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** TruthInTelevision--it's ''very'' rude to assume someone's sexuality, especially if they keep denying that they're in a closet. In a place as stereotypically middle-class Southern as Camden County, where homophobia can be expected to run wild, it's even considered an insult to call someone gay because they act a certain way or have certain hobbies. Everyone probably brushed it off so as not to offend someone who's potentially just a "delicate" straight guy. And as for the confession in the second COPS, let's just assume that was an out-of-universe thing.

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** TruthInTelevision--it's ''very'' rude to assume someone's sexuality, especially if they keep denying that they're in a closet. In a place as stereotypically middle-class Southern as Camden County, where homophobia can be expected to run wild, it's even considered an insult to call someone gay because they act a certain way or have certain hobbies. Everyone probably brushed it off so as not to offend someone who's potentially just a "delicate" straight guy. And as for the confession in the second COPS, let's just assume that was an out-of-universe thing.thing.
** It's heavily implied that Kenny didn't have much of a social life before he became friends with Earl, so most people likely didn't notice he even existed, let alone that he was gay.
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** The whole thing on ''Estrada or Nada'' was played exceptionally over-the-top with Joy screaming out their ''address'' on camera. The COPS episode didn't have him in quite the same prominent and dangerous position.

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** The whole thing on ''Estrada or Nada'' was played exceptionally over-the-top over-the-top, with Joy screaming out their ''address'' on camera. The COPS episode didn't have him in quite the same prominent and dangerous position.



* One thing that continually bothers me is all of the romantic hints/connections in the series that got dropped without explanation immediately after. Randy/Catalina of course being the most glaring example, the writing staff even seemingly forgetting about the apartment they owned.

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* One thing that continually bothers me is all of the romantic hints/connections in the series that got dropped without explanation immediately after. Randy/Catalina of course being the most glaring example, the writing staff even seemingly forgetting about the apartment they owned.



** Another bothersome one was the Earl/Ruby setup that such a big deal was made about in the Season 2 finale, only never to be mentioned again during or after Earl's prison sentence (actually, Earl mentions Ruby to another prisoner, saying that they agreed to see other people and it was more beneficial to her than it was to him), instead being replaced with the [[TheScrappy Billie]] [[RomanticPlotTumor storyline]]. Heck, even the Season 3 finale seemingly set a thing up with Randy/Greta to once again disappear the next episode.

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** Another bothersome one was the Earl/Ruby setup that such a big deal was made about in the Season 2 finale, only never to be mentioned again during or after Earl's prison sentence (actually, Earl mentions Ruby to another prisoner, saying that they agreed to see other people people, and it was more beneficial to her than it was to him), instead being replaced with the [[TheScrappy Billie]] [[RomanticPlotTumor storyline]]. Heck, even the Season 3 finale seemingly set a thing up with Randy/Greta to once again disappear the next episode.



*** Earl had reconciled with his dad by the end of season one. Dad's car (episode #18) is about them bonding over a car and repairing their relationship in the process. Their relationship wouldn't have been an issue by this point, so they could have moved back into their parents house.

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*** Earl had reconciled with his dad by the end of season one. Dad's car (episode #18) is about them bonding over a car and repairing their relationship in the process. Their relationship wouldn't have been an issue by this point, so they could have moved back into their parents parent's house.
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** During the first Cops episode, Kenny quite obviously (to the audience) has a crush on Officer Stuart Daniels. This episode was aired on national television (at least, in-universe), so people must have picked up on something. And if that's not enough, at the end of the second Cops, Kenny admits his love to Stuart, only to be rejected. Is this supposed to just be insight on the situation that wasn't shown on the actual Cops episode? Or is everyone in Camden just too dumb to have noticed?

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** During the first Cops episode, Kenny quite obviously (to the audience) has a crush on Officer Stuart Daniels. This episode was aired on national television (at least, in-universe), so people must have picked up on something. And if that's not enough, at the end of the second Cops, Kenny admits his love to Stuart, only to be rejected. Is this supposed to just be insight on the situation that wasn't shown on the actual Cops episode? Or is everyone in Camden just too dumb to have noticed?noticed?
** TruthInTelevision--it's ''very'' rude to assume someone's sexuality, especially if they keep denying that they're in a closet. In a place as stereotypically middle-class Southern as Camden County, where homophobia can be expected to run wild, it's even considered an insult to call someone gay because they act a certain way or have certain hobbies. Everyone probably brushed it off so as not to offend someone who's potentially just a "delicate" straight guy. And as for the confession in the second COPS, let's just assume that was an out-of-universe thing.
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** because that's not how it went down in Shawshank Redemption
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**** Earl had reconciled with his dad by the end of season one. Dad's car (episode #18) is about them bonding over a car and repairing their relationship in the process. Their relationship wouldn't have been an issue by this point, so they could have moved back into their parents house.

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