Written by Dee Johnson
Directed by Daniel Minihan
Sandy: "I take care of myself. I work out. I'm young, dumb and full of cum."
Hawk: "You're bulletproof."
Second episode in and still with the timelines splitting, we pick up from where Hawk had landed in San Francisco and the first thing that happened was meeting with Tim's sister, Maggie (Edie Inksetter). She wasn't particularly pleased with Hawk and she made sure he knew it.
Not that Hawk was too deterred by a disapproving relative. Nope, he still wanted to reunite with Tim but before he did, he took in some of the younger gay scene. That included a rather interesting scene where a younger gay man named Sandy (Max Kobetich) and his friends displayed a carefree way of life that Hawk clearly envied.
As for the reunion between Hawk and Tim, it was certainly tense between the two of them. Yes, there's some bitterness as we're told that Tim couldn't love anyone after Hawk and he was quick to remind Hawk that his condition wasn't airborne.
Going back into the early days of their relationship, there was more tension between Hawk and Tim when the latter struck a friendship with Hawk's secretary, Mary (Erin Neufer) and the latter's live in girlfriend, Caroline (Gabbi Kosmidas). On one hand, it was great to see Tim's friendship with Mary and Caroline. Unfortunately, it's a friendship with consequences.
With more investigations this week, it was Mary and Caroline that were hounded by McCarthy and Cohn's snooping into the gay community. Just as frustrating was Hawk forcing Tim into sabotaging Mary and Caroline's relationship in order to take the heat off Mary. Caroline on the other hand was thrown under the bus.
As for the rest of the episode with Hawk and Tim, we had the former paying a visit to his family, spiting his dying father, going to lengths to protect Senator Smith while also growing closer to Lucy. Then there was Tim confessing his sins to a priest again. He's certainly not really working through his guilt.
- We got a title sequence for the miniseries and as I didn't mention it, I do like Hawk's Skippy nickname for Tim.
- Marcus got a love interest in drag entertainer, Frankie (Noah J. Ricketts). Storme DeLarverie was played by Chelsea Russell.
- I got the impression that Hawk might have had a previous sexual history with Senator Smith's son, Leonard (Mike Taylor) while I liked Tim's scenes with Luis (Nck Name).
- Chronology: 1953, Washington and 1986 San Francisco.
Bulletproof had its moments, subtlety discussing the AIDS crisis in between the political collisions, the tense scenes between various characters and of course, the reunion between two former lovers. Not to mention the religious and family discourse throughout.
Rating: 8 out of 10
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