Well, the show has stayed true to it's sympathetic approach to TGs. Sam is just a kid who sometimes expresses his femme side. When he does, the show is sensitive, treating it as a serious, human experience. Even though others on the show respond uncomfortably at times.... it's not treated as a joke. Tonight's show was better than usual. As Sam got ready for a dinner party, dressed in a suit, you cold see he was quite uncomfortable. "It's just a barrette.", he said. Then he picked up a lipstick. Shortly he arrived at the dinner table, completely en femme. Family, guests and dad's boss were there. The boss asked who the pretty, young lady was and where his second son was. "This is my son." Wow! True, they didn't really "out" Sam. They did do a cover story... but that moment was awesome. Not once has Sam's gender identity been the butt of a crude joke. Sam is a sweet, gentle, clever kid.
The show is not bad either. If you haven't been watching it, it's worth a look. I don't like most television and I never miss The Riches. Fortunately it's on about 4-5 times a week on different nights.
"A live lived in fear is a life half-lived." - Native American proverb.
"Inside every man is a woman who was drowned in testosterone before birth". - Wendy Jeanette Larsen
"It is better to be hated for what you are than loved for what you're not." - Andre Gide (French writer)