Watching Queer Eye on Netflix has been a recipe for a good, hard cry since its very first episode. There’s something about seeing those five hot, friendly gay men throw buckets of money and labor at deserving people that makes anyone with a heart turn on the waterworks. Beyond its makeover format, however, many of Queer Eye’s most tearjerking moments occurr when a “hero” confronts the psychological and emotional blocks that informed their behavior and has an on-screen breakthrough on what’s been causing them pain.
Some Queer Eye heroes learn to write nice things about themselves on the wall to combat their internalized self-hatred and shame. Others go to a dance class and understand the importance of valuing their romantic partners. And then there’s Episode 2 of Season 4, in which Karamo Brown facilitates a filmed meeting between a wheelchair-using hero and the man who went to prison for shooting and paralyzing him. Read more…
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