Dark Angel (guess I'm late to the party)

I'd heard about Dark Angel when it first came on TV, but it wasn't on my radar at the time. It was pretty cheesy and I'd come in late in the second season so I didn't care much. I always thought about going back and checking it out again, because it has a couple guilty pleasure actors in it for me (Jessica Alba and Jensen Ackles) so I figured I'd watch the pilot, see what's up.

Best. Decision. Ever. Now, I need to watch the whole show before I really establish how I feel about this, but my initial impression is that from a minority standpoint, this show rocks. Granted, one of the black actors has a heavy Jamaican accent, but he's also a strong recurring character so far. And the other black actor is this little bombshell.

She goes by the name Original Cindy and she is a bona-fide lesbian. She likes the ladies. And she's the main character's best friend. And she's black. 

AAAHHH!!! Omg she's freaking gorgeous! Tell me you are excited about this! Why are you not excited about this?

Which brings up a pretty great point. Queer person of color on a major television network and this is apparently not news to anyone. This show is so small and on so few people's radar that no one cares. And worst of all -it was canceled after two seasons. Possibly the best representation of queer sexuality in a show that I have ever seen, and it took watching the show myself to even know it existed. 

Granted, I haven't seen Original Cindy with anyone yet, but a strong plot point of one of the latter episodes is one of O.C.s exes. So, major network show, non-stereotypical queer person of color who actually has established past relationships. Why has no one ever mentioned this chick to me before? Why is it that we assume our queer characters are people like Kurt from Glee (male, white, stereotypical) or Jack from Will & Grace (male, white, stereotypical). Where are the women? Where are the people of color? Well, I'll tell you where. In Dark Angel. Which by the way was canceled.

Also, the main character likes the ladies too.

"DARREN: I’ll have a beer, since you’re buying.

MAX: I wasn’t.

DARREN: How you doing, Max?

ORIGINAL CINDY: You mean until you showed up?

DARREN: You’re not still pissed off?

ORIGINAL CINDY: ’Cause you went out the back door and nailed her girlfriend? Who’d be pissed off about that?"