I've been watching Rooster on MAX, with Steve Carrel (left) as a trashy novelist who becomes Writer in Residence at a snooty private college -- to see if there's any development in the gay-subtext buddy bond between Rooster and his writing student, Tommy (Maximo Salas, right)
And any more appearances from the extremely cute Eli (Jonah Beckett, n*de on RG Beefcake and Boyfriends).
I'm reviewing Episode 1.8, "Nobody Spook It," which is not about Halloween. But I'll skip the numerous plot threads that aren't about hot guys.
Scene 1: Rooster and Daughter watching tv. She starts crying because the show is so sad -- it's Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer.
Back Story: She was up for tenure in art history, until she was fired for accidentally burned down the house of her boyfriend Archie, a professor of Russian Literature, when he dumped her for a student, who turned out to be pregnant. It goes on like that.
Cut to the President asking Rooster about his Thanksgiving. "My Daughter was sad about something, but she wouldn't tell me what it was." You watched a friggin' Christmas movie. Of course she was sad.
Next up: the Dean's Secretary, Sidekick Tommy's mother, whom Rooster had an affair with, to the discomfort of all parties. She's quitting, but she has a list of rules to endure their last eight days together: "no tight-fitting khakis," and so on. His bulge would be too tempting?
Scene 2: In creative writing class, Rooster complains that his students' rough drafts aren't "page turners." As an example, he cites a letter the fictional Rooster receives from an old flame. They scoff: "Who writes letters these days?"
Sidekick Tommy has returned after dropping out due to the trauma of discovering Rooster dating his mom. "My therapist is helping me imagine you with no stuff down there." Yes, that would work to decrease your attraction to him.
Wait -- a c*ck is a male chicken, a rooster. I just got it. The guy is named after his p*nis! No wonder Tommy likes him so much! (Technically Rooster is the name of the character, but that's how Tommy always refers to him).
After class, Rooster offers to help Sidekick Tommy get back up to speed with his other classes. "My office, 3:00 pm sharp?"
It's very difficult to get screenshots of these two. They're always separated by a vast blank space. Maybe to highlight their trouble making an emotional connection? After all, you meet a guy through a discussion of doing bedroom stuff with him, move in, and suddenly he starts seeing your Mom. That's bound to raise issues.
Wait -- Tommy's chapter is covered with red marks and statements: "Explore further. Do more with this." And no grade. His buddy got a check plus. Why is Rooster so critical of his work?
Scene 3: At the President's sauna. No beefcake. He's advising the Pregnant Ex-Girlfriend that if the dad doesn't want to be invested in their baby's life, she should take the job at Biotech and move away.
Cut to hockey player JD (Noah Grismer, not shown) telling his buds, Spooner (Evan Jachelski, left) and George (Xavier Beloved, right) that they should all wear bucket hats. It could be their thing.
They see through his obvious attempt to get them to drop the nickname Pig T*ts (because he has extra nipples). No dice: "You'll always be Pig T*ts to us."
Rooster drops by to ask where Sidekick Tommy went. He didn't make their 3:00 meeting, and he skipped Econ. They don't know.
Scene 4: A lady who teaches the gay poet Garcia Lorca wants to talk to Eli's Girlfriend about her poem, "Cherry Pop." She explains: "Eli is the cherry, and I'm the one who popped..."
Whoops, Eli is right there. "You don't need to tell everyone that I was a virgin before you pegged me" (topped him). She orders him to wait outside.
Lorca Lady loves the poem, and wants to publish it in The Review. "It just needs a little tweaking."
"Sure, I'll go microdose my balls off and get busy." You got metaphorical balls, and you're a top. That's quite a homo*rotic relationship, for a boy and a girl.
More after the break
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