Continuing it's practice of including important current tops of concern, 1 of the main storyline in this episode focused on the gay blood ban. (i'll never forget being denied participation in a blood drive to honor the passing of a coworker's young cousin.) One of the men in this storyline was portrayed by Andre De Shields, a stunning, distinguished man, who it so happens has been HIV+ for 30 years. The man he portrays had been a very active member of ACT UP, and act up he did. And that dovetails in nicely to the storyline of present.
There is another gay storyline in this episode that refers to the Mormon church's publicly stated policy of banning openly LGBT clergy. This set off some viewers for some reason, who posted a slew of 1&2 star reviews. Similar to when the excellent movie The Promise was flooded with low ratings from Armenian Genocide deniers. They used to have separate discussion forums where people could state such concerns, without dragging down the ratings of a film due to political concerns.
***BIG SPOILER*** The only disappointment to this episode was the apparent 'retirement' of Dr. Kapoor, prolly my fave character. I'm hoping they will reverse this. But from Anupam Kher's bio. He's very busy with other projects. So good for him, bad for me. :<)
There is another gay storyline in this episode that refers to the Mormon church's publicly stated policy of banning openly LGBT clergy. This set off some viewers for some reason, who posted a slew of 1&2 star reviews. Similar to when the excellent movie The Promise was flooded with low ratings from Armenian Genocide deniers. They used to have separate discussion forums where people could state such concerns, without dragging down the ratings of a film due to political concerns.
***BIG SPOILER*** The only disappointment to this episode was the apparent 'retirement' of Dr. Kapoor, prolly my fave character. I'm hoping they will reverse this. But from Anupam Kher's bio. He's very busy with other projects. So good for him, bad for me. :<)