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AfterElton's Top 50 Favorite TV Characters
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AfterElton.com Staff on February 27, 2012
16. Kevin Walker, Brothers & Sisters (Matthew Rhys)
[On Air: 2006-2011] We'll be forever thankful to creator
Jon Robin Baitz
for giving us the first fully formed and realistic gay male character
on broadcast television. There had been gay characters prior to Kevin,
sure, but on
broadcast TV at least they were either sanitized
one-note characters, surreal comic creations or sad and noble victims
struggling with their sexual orientation. Kevin Walker on the other hand
was nobody's victim, and for the most part his orientation was a
non-issue.
He had a few memorable relationships, including a
closeted soap actor and a smoldering preacher, but his relationship with
Scotty remains the most complete and satisfying gay relationship in TV
drama history, and will probably never be matched.
20. Scotty Wandell, Brothers & Sisters (Luke Macfarlane)
[On Air: 2006-2011] The other half of TV's greatest
gay relationship, Scotty started out as a flaky and irresponsible
cater-waiter with a penchant for bad hair and living in his car. His
initial hook-up with Kevin led to a friendship that turned to love.
Their relationship has survived Kevin's family, infidelity, Kevin's
family, adoption drama, Kevin's family, surrogacy problems. Kevin's
family. But through it all, Scotty remained good-hearted and sensitive,
and was able to balance out his type A partner's rigidity, creating the
greatest gay relationship in TV history.
