted's phone rings, and he steps aside to answer it. Looking rather guilty as he talks. Vic asks how's Ted doing and Em says he's back and that's all he cares about. Vic says to keep an eye on Ted. Em's not happy hearing yet another person in their lives giving him the be cautious advice. Vic's just saying it may be awhile before Ted's himself again. Em asks Vic if he can handle the party without him for once. That he wants to spend some time with Ted.
A dive of a bar - NOT Woody's. Brian's standing with Hunter, and they are scoping out the place waiting for the trick that may have killed Jason Kemp to show. The guy usually comes in every night, but he's late. Hunter says maybe he found someone else for the night. Thennnnnnnnnn....hehe, Hunter tries to entice Brian into sleeping with him. Proclaiming his attributes, "tight ass, no gag reflex," etc. Snicker.... *giggle* Brian pushes him off, AGAIN! Saying they'll give it five more minutes. Hunter: "How about I pay you?" Brian: "You couldn't afford me." Hahahahahahahaaaa... (((Gotta luv the irony that soooooo many others have had him for free.))) In walks the trick they've been waiting for. Middle-aged, bald. Hunter points him out. B: "Not exactly a beauty." H: "You were expecting a Playgirl Centerfold?" Brian goes to talk to the guy after telling Hunter to stay put. Sitting down next to the guy, Brian tries to get him into a conversation - but he's not talking. Sooooo, Brian sees Stockwell's campaign commercial playing on the TV above the bar - the one he did for the chief - and he starts laying in on the lameness of the man's ability to play basketball being shown as a reason to get him elected...lol. He continues to say Stockwell's not a real politician - that he's crooked. When he says that, the guy gets angry and snaps that Jim will make a hell of a mayor, that he's honest and not crooked. He also lets slide that he's worked for Jim for 15 years. Brian asks, "Say, you're not a cop are you? Well, I'm just having a drink." Trick: "You ask too many questions." He glares at Brian, until Brian gets up and leaves. Returning to Hunter. Hunter asks if he's the guy. Brian just shoots the trick's words back at Hunter, "You ask too many questions."
Police precinct - Horvath's saying so what if the guy's a cop, so what if he knew the kid. Brian: "So maybe it proves that the kid is telling the truth." H: "What it doesn't prove is that he picked up Jason Kemp, had sex with him and murdered him." When Brian can't provide a name for the cop, just a vague description - Horvath again says it's not enough. Horvath says this isn't about justice, that Brian's trying to get at Stockwell. So don't expect his help. Brian says to do it for Debbie, but Horvath snaps to leave her out of it. Brian asks what'll it take. Horvath says hard evidence, a link between victim/cop/crime. Hair, DNA. B: "A condom full of jizz?" H: "If you want to collect it." Brian grimaces.
Warehouse district - Michael's tracked Hunter down. When Hunter tries to walk off, Michael stops him - trying to give the key back to Hunter. Hunter says he doesn't want it. Michael asks where's he going to go, and Hunter snidely says Maui or the South of France. He hasn't decided yet. M: "Well until you do, you're staying with us. Which means, you're going to make your bed. You're going to pick up your shit. And if you EVER bring home a trick again, I will KICK YOUR FUCKING ASS!!!" (((DAMN!!! Michael's sooooo BUTCH!!!))) H: "That's child abuse." M: "Report me!" H: "You're not my parents." M: "And you're NOT my son. But we're the ones giving you three squares and a roof over your head. So make sure you're back by midnight, and bolt the door." He leaves. Hunter's a bit taken aback by that....lol.
Temmet's apartment - Ted's saying Em didn't have to miss the party. Em says he wanted to be with Ted. Ted thanks him for standing up for him in front of Mel and Lindz. Em says he can't believe the things they were saying. (((Yeah, the truth is hard to hear.))) E: "Some friends. From now on, this is a dyke-free zone. Those two are pussona-non-grada." (((Hmmmm.... Meoooow, Catty Chatter.))) Em cuddles up to Ted, saying they should make the most of being by themselves. Cut to - the bedroom. Em's kissing Ted as they lie naked on the bed. Ted stops the kiss, too tense to continue. Em offers to give him a massage. Instead, Ted reaches down and takes a box out from the bedside night stand. Sitting up on the bed, he shows Em what's inside. T: "Magic." Left over party 'favors' from the White Party. Em's face completely falls. (((It's horrid to watch. Because here he is with Mr. Life Begins Anew, who is about to get high as a kite and is espousing the pleasures of tweaking.))) Ted asks if Em's ever tried it. E: "Once, in my wayward youth. Didn't do much for me." That surprises Ted because he says, "This stuff, you can't believe it. I felt so good, for once. All those voices that tell me that I'm shit, that I'm nothing, that I'm UGLY. They were finally gone. I felt sooo hot. So sexy. The way Brian must feel all the time. Everybody wanted me. And I wanted them. Could fuck a room full of guys and still want to fuck some more." Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr..... Okay, so he goes from the HEIGHT of insensitivity to the DEEPS of stupidity by taking a snort of the drugs, despite Em's trying to tell him he doesn't need them now - because Ted's got him. Ted isn't listening, only hearing the call of the powder. Em pulls away, throwing a sheet over his lap after Ted takes the snort. Butttttt....the asshole follows him - telling Em to have some too. And what follows is deeply disturbing, hard to watch - but DAMN, the two of them played the scene out well. Ted seduces Em into taking the sniff. Talking to him, low and nasty. Pushing the drug under his nose. And even as it's happening you hold out hope that Em'll shove it all away and NOT do it. But .... he does inhale. And what follows is the two of them going at it as Em floats on the high. Again, hard to watch. Sooooo damn aggravating that Em gave in. But wellllllll acted. It's a powerful, if not pleasant scene.
Back at the dive bar - Rage and JT enter. Uhmm hmmm, I mean Brian and Justin. They are there to draw the cop out and possibly collect some evidence against him. They both sit at the bar, Justin frowning at the other men in attendance. (((What? You got to admit it's not his usual fare, consider the babes of Babylon.))) J: "Look at all these old guys." B: "Sad isn't it." J: "Yeah, some of them are even older than you are." Hahahaha.... (((Did I mention that I'm enjoying Justin this episode? lol...))) Justin says he guesses at their age, they'd have to pay for it. B: "Another reason to die young." J: "Or to accept the fact that youth and beauty are fleeting. That time will inevitably leave its mark. And that we should accept our mortality with grace and dignity." He looks over and this older man who looks like the dad in those "Stepfather" horror movies, winks at him. lolllll.... Justin grimaces, "Until then, I could really clean up in this place." Hahaha... Brian's laughing. Justin asks what he's supposed to say to the cop. B: "Charm him with your witty repartee. (((In a high voice))) 'How'd you like to plow my smooth tight ass'?" *giggle* Justin just closes his eyes...lolllll. B: "And when he's busy slobbering down your neck, just scrap it off with a cigarette butt." J: "You're going to owe me like a hundred blowjobs for this." Up comes Hunter, asking if Brian's there to see him. B: "You're allllll I've been thinking about." And in one of the funnier moments of the episode, Hunter turns to Justin and tells him to, "Fuck off. I saw him first." Awwwwwwwww....THUD. haha... Brian laughs, Justin gets miffed, "Realllllly?" Brian puts an arm around Hunter's shoulders, introducing him as Ben and Michael's "new foundling." Brian tells Hunter to leave, that he and Justin have work to do. Hunter says why didn't they just ask him to hustle the cop - since at least he's a professional. Brian sighs, "We just need a little DNA." Hunter says no problem, but Brian tells him to leave. "Why don't you scamper home. I'm sure your aunties are beside themselves." Hunter leaves. Justin: "Fucking teenagers. I don't know how anyone puts up with them." THUD!!!! hehehe.... (((Who knew that Justin would make such a good 'straight man' of comedy???))) Brian throws him a look, arching his eyebrow. Very cute.
Michael at home, waiting up and worrying about Hunter. It's past midnight. He goes to look out the window. Ben comes up behind him, letting him know that it's time to go to bed. (((They're officially switched you notice - Now it's Michael who's distracted and worried while Ben's wanting to let it go.))) Michael just wants to give Hunter a few more minutes. B: "You know, you set a rule. You've got to live by it. So's he." Michael drops his head, "What if he doesn't come back?" Ben hugs Michael from behind, kissing his neck. B: "Come to bed." After a bit, Michael slowly goes to the front door - locking and bolting it for the night.
Alley way outside the dive bar. The cop pulls up, gets out....and before he can enter the place, Hunter stops him. The little snit is intentionally taking the man on himself before Justin and Brian can do anything. H: "No need to check it out. Nobody there." Cop: "I'll check it out myself." H: "You won't do better there, than what's right here." Cop: "You've never been interested in me before, why tonight?" H: "Must be the moonlight." When the cop starts to walk away, Hunter lays down the terms. H: "Fifty for a blowjob. Hundred to fuck." Cop: "How much without a condom?" Ewwww... Hunter, in his most mature moment of the night - despite the circumstances, "I don't do that. But you won't be disappointed. I'll make sure of it." After running his arm over the man's shoulder seductively, the man turns to leave and Hunter goes with him. Eeeeeeek....
Finis...
Side note - you do realize that EVERY male cast member out of the main six, were bare-assed this episode - EXCEPT for Randy!!! lol.... Bet he was having fun with that.
Next week - One last episode before the season finale!!!! Brian's at the bar, telling the cop that the hustler snagged a condom from their tryst. B: "Why'd you kill him?" (((Meaning Jason Kemp.))) The cop shoves Brian violently, yelling for him to shut up. Ted telling Em to throw him a party. Emmett, who's veryyyyy agitated and pissed, say okay - he'll do it. The sniffing doctor/addict and boyz at the apartment of Ted and Emmett, starting to strip down and showing that they've brought "favors" with them. Em looking very put out. Brian talking to Horvath, saying he's gotten him evidence but Horvath's saying sorry, it's still not enough. Em pleading with Ted the next morning, "It is not too late, you can still be you." Ted, looking completely wretched and angry, "I DON'T WANT TO BE ME, ANYMORE."