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With wit and charm, the Donald Strachey mystery series picks up again in this wonderful third episode about vandalism to a home lived by a pair of older lesbians.

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Here is the latest chapter in the Donald Strachey series, adapted from Richard Stevenson’s classic gay private eye novels. Chad Allen is back as the wry Donald Strachey, and Sebastian Spence returns as his adorable lover, Timothy. Margot Kidder (Superman) is dead-on perfect as a feisty older lesbian in this installment. When the residents of a neighborhood are offered huge sums of money to sell their homes to a developer, the only ones to refuse are an elderly lesbian couple. Soon after, the couple’s home is hit with anti-gay graffiti and bricks through the windows, and the women call in local gay private detective Donald Strachey. Contrary to what everyone believes, Don suspects that the attack is motivated by big-business rather than homophobia. And as usual Don is right with his hunches; if he wasn't this wouldn't be a successful mystery series, would it? Timothy’s first boyfriend shows up to help, and jealousy flares between the couple. As the investigation progresses, Tim and Don fall in love all over again, their bond strengthened by their admiration for the elderly lesbian couple. Come raise your glass to this dapper investigative couple that we love.

-- Scott Cranin

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A New Donald Strachey Mystery

Amos Lassen wrote on 12/06/2008:

“On the Other Hand Death”
A New Donald Strachey Mystery
Amos Lassen
It’s good news when Chad Allen is back as gay private investigator, Donald Strachey and you can see the new movie “On the Other Hand Death” on Here TV!. This is the third installment of the Strachey series.
Allen plays openly gay Donald Strachey and he tears down stereotypes by being the hero in the gritty crime series. He is involved in a monogamous relationship with his husband, New York State Senate staffer, Tim Callahan (Stephen Spence). It is so good to see a couple of hot men like them on TV. The series looks at issues that are important and relevant to our community. The first film “Third Man Out” was about the nature of outing and the second, “Shock to the System” looked at gay reparative therapy. “On the Other Hand Death” deals with gay hate crimes and the problems that GLBT teenagers face.
Ron Oliver who directed “Queer as Folk” directs this film. It begins with Dorothy (Margot Kidder) and Edith (Gabrielle Rose), her partner, sleeping in each others’ arms on the second floor on their farmhouse. Downstairs, as they sleep, someone breaks through their glass door. When Edith goes down to see what has happened, she finds slurs such as “Dykes Go Home” painted on the walls.
As Strachey begins to investigate what happened, he learns that the two women rejected a very high bid on their property from a real estate developer. It seems that everyone in the neighborhood wanted to see their homes and Edith would have sold but Dorothy wanted to keep it. Things become even more complicated when Andrew (who was once Tim’s boyfriend); a good friend of Dorothy comes into the picture. He makes a pass at Donald and challenges Strachey’s loyalty to hid partner. He also puts the marriage of the two men to the test.
Chad Allen gives a fine portrayal of the detective once again and I understand that will be two more films in the series coming this year. Stay tuned for more news about them.