My immediate response was anger, and disbelief. I have a lot of complex feelings about Pray dying. He’s always known his time is limited, and he’s decided that he’s going to spend the rest of it loving the people around him, making amends, and forgiving people. Blanca’s questions bring him back to reality, and he tries to assure them not to worry about him. In the next scene, Nurse Jackie is ranting about the doctor’s incompetence, and getting a second opinion, while Blanca checks in on Pray who is, understandably, checked out. He tells Pray that he has, at most, six month to live with - seemingly - as little care as he can muster. I don’t know what the right way to tell someone they’re going to die is, but I think that doctor could have summoned a shred more decency, respect, care, empathy- anything really. Chemo isn’t an option either, because it would kill him. Pray has cancer, and his T-cells are low enough that treating him isn’t safe. Not long after Nurse Jackie makes her pronouncement, the doctor in question shows up to deliver news. I felt dread building in me with each part of the opening scenes. The nurse tells him that he has swollen lymph nodes, and the doctor would provide more information when he arrives. It begins with a few scenes that set the narrative for the rest of the episode Pray Tell wakes up to night sweats several nights in a row, which sees him at a hospital with Blanca, and Nurse Jackie. This episode of Pose was a heavy one, but filled with such an amazing cast and writing that, while complex, is intentionally engaging with truth. The Autostraddle Encyclopedia of Lesbian Cinema. LGBTQ Television Guide: What To Watch Now.
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