With another man while serving him a romantic candlelit dinner. Reference, you still have a scene with a man talking about rainbows and sunsets Regardless, even if the rainbow wasn’t intended as a gay
Judy Garland “Somewhere over the rainbow” queer icon thing. Including in California, including by the gay community. Is from 1975, but still, rainbows were used by marginalized groups in the 70s, That the rainbow wasn’t used as a symbol of gay pride until 1978, and this ep The rainbow: “Blue, gold, red, purple.” As in, the gay rainbow. He talks about it for a while, and even mentions how it has the colors of Sunset with him? Do platonic heterosexual men-friends normally do that sort of thing?Īnd also, Hutch doesn’t just casually mention the sunset inĪn offhand way. Why would a grown man want another grown man to look at a It’s the first thing Hutch mentions at theīeginning of the tag. Wanted Starsky to come over early so they could watch the sunset together.
The candles are totally for Starsky.Ĭonfused? Still wondering why Hutch serves dinner early, ifĭid you figure it out yet? No? Then scroll down for the Planning on having a second dinner with this fictional girlfriend or that heĪnd the girl would be anywhere near the kitchen table. LATER THAT EVENING? The candles would be burned out by then and I doubt he was Because why the F would Hutch be lighting candles during hisĭinner with Starsky if he was planning on having a romantic time with a girl So does that mean there really was a girl coming over laterįor a booty call with Hutch? NO! IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT! It means that Hutch wasĮmbarrassed that Starsky didn’t pick up on his cues and so he made up the storyĪbout the girl. But the ep aired in mid-November and sunset in Los Angelesīay City would have been around 4:45pm, so that IS pretty early to eat dinner. And the sun is just setting, although we don’t know what time of year it’s Really WAS serving it early or Starsky would have pointed out that it wasn’tĮarly. Girl over later and serving an early dinner to Starsky? And apparently he Now, you might be thinking, what’s gay about Hutch having a I find this very exciting because I have been a Hutch girl since I was a kid, and I’m not the one who bought the roasting pan, my hubby did. Because Starsky isn’t going to be leaving early.Īlso, this is going slightly off-topic, but I have the same exact speckled-black roasting pan as Hutch. Non-romantic way, I think) and asks “What time am I leaving?” to which Hutchĭeflects by lifting the cover on the Paul Muni special. Starsky, for his part, seems disappointed by this (but in a Them over from near the window where he’s watching the sunset and then lightsīut when Starsky inquires about the candles by asking “Who are the candles for? Expecting someone?,” Hutch answers “Yeah, that’s why we’reĮating early,” while totally avoiding looking at his He doesn’t just light some candles that are already on the table. Totally not gay, right? (I’m being sarcastic, btw, it’s totally gay). The sunset (for which Starsky has zero interest), and sets a romantic candlelit Hutch has called Starsky’s mom to get his favorite recipe,Ĭooks it and invites Starsky over for dinner, tries to get Starsky to look at With the tag (or even just the tag by itself), you can most definitely see that The scene is totally gay, though, if I can beīut if we put the lovey-dovey morgue scene together Is just Hutch being really supportive and that he has no romantic feelings Now, you could argue that the hand-holding and “Oh, Starsk” And it IS a good way to hide the gay subtext, because who would suspect it in this ep? Seduce him, but that seems to be exactly what Hutch is doing. Now, an episode in which Starsky is mourning his deadĮx-girlfriend doesn’t exactly seem like the best time for Hutch to try to You know, the one where Hutch lightsĬandles and cooks Starsky’s favorite meal that he got from his mother-in-law And then it looks like PMG starts to laugh just before the scene cuts, but I digress.Ģ) The tag. Replies, “It’s alright” and puts his hand over Hutch’s. Hutch puts his hand over Starsky’s hand and says “Oh, Starsk” in THAT way. Hutch offers him coffee but Starsky waves it away. The guys are in the morgue hallway and Starsky Romancing Starsky in this ep where Starsky is mourning his dead ex-girlfriend? Okay, can we talk about the fact that Hutch appears to be