what may or may not be hard reality

I blame Jack Kenny. (Or maybe the network is putting pressure on him?) Have you listened to the podcasts? At first I almost thought he was a 'phobe until I found out he was gay himself. Chastising Eddie for joking about him/Pete being gay because it will attract 'a whole different audience', and frustratedly talking about how he had to tell Joanne and Jaime to 'stop looking at each other like that, you're not going to be lovers!' - while everyone else is excitedly talking about how they have so much lesbian chemistry.

Which just saddens me beyond belief. What, I'm not a worthy audience for your show, and the concept of two women being attracted to each other is so outrageous as to be scoffed at? Thank you very much. If I didn't love the damn show so much that's almost enough for me to not want to support it.

Wow. Sorry about the rant. :)

I agree with you on the affectionate thing. Totally looks like they're gonna kiss! Hmmm... maybe photoshop can help with that. :P