Episode 290 - 299

Deniz comes out. Marian offers to make lamb chops. Roman tries to get on the flashback row machine of doom, but is thwarted by his knee, and there are long, painful and lovely looks between our boys.

Nina's in trouble again (must be Wednesday) and may have to leave Essen...again.

Roman tries to talk Diana into getting married so he can have wedding cake (adorable!) and Nadja, for reasons unbeknownst to us, wants to move in with Nina. We think she's insane.

Roman had mad athletic sex with Ingo. He calls it "physio". Also, Diana (who seems to think she's a main character or something) and Julian are being cute and fluffy all over our angst-ridden Gay Boys With Issues channel. What the hell? Back to our regular schedule of denial and woe next ep!

Marian: My son is gay! Nadja: Talk to him. Nina: Whats his problem?! Nadja: Talk to him! Deniz: My father hates me. Nadja: Talk to him! Marian: Okay, we talked. Nadja: What did you say? Marian: not much. Nadja: *headdesk*

Apologies for the glitches toward the end of the clip. This episode was corrupted at the source (like us) and unfortunately we can't fix it.

Nadja gets a lucrative job offer in Rome. Marian has to set aside his worries about his gay son *and* his girlfriend possibly leaving town long enough to calm down a frantic Nina (BECAUSE IT'S ALL ABOUT HER, DON'T CHA KNOW). Thank god nobody else needed to have a memorable and horizon-broadening conversation that day, otherwise the ping-pong table would have been occupied. [Please note that no one has ever been seen using that ping-pong table for actual ping-pong.]

Deniz follows Roman around with puppy eyes and little red hearts. Roman pretends not to care (Bunny, you are presh, but who are you kidding?).

Roman tries to ensnare victims, er, guests for Jenny's Bachelorette party. Deniz comes out to Nina, sending her further on the road to therapy.

The bachelorette party is off to a lovely start with dildos and greasy!Max and...oh wait, step back--just who is that stripper macking on Roman's man?

Roman and Deniz head to the flat share (or lovenest) so Roman can take Deniz under his wing and instruct him on how things are done on the other team (according to Annette, like five episodes ago, but we pay attention to these things, yes!). Nina is CLEARLY INSANE. (Us biased? No...) Later, Roman walks Jenny down the aisle. In her turtleneck. Yes, Jenny thinks it's a good idea to wear a turtleneck under her meringue wedding dress. This... has actually rendered us speechless.

Jenny, Deniz and Marian travel through their respective sad montages of woe, and Nadja proves once again that she is made of awesome.

Roman is wibbly because of his knee. (And awesome.) Deniz is sweet and supportive. (And awesome.) Marian attempts to be awesome but isn't quite there yet. Mike is the opposite of awesome, AS USUAL.

[Please note the eskimo kiss/nose rub at 8:50, and remember episode 267. It's moments like this that make this storyline pure gold. Also, yes, it's where our channel name comes from :)]