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Netflix knows my algorithm, and used this icon of a tied-up muscleman to draw my attention to the Mexican tv series Unspeakable Sins (Pecados Inconfesables). Being gay is usually at the top of the list of "unspeakable sins," so there are bound to be some gay characters.
The viewer reviews on IMDB are awful, but maybe that's due to homophobia. One guy complained: "only male nudity shown...which is very disappointing for male viewers."
Apparently he is unaware that gay men exist. So let's get to some of that male nudity.
Episode 1.1: "The Trap."
Scene 1: Helena and her young adult son try to escape from her abusive Billionaire Husband, but he comes home unexpectedly. He announce that she must continue to play the role of Perfect Wife, or he'll kill her.
Scenes 2-8: Cut credutsto Helena sitting by the pool, gawking as the hustler Ivan (Andres Baida, left) slowly raises himself out of the water. What follows is a lengthy sex scene with those esophagus-licking spectacles that pass for kissing in telenovelas. And more and more. And more and more. Eventually the Hustler stops charging her; they're dating.
Scene 9: This doesn't sit well with his pimp, who complains that it's against the rules to get involved with your clients. Plus she's married to the Billionaire, who is absurdly powerful: if he finds out about the affair, he'll kill them and all of their friends and relatives.
Of course, he continues the affair.
There's so much sleazy heterosexual graping and fondling going on that I have to keep fast-forwarding. I'll just go through on fast forward, giving plot summaries while I am looking for the tied-up dude.
Episode 1.2: "The Reunion"
Helena has an idea that will get her freedom and allow her and the Hustler to date openly (or so she says). The Billionaire often engages in "unspeakable sins" with young men on the downlow. Maybe the Hustler could seduce him, and record their activity? Then she could use the tape to blackmail him into letting her and her son go.
The plan works until, in the midst of their unspeakable sins, the Billionaire notices the cameras, catches on to the blackmail scheme, and beats the Hustler up. Then he disappears. Did the Hustler murder him?
The plot thickens as Octavio, the Billionaire's son from his first marriage, tries to prevent the police investigation of the disappearance. Maybe Octavio murdered him?
Episode 1.3:
Octavio is kidnapped by the Billionaire's business partner, El Magic. But it's not the tied-up hunk scene: Octave is fully clothed, and getting beat up, not hanging around.
Plot dump: El Magic lent a lot of money to the Billionaire. He wants Octavio to have his father declared dead so he can take over the bank accounts and get El Magic his money.
Episode 1.4: "Unspeakable Sins"
Helena's son Fer tells Octavio that he accidentally killed his mother, the Billionaire's first wife. The plot gets more convoluted. No one is innocent; everyone has a sleazy secret.
The Billionaire happened to record the incident, and used it to blackmail Helena into marrying him.
Plus the Billionaire abused Fer, calling him a pansy and kicking him in the testicles. Did Fer murder the Billionaire to get revenge for suggesting that he was gay? Oh, and for that blackmail thing.
More after the break
Episode 1.5: "Doubts."
It turns out that the Billionaire isn't dead: he's been kidnapped by the Hustler's Pimp, Fedra.
She wants revenge because the Billionaire was dating her son, then blackmailed him, so he committed suicide.
By the way, the Billionaire has been getting things done by taping influential men engaging in unspeakable sins at his downlow orgies, then blackmailing them. In addition to revenge, Fedra wants the tape, so she can do some blackmailing.
By the way, she's dating the Billionaire's Son, Octavio.
Getting tired yet? It goes on and on, and we don't get to the tied-up hunk until the Episode 1.9.
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Episode 1.9: The Billionaire's daughter and his assistant Antonio (the hanging man) have been kidnapped by El Magic. Who knows why?
Beefcake: A lot of hunky guys, usually shown while swallowing women's tongues.
Gay Characters: Everyone is sort of bi. I think the Billionaire's daughter is a lesbian.
Homophobia: I can't tell if the series is critiquing or promoting the idea that being gay is something that must remain secret, or it will destroy your life. From what I could gather from the plot descriptions and fast-forwarding, it sounds like promoting. There are no positive -- or open -- gay relationships. Everything is dark, hidden, in the shadows.
My Grade: D
Bonus: More tied up guys from Mexico.
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And Spain.
See also: Snakes and Ladders: A teacher and her gay son squabble with a chocolate heir, the Spanish counsul, and a closeted hunk. With Roque and Nico dicks
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