It's A Sin | 'Lovely' Colin's heartbreaking story
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- After moving to London, Colin finds a new life and friends. But as the 80s roll on, things change for the boy from the valleys.
Its a Sin, a new series from Russell T Davis (Doctor Who, QAF, Years and Years, Cucumber) The series follows five 18-year-olds who move to London in 1981 and have their lives turned upside down by the AIDS crisis. Staring Olly Alexander as Ritchie Tozer, Omari Douglas as Roscoe Babatunde, Callum Scott Howells as Colin Morris-Jones, Lydia West as Jill Baxter, Nathaniel Curtis as Ash Mukherjee, Keeley Hawes as Valerie Tozer, Shaun Dooley as Clive Tozer, Neil Patrick Harris as Henry Coltrane and Stephen Fry as Arthur Garrison
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I found Colin's the saddest of many sad stories. He was such a nice fella. Contracted HIV from his first sexual experience and from an abusive partner. Then treated so badly by the system.
Agree. I have been thinking about his story for days....Thank God for his absolutely wonderful mum, who only cared about his wellbeing and nothing else; and his fabulous friends.
I felt heartbroken after catching this episode. Callum’s performance was so strong I was spellbound. It felt so real to me, the next day I felt like I was in mourning and I had lost a dear friend 😥that story will stay with me
@@Suzakitten “Mourning a friend” perfectly encapsulates the situation. All of the actors performances were fantastic, but Callum’s was hauntingly so.
Just watched the whole series in one sitting, absolutely fantastic but I can't stop thinking about Callum's Colin. Tore my heart out.
@@Suzakitten innit?! Mr @callumshowells is Sensational, his personality, his respectfulness, his beauty, gorgeous accent x his amazing mum too x when Colin aka Isla St Claire, died its like the heart of the group went, then when Rachel died, the light of the group of flatmates went x also when Gloria died, started the tsunami of grief, yet I feel like it's just the tip of the iceberg x
I love how his mum immediately worries about his health/her SON rather than homosexuality when the doctor tells her Colin has aids. What an angel 💛💛💛 I honestly loved watching this series, although it’s so heartbreaking.
Then in the next episode she goes to the riot. Gosh I loved her.
I pray there were many mum's like eileen/irene to the poor boys that were dying. . She is amazing! !!
I couldn't stop thinking about this series. Very few films/series keep u up thinking do they?
She’s a sweet woman
I hate it when they chip in ‘AIDS is associated with the homosexual male population’. I don’t think there was any need to tell her that, it just feels like, given the stigma at the time, it was a rub-salt-in-the-wound situation, and they outed him for no reason
His demise was a special kind of pain because it was the result of an abusive sexual relationship. He didn't experience the fun and madness of Richie. He was the victim of a homophobic sexual partner. His mother was so loving, maternal and caring.
His descent into dementia was extremely harrowing and turbulent.
Couldn't have said it better meself if I tried x
Oh my gawd father's x felt so very sad for him, and it was especially awks because I did laugh because as Colin is, ya know, his mother is trying to stop him, *clears throat* and as he is ya knowing, his mum is involved if you catch ma drift x also just adore the way he finds Ritchie sexy in his towel, and takes great pleasure in telling Ritchie, just so sad, because if things were different... Extra sad because Colin hadn't been as at ease with his sexuality as Ritchie... Dang it, those scenes would have been very hot to watch x heehee xxxx the other sad thing is they didn't know what to do, and were scoulding him, poor gent does not not what day of the week it is x let alone anything else x then I feel guilty for laughing too... X REALLY poignant, witty, because of Colin"s quip " Ritchie"s being nice to me, I must be dying" x
Is it weird when he had the delirium in hospital, comes on to Ritchie, without the undercurrent of the AIDS epidemic, Colin and Ritchie would have been hot to watch.. Sadly, wasn't meant to be x
@C de Fg who you calling doughnuts, you jumped up, frigging vile piece of whatever
Abusive sexual relationship.!!!!! That’s how a lot of gay sex was in the 80’s and still popular now. That’s how married men like to treat the gay boys. The way Colin said “so Will you be going out every Thursday night Mrs Jones” with a glint in his eye. Colin wasn’t complaining
This was so expertly made. I spent the whole episode thinking he can’t have aids because he hasn’t slept with anyone, only to find out at the end about his sexual encounters with the “guy in the football shirt”. The saddest part for me was when the mother of the “guy in the football shirt” enters the aids ward to find out her son has it and gets riled up saying her son “isn’t one of those filthy, dirty queers”. I don’t think I’ve ever watched a show that so accurately depicts the mindset of of many in society during this harrowing period.
RIGHT, I was so mad and confused that he had aids and then they were like "oh yeh, he had sex btw" like... bruh. Still can't get over Episode 3's joke about Philip Scoffield being gay only for him to come out a week after they wrapped up filming the series.
Yeah. That plot twist really SHOCKED me because I thought MAYBE hed gotten with Neil Patrick Harris' character or his lover or something but NO and Im glad I didnt read any spoilers! When the "football shirt's" mom walked in and shes basically so thick in denial of the worst kind and I realized both were in the same hospital at the same time my jaw REALLY dropped.......
One thing I must add: I dug a little deeper and found out that the woman who plays the landlady is called Debra Baker. She is in her early or mid 50s and like a lot of the cast members is coming from a theater background. I couldnt find more on her, but if she was doing a lot of theater in the late 80s/early 90s, she must have lost a good number of friends to AIDS, making being a part of Its a Sin a deeply personal one for her. I can recall meeting a teacher who had worked in New York City theater before making a career change, and I remember her telling me that 1988 was "the year everybody died...."
I was infuriated with that woman. The fact that the mom was so high and mighty and judgemental about gay men when it was her son who got Colin sick. Ugh!!
Now I wanna know how "football shirt" got it!
Colin is so joyful and so innocent. His mother is so beautiful and kind. The best of storytelling. My heart broke for all the Colins who lost their lives so young.
@C de Fg go away ya tout
@C de Fg what's normal? We are who we are. Don't like it, don't watch it 👋
@C de Fg How is it propaganda?
@C de Fg It pains me to see a grown man waste so, so much energy berating homosexuality.
Why shouldn't this programme be allowed to advertise on television?
@C de Fg 1 - I'm not entirely sure how to respond to that, evoking emotion from an audience is the goal of any writer; the purpose of this programme is to entertain. You clearly aren't too fond of homosexuals, so I get the impression that any media that humanises and evokes the slightest bit of sympathy in the direction of gays will likely get the same response from you: 'Propaganda!'
Labelling a show as propaganda just because it evokes some sympathy for a gay character with AIDs is bizarre. If a likeable character is suffering, most people are likely to feel sympathy, attacking that as being 'propaganda' doesn't make any sense. Even if 'it's their own fault', you can still feel bad for that person even if their suffering is the result of their own mistakes.
Imagine you have a friend who is really nice, friendly, kind, an all-round pleasant person, but they smoke and, unfortunately, contract lung cancer as a result, you're gonna feel some sympathy towards that person even though their suffering is 'their own fault' for smoking, it's called being a decent human being.
The show acknowledges that several of the characters' lack of caution is putting them at risk.
You've written above that you'd 'never watch this', I'm surprised that you're commenting on the show's intentions when you haven't watched it?
2 - So you don't hate us, but you've taken to RUclips to express your disgust at a show being about homosexuals and think that any media that evokes the slightest bit of sympathy in the direction of a gay person is 'propaganda' and that you don't want to see us or hear us, or know about us. Right, crystal clear.
3 - I'd say a slight overrepresentation isn't a massive issue, providing it isn't excluding other groups. Any misconception about what percentage of the population is gay can easily be resolved by a quick Google search.
4 - I'd have to agree with you on that one, I don't think homophobic, racist or other comments deemed offensive should be removed from social media platforms, because with it you remove any possibility of discussion and understanding between groups with differing opinions.
I encourage you to watch the show, if you do, please have an open mind.
Colin's mom was so lovely. She loved her son so hard. His story was absolutely heartbreaking because he was such a sweet guy and this episode absolutely devastated me. It was so fucking sad.
It broke my heart
Same 💔
"I'm not dirty" 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 poor lovely Colin 😢 broke my heart watching this series ❤
Because even now, it is still percieved as a disease for (no knock on my favorite singer ever) Freddie Mercury or Halston type party animals as opposed to nice 16 or 18 year old kids who go to work or school and then ring mom every night....
I'm 50 years old. You people have no idea what this mini-series has done to me. . . Nah, that's not fair. You guys got the tiniest glimpse. The tiniest of glimpses. . . What helps though, when I think about all those men that died, those boys. What helps when you all turned your back on us. What helps. . . What helps is that you fell in love with Colin. And it doesn't matter if you are gay or straight, male or female, black or white. You fell in love with him. And it ripped your guts out when he died. Thank you. Thank you for acknowledging him. Thank you on behalf of all the Colins that died. Thank you on behalf of all the other Colins that died. And thank you for listening to the stories of those that lived. We lived. We lived. And we will carry them always. Love and Light Jason.
❤️
I did fall in love with Colin and that was a beautiful thing to read. X
How could you not? He’s so good and easy to love.
@@Jessnummers ❤❤
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Callum did a brilliant job in portraying Colin's beautiful character. The storyline is truly heart-breaking, but it's very important in the series. At the beginning you would think that Colin was the least likely to contract HIV considering that he was the least sexually active of the group, and probably the only one who was looking for stable and monogamous relationship. Also, the fact that Colin got infected in an apparently safe and socially "normal" white middle-class environment is emblematic. I think that the writer's intention is to show that HIV/AIDS can affect anyone, even the sweetest, nicest and most innocent people. HIV/AIDS doesn't choose who to infect, it doesn't just affect people who homophobes think "deserve" it.
It REALLY hit home.
When he said to his mom in the hospital "I'm not dirty" and his face, oh my word i choked up. His story was the saddest for me in the whole show 💔
The bit where he says "make them do something mammy i dont want to die" has been playing on my mind since i watched this, can only just think about it without crying... 😭
It's chilling
@@dankmd3311 it is chilling
I wanted to hug him so bad!!!
Colin is such a sweet character and his mammy is just amazing too. The actor, Callum, seems like a good egg too tbf
He is! I met him after an evening performance Callum was in at The National Theatre and he was honestly a salt of the Earth guy incredibly friendly and lovely and gave me a hug to.
I'm still in pieces. I just want to hold Colin so much. And his mum is so lovely, my heart goes out to her too :(
honestly the saddest episode. absolutely bawled my eyes out
For me this was the most heart wrenching of story lines, brilliantly written, Callum played it to a tee, even his mum , the little mannerisms , a little nod and squint of the eye, a true portrayal understood from knowing. Congratulations to you all 👍👍
It broke my heart when colin died. He was so lovely and didnt deserve any of this.
Exactly! The song " what have I done to deserve this comes to mind x
@@angelaandersons7918 never new that song was about AIDS
I was paraphrasing but Neil Tennant/Chris of Pets Shop Boys, wrote both songs and are gay x i ADORE them x
No one did or does.
cried so much!
Am i the only one who was more sad about colin passing away than richie
Colins story broke me 💔
Richie was very ignorant but look at his upbringing though. Not a bad person though.
@@meandi5956 I agree, I cried when Ritchie died but I was more heartbroken for Jill at his death. Ritchie was very ignorant and at first didn’t believe that AIDS was a thing he needed to worry about. I get why he didn’t like how they where calling it a gay flu but he was still ignorant that so many gay men where dying. But it was still sad that he died. However Colin was just purely innocent and naive. I do feel for Ritchie though when his mother found out, she was horrible in his final days and he never got to say goodbye to his friends. At least Colin had a lovely mother who wasn’t angry or upset or confused and he died surrounded by his friends.
Both were so sad, Colins was unexpected but Riches was sad as he died alone :(
Richie didn’t think AIDS was a big deal and that it was just a rumor when it wasn’t
Collin's death was the saddest. He was such a sweet and kind lad
I found Riches death sadder we knew him more then Colin .... Saw him full of life and aspirations and then bed bound back to being a little boy being cared for by his mother ... It's just Richies story was more full circle
Adding Colin to the list of TV characters who I will never stop grieving 😭💔
I hope the snowman is on the list
His mum was an angel, very lucky to have her
As a gay man I cried myself to sleep after watching this, so beautifully made
Hope you’re ok now lovely think this has touched everyone xx
I hear you. It was gut wrenching wasn't it.
Same. I’m not a gay man but I still did the same
@@thegayone1911 strange name then
@@rick182z yeah that comment was when I was in denial whoops
I'm still reeling from Colin's storyline and I watched it like 2 weeks ago. It breaks your heart through him and his mother and the heartbreak everyone goes through during and after. The poor guy, he was just so proud of his keys :(
Thank god it isn't just me, literally watched its a sin on binge since Friday of last week x
@@angelaandersons7918 I couldn't stop, as soon as I knew they were all there that was it! All watched in 2 nights 😂
Such a heart breaking episode although sadly this was reality for so many people. Callum deserves an award for such a brilliant, yet sensitive portrayal of a lovely character. Also Andria Doherty as Colin's mum was absolute standout here too. Kudos to RTD for telling this story - one of so very many.
Colin had the worst in his young 20´s when you think about it, he was so innocent. He lost Henry who he was close with, his boss tried to sexually harass him just before he saw his newspapers of HIV which led him getting sacked, had his first sexual experience with an abusive partner which wasn’t pleasant then he caught HIV and died. He never seemed to have fun in his life to me Colin is a indeed a tragic character
Having lived through this era in my 20s and 30s, this brought me to tears.
Colin’s story was especially devastating as I was completely unaware of how AIDS affects the brain. It felt as though I should’ve known that and how crucially important raising awareness through the lens of contemporary historical drama is for everyone. AIDS is such a cruel disease that has stolen many lives far too soon. ♥️
Cytomegalovirus infection as well as other possibilities, but that was the one I saw the most.
Your whole entire body can fall apart..some die completely blind
Makes so much sense when Colin and his land lady were talking and she was asking him if when he’ll be home because she’ll lock the door at 10 and he said “I might stay out all night” and then luckily he found his way to the Pink Palace. But knowing what happened it all just makes sense. I haven’t been affected by a character/story on a tv show in so long! RIP and I send love and light to all the Colins out there! 💙💙💙
Absolutely heartbreaking series, this has to be the most sad aspect of the story. Colin was such a likeable character, I found myself thinking at least Colin will be one of the survivors. How wrong I was.
He reminds me of a very dear friend of mine, who took years to come out to me because he thought as a straight guy I wouldn't want to know him anymore. I was mortified he could think that, I didn't and still don't care what two consenting adults choose to do. It didn't make a difference to the love and respect I had for our friendship. He was a lovely friend always there for me, especially when I was struggling emotionally during my medical training. We drifted apart a few years after I got married but knew we we're always there for each other if needed. Sadly lost him to AIDS related complications 3 years ago and he is such a miss.
The way he tells his mum "I'm not dirty" breaks my heart, like it was his fault or he had done something wrong. Poor lovely, beautiful boy.
Colin's story was (for me) the saddest and most moving.
Callum Scott Howells ..... brilliant ... just brilliant. Thank you 🙏💙🙏
I'm crying again. Oh my gosh, Collin's story really hit me so hard and the reveal in the end just made it more painful. Callum did an exceptional job in every scene. Gosh, we lost so many Collins with this plague.
I'm sorry
You dont have to be sorry
I'm not dirty ....
Broke my heart that did .....he felt that way Because of society in the 80s ....
Absolutely heartbreaking. I haven't cried this much since, well, Years and Years. Russell T Davies really is an amazing writer, producing two of my favourite shows
Oh Poor Colin. He really was lovely and sweet wasn't he? His last scenes were certainly heartbreaking.
cheers channel 4 i'm now crying again :(
Beautifully portrayed by his mum and him. Colins story broke my heart all that suffering when only wanting love.
his story shattered my heart in ways that it can never be rebuilt
Just watched the entire series and colins story shattered me the fact that he had just moved to the big city and got infected by the son who was a roughie and didn’t even care about Colin just wanted to get off it caught me Completely offguard the moment he fell out I just thought he really did have just epilepsy but then it happened again and I thought that way we haven’t seen him be with anybody and then I thought he was with the older couple which was wrong it was his first experience when he first moved to the big city which is so sad because that was in 1981 he didn’t start to feel the illness until 1985 which means for 4 1/2 years the virus was just eating at his brain so sad the actor played it to a T it felt so real do you have motion the acting and when he told his mother I’m not dirty it reminded me of the fat old man who was his boss and kept hounding him about being clean and I was washing his hands
America here just seeing it over and over - I absolutely HATED his fist boss. I wished he had gone to the pint shop first. I wished he had me his mates first instead of being in that house. Colin in he house goes beyond being gay to me. It affects me on a level, gay or straight of raw abuse, of an innocent. In he HOME where the adults were (most of the time). This story of Colin's tears you apart many ways. 4 years. Darn shame to live with it, live with he shame of abuse. Gosh, what a series!
I’m still so heartbroken 💔 Colin deserved so much better, his story was by far the saddest, coupled with Ritchie’s and Gregory/Gloria’s. Even Roscoe, Jill and Ash’s stories were sad at how they remained so loyal, loving and caring for all of them but were heartbroken at losing the people they loved. 😢
His mother was so loving and caring - the best part was that she was not upset or unaccepting at all that he was gay and that his friends were too, his mother and Jill’s parents were exactly the people and parents that they all needed.
He was so innocent, I wish he could have found love but his friendships with Jill, Ritchie, Roscoe, Ash and Gregory/Gloria and relationship with his mother were all the love that he needed and I wish could have lasted with him for all time.
The last 3 episodes had me in tears. Especially Colin’s story. He wasn’t sleeping around and telling everyone about it. He had sex the first time. With a guy he liked. And he contracted the virus. Colin was such a sweet, loveable guy.
Episode 3 I thought was especially moving and brought me to tears. Colin's mother was lovely . I thought the final phone call scene was heart rending and Jill's reaction so well played. The character of Jill was so good and her speech at the end of episode 5 about shame was powerful and true. I am of the same age as the characters. The 80's was awful in terms of prejudice. I have encouraged friends to watch Episode 3 if none of the others as in my opinion it conveys such much about the early days of HIV.
Colin was my favourite character 💔😢
Callum Scott Howells performance in this role was nothing short of incredible. Hes only 21 or 22 and this has MADE his career. We need more Colins and Colin like characters in the world.
If you watch the after hour special, Colin is partly based on Nathaniel Hall. He plays Donald in part 3 and is HIV positive in real life. He got it from his first sexual encounter when he was 16. Hes in his mid 30s now, lives a normal life, and says that 20 years earlier, he basically would have been Colin. My guess would be that Nathaniel's "football shirt" is likely very much alive too. Other than COVID 19, I cannot think of a disease that more progress has been made with than HIV/AIDS. Theres this real amazing video of Nathaniel with a dancer who has a rare bone disorder on RUclips. It might make you cry.
Still even all that progress cant bring all those real life Colins and Ritchies back.
Fantastic actor
At 4:01 when Colin says "oh mammy" is when my heart ripped in two. people who died from aids was someone's child.
I am 58 and remember those days. I still haven't found the courage to watch the series.
do it before it's too late for you
I was crying my eyes out pretty much from episode 3 until the end of episode 5 😢
Gorgeous acting and the story, heartbreaking.
Colin's death made me the saddest out of everyone, his genuine demeanor and friendliness was so wholesome. Sad to see him treated so badly by the system, as many were and that he developed AIDS from the abusive sexual encounter with the one partner. Bravo for this storytelling and my sympathies to everyone who has a similar story, and to those millions who didn't survive to tell their tales.
his innocence makes his death so heartbreaking :(
this was honestly the best series i’ve ever seen ♥️
This story just shattered me to bits 💔🤧
Colin didn't deserve to die 🙏
Nah but we needed that shock death to pull us in even more at the mid point of the series.
@@shortangel333 but he still didn’t deserve to die.
@@sleepy7138 Not even for the plot?
@@ElitistFamily1995 I said 'needed" not 'deserved,' also its basic drama rules, kill off a beloved main character part way through the series to heighten the drama.
Thats the point no one deserved to die from this horrible illness but they gave us someone sweet and innocent to highlight that
Colin's story was absolutely heartbreaking! Watching the series, I kept thinking that Colin would be the least likely to contract AIDS because he wasn't promiscuous. He was such a sweetheart.
COLIN DESERVED BETTER. I wish my mum was like Eileen.
Amazing writing and wonderful acting, especially by young Callum!
My mum and I finished this a week ago but still cry over sweet Colin. All those boys.. it’s so sad...
The part was missed where he lost his job as the boss thought he had aids. That’s important as this is what really happened!!
For me Colin was the standout of Its A Sin. The actor was brilliant.
This comedy series made me laugh so much! Thank you channel 4!🎉
Oh Colin 😢 I loved him and his lovely mum.
I hate to think of all the wonderful lads and lasses just as gorgeous as Colin who went through this. God rest their souls and grant them better in heaven.
His story absolutely broke my heart!
This will never cease to upset me
Believe me when I say this: I don’t cry usually. But oh boy watching Colin and his mom breaks my heart into pieces. Just their voice. He utters a phrase “I am not dirty. Mommy do something I don’t wanna die” oh my I die inside
In a way, Collins achieved so much in so little time that one is left wondering about his wasted potential. He left wales for the Big city, found himself and a group of people who loved and cared for him, stood against an abusive partner and a creepy boss, went to New York, was accepted fully by his mother and died in a loving environment. It might be short, but I guess it is time well spent.
Collin's storyline was so sad. The whole series is Terribly sad. Only small clips make me sob
The amount of grief this show has left with me. There were so many Colins and Ritchie’s. I can’t stop thinking about this 😢
This is not grief unless you knew such people or lived through this period of time. It's just sadeness and empathy.
@@yevgeniyaleshchenko849 girl shut up
If this was a film I'd be saying it's my favourite of all time. Wonderful in so many ways and hits a punch like an iron fist in a velvet glove. So very well written and made.
Makes you think...could never have predicted that he was used by his landlady's son
And that landlady proves to be a real witch. In all fairness her son while certainly an abusive jerk would not have known he had HIV in 1981. No one knew what HIV was. How it unfolded for Colin made my jaw drop.
he looked like he was enjoying it
@@rickhardman7376 it was still extremely abusive, the guy who did it to him seemed to be doing it out of anger and didn't give a flying f about Colin, it was very borderline r*pey
This always breaks my heart. He’s such a sweet innocent man
I loved Colin, he was so sweet and loveable. It was so sad that he only had the one sexual experience but he caught AIDS from it.
It was very unclear if it was consensual or not.....certainly Ross was not comfortable with being gay, possibly due to messages he got from his mum, who was clearly homophobic. It was difficult to see whether his lack of relationships after were due to trauma or because of his very obvious shyness.
His mum was wonderful, and a complete contrast to Ritchies mum. She loved him unconditionally and was to really non judgemental both about his sexuality and his illness. All mums need to be like Colin's mum!
I have started watching this in the afternoon. I have just finished the last episode. And I can not stop the tears.
I adored Colin, and his lovely mum.
Oh, sweet boy. I have to cuddle my own boy a bit closer now. God
I cried so much with his Story. This show broke my heart.
BRUH I just finished this series yesterday and it's been haunting me since. Colin broke my heart in the best and worst ways.
Sweet Colin you were a beautiful sole. My heart broke watching this episode
He was just coming out of his shell too and his mum was so lovely 😢
Way to many Colin’s died in horrible stigma & pain. For all the Colin’s we remember 💙
I watched this when it was on in the first place , and binge watched it again with my sister this weekend , it was harder to watch the second time around as I noticed things I’d not seen before 💔
Absolutely brilliant series,just discovered it.
Beautiful Colin, My fav character and his story broke my heart "I'm not dirty mammy" Callum can certainly act,
It's a harsh reality aids. If you were lucky enough to catch it perhaps when you were in 30s at least you had a few years. However I saw a documentary where there were 19 years old having it. Sad reality but its the truth. These men were so brave.
this may have been my favourite storyline actually.
Colin was such a sweetheart :(
Colin’s death was definitely the saddest and most heartbreaking out of all of them 🥺😢😭💔
I cry a lot, my heart brokes in too many pieces, this serie is the best!!!
Je n'ai pas fini de regarder en VO cette mini-série. L'épisode 3 est sans doute le plus dur. Immédiatement touché par cet acteur/ce personnage, l'innocent, naïf et adorable Colin dont la fin de vie est un tourment. Je me suis identifié tout de suite à ce garçon venu du pays de Galles, si discret. J'avais dans les 17 ans en 1984 (tous les morceaux pop qui passent dans le show ont une résonance particulière), le sida je ne savais pas vraiment ce que c'était, la télé relayait des infos floues depuis 2/3 ans déjà, on parlait du "cancer gay". Moi je me cherchais et cet évènement ne m'a pas du tout aidé dans la construction de mon identité sexuelle. Mais je n'avais pas de sexualité active à ce moment là, au lycée de province, j'étais rêveur et très sage (j'ai connu mon premier mec à 22 ans), chez moi on ne parlait pas de ces "choses là". Bref avec le recul, si j'avais été plus vieux, j'aurais peut-être été dans le même cas que ce pauvre Colin, ébloui par les lumières de la grande ville et victime d'un premier partenaire abusif et homophobe. Dès la séquence de la première crise d'épilepsie, mon cœur a comme été broyé. Colin c'est moi, et c'est les autres. Toutes les séquences qui suivent sont déchirantes, révoltantes... double condamnation à mort pour cet ange. Les années 80 et dans ce cas la Grande-Bretagne sont l'anti-chambre de l'Enfer pour les homos (une autre séquence très dure: en Écosse, la famille de la première victime du groupe d'amis qui brûle les effets personnels, meubles et même toutes les photos de leur enfant décédé, dans un bûcher digne d'un autodafé du moyen-âge). A côté de cela il reste les moments de joie, les fêtes, le sexe, le plaisir de le famille reconstituée dans un appartement symbole d'un havre de liberté au milieu d'un océan de haine.
Early AIDS and the difference between Colin and Richie as individuals. Colin was shy and reserved. Richie was outgoing, proud of his sexuality and being himself. Both sad outcomes just different personalities.
“I’m not dirty…”
Aaaand there’s the sound of everyone’s hearts breaking. 💔
He's the sweetest of them all!!!So sad😭
this broke my heart man
Omggg... such a sweet character...such a sad story
This is probably the saddest part of the whole show :(
Truly a fantastic series... x
Cried my eyes out at this scene. So sad
This broke me and my wife and I'm cold hearted
This show wrecked me, but Colin's death hit me the hardest. He was so sweet.
he deserved better💔
God I need to watch this whole series, what I’ve seen has been beautifully written but I struggle with tragic/traumatic scenes and I know there are a few in this.
It's really good but it will destroy you emotionally.
I never get emotional with tv shows, movies, etc…… but this had me in my feelings…… it broke my fucking heart 🥺