Peter Paige's honest performance on "Grey's Anatomy"

It was rather unfortunate that his character ends up dying in surgery but it sure was terrific seeing Peter Paige on "Grey's Anatomy" tonight. He plays a patient with a brain tumor who, because of the location of the tumor, is compelled to speak his mind, with total honesty. at all times.

When Dr. McDreamy (Patrick Dempsey) leaves the room, for example, Peter turns to Meredith and asks if they are sleeping together. Then he says, "He's hot. I would totally have sex with him if I could." He later says to Christina (Sandra Oh); "If I had a boyfriend, i would not be as uptight as you are." And his last line was a killer: "I'm having surgery and only my fat sister Ruth is here with me."

Paige has been busy since "Queer as Folk" came to an end last year after five seasons on Showtime. His role as the flamboyant and effeminate Emmett Honeycutt hasn't typecast him at all judging from his very different performance on "Grey's." He also had a recurring role last season on the WB series "Related" and wrote, produced and starred in the indie film "Say Uncle" which screened at Outfest in 2005 and was recently released on DVD.

There was another gay moment on "Grey's" tonight and that involved Joe, the bartender at the watering hole near the hospital where everyone goes to decompress or break-up or hook-up or throw-up. Addison, Dr. McDreamy's wife, is on a bender and asks Joe if he thinks she's hot. He says: "You're attractive, but have a boyfriend."

Who knew?