Things also get more interesting with the arrival of Russell Tovey and Scott Bakula. As things progress the show reveals itself to be a smart and sometimes funny look at modern gay life, with characters at different stages of their journey juggling the pressures of modern life and how sexuality fits into that, from the positives and negatives of Grindr to the difficulties of relationships. Thankfully though Looking is definitely worth sticking with. While all they turn out to be quite interesting, flawed characters, you don’t fully get that from the first episode, where they all come across as a little one-note. Although he doesn’t have a massive amount to do in the first few episodes, I have a feeling he could end up the best of the lot by the time the first season closes. He has dreams of opening his own restaurant but has no money to do so. As a result he starts trying new things both sexually and artistically.ĭom meanwhile is the oldest of the group and well aware that he didn’t expect to be still waiting tables as his 30s came to a close. He’s also in two minds about the domesticity he’s about to embark on, which begins to rankle with his nonconformist ideas of himself. While he sees himself as an artist, he does little of his own work. Richie understandably isn’t sure what to think when his date is suddenly suggesting that his possible foreskin is the main thing he cares about.Īgustin meanwhile is in a long term relationship and just about to move in with his boyfriend, Frank (O.T. After his friends get very gay (and American) and make a big deal of the fact that as Richie’s from a Mexican family he’s probably uncut, Patrick ends up giving the impression he’s almost fetishizing the idea. That becomes particularly problematic when he meets Richie.
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Indeed it’s one of the more interesting things about the show, as while some of the people he meets are asses, his issue is more working out how to balance ‘gay culture’ with his own personal identity. However he’s having a problem with making the right impression. Patrick is a videogame designer who’s single and looking for love. Looking follows three main character – Patrick (Jonathan Groff), Agustin (Frankie J.
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They become people where their sexuality informs all sorts of aspects of their lives, but not everything is solely about the fact they’re gay. We get more of their lives and it feels far more real. Thankfully, after that first episode things begin to calm down and the characters are allowed to breathe. It ends up just being gay things happening for half an hour, without really telling us why we should care about what these people are going to get up to over the next seven episodes. With the time constraint it simply can’t fit in all it wants to do. Secondly at 30 minutes it struggles to both set up the world the show is set in as well as to give us a proper story. There’s a slight impression that the makers were so worried about being accused of domesticating gayness that they rather overdo it in the opening installment.
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The first is that it so decidedly wants to set out its stall as a gay show that it gives the impression that the characters get up each morning and just do ‘being gay’ all day. However it doesn’t quite work for a couple of reasons. You can almost feel this pressure in the first episode of Looking as it tries to find a tone that will please as many people as possible.
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As a result people get annoyed when a series isn’t perfect, as there are few other shows to turn to which might better reflect their personal view of life. Ultimately the complaints are more a reflection of the fact that with comparatively little representation on TV, many gay people get their hopes up that each gay-focussed show will reflect their perfect view of gaydom, which is highly unlikely to happen. Indeed since the show premiered in the States there have been people who’ve criticised various things about the series – despite the fact they’ve only had 30 minutes to judge it by. Too much focus on the bedroom and some will say you’re stereotyping gay people as sex maniacs, too little and there’ll be accusations you’re de-sexing gay people.
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Making a gay themed show is a tough proposition as you’re never going to please everyone. If you stick with it though (I’ve been lucky enough to see the first four episodes) it proves to be something well worth watching. So after all the hype, was it worth it? The answer is yes, but perhaps not if you just judge it from the first episode. Having premiered in the US on January 19th on HBO, the much-anticipated show about a group of gay friends in San Francisco makes its UK bow on Sky Atlantic on January 27th at 10.35pm.