[teevee] Gabrielle Union, Why Are You Making Me Want To Watch Army Wives? Dammit.

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Gabrielle Union, who will probably be justly remembered forever for wondering whether you can ever just be whelmed (say it with me: "I think you can in Europe?"), just gave an interview to TV Guide where she talks about her character's truncated storyline on FlashForward. It will surely be of interest to anyone who watched that show, but the most interesting stuff is about where she's going next:

Gabrielle heads to South Carolina this month to play an outspoken asexual cop named Gina Holt on the August 15 episode of Lifetime's Army Wives. Plans are for the character to be spun-off with recently divorced wife Pamela (Brigid Brannagh) into her own 2011 cop show set in Atlanta. Union, whose mom is a real-life Army wife, says, "All the butts I wanted to kick on FlashForward and all of the bad guys I wanted to bring to justice, I'll now get to do as this new character — but with a sense of humor. Gina views these Army wives as extra-terrestrials. She has no concept of breast-feeding, sore nipples or child care."

This is great, not the least because we can always use more butt-kicking women on TV who hate kids. Also, we at Fangasmic would cut someone for a lady buddy cop show, which we're hoping this might turn out to be. But what's especially amazing here is the asexual representation, something even more rare in the media. Rock on, Gabrielle Union, and consider us overwhelmed by your awesome.