Kish: The Book

There was a little bit of action on the Kish front today, though Kyle was nowhere to be seen and Fish was mostly on in his capacity as a police officer. Most of the action in their story today actually centered around Cristian and Layla.

Cris showed up at his family's diner, the Buenos Dias, where his mother Carlotta was sporting a whole new face. You may recall that Patricia Mauceri, the original actress who played Carlotta, was fired from the show for refusing to play scenes that depicted her character as a mother who would be supportive of a gay son. The scenes in question have arrived at last, it seems, as has actress Saundra Santiago in the role of Carlotta.

In today's show, Carlotta noticed that Cris was carrying a bag from a bookstore where she has a discount. She offered to take the book back and get him 15% off on it, but Cris hastily told her that he'd got the book on sale, so there was no need.

Carlotta asked her son how his new apartment and roommates were working out and then mentioned that she'd always liked that nice Officer Fish and hoped that he'd find a nice woman to settle down with.

Cristian got the funniest look on his face, but just told his mother that a nice woman was her answer for everything. Carlotta said that it could certainly work in Cristian's case.

At the police station, Layla asked Fish if he'd reached any decisions about coming out to his parents. Oliver urged her to keep her voice down, but she assured him that no one else was around. Fish avoided answering the question by doing some actual police work, and Layla left to meet Cris for lunch.

Once Layla and Cris were together at the diner, Cris showed Layla the book that he'd bought for Fish, which was entitled How to Tell Your Parents You're Gay. Layla found the gesture sweet (as, I have to admit, did I) and told her roommate that if she hadn't sworn off men, she might have kissed him for it (as would I).

Cris explained that he doesn't really know what to say to Fish, so he thought that this was at least something that he could do. If only they'd shown a scene where Cris actually bought the book! I think that would have been pretty amusing.

Cristian asked Layla to give Oliver the book when she went back to work, but Layla thought that Cris should do it himself, since it was his idea. Cristian claimed that men just don't give each other books like that, and they sort of pushed the book back and forth across the table to each other until Carlotta showed up with their flan and saw the title before Cris could cover it up.

It should be interesting to see the follow up to that, even though we already know that Carlotta will be supportive of the son she now thinks is gay! I'm hoping we may see Kyle again soon, too, and see how things are progressing with him and Nick.