Gay couple makes its debut on "Desperate Housewives"

Poor Susan (Teri Hatcher). Mike (James Denton) thought her clumsy mishaps were so cute he fell in love with her. Her new gay neighbors Bob (Tuc Watkins) and Lee (Kevin Rahm)?
Notsomuch.
She welcomes her new next door neighbors onto Wisteria Lane and immediately inserts foot in mouth. They tell her they are partners.
Susan: You're partners! What business?
She's told they are life partners and blurts out: "That's super! I've seen a lot of cable so I get it."
Says Lee: "I'm glad we can live up to your stereotype.
It goes downhill from there as Susan makes several pathetic attempts to make the guys like her with disastrous results.
It was all very funny but what was even more fun this episode was the return of evil Andrew (Shawn Pyfrom)! Now the guy who seemed to have a lobotomy last season has taken his naughty pills again and seems intent on making his mother's life miserable.
Nice to have ya back Andrew!

As for Tuc Watkins, it's great to see him in prime-time (he is continuing to commute to the East Coast to film scenes for "One Life to Live." AfterElton.com editor Michael Jensen snagged an interview with this handsome and talented actor and I recommend yiou read it.
Here is just a sample:
AE: You’re obviously a very handsome man and you’ve caused a number of our readers to swoon so I have to ask, do you already have a desperate househusband or housewife of your own?
TW: I’m terribly flattered that I’m making people swoon. I haven’t heard that term in a long time, but you know if gay guys can identify with my character, then I think I’m doing my job right. And if straight people think I’m doing a believable job, then I’ve done my job.
As an actor, I think that we all . . . actors sort of hide behind characters that we play. I think we know a little bit too much about actors and in the advent of entertainment television programs and periodicals and things like that, actors become celebrities. But our job is sort of to be a cipher, so I sort of hide behind the characters that I play.

AE: You have played gay several times before. I’ve been told some actors still hesitate to take gay roles. Is that ever a consideration for you?
TW: I don’t think so. We’re not living in the 50s or even the 80s anymore and there are more and more minority type characters and gay characters that are just great, interesting characters to play, and I think that’s really what an actor looks for. I’ve played a lot of gay characters. I’ve played a lot of straight characters. Playing a gay character is very similar to playing a straight character. You just employ a better sense of humor, style and class, so I don’t think anyone has that trepidation about playing roles like that anymore.

Click HERE to read the interview in its entirety...Meanwhile, here's another clip from last night's show: