
There are at least four: a blind Asian hipster prostitute, the therapist (more on that later), some henchmen, and the most dramatic new introduction: Beeno. This at least if quantifiable, if not sensical. Here are the questions I had going into this, and I think they were pretty reasonable. It starts with secrecy and ends with a rumor, and the rumor is: Everyone has AIDS! It’s just like Rent! And there are some old people who are goofy. But to sum up what happened as best I can in this unrecappable situation: Um, everyone had sex with everyone. Then again, if you have seen chapters 1-22, you’re probably in the same boat. If you haven’t seen chapters 1-22, this list won’t make much sense to you. It was like watching a really poorly made rug, where the guy who made it spent the whole time looking at the camera and making a face like, “I can’t believe this rug I just made!” So instead, judge me by this question: what did I just watch? Absolutely no loose ends are tied up in this installment of R. This four-hour miniseries premiered November 1 on NBC.Voltaire said, “Judge a man by his questions, not by his answers.” It was a helpful quote to bear in mind while watching Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 23-33, which aired back-to-back on IFC Friday night, mostly because the show was all questions and no answers. In part two, Dennis Edwards (Charles Ley) replaces Ruffin, and after Paul Williams' suicide and some members leave the group, the act is dropped by Motown, later returning for a reunion tour and induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

As Ruffin becomes hooked on coke, Gordy moves to intro The Temptations to white record-buyers. The Motortown Revue is launched, and Smokey Robinson (Erik Michael Tristan) teams with Norman Whitfield (Mel Jackson) to compose/produce My Girl and Ain't Too Proud to Beg. The name is changed to The Temptations, and a 1963 New Year's Eve altercation results in David Ruffin (Leon) replacing Bryant. When group members merge as The Elgins, Berry Gordy (Obba Babatunde) begins grooming the group. They perform with The Primes, including Kendricks (Terron Brooks) and Paul Williams (Christian Payton), and The Primettes (later The Supremes).

Woodside) and Al Bryant (Chaz Lamar Shepherd) - producer Johnnie Mae Matthews (Vanessa Bell Calloway) records the group as Otis Williams and the Distants. When Williams brings together his group The Siberians - with Franklin (D.B.


In 1958, when Detroit high-schoolers harmonize on street corners to meet girls, Otis Williams (Charles Malik Whitfield) finds his mom Haze (Tina Lifford) supports his singing but not his stepfather Edgar (Harold Surratt). This biographical TV miniseries tracks members of the famed Motown group, The Temptations, faithfully following their rise to fame and the subsequent downhill race in a chronological coverage spanning 40 years.
