This week the guy's on the show were being emasculated left, right and center following last week's reveal that Sean isn't really disabled and Christian's diagnosis of breast cancer and subsequent surgery to remove his man boob.
The difference here is that while Sean enjoys being emasculated and capitalizes on every opportunity for attention, whether it's his ex-wife cooking for him or sleeping with one of his students, Christian is not enjoying the loss of the dominance he once shared. This becomes apparent after Kimber rejects him after seeing his new scar and he resorts to hiring a hooker. That doesn't pan out either and in an effort to prove he hasn't lost it he sets himself a bigger challenge: screwing Liz, the show's resident lesbian. The scene in which this happens is both disturbing and interesting as Christian climbs atop her while pretending to be asleep. Needless to say, one poke of Christian Troy's super-penis and she's beginning to doubt her sexuality.
By this point in the series, Sean has fully completed his journey into becoming a complete asshole. He sleeps with his students, fakes a disability to the extent he refuses to do Christian's breast reconstruction and even thinks asking Christian if he's lost his hair is appropriate light conversation. Sean is a product of his environment and as we see at the end of the episode both Julia and Matt are quick to turn on him the moment they find out he was faking his disability. Matt has clearly forgotten how many times Sean's forgiven him for his various screw ups and Julia... Well, Julia has amnesia. But she's recovering nicely. After being shot point blank in the head. And you know how Sean still has stabbing scars? You'd never know Julia was shot in the head just a week or so before him. Also: it looks like she's a lesbian again.
Finally, Kimber returned for one scene and at this point of the show Kimber should just be written out and forgotten about. Her character is everywhere and has been everywhere since the end of season three now when she was raped and tortured by the Carver. She returned shortly after and received no sympathy from anyone else for what she'd been through and in response to that she started acting like a self-destructive, vindictive bitch. This pattern continues in this episode where she once again refuses to take personal responsibility for her prior relations with Christian and shifts the blame to him. Anytime I have to think too much about Kimber's evolution and involvement in this series it makes my head hurt. And then it just makes me hate her and any character she's ever shared a scene with.
Ignoring this, "Gene Shelly" was another solid installment. The second half of season five may as well be a sixth season. The themes, arcs and color palettes are all new. And on top of this a lot of the crap from last year has been brushed aside fairly quickly, if not forgotten. It's been great for this half season, but it confirms my belief they had no idea what they were doing with the first half of season five.
The difference here is that while Sean enjoys being emasculated and capitalizes on every opportunity for attention, whether it's his ex-wife cooking for him or sleeping with one of his students, Christian is not enjoying the loss of the dominance he once shared. This becomes apparent after Kimber rejects him after seeing his new scar and he resorts to hiring a hooker. That doesn't pan out either and in an effort to prove he hasn't lost it he sets himself a bigger challenge: screwing Liz, the show's resident lesbian. The scene in which this happens is both disturbing and interesting as Christian climbs atop her while pretending to be asleep. Needless to say, one poke of Christian Troy's super-penis and she's beginning to doubt her sexuality.
By this point in the series, Sean has fully completed his journey into becoming a complete asshole. He sleeps with his students, fakes a disability to the extent he refuses to do Christian's breast reconstruction and even thinks asking Christian if he's lost his hair is appropriate light conversation. Sean is a product of his environment and as we see at the end of the episode both Julia and Matt are quick to turn on him the moment they find out he was faking his disability. Matt has clearly forgotten how many times Sean's forgiven him for his various screw ups and Julia... Well, Julia has amnesia. But she's recovering nicely. After being shot point blank in the head. And you know how Sean still has stabbing scars? You'd never know Julia was shot in the head just a week or so before him. Also: it looks like she's a lesbian again.
Finally, Kimber returned for one scene and at this point of the show Kimber should just be written out and forgotten about. Her character is everywhere and has been everywhere since the end of season three now when she was raped and tortured by the Carver. She returned shortly after and received no sympathy from anyone else for what she'd been through and in response to that she started acting like a self-destructive, vindictive bitch. This pattern continues in this episode where she once again refuses to take personal responsibility for her prior relations with Christian and shifts the blame to him. Anytime I have to think too much about Kimber's evolution and involvement in this series it makes my head hurt. And then it just makes me hate her and any character she's ever shared a scene with.
Ignoring this, "Gene Shelly" was another solid installment. The second half of season five may as well be a sixth season. The themes, arcs and color palettes are all new. And on top of this a lot of the crap from last year has been brushed aside fairly quickly, if not forgotten. It's been great for this half season, but it confirms my belief they had no idea what they were doing with the first half of season five.
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