We here at The Club were just giddy when Thomas Dekker’s character, Zach, the adorable outcast on NBC’s “Heroes,” outed himself in an episode that aired about a month ago. It was only a matter of time; they had been hinting at his sexuality all season, and the show’s writers had confirmed his sexuality in various interviews.
But now it’s being reported that Zach’s expressed sexuality will be reneged when the show comes back in January. Perhaps he had a latent heterosexualizing power that he inadvertently turned on himself during an exercise in self-exploration. Or that the writers just didn’t find the power to bedazzle an old Ramones t-shirt in mere seconds compelling enough to pull the character through the rest of the season.
It’s unclear whether it’s NBC or Dekker’s representation is responsible for luring the lad back into the closet, but one thing’s for certain: everyone feels that having a gay character on a TV drama about embracing individuality and uniqueness is just redundant. Fuckers.
Somewhere, Dominic Monaghan and Kyle KY feel slightly more normal.
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He also got cast as John Connor on the new Terminator TV series. So, gay or not he probably won’t be around much longer. Sigh.