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Last night's Grey's Anatomy (yes, I know) had a fantastic subplot.
It opened with a young soldier waiting for surgery (brain tumor), accompanied by a military officer as well as his father.
Another soldier enters the room, presumably his friend, who was about to be deployed overseas. He had offered to go AWOL to help him recuperate, even though the sick soldier protested this. There is a very clear and obvious tension in the room.
As soon as everyone else cleared the room, they kissed -- quite passionately, like any other pair of young lovers would kiss. Their kiss was interrupted by the sick soldier's angry father, who ordered the boyfriend out of the room…
This subplot continues throughout the rest of the episode. The soldier dies in surgery, the boyfriend storms up to the father and demands to know what has happened, etc. At the very end, he says goodbye to the dead soldier and kisses him gently again...the father gave a solemn nod to the boyfriend at the end as well.
This episode vividly demonstrated the evil of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" and for depicted the soldiers as loving, devoted, passionate humans who actually kissed like lovers kiss. I'm wondering if anyone who watched the episode may've had their opinions changed somewhat as a result -- but given the target audience of Grey's Anatomy, probably not.
The initial clip is here:
Anyway, felt like sharing. Needless to say, Don't Ask / Don't Tell is evil, even if these are fictitious characters. They're far more real than a lot of people want to admit though -- does anyone here remember connorkimbro?
Last night's Grey's Anatomy (yes, I know) had a fantastic subplot.
It opened with a young soldier waiting for surgery (brain tumor), accompanied by a military officer as well as his father.
Another soldier enters the room, presumably his friend, who was about to be deployed overseas. He had offered to go AWOL to help him recuperate, even though the sick soldier protested this. There is a very clear and obvious tension in the room.
As soon as everyone else cleared the room, they kissed -- quite passionately, like any other pair of young lovers would kiss. Their kiss was interrupted by the sick soldier's angry father, who ordered the boyfriend out of the room…
This subplot continues throughout the rest of the episode. The soldier dies in surgery, the boyfriend storms up to the father and demands to know what has happened, etc. At the very end, he says goodbye to the dead soldier and kisses him gently again...the father gave a solemn nod to the boyfriend at the end as well.
This episode vividly demonstrated the evil of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" and for depicted the soldiers as loving, devoted, passionate humans who actually kissed like lovers kiss. I'm wondering if anyone who watched the episode may've had their opinions changed somewhat as a result -- but given the target audience of Grey's Anatomy, probably not.
The initial clip is here:
Anyway, felt like sharing. Needless to say, Don't Ask / Don't Tell is evil, even if these are fictitious characters. They're far more real than a lot of people want to admit though -- does anyone here remember connorkimbro?
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