WHAT’S THE TEA?
If you don’t like spoilers, then don’t read this section . . . see I can be nice! Just don’t let it get out, I have a reputation to uphold. When we last saw the characters in the Season 2 finale, they were all on the precipice of change with Angel (Moore) and the swoon-worthy Papi (Angel Bismark Curiel) engaged, Damon (Ryan Jamaal Swain) kicked his dance career into high gear and Ricky (Dyllón Burnside) snagged a backup dancer spot on Paula Abdul’s tour, while Blanca took runaway teens under her motherly wings. And how do these events come into play for the series finale? Even though showrunners have been tightlipped about the third season, which premiered on Sunday, May 2 and will conclude its seven-episode arc on Sunday, June 6, they have discussed some details in various media outlets. However, they didn’t spill the tea on every character’s storylines, but here’s what we know from their quasi loose lips that didn’t sink our battleship! Co-creator and executive producer Steven Canals revealed
to TV Guide that there will be a time jump, which also hap- pened between the first and second season without the aid of Doc Brown, a time traveling DeLorean with nary a flux capacitor or 1.21 gigawatts needed to transport the show to the future. Sorry, I watched Back to the Future the other day. Anyhoo, this time around, the show quantum leaps from 1990 to 1994. As the AIDS epidemic rages on, the new season will see Pray
Tell (Porter) dealing with his health, as well as a new threat, courtesy of a new house that “forces the House of Evangelista members to contend with their legacy.” Ooh, sounds juicy and fraught with drama! And the gays hate that . . . on opposite day! But it won’t be all drama with a capital D! Well, perhaps there will be off shoots of it in Blanca’s (Rodriguez) storyline. She will be centered around her attempts to have it all with “career, home and family,” just like Joan Crawford in Mommie Dearest, minus the wire hangers. She will try to strike a balance between being a nurse in an AIDS ward working alongside Judy (Sandra Bernhard), a good partner to her love interest Christopher played by Jeremy Pope, who portrayed aspiring screenwriter Archie on Holly- wood. Alright, work it out, sis! All the while, she must attend to her household and the children who populate it. On the latter, while she remains devoted to her charges, Blanca also explores self-care by concentrating on herself and the goals she has set for herself. Seeing as her original crew have carved out lives of their own,
that most likely means there will be new faces representing the House of Evangelista. Pose producer Janet Mock indicated (continued on page 15)
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