...It was gonna turn out Bash and Florian were lovers and he was going to end up being HIV positive too?
shareI was thinking the same thing, especially when he wanted everything bleached in the room he stayed in. Bash was my favorite character this season. I hope Chris Lowell gets recognition for it at the Emmys and Golden Globes.
shareI did because because it being the 80’s and HIV and AIDS was new then. Oh that and I, for the life of me, **cannot remember who in the hell Florian is**, but they sure seemed pretty tight. THEN I couldn’t remember if Bash was gay or not. I think Bash mentioned a Butler or something and mentioned late paychecks, so I couldn’t remember if it was house staff that raised him, but when they went to the gay club it appears Bash and Florian were the same age so it wasn’t like Florian raised him, so there went that theory. The other hint they were of the same age is Florians folks were still alive. I waited for more hints to be dropped, but I got nothing.
When Bash was by the pool crying and smoking while they were bleaching the house, I wasn’t sure if that bleaching thing was because they didn’t know much about HIV and AIDS back then and he was worried he could be infected that way or if he was worried he may have it because they were lovers. It literally went both ways and frustrated the crap out of me. However, Bash seemed shocked at the club. As if he didn’t know Florian was gay. There was that confusing moment too.
Then they dropped the entire Florian thing all together after the pool scene and I just finished S2, so I still am no closer to remembering who Florian is and why he and Bash were super tight. I guess I’m going to have to rewatch S1 to solve the Florian mystery.
You're not the only one!
shareSorry so late, my email was filtering this as spam. I went back and watched S1 and Florian and Bash knew each other since 2nd grade and Florian now worked for Bash as his Butler. The reason I don't remember Florian was because for whatever reason, I never saw this specific episode where they all go to a party at Bash's house. Debbie gets druuuuuunk as hell and clings to Florian all night and talks about her marriage problems or something. Florian grabs Ruth to help him get Debbie in a taxi to get her home. IMDB says he was in 4 episodes (including episode 1 of season 2, the one where he disappears) but I watched all of season 1 and I don't remember seeing him, including not seeing him in episode 1 of season 2 lol. The man is a mystery!
Now, I don't think Bash knew Florian was gay. After watching Season 1 Episode 3 now knowing that they were best friends for so long and Bash's confused reaction at the gay club and appalled when the bartender hit on him and offered him a drink when they went looking for in in Season 2 Episode 1, and all that makes sense now.
Thanks for doing the legwork. I couldn't remember season 1 at all, but didn't want to rewatch it. Season 2 was a vast improvement in my opinion, I'd happily watch it again. Now I'll understand it better too!
shareWow, thanks for that. I'm slow as hell and didn't catch any of this. I thought Bash was having his house scrubbed to wipe any trace of memory of Florian. Didn't catch it when he was told over the phone that he'd died "ultimately of pneumonia". Friggin AIDS, wow.
Just finished binging both seasons and was confused when Bash asked brains to marry him, as I assumed he was gay. But that's RIGHT, he kind of freaked out when being hit on that bartender.
So...Bash wasn't gay...Florian had just been his best friend since childhood...
Maybe it was just me, but it seemed like this series really wanted you to think that he was gay. His whole, "he's my butler" thing...I mean, come on, red flags all over the place.
I wonder if they were supposed to be lovers, but the writers changed their mind after coming up with the whole wedding thing while writing Season II. Which would be why the dynamic of the whole Florian subplot took such a dramatic turn right off the bat in the new season.
Because Bash had 'gay' written all over him, IMO.