There’s no doubt as to where all this is headed, especially to anyone familiar with Pride and Prejudice. lawyer Will (Conrad Ricamora), whose dour, taciturn demeanor doesn’t quite hide his attraction to Noah, even if the latter is slow on the uptake. He’s instantly attracted to Howie, who’s too chronically awkward to believe the cute stranger’s interest is genuine, let alone act on it. The connection by which these seemingly incompatible factions intersect is Charlie (James Scully), an adorably guileless pediatrician on the rebound from a failed relationship. His culturally diverse, low-income group stands out conspicuously when they drift into the social flow of the well-heeled vanilla gays, whose palatial mansion puts Erin’s cozy house to shame. Howie’s insecurities aren’t helped by being in “gay Disney World,” where “hot, white, rich, with 7 percent body fat” is considered the top of the desirability spectrum.
He’s 30 and has never been in a relationship, but he’s actually far less hungry for the horny sex than the swooning rom-com fantasy. Howie has internalized the marginalization, his low self-esteem making him feel invisible.
He swats off potential boyfriends and convinces himself that monogamous relationships are of zero interest. Noah has built an armor out of his tight gym body and become a voracious player - but smart, as in he reads Alice Munro.
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While that melancholy reality hangs in the air, the principal plot driver is Noah’s mission to get Howie laid, promising to put his own sexual pursuits on pause until his friend gets lucky.īoth these spiritually bonded men have absorbed the blithely offensive gay hookup-app exclusion of “No fats, no femmes, no Asians,” but each has responded in different ways. But that was the end of her sound investments she’s now broke and has to sell the place, so this looks like the group’s last summer together.
Their host is lesbian den mother Erin (Margaret Cho), who bought a house in the Pines with a lawsuit settlement after finding glass in her food at a popular Italian chain restaurant. The group includes thirsty mess Luke (Matt Rogers) his inseparable bestie, gender-fluid queen Keegan (Tomás Matos) and the more grounded, bookish Max (Torian Miller). Sensible “sister” Jane to Noah’s Lizzie is Howie (Yang), who flies in from San Francisco against his better instincts for the annual weeklong Fire Island reunion with their chosen family they all met 10 years ago working at the same “cursed brunch spot.” Cast: Joel Kim Booster, Bowen Yang, Conrad Ricamora, James Scully, Matt Rogers, Tomás Matos, Torian Miller, Margaret Cho, Nick Adams