You should TOTALLY read Saiyuki. It's really brilliant in a lot of ways, with the plot twists and the little random backstory bits ending up being super important, and the plot taking a backseat to the characters interactions with each other. I think you'd love it :)

Usually Starsky and Hutch is pretty good in terms of not making me cringe, but this episode was just way out there. Even if they address stuff in a way that's overly simplified, they're still addressing that there are problems, and they're usually promoting what I consider the "right" side (we'll see soon if that continues, since the next episode we're going to watch is about a childhood friend of Starsky's who they find out is a "closeted homosexual" *loves the 70's terminology*). That episode, though, was just blatant weirdness ^^;;