Vera Future? David Leon?

That is good news!

Hi Jane. I'm assuming you are referring to my question about David Leon's private life. Most actors seek the limelight publicly and privately, especially heterosexual actors. When checking the main web sites dealing with who is dating who it seems David Leon is non-existant. There must be a reason for that and yes, it could be that he wants to keep his private life private. That leaves his sexuality suspect.

Wanting for a fictional character to be gay - in this case (Lewis) the writers for James Whatley have made it clear that Hathaway does not look down on or consider gay people "less than" (while Lewis did show some disdain for gay characters) and they have hinted that he experimented with his sexuality in his teen years. If they were to elevate the character to the position held by Lewis (DI) and renamed the series "Hathaway" a new DS would be expected. We've seen all the second bananas on the British shows from Scott & Bailey, the recent Broadchurch, Shetland, Vexed, etc and those have run the female gamut. The world has changed. The only people denying equality or insisting gay people remain in the closet are homophobic and generally religious zealots. Adding a gay male authority figure (DS) to a new series like "Hathaway" would surely give it a high profile - especially with good crime and mystery stories for the two leads to investigate and solve.

Another British show that would benefit from adding a gay Sargeant would be Midsomer Murders. It has been noted that Jason Hughes may opt out as Sgt Benjamin Jones and adding an openly gay Sargeant to work with Barnaby (Dudgeon) would be appealing.

You say - "Who someone falls in love with has nothing to do with anything, as long as they are both consenting adults..."

And I'm wondering why you said it but since you did - can you name me one British crime or mystery series which offers a respected openly gay respected authority figure who works in tandem with a straight male partner? The answer is you can't because British television is too fearful to go there. Do you seriously believe Morse would have ever been paired up with an openly gay partner? When gay characters are introduced they tend to be depraved with criminal intent, pedophiles or mentally disturbed - and that's just not the reality of gay people by any stretch of the imagination. Tim Cook, (CEO of Apple), Ian McKellan (famous actor) and thousands of other openly gay Americans are just as normal as you and me.

BTW, I'm still waiting for the third series of Vera. Has it ever been filmed and released? Does anyone know?