Originally, the story lines on Brothers were permeated with exclusively gay themes, as Cliff and Donald's dating exploits were featured, along with the heterosexual characters' involvement in such stories. This sprung forth the show's knack for providing a blurred line of differences between the mating habits and culture of both sexualities. Examples of topical gay stories included Cliff's casual intimate encounters with men and the points he still wanted to learn; Lou and Donald's efforts to infiltrate crooked local police officers who refused to help Cliff, when he was attacked by two homophobes; Donald's coaching Joe into accurately convincing a former teammate that he was gay; and in the second season, when Cliff landed a regular boyfriend in well-to-do Winston Marsh III (guest star John Furey), who shared a kiss with Cliff in front of his family, which gave them their first-ever chance of seeing Cliff show affection to another man. [More]