Save this article to read it later.
Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection.
Reality TV, particularly of the feel-good, self-improvement variety, tends to follow a formula.
Thats one of the reasons why it provides such comfort.
Its predictable, and thats reassuring.
The trick is to be predictable without beingtoopredictable.
Our show is fighting for acceptance.
But in the third season, fighting for acceptance barely seems necessary.
All of the soon-to-be-made-over folks seem perfectly comfortable bonding with and trusting these men.
Which is a good thing.
But it also takes the conflict and some of the emotional charge out of watching it happen.
(But he also doesnt stop doing it.)
Personally, I miss that exploration, because I think it makesQueer Eyemeaningful without sacrificing its playfulness.
But I will likely be alone in missing the more political episodes.
Plenty of people will be grateful toQueer Eyefor being less issue-driven and more purely escapist.
Yeah, I can imagine some viewers approving that message.
