Dante's Cove: October 2006 Archives

My eyelids are a little droopy today due to sleep deprivation. The reason: I stayed up until the wee hours watching the last three episodes of my favorite gothic gay soap opera "Dante's Cove" which airs on the nhere! TV pay channel. Season two has been airing as five one-hour episodes. For my review of the first two episodes, click HERE.

It's gotta come back for a third season so we can find out what Ambrosias (William Gregory Lee) does with Kevin (Gregory Michael)! Just when it seemed like Kevin and Toby has all their troubles behind them, "Bro" pulls another trick out of his hat that keeps these two hotties from sailing out into the sunset.

I'm not going to do a bunch of spoilers, just going to give my general impressions of the three episodes. First off, Thea Gill is an inspired addition to the show, a wonderful actress who elevates the entire level of the show. Her Diana Childs is a perfect rival to Tracy Scoggins' Grace Neville. Scoggins really chews up the scenery this season and looks absolutely sensational doing it. I love her!

Nadine Heimann as Van is, along with Charlie David's Toby, the real heart of this show and their friendship something special. William Gregory Lee continues to be top-notch as the villainous Ambrosious and oh so sexy and John Fleming, the new Adam, really blossoms during this trio of shows and rarely wears a shirt.

The finale is pretty specatcular with Grace, Ambrosios and Diana fighting for the ultimate power of Tesom during the Solstice. Someone drowns themselves, a few someones have spells cast on them, someone gets hooked on drugs and becomes a ho. Someone thought to be straight is gay. Good stuff.

I gotta say, this subplot involving a sex club was revolting. If I want to see that kind of graphic stuff, I'll rent a porn movie. These scenes, which don't involve the regulars, just go too far and bring the entire show down a notch. I hope wherever that subplot is going, that it is quickly dispensed with at the start of season three. Big. Turn. Off. One of the season's new additions, outdoor bar owner Marco (Gabriel Romero) hasn't had much of a part so far in terms of dialogue and any semblance of depth but he has two of the most graphic sex scenes in the series history.
Steamy!