Why doesn't he interact with Kelvin, or anyone in the family? It's as if they told him "You can come, but don't be seen with us. We don't want people thinking that you and Kelvin are together."
: As Tiffany sits in a cabana, Baby Billy appears! He tells her "I'm back for good," Judy isn't having it "You've got a lot of nerve coming here after what you did!"
He ignores Judy and asks Tiffany to take him back. She refuses to answer, saying that she has to go to the bathroom.
Keefe and the Perfect Christian: Meanwhile, Keefe and Joe Jonas, the world's most perfect Christian, head to the same porta-potty. They are so busy gazing at the guy who just exited that they both reach for the handle at the same time, and clasp hands. It is accidental, but still a strangely erotic moment.
Tiffany pushes them aside and rushes into the porta-potty. Joe Jonas and Keefe continue to flirt as she goes into labor. Don't they, like, have to go?
Personal note: Although they were only on stage for a few minutes, I used their budding friendship for a fan fiction, "Keefe's Date with Joe Jonas." Actually he has the date with a guy on Joe's PR team.
The Lion King: Later, a crowd has gathered around the porta-potty.
Didn't anyone fetch a doctor?
Baby Billy rushes up and asks Keefe, Pontius, and Abraham if they've seen Tiffany. They point.
She said she was going to the bathroom, you dolt! Why did it take you so long to figure it out?Tiffany emerges, stating that she had her baby: it fell into the toilet.Gross callback to the "toilet baby" discussion. Baby Billy reaches down and pulls the baby out. Then, in a scene reflecting Simba's birth in The Lion King, he holds it over his head for the crowd to see. Everyone applauds.
Lyle's Revenge: Eli gets a phone call: Junior has used his underworld connections to trace the origin of the weapons the Cycle Ninjas used. They were sold to some boys in a gang in Texas -- where Lyle Lissons is from! Don't jump to conclusions, Eli -- Texas is a big state.
On the beach, Jesse, still unaware of Lyle's involvement, is handing over the investment money. Suddenly a woman appears, yelling at Lyle about the disappearance of her husband: "He was working with you, to get information on the Butterfields! He told me all about it!"
Finally Jesse starts to figure it out. He confronts Lyle, who admits to sending the Cycle Ninjas to kill Eli -- he thought he was "doing you a solid," freeing up some money so Jesse could invest. Besides, hasn't he often wished that his father would hurry up and die? No, of course not. But, now, worried that he might tell, Lyle attacks. They fight, and Jesse hits and kills him with a rock from the David and Goliath slingshot he used to threaten Junior.
He rushes to his family -- um, hang on for a moment. Check out Kelvin's ultra-femme outfit and mannerisms. He's really come out loud and proud. He was the macho Messiah of the Musclemen an episode ago, and now he's my Aunt Sadie.
And why isn't Keefe there? He's at the porta-potties, of course, but there isn't even a chair that he vacated.
Jesse announces that he's murdered someone. The family follows him to the beach, but Lyle is alive, and Lindsey is armed! She shoots BJ in the femoral artery, and forces the others to swim out into the ocean. BJ will bleed out in 2-4 minutes unless he gets first aid. He's doomed!
Lots of Reconciliations: One month later, we see Chad and his wife reconciling at Amber's marital group. I didn't even know that was a plot arc.
Then Judy and BJ, who has miraculously recovered, say goodbye to Baby Billy, Tiffany, and baby Lionel as they head home.
Nobody ain't inviting no kids to the steam showers: Kelvin and Keefe have started a Youth Squad for 12-15 year olds. "The whole time we've been searching for our calling," Kelvin says, "It's been right under our noses: these beautiful, innocent chil dren."
He continues, evoking a Judean retreat: "We could groom these k ids into the next generation of muscle men." Keefe suddenly realizes that people could get the wrong idea, and suggests getting chaperones and permission slips.But Kelvin isn't ready to start planning yet; he's just brainstorming, thinking of the possibilities.
I read fan responses to this scene before actually watching it: anger, disgust, and dismay: "Please don't let them be creeps. Please don't let them be creeps. Please don't let them be creeps." The "They're straight buddies" camp was ecstatic, because who would give gay characters lines like that? When I watched, I was upset by the structure: everyone else gets a heartfelt scene, and the guys get pe dophile jokes. But one fan who grew up in an Evangelical church set me straight, so to speak. I paraphrase a bit:
This IS a touching scene! Friggin' homophobe, thinking that because the guys are gay, they must like little ones!
The kids are not dressed in revealing outfits, and at least one of them is a girl! Kelvin and Keefe do not say one single thing that suggest an erotic interest in the "little angels." Keefe notes that a particularly muscular b oy is popular with other b oys, and Kelvin fiddles with his "wedding ring," to let you know that he and Keefe are partners.
The Youth Squad is a perfectly legitimate way for them to combine their interests in youth ministry and physical fitness. Note that the kids are not training for bodybuilding, which is not permitted for anyone under age 15. They are doing strength training exercises, which are recommended for ch ildren aged seven and up.
Plus it makes structural sense. The heterosexist trajectory includes job, house, wife, and k ids. Baby Billy does not become a man until he holds his infant son. BJ and Judy have no ch ildren of their own, so they adopt Tiffany. Nurturing ch ildren is the final step in Kelvin's movement into manhood.
(Sorry for the skipped letters, but any term referring to a young man gets the blogger censor upset.)
Lovers after the break
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