50 Shades of Gay Recap: Rake

Peter Jacobson guest-starred as Max Fawcett, a vindictive agent trying to get Jules (as we had known him up until now) locked up for assault. If you’re a Law & Order buff, you may recall Peter from the SVU series where he was running an escort service as Bart Ganzel, and he also used to be in regular L&O as unorthodox attorney, Randy Dworkin. House M.D. fans may recognize him as Dr. Chris Taub.

Darnell is Jules’ real name. Jules is just an act and a persona Darnell invented to use for his brothel business so he “wouldn’t scare off white boys” like Kee, but he can’t afford for people to find out the connection because his husband, Blake, also has a legit fro-yo business called Blakeberry, so he reaches out to Keegan Dean to get him off the hook for this bogus accusation.

Scarlet runs into a bit of a problem with running for District Attorney. Gloria Barzmann, now acting Mayor, has second thoughts about that endorsement her deceased husband was going to give Scarlet. Mikki gets a marriage proposal from David Potter, who gets shot while trying to apprehend a purse snatcher. Gloria thinks David is a “hero” and decides to get him to run against Scarlet. After David is hurt, Mikki starts calling herself his “fiancée.” But she can’t really marry David without coming clean about her past, can she? She admitted to Kee that David doesn’t even know her real name and neither does Kee. Mikki asks David if he’s sure he can handle Gloria’s offer. David says he really wants it and he has nothing to hide.

Finn’s teacher, Stacy, leaves him for a “younger” guy. A loser with zits who just turned 15! Maddie is so appalled that she accosts Stacy at the school. The predatory teacher tells Maddie it is her own fault her son sought comfort in her arms. Maddie loses it and punches Stacy and Ben has to get her anger management. Her rage with ex-hubby Kee surfaces in the first session.

Kee and Leanne can’t get any of the witnesses to cooperate in clearing Darnell as to what really happened in the Darnell-Max altercation at the Little League game. Kee also runs into a problem with the judge, who upgrades the charge to a felony. Darnell’s husband, Blake, turns “Jules” little black book over to Kee to use as leverage in making sure his man won’t got to jail. A lot of people are in the book who want their names out of it: Ben is one of them and so is the judge, but all the judge (who calls herself an “old lesbyterian”) will trade is a continuance of the trial. Max doesn’t give a damn what Kee does with the book so Kee has to find another angle, and he does. Max is Dutch Sullivan’s agent, star of hit movies like Tokyo Rampart (“I’ll go wasabi on his ass”). Rumors that Dutch is gay are interfering with him getting a part Max covets. The black book plays a part in getting Dutch the Jack Missile part in 4 films and Max drops the charges against Darnell.

Funny parts of this episode include the bickering between Darnell and his husband, Blake, and Cindy and Leanne over who is Kee’s real assistant. Darnell thinks he is in emotional jail and tells Kee if he knew what marriage would be like, he would have told the gay rights people to get lost. When everything else is sorted out, Darnell and Blake get in an argument at the Little League game and Max makes a pass at Blake!

Kee finds out that Cindy is not a lesbian when he asks for her help in figuring out the phone system. Cindy trades barbs with Leanne but when she says that Leanne’s problem is she’s in love with Kee, Leanne scoffs and shuts Cindy down by asking her if Kee has asked her to show him the phone system yet.

The funniest part was Roy wanting Leanne’s number. Leanne has been asking Kee if Roy has mentioned her and Kee claims Roy hasn’t said a word about her. Roy really has been pestering Kee non-stop for Leanne’s number. Roy can’t stop thinking about Leanne and her “sweet fruit.” Kee tells Roy never to mention Leanne’s fruit to him — under any circumstances! When Roy finally agrees to make half of Kee’s payment to Victor, Kee gives him the number. Instead of Leanne being happy about it, she is mad.

Cast of 50 Shades of Gay:
Greg Kinnear – Keegan Deane
Miranda Otto – Maddy Deane
Ian Colletti – Finn Deane
John Ortiz – Ben Leon
Necar Zadegan – Scarlet Leon
Bojana Novakovic – Mikki
David Harbour – David Potter
Kim Hawthorne – Gloria Barzmann
Tara Summers – Leanne Zander
Omar J. Dorsey: Roy
Peter Jacobson – Max Fawcett
Cedric Yarbrough – Darnell/Jules
Dorian Missick – Blake
Jama Williamson – Stacy
Kelly Frye – Cindy
Melissa Hayden – Beatrice
Elayn J. Taylor – Judge Stipple
Wyatt Nash – Dutch Sullivan
Christopher Cedeno – Brandon
Jim Hanks (Tom Hanks’ brother) – Director
Tess Paras – Margot
Connie Schiro – Nurse
Susie Abromeit – Summer
Hannah Marder – Jane
Jesse Jacobs – Mugger
Bob Gebert – Older Man
Margarita Reyes – Sra. Ortega