I thought she was supposed to be the "hot" one, but they cut her hair and that seemed to change her.
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Canada...homophobic??????????? HAHAHAHAHA. Read up on your knowledge of Canada. We were the the fourth country in the world to offer same sex marriages. We're far LESS homophobic than the US.
shareI remember thinking the same when the show first started. I know she's always been a b!tch, but ever since they made her a lesbian, she's been a very unlikable character and I don't know how the writers expect us to care for her or her problems.
shareI thought she was much more unlikable originally. Once she came to terms with being attracted to women her character softened a bit and I was able to care about her subplots a little.
"Say yes with your voice, not just your eyes"
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I thought this too. She had a chip on her shoulder when she first came and issues with her family, what they expected and what everyone thought of her as a result of her family's influence. Currently, she's still not happy go lucky because that's never been her thing and she's always owned that. But she's more confident based on her own merits and accomplishments, she's built some quality relationships, so she's let a lot of that initial insecurity and hostility go. So her character is showing more kindness and personality, less wall. I like her before and after because her blunt honesty is humorous.
Side note: I resent the use of calling her a b!tch just because she's not sticky sweet and accommodating. She doesn't have to be and no one is owed that even if it does make people like them better. If she were a male you'd be calling her a hard @$s, still unlikeable but more deserving of respect. The only b!tch on this show is Duncan and he earned that title.
+1, Angie! You hit the nail on the head.
shareTotally agree with you Angie.
shareI like how Gail has evolved over the years. I agree with what you're saying.
But.... I'm watching in the U.S. and who is this detective b!tch harassing Gail???
As far as titles go, 40 years of marriage have shown me that few if any women are not offended by the term/name/title/slander of "bitch".
I do disagree with there not being a male equivalent of "bitch. It's "prick" - sometime a "dick". A hard *ss is completely different usage and description.
I think as you mature (age) and return to an acceptance that titles do not define a person, especially fictional ones, you'll find so many other wonderful things to occupy your mind & time.
As far as the character Gail, she has always seemed to act a little "bitchy" (please notice this is an adjective and not a noun).
As for the sexual orientation, I think that was a writers device, I personally don't care which characters have which orientation. As long as Andie stays the same and is happy - I am too! :-)
I love the show and can't wait for it to return.
The show has been cancelled :(
And they made her a lesbian because every show needs a lesbian these days.
She was unlikeable until she was made into a lesbian
shareThey didn't "make" her a lesbian; she was born that way. All her previous years of sleeping with guys she was in denial of her true sexual self. The haircut, however, sucks. She has a cute enough face to wear a short pixie, but the haircut looks like a bad wig or was cut by the 82 year old half blind neighborhood barber.
shareThe lesbian part had been in the works for a while. When Charlotte Sullivan first got the character she asked the showrunners if that's where the character was heading because of the way Gail was written. They eventually decided to go with that. However, the hair cut was actually a request by the actress because her hair had gotten really damaged and she needed to cut most of it off. They then worked cutting her hair off into the story.
shareSOMEBODY had to be the lesbian.
shareYeah, it never felt natural. I could understand her dalliance with the first girl because she had been through so many bad breakups with men, she probably just wanted a change. However, when they passed it off as her coming out as a full-blown lesbian, it felt like a cop out. They were basically admitting they had no male actors left she had chemistry with and wanted to shoehorn in a gay character to fit their diversity quota.
shareUh, gail and dove, forever?
plz
I could understand her dalliance with the first girl because she had been through so many bad breakups with men
If you think that he/she doesn't have a point then you are the ignorant one. There are plenty of women who have had lesbian experiences between their relationships with men. I've personally known women in the adult entertainment business who had become disillusioned by the piggishness of the men they were dealing with, and had lesbian relationships but soon returned to men. It does happen.
You need to calm the F down. I am sick of folks insulting people because they happen to disagree with them.
Yup. Just gotta remember to make the difference here considering who's a lesbian and who's bisexual. Those women are bisexual as they have sex with both.
I've come across way too many guys who don't understand that (mostly from African/ Asian/ Arab countries tho), but then again, there's also quite a lot of prejudice towards bisexual women in the lesbian community.