Season 1 – Looking

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J B I am obsessed with this series. I completely connected with it and just want more. HBO needs to bring it back to air. It's that good. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/10/23 Full Review Audience Member Great show. Great cast, writing, directing, setting. Very relatable. Imperfect people in uncomfortable, messy situations. The biggest douchebag is Kevin. So full of himself. Takes what he wants. Doesn't see the consequences or impacts it has on others. Very selfish. This show deserved to run longer. Or to come back. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Audience Member TV is in dire need of gay programming that moves beyond stereotypes, presents real world situations, and has a compelling storyline. Looking matches all categories: accurately portrays the crushing cost of living in major cities (San Francisco) and accurately portrays gay 20 and 30 somethings with struggles, the characters work average jobs and don't live in an outlandish Friends-like penthouse, but rather a software engineer (Patrick) who would be making a lot of money lives in a rather substandard apartment and has to afford it by relying on roommates. It breaks the stereotype that all gay men are high income earners with lavish lifestyles and portrays the reality: most often single men without the luxury of dual incomes barely making it in the world. Looking approaches issues like AIDS, drugs, sex, and life without the pretentiousness and fakeness of other TV shows. My only sadness? That it didn't last beyond 2 seasons. Looking will go down in gay television history as a better, more realistic portrayal of gay life in a major city. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Audience Member This little gem of a show is so good. I went into it for a couple of the actors that were in it. all I heard before was that it was sort of the Girls for gay men, and it is all that and represents the gay culture in San Fransisco. It also takes away a lot of the preconceptions and misunderstandings that people have about this community and is very honest in the way it is portrayed. The characters are very well written and they all have their separate journeys in life trying to reach their goal of satisfaction. Something that i love about HBO shows especially in this genre is that everything is just so plain and out there. The nudity and more "experimental" scenes really just add to the experience of the show in just blatantly showing every part of these people's lives without holding back. I just love living through these characters in this city and just seeing how their adventures in jobs, friendship, and love take them without it ever trying to hard to bring in unnecessary drama in. This first season was everything i wanted out of this show and more and it is really making progress in what television could be in the future. I totally ship Patrick and Richie and this season totally left me hanging can't wait to start the second season!! Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Audience Member HBO knows how to do it ! Dont cancel the show HBO ! Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Audience Member Great series, and it gets better! Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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