Best.
Lesbian. Week. Ever.
by Sarah
Warn,
AfterEllen.com Editor The
lesbian pop culture column
Friday, December 1, 2006
JUST
WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED
Kerry Weaver finally has a love interest again on ER!
Courtney Brown, played by Law and Order: SVU's
Michelle Hurd, was introduced a few weeks ago as a TV producer
who convinces Kerry to become a health correspondent for
her TV channel.
Courtney
flirted lightly with Kerry over the last few episodes, then
they spent Thanksgiving together, and finally in last night's
episode, the two women crossed the line and shared a steamy
kiss in Kerry's apartment. And it actually lasted longer
than two seconds!
There's
no clip of the kiss on YouTube yet, but a YouTube member
(thanks attagrrrl) has pieced together some of the scenes
between Kerry and Courtney leading up to the Thanksgiving
episode:
Saturday
afternoon update: attagrrl posted a clip of the kiss, too!
Laura
Innes is rumored to be leaving the series soon, so this
may be the most this relationship is ever really developed,
but it's better than cranky no-love-life Kerry. And between
the burgeoning Kerry-Courtney romance, Pratt's gay brother,
and Sara Gilbert's recurring role as a caustic nurse, ER
is almost gayer than America's Next Top Model these
days.
HAND
OVER THE LESBIAN KISSING SCENE AND NOBODY GETS HURT
Just before Thanksgiving, Veronica Mars
featured a mystery involving a missing heiress played by
Patty Hearst, who turned out to have been blackmailed by
her husband after she was photographed having an affair
with another woman (played by Keri Pratt). Bizarrely, The
CW nixed a planned lesbian kiss between them -
Hearst reportedly told The
New York Daily News, "I meet Keri and I'm like,
'Hello.' We didn't know until we were on the set we couldn't
actually kiss. We were all set for that." Watch out, CW,
Tyra's not going to like this one bit!
Speaking
of Tyra, America's
Next Top Model's last lesbian standing, Michelle,
was eliminated last week, and her twin sister got the axe
in the next episode. In her exit
interview with AfterEllen.com, Michelle talked about
coming out on the show and then doing a photo shoot where
she had to be both Ellen and Portia: "the day after
I announced that I might be gay they do the couples shoot,
and I happened to be the one with the two girls. At first
I was like, 'Oh, good job, production.' I didn’t really
care, but I thought it was funny. But it ended up being
really cool because Ellen rocks, so it was fine."
I'm
just glad they didn't ask her to be Mary Cheney and Heather
Poe!
Kerry Weaver finally has a love interest again on 
Just before Thanksgiving, Veronica Mars
featured a mystery involving a missing heiress played by
Patty Hearst, who turned out to have been blackmailed by
her husband after she was photographed having an affair
with another woman (played by Keri Pratt). Bizarrely, The
CW nixed a planned lesbian kiss between them -
Hearst reportedly told