TV

 

Reviews of the first or a representative episode, or sometimes several episodes, of recent television series, usually organized in a scene-by-scene analysis.  I am especially interested in beefcake, gay characters, and queer codes.

The top 25 gay-coded, beefcake-heavy shows of the decade 2015-2026

A-C

 

Adam Devine's Also-Rans: 8 sitcom guest spots, with Andrew Santino, Jason Bateman, and some costar c*cks

Agatha All Along: Gay guy and witch trapped in a bad tv show world.

Agent Elvis: McConaughey as the King, Cavalero as a drug dealer with a bulge, and Cole as a d*ck

 Am I Being Unreasonable: Disagreeable British lady gets a girlfriend, has a dark secret. 

And Just Like That: Carrie's return has elitism, bisexuals, dongs, musems, marital spats, s'mores, and shoes. Lots of shoes.

Animal Kingdom: Twelve bare bottoms, some faces, and a crime lord named Smurf

AP Bio: Glen from Always Sunny as a disgraced philosopher turned high school biology teacher.

Banksters: Nonbinary and gay actors play a gang of gay teenage Turkish-German interns turned bank robbers

Best Foot Forward: Boy negotiates middle school with a prosthetic leg, a hot dad, a bodybuilder brother, a gay buddy, and no annoying girl-craziness

Big Boys: A gay university freshman tries to make friends, find his tribe, and get laid.

Black Monday: Downlow financier,  closeted Congressman, and mimeographed p*nis in the homophobic 1980s

Blue Ridge Episode 1.3: A wrestling promoter is murdered at a high school in the Hills. With lots of beefy suspects and Michael O'Hearn

Boots: A gay teen and his straight buddy join the Marines. In 1990. With other gay characters, all the beefcake you could hope for, and at least 3 c*cks

The Bondsman: Kevin Bacon fights demons, sings country-western music, trunks Tater. With Bacon's d*ck and Will Robinson's muscle

Brideshead Revisited: Does the groundbreaking portrayal of (temporary) gay love hold up after 40 years?

Broad City: This ain't your daddy's Seinfeld.  With Stephen Schneider.

Bumper in Berlin:

Episode 1.1: Bumper from Pitch Perfect moves to Germany, meets a hunk, doesn't get the Girl

Episode 1.3: Bumper saves the day by doing everything wrong. With bonus Til Schweiger

 CAUGHT, the Australian hostage crisis sitcom. You can't see the show, but you can see That Scene

Chad Powers:

Episode 1.2: A-hole footballer disguised as a college student, with a gay roommate and lots of bare chests. And other bare stuff.

Episode 1.4: OMG, some jaw-dropping queer codes. Russ and Danny are in love!

The Chair Company:

Episode 1.3: A chair conspiracy, a queer kid, a ginger chub, weirdness for its own sake, and men in suits with d*cks

Episode 1.6: More queer codes at Seth's 18th birthday party. Plus Seth's selfie, a queer puppeteer, Ebenezer Scrooge, and Brock

Country Comfort: Is seeing Ricardo Hurtado, Eddie Cibrian, and Eric Balfour worth the pain?

Crap Happens: Many gay/bi/trans actors, a gay boy, father-son bonding, puppies, a talking duck, and some Deutsch d*cks

Cucumber: Lots of cucumbers on display as gay life in Manchester goes dark

D-F

Da Vinci's Demons: An absurdly heterosexual Da Vinci, a bi guy who likes only ladies, two monstrous gay predators, and a lot of p*nises

Danger Force: Gay dads, a hot supervillain, Captain Man's muscles, and a boy in a tiara

Dead Boy Detectives: Ghost buddies, one gay, one bi, solve afterlife mysteries

Decline and Fall: Theology student sent down for immorality in 1930s Oxford.

Deli Boys: Pakistani-American brothers learn a secret about their dad.  With lots of gay characters and some bonus Pakistani guys

The Deuce: The top ten hunks of the adult video stars, mafiosi, and gay activists in 1970s New York

Difficult People: Billy pretends to be straight, Julie pretends to be Italian, and the son of the guest star takes his shirt off

A Discovery of Witches: Some lesbians, a gay tease, a Very Important Book, and Matthew Goode's goods

Doctor Who:

Doctor Who, 2017 Series: Hints, hunks, subtext, surprise, and off-camera p*nises

 Doctor Who, 2023 Series: The gay doctor fights robots and cartoon characters, and gets a girlfriend.

 

Dream Corps LLC: Mad scientist and  his hot assistant solve a gay couple's relationship problems with dreams.

Drunk History: Adam and Blake, sweet kisses, and Nathan Fillion's backside

Euphoria: Guys in love, gay/bi affairs, toxic masculinity, and Brock O'Hurn

English Teacher:

     

Episode 1.1: A gay teacher, his ex-boyfriend, and his homophobic buddy face woke culture

Episode 1.8: Birthday party at a leather bar, with Evan's coworkers getting cruised and fitting in

Fionna and Cake: Complex adult-oriented sequel to Adventure Time, with two out gay couples and lot of back story and backsides

Foundation: The top 12 hunks of the tv series based on Isaac Asimov's incredibly boring "classic" science fiction

 

The Four Seasons: Elite New Yorkers discuss True Love, with a gay couple, Vivaldi, a lumberjack, and a n*de Len Carieu

Free Bert: A chunk comedian, a hot model boyfriend, and gay-friendly actors. What could go wrong? 

   G-I

Gangs of London: A gay assassin, his boyfriend, a gay mafia son, some s*x parties, and a lot of violence

Ghosts: A gay wedding, a vengeful Puritan, a male adult performer, and a lot of plot complications

The Girls on the Bus: The story behind the n*ked press bro

Going Dutch: Military sitcom with an Old Soldier, a gay tease, and a muscular private (sight).  With bonus privates' privates.

Good Trouble: The Foster women move to L.A., get horrible jobs, and compete over a bi guy

Goosebumps: The Vanishing: Ross from Friends as a crazy botanist, some gay teens, a monster, and Sam McCarthy's...

Hollyoakes tackles trans bullying, with teen bodybuilder and ant Dan Hough as the bully. Plus bonus n*de twinks

House of Guinness: Heirs to a beer empire in 1868 Ireland. With a gay brother, shirtless hunks, Irish hiphop, and a heck of a lot of dicks

Adam Devine's House Party:

Episode 1.1: Adam shows his tree-trunk, eats fro-yo, and flirts with Andrew Santino

Episode 1.3; A bisexual foam party is promised

Episode 2.9: Adam's *rgasm, Nick Rutherford's b*lge, and guys doing bedroom stuff...

Episode 3.1: Adam marries a dude. No, not Tony Cavalero. With bonus Hawaiians

How to Get to Heaven from Belfast: Dark secrets, twisting plots, hunky guys, bulges, and d*cks. And the Irish countryside

 Human Discoveries: Paleolithic hunks invent underwear.  With Adam Devine,  Milo Ventimiglia and Zac Efron

I Love LA: Extremely entitled 27 year old and her gay bestie have boring conversations. With Hutchinson, Rion, and Firstman. In LA.

Industry: Five backsides, three d*cks, and two chests of the top moneymakers at banking CPS something in London

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: Mac gets fat, Charlie refuses s*x, and Michael O'Hearn flexes.

It's Florida, Man: Guy gets high, gets n*ked, trashes a pizza place. With Adam Devine, pizza guy d*ck, and Swardon

J-L

Justified: Kentucky cowboy has gay-subtext romance with an unhinged thug. Lots of thug d*ck

Khemjira: A Thai shaman and his students find boyfriends, with a "Power Ranger" demon, muscular ghosts, magic bees, a play, and p*nises

Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: Some bare backsides, some b*ndage, and queerbaiting in this magic-free prequel to "Game of Thrones"

The Lake: Sleazy mayor Jerry O'Connell wants a threesome with Justin and his date. What's a gay guy to do?

Love Like a Bike: three gay romances, a lot of hot physiques, four d*cks, and a view of Pattaya. Plus sex work and human trafficking.

Lucifer: A hetero-h*rny Miles Burgess, gay/bi erasure, three backsides, and a d*ck

M-O

A Man in Full or The Fullness of Men or something. Whatever, it has a wild p*nis scene.

Matlock 2024: Kathy Bates barges in like Columbo...I mean Andy Griffith. With Tony Danza, some Greek guys, and a Cheers reference

Mid-Century Modern: Golden Girls with gay guys. Plus Bomer's backside, Adam's d*ck, and Tommy's....

Modern Family:

Episode 5.6: Gloria's crush on Adam Devine, Phil's threesome, and a n*de Matt Risch

Episode 5.13: Jay acts girly, Mitch and Cam barge in, and Phil wants Cavalero's lips on his mouth.  Who doesn't?

Episode 5.17: Jay is way more homophobic than Andy  (With a Dylan bonus)

Episode 8.14: Alex is promoted, Cam is injured, and Phil dreams of parking lots. With a dozen gay actors, two short guys, and Fillion backside

Episode 11.4: A pool full of muscle hunks, a future hunkoid thief, and a gay realtor. With some twinks and seven d*cks

Move to Heaven Tackles a Gay Couple

Mr. Bigstuff: Short guy with big stuff isn't into ladies, has a gay boss and a psycho brother. With six big reveals and a lot of  backsides

My Life with the Walter Boys: Five brothers, three hunks, and some "are they or aren't they?" mishegas

NCIS New Orleans: The guy from Wings and the guy from Quantum Leap are kidnapped by the guy from Oz.

No Good Deed: Four lesbians, a gay realtor, a gay son, some murders, and Phoebe from Friends.

North of North: Inuit lady, her gay bestie, some Inuk culture, and a lot of Inuk hunks

November 22, 1963: Failed writer goes back to practically perfect 1960. Does he buddy bond, or meet The Girl? With Franco c*ck

The Other Two:

Episode 1.6: Cary goes shirtless, Chase twerks, and there's enough bulges and backsides for everyone

Episode 3.8: The guy from AP Bio tries to bond with an especially jerky Carey. Plus Ben Platt 

Overcompensating: Gay college boy wants a hetero bang to prove his worth. With no plot twists but a lot of cute guys.

P-R

Partner Track: High power attorney is passed over by people with p*nises.  Yes, I show a few.

Peacemaker:

Episode 2.1: A new hunk, a n*de Frank Grillo, a bisexual party, and nine DC Comics fanpages

Episode 3.7: In a fascist parallel Earth, Judomaster comes out, and Vigilante finds his soul mate. With bonus Vietnamese d*cks.

 Pretty Dudes: Gay Asian erasure, a car hookup, Spiderman, and hamburger stuff. All in 11 minutes.

Population 11: Ben Feldman trapped in an Outback town, with aliens, meat pies, and d*cks

The Quarry: Skyler Gisondo and some gay/bi hunks fight werewolves

Raising Dion. Gay kid with superpowers, his Scoobies, and his soap-opera Mom.  With Gavin Munn.

Reacher:

Episode 2.6: Is Reacher homophobic?  With a Ritchson p*nis, a Berchtold backside, and my new favorite catch phrase

Episode 3.1: The Man-Mountain bonds with a gay college boy and his drug dealer dad, and there are plot twists

The Really Loud House: Searching for gay subtexts. With gay Dads and a heck of a lot of backsides

The Residence: Murder at the White House, with a gay President, suit guys, and Randall Park

The Resort: Skyler Gisondo disappears on Christmas day at a creepy Mayan resort

Ride Share: Skyler Gisondo's Bar Mitzvah, Beau Mirchoff's d*ck, and Andy Favreau just because

Ripley: A slow, artistic version of the gay subtext con artist/murderer, with Tom's backside and Dickie's d*ck

Rooster: Trashy novelist at an elite college, hetero romance problems, a gay sidekick, Dunster d*ck, and the guy from Scrubs

The Ropes: Unreliable narrator Rashomon about bouncers. Take careful notes.

Run the Burbs: They're run by the Pham Phamily, with a queer daughter, a gay jerk, and some phine p*enises

S-U

Samuel: French middle school boys are all in love with the same girl. With queerbaiting, drag, Freudian dreams, and some n*de twinks

The Sandman, Season 2: What happened to the beefcake and gay romance? After watching, you'll need to see some c*cks

The Santa Clarita Diet:

Episode 1.1: Witty dialogue, zombies, gross-out humor, Skyler Gisondo, and bare bottoms

Episode 1.9: A Medieval Serbian book, daddy/twink stuff, a gay subtext, and maybe a Skyler d*ck

Schitt's Creek: Quirky small town in Canada (but don't tell anyone) has gay/bi guys and lots of beefcake

School Spirits:

Episode 1.1: Ghost girl, her gay BFF, and their buds solve a mystery.  With bonus photos of el novio

The Top 12 Hunks of School Spirits, living or not. A surprising number have posted d*ck pics.

Scream Queens: Glen Powell and John Stamos compare d*cks in a sinister hospital

The Seven Dials Mystery: Murder on an English country estate in 1925, with a gay couple, a gay bar, Bluemel's backside, and Bilbo's d*ck

Siblings: Dan falls for a guy who uses a wheelchair, so he pretends...with real wheelchair guys

Shrinking: A bizarre shrink, the male gaze, sentient water, and an invisible gay friend. With Segal and Tanner

The Sinner: Retired cop, sleazoid prof, and predatory chum, in New York or Australia

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

Solar Opposites:

Do Korvo and Terry act like a married couple?  Do they call each other "husbands"?  Do they do bedroom stuff?

Episode 4.9: Skyler Gisondo and Kieran Culkin as a human and an alien bat-being in love.

Valentine's Day Special: Did it really change everything?

 

Sons of Anarchy: Trans Walton Goggins, a motorcycle club,  and three n*de men.

The Stranger: The one with Kai Alexander's backside, an alpaca-biter, and Eddy from Absolutely Fabulous

The Strongest Men in History: Robert Oberst and his pals recreate Viking challenges. With Danish d*ck.

Sunny Nights: Will Forte sells tanning spray. With a lesbian sister, some gay gangsters, a lot of Aussies, and Vincent Rodriguez III in his underwear

Surreal Estate: Realtor and his scoobies investigate haunted houses, with a gay couple and a lot of n*de Matt Whites

Teacup: Body-jumping aliens, two heterosexual romances, a gay subtext boyfriend, and Rob's knob

That 90s Show:

Episode 1.5: Ozzie comes out, teen boys try out a hot tub, and we see Ashton Kutcher's c*ck

Episode 2.4: We meet Ozzie's boyfriend, sort of. Plus n*de photos of teen idol Brian Austin Green

Episode 3.6: Ozzie dates, Theo gets groped, and the Human Er*ction gets dumped 

 The Third Day: Jude Law in The Wicker Man, with scissor goblins, a deceased son, Will Rogers, and Dagliesh d*ck

Thundermans Undercover: Gay-vague superhero Jack Griffo flexes, tries to pick up men. With a lot of beefcake and Griffo junk

True Blood: Vampires come out of the coffin amid a Southern Gothic soap opera

Twin Peaks, the Return: Paranormal weirdness, 25 years later. See if you can figure it out.

Under the Banner of Heaven: Murder and spiritual crisis in a fundamentalist Mormon family with five sons.

Unfamiliar: Spy vs. Spy in Berlin, with a Mongolian guy, a gay oldster, Kramer's c*ck, and the drag boy grown up

Unstable: Father and son Lowes are grieving, the Pilgrim Twins have small junk, and there's a gay sycophant

V-Z

Vice Principals:

Episode 1.8: Danny McBride and Walton Goggins have dreams of glory

Episode 2.5: Danny McBride dates a teenage boy, and gay rumors can destroy your life.

Waterloo Road: "What I Did Last Summer" with a new headmaster, a side piece, dark secreets, and d*cks

The Way Home: Witchcraft, demonic beings, and curses are promised, family drama is delivered. With Sharma's abs and MacPherson's p*nis.

The Weird World of Gumball: Definitely weird, but is it adequately gay? With Jordan's junk, Kwesi's c*ck, and Alkaio Thiele

Welcome to Plathville: Beefcake and bottoms of a hard-core fundamentalist family

Wellmania: Gaz cheats on his boyfriend, Chad shows his d*ck, and Liv has a meltdown

Wednesday: The Top 13 Hunks and Hunkoids of Nevermore Academy, some gay, some with d*cks

Wet Hot American Summer: Skyler in a satyr costume, a gaslit gay couple, and learning how to use your p*nis

With Love: Jorge and Henry's bachelor party in Las Vegas.  With lots of bonus bottoms.

Wonder Man: Not-quite-gay struggling actor, superhero, or both? Plus we see Yahya's d*ck, and there's a big shock: Ben Kingsley is straight

Workaholics:

Episode 1.9: Adam kisses a cougar, gets frisky with Ders, and raps as a bodybuilding fairy wizard.

Episode 1.10: Adam would do stuff with a guy for $900. Does he take credit cards?

Episode 3.7: Bodybuilders for the Lord turn out to be gay

Episode 3.19: Blake faces a line-bully, Adam fights a zombie Apocalypse, and Ders and Karl touch tips

Episode 4.13: "Do you think the guys doing bedroom stuff upstairs might be gay?"

Episode 5.1: Blake becomes an adult star, Ders is into weird stuff, and Adam is gay

Episode 5.5: Penis jokes and buddy-bonding at a Gay Pride Party

Episode 6.1: Blake is gay in this one, but don't worry, Adam still likes d*cks

Episode 7.3: Blake and Adam are gay, and everybody loses their pants

Young Rock:

Episode 2.8: Dwayne hits the big time, with lots of locker room wrestler beefcake, including Miles Burgess

Episode 2.12: Dwayne calls out a bully, works on his bluster, and offends his boyfr...I mean buddy.

You're the Worst:

Episode 3.1: Homophobic rapper hooks up with gay stereotype

Episode 5.6: Is Jimmy hooking up with his buddy?  Is Rapper Sam still bi?  Is Dax an adult video star?