Gay Bionics: Gay It Up, Bionic Woman!
I wondered this after we were introduced to Truewell in episode 1.01. I guess the writers thought it would be fun to tease the audience with the same question when they literally had another character ask outright in episode 1.03, “Sisterhood”.
It seems I am not the only one who thinks BW should introduce one of the characters as outright gay. Via GayWired:
Oh come on. For a show about a butch dressing bartender who gets a second lease on life when a secret government agency hijacks her body, makes her bionic and sends her to do battle with a rogue bionic woman with a fierce blonde bob and bulging biceps, Bionic Woman is seriously missing the queer quotient. Maybe Isaiah Washington ixnayed any reference to homosexuality, but seeing as how his character supposedly ends his limited run this week, the opportunity is there to up the gay factor. Perhaps Jamie Sommers (Michelle Ryan) and Sarah Corvus (Katee Sackhoff) could take their rivalry to the next level. At the very least, give us some wet wife beaters—and more of Katee’s slicked back hair. Totally hot stuff!
Roco at Bionic Blog takes up the same topic.
Now that Washington will be leaving the show, Truewell, or another character should be identified as an out gay person. However, let me go on the record and offer unsolicited advice to the writers: DO NOT WRITE A BECCA SOMMERS EXPERIMENTS WITH LESBIANISM PLOT LINE. It would be stupid and Lucy Hale has not proved herself capable of handling this kind of scene or plot line.
So, Gay it Up, Bionic Woman!
November 21st, 2007 at 6:01 pm
[...] Bionic Woman is taking some time off for Thanksgiving, and Ryan and I have decided to do the same. It is a lot of fun doing this blog but a lot of work too, and we would like a few days with our families without thinking about how the inconsistencies of the show drive us crazy or whether the producers will ever allow Ruth to come out of the closet. [...]