I thought this was one of their better shows—I actually got a little teary when Baldy (can’t remember his name!) said that Kyan “was like the Scarecrow.”
I liked it a lot, too. His name is Richard M. The family was cute, and it was great watching the kiddies throw Dad’s clothes out the window, and the bewildered toddler on the floor at the end.
The wife was a little strange, though–SHE didn’t mind living in Empty House? Also, her smile reminded me alternately of Bill Kristol and the Steeplechase Guy at Dreamland on Coney Island.
Thom is looking a little puffy lately, hmmm. But he works as hard as ever. That house had beautiful bones–ALL! THAT! SPACE!! space! space… Love what he did with it.
Rosie, sorry hon, that cameo won’t save TABOO. Although it was cool to watch the actors trying so hard–why did O’Dowd joke about Australians, isn’t he English? I want to see it but I don’t want to fork over a couple days’ pay to do it.
Poor Jai. “I have nothing to do—I know, I’ll inflict Rosie O’Donnell on him!”
I have to say, bring back the bachelors. Seriously, I’m missing the obligatory scummy bathtub shot, huge porn collections, silverware drawers full of sporks and plastic knives, tasteless posters, and other indicia of men living in the wild. These married guys are much too bored and much too willing to change to provide good entertainment.
These episodes haven’t been bad, but I really think they need to bring back a hard core unreconstructed case. Maybe “Shaggy” Alan scared them off of bachelors for a while.
I also thought it was a great episode. The drama of the hair. The drama of decisions. The drama of the mother. The show is becoming less about new stuff and more about new people.
The opening segment, which I’ll call “The Diss,” was hilarious, as always. (Ted to planter: Sooo, where’s your head?)
Thom, as always, really shined. He always impresses me, although personally I’d ask for a do-over in the bedroom.
Ted made a smart decision this week. Catering was definitely the way to go, but it basically gave him nothing to do. I half expected to see him and Jai playing patty cake for most of the day. 
This week Kyan probably had the toughest challenge, and he handled it flawlessly. From deciding against using Mr. Potatohead as his “in” , to selling Richard without putting too much pressure on him, to constantly telling him how good he now looked, to warning him ahead of time that everyone would want to touch his head. Bravo!
I loved the speeches at the end. As the wife and the rug doctor (okay, rug lawyer) spoke, you could see the mother realize that Richard’s appearance had nothing to do with her happiness, and everything to do with his own. Very touching.
I wanted to take a cafeteria tray and go upside his Mama’s head. Did you see her when he emerged and she literally turned her head and covered her eyes? Darling, Boopie- if your son comes downstairs in a Mohawk and a dangling skull earring, or if he should have an arterial spray spouting forth from this skull, THOSE are acceptable times to turn your face from your child. Urggh.
I loved the fact that Thom was able to go-to-town in that huge house. I thought that the mirror was one of the most dreadfully ugly things I’d ever seen when it was in the shop, but then when I saw it in the dining room I remembered that Thom is a genius and I am but a mortal and my faith must be stronger in the future. (I wonder if that house is a case where husband/wife spent their whole wad on the house and didn’t have money left to buy furniture?)
While I generally have the fashion sense of a blind retiree from Yonkers, I do have to take objection to Carson’s “Queer Tip” pointer: the only people who should even consider doing the “80s tie as a sash/belt” thing are teenage girls, fashion models, and guys so gay that they make Liberace look like Kobe Bryant. I wonder what the guy does next week to p.o. Carson, incidentally.
It’s received terrible reviews, but Rosie is steadfast that she will keep it open until February even if it costs her $20 million (plus the $8 million in legal fees for her recent trial- she CAN’T be rich enough for $28 million not to hurt).
Next week’s straight guy looks kind of like a mess, and more Alan-ish than this guy.
Like Sampiro, I’d like to know just what the mother had invested in her son having a full head of hair. Her bitchface was almost negated by Richard’s father saying he looked like when he was a baby, which I thought was kind of sweet. The wife could have used Kyan’s help on her crazy perm; on a less shallow note, she was wonderful in supporting Richard and talking him down when he was borderline freaking out. Also, I’m no master interior designer, but I cannot imagine living in a home for two years and having it look like that.
Another thing I consistently love about Queer Eye is seeing the guys lounging on the furniture, draped all over each other. I thought there was especially good interaction between the guys in this episode.
Thom’s legs? Wowza. I like his new haircut and watching him run around the house with the kid on his shoulders.
Kyan is and will remain the beautiful eye-candy guy, but Thom’s just looking increasingly sexy to me. Maybe it’s the fact he’s the most talented.
yeah the family was super cute (especially the wifey with the constant "i love you"s) but i think i still like the grizzly mountain man/quilting wife combo from last week a little better.
i adored the blue bedroom!! everytime i watch QE i feel guilty for living in comparative squalor, but last night’s transformation put me to shame.
Thom seems to be getting his own little make-better. I think he’s lost a bit of weight since the show began (not that he really needed to or anything) and is looking increasingly hot in his jeans and crazy-print shirts. I got a little kerfuffled when he was sitting at the sewing machine making the curtains.
Kyan is hot, yes, but I felt he was doing a bit of flexing last night when he was bronzing Richard’s head. God, that sounds dirty.
Another vote here for using more troglodyte bachelors. Gawd, there’s nothing funnier than seeing how these guys live!
(I once knew a man who had moved to his place a couple of years earlier, but still had yet to fully unpack his CD collection; and what discs were available, weren’t in any sort of order whatsoever. And his bath tile grout was all black with mildew… ugh! And his bathroom window had nothing installed for privacy. And he slept on a mattress on the floor, which was also where his dirty laundry was. Now, that’s a guy who really needs the Fab Five!)
I would also love to see them branch out geographically and do some shows south (and west) of the Mason-Dixon line. Imagine the possibilities – Deep South good-ole-boys, a couple of shows in the midwest, a Texan or two, and then California…
I had exactly the same reaction.
I don’t watch the show, I just thought I’d contribute the fact that the Allman Brothers guestbook is abuzz that one of the guys on last night’s episode looked a lot like Gregg Allman. One guy wrote “I kinda thought the guy looked like Gregg from the late eighties on crack.” Weird.
I loved the episode. Though his mom was such a bitch.
Yeah, I could see that the straight guy got his low self-esteem from her. Geez.