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WATCHING
ABC’S
NEW
spy
drama
“Eyes,”
which
debuts
Wednesday,
March
30,
at
10
p.m.,
is
a
bit
like
finding
a
boyfriend.
After
years
of
looking
and
waiting,
you
finally
land
a
keeper.
Then
you
find
out
he’s
got
major
issues.
That’s
the
case
with
Chris
Didion,
the
character
portrayed
by
Rick
Worthy,
who’s
the
rarest
find
on
network
television:
a
butch
gay
guy.
Didion
isn’t
what
the
confused
kids
call
“straight-acting,”
but,
as
a
top
agent
at
an
upscale
private
investigation
firm,
he
is
nonchalantly
masculine
—
a
refreshing
change
from
the
Jack
McFarlands
of
the
world.
Then
we
learn
that
Didion
has
recently
suffered
a
nervous
breakdown
and
is
a
little
bit
off
his
rocker.
And
it’s
not
in
that
cute,
quirky
way
like
Phoebe
(Lisa
Kudrow)
from
“Friends”
either,
but
in
a
scary
and
angry
kind
of
way.
But,
hey,
we’ll
take
what
we
can
get
for
now.
DIDION
ACTUALLY
FITS
in
quite
well
at
Judd
Risk
Management,
the
upscale
P.I.
firm
where
the
show
is
set.
Run
by
Harlan
Judd
(Tim
Daly
of
“Wings”
fame),
the
firm
specializes
in
tricky
investigations
for
rich,
corporate
clients.
Judd
is
one
of
those
slick,
smart,
arrogant
characters
you
would
detest
if
he
weren’t
so
darn
attractive
and
charming.
Due
partially
to
that
attitude,
his
company
is
operating
at
a
loss
and
is
in
jeopardy
of
going
under.
Lawyer
Leslie
Town
(Laura
Leighton,
who
played
diva
Sydney
on
“Melrose
Place”)
arrives
on
the
scene
to
help
Judd
out
and
their
relationship,
quickly
and
predictably,
becomes
fraught
with
romantic
tension.
Also
at
the
firm
are
fierce
field
agent
Nora
Gage
(Garcelle
Beauvais-Nilon),
devious
investigator
Jeff
McCann
(Eric
Mabius,
who
also
played
Tim
on
“The
L
Word”),
newbie
Meg
Bardo
(A.J.
Langer)
and
surveillance
tech
Trish
Agermeyer
(Natalie
Zea).
The
show’s
first
episode
is
action-packed
and
depicts
Judd
and
company:
retrieving
$100
million
that
was
stolen
from
a
company,
helping
a
gay
man
being
harassed
by
skinheads,
fending
off
a
lawsuit
and
fighting
a
hostile
takeover.
They
also
still
manage
to
find
time
for
lots
of
sex
and
internal
politics.
Even
though
there’s
almost
too
much
going
on,
and
the
plot
takes
some
really
big
leaps
that
it
doesn’t
really
substantiate,
“Eye”
is
fun
and
quick
and
has
a
lot
of
potential.
It’s
a
nice
change
of
pace
from
most
hour-long
dramas,
and
the
inter-office
espionage
could
prove
successful
if
the
show
has
the
proper
gestation
period.
STILL,
ONE
OF
THE
BEST
aspects
of
the
show
is
Didion.
It’s
never
made
clear
quite
why
he
was
in
a
mental
hospital,
though
Judd
alludes
to
job
stress.
Didion
seems
to
be
haunted
by
what
happened
to
land
him
there.
One
subplot
concerns
an
ex-boyfriend
of
his
who
is
being
harassed
by
skinheads
so
he
won’t
testify
against
them
at
a
hate
crimes
trial.
Didion
tracks
down
the
offender
and,
without
drawing
a
gun
or
raising
a
fist,
intimidates
the
guy
into
leaving
his
friend
alone.
Didion
comes
across
a
bit
scary
at
first.
Then
he
becomes
a
vehicle
for
gay
wish
fulfillment.
In
one
scene,
he
does
everything
that
every
gay
man
who
has
been
called
names
on
the
street,
taunted
in
gym
class
or
manhandled
by
bullies
dreams
he
could
have
done.
He
stands
up
to
the
bad
guy
with
a
ferocious
intensity
that
is
a
scintilla
away
from
violence.
But
he
doesn’t
go
over
the
edge.
Our
new
television
boyfriend
may
be
a
tad
bit
off
his
rocker,
but,
thankfully,
the
era
of
gay-man-as-tough-guy
has
finally
arrived.
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