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(That gay/trans Ritz cracker "the family you choose" commercial makes us tear up every time.) Still, the closing minutes of Grey's Anatomy on the Dec. Now find Danny a new boyfriend.Īs the vaccine begins to roll out across the country, giving us hope for a light at the end of this very dark COVID-19 tunnel, we admit that between pandemic anxiety and Trump fatigue we cry more than we ever thought we could. And the fact that Tyler's parents know this was not acceptable behavior and forced the apology resonates. And we are weary of queer characters being expected to just move on from the harassment and violence.īut real teen actors in real teen story lines is always good. Tyler never addresses and is never asked to explain nor explore his homophobia. Danny is forgiving and the two bond over their mutual loss. His lashing out at Danny is part of that mass of emotion. What ensues is the revelation that Tyler's sister committed suicide a month earlier and Tyler is feeling the pain and guilt. His father insisted he apologize to Danny.
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When Gary picks him up from school, Danny has a bloody nose.īut as the adults -Danny's mother, Delilah (Stéphanie Szostak) and Gary- discuss how to handle what happened, Tyler turns up. Gary, who is famous for giving wrong advice, tells Danny to confront the boy, Tyler, who told him that Danny's father committed suicide because Danny was gay and no father would want a son like that.ĭanny's confrontation with Tyler results in a physical fight. While Eddie tried to cope, Danny dealt with a crisis in his own life.ĭanny (Chance Hurstfield) confides in Gary (James Roday Rodriguez) that he's being bullied at school for being gay. 10 episode, Eddie was dealing with the complexities of his paralysis and reaching for the painkillers -disastrous for a recovering addict.

Eddie's paralysis is creating a full-on crisis in his life, and thus far the representation of how hard it is to navigate one's own home and one's own body resonates with us. The trauma around Eddie's injury impacts not just him, but also his wife and son. Since we became suddenly paraplegic in 2016, this story line has particular resonance for us. Season three began with Eddie (David Giuntoli) being paralyzed by a hit-and-run driver. The main coterie of 30- and 40-something friends is linked by their longevity as friends, past bad behavior and the suicide of a man they knew and loved, all of which makes for compelling drama. There is always a lot going on in A Million Little Things, a prime-time soap with the ensemble cast that is a The Big Chill-premised story.

Eddie (David Giuntoli) and Danny (Chance Hurstfield) in 'A Million Little Things'
