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/male nudity, gay characters, and queer codes.

A-C

 

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

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 orgy is promised

Episode 2.9: Adam's orgasm, Nick Rutherford's bulge, and guys sucking...

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

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 dick

 Am I Being Unreasonable: Disagreeable British lady gets a girlfriend, has a dark secret.  With Hubbie's dick.

American Sports Story: A football player turned murder, with evangelical homophobia everywhere.

"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 butts, some faces, and a crime lord named Smurf

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

Best Foot Forward: Boy negotiates middle school with a prosthetic leg, a hung 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. With lots of Dylan dicks

Black Monday: Downlow financier,  closeted Congressman, and mimeographed penis 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's dick

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 nudity

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

Cavendish: Brothers, one gay, face paranormal peril in a quirky PEI town. With Sandiford bulge and Canadian cocks

Cobra Kai: Johnny and Danny are boyfriends?  Mr. Miyagi wasn't a saint?  With Tony Cavalero and some karate cocks.

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

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 penises

Dead Guy 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 dicks

Department Q: Cold cases in Edinburgh, with the Brideshead Revisited guy, Magic Mike, and a gay dude with a tree trunk

The Deuce: The top ten penises of the porn 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: Hints, hunks, subtext, surprise, and off-camera penises

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

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

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

 

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

   G-I

Gangs of London: A gay assassin, his boyfriend, a gay mafia son, some sex parties, and a lot of violence and dicks

Ghosts, Episode 3.1: A gay wedding, a vengeful Puritan, a male stripper, and a lot of plot complications

The Girls on the Bus: The story behind the naked press bro

Go Ahead, Brother: Organized crime, shirtless hunks, a lot about fiduciary investments, and Michel Filipiak

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...

Grosse Pointe Gardening Society: Heterosexuals garden, have affairs, and murder someone. With a hung Hodge and a Wolfe wang

History of the World, Part II:  Tim Baltz, Joshua Mikel, a gay subtext, and two homophobic jokes

The Hooligan: N*de musclemen, some gay vibes, and a Fat Thug in the life of a football hooligan drug runner in Poland

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

Industry: Five butts, three cocks, and two chests of the top moneymakers at banking CPS something in London

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

J-L

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

Killing It, Episode 1.8: Does the Kingmaker like-like Brock? Are the Flo Boys brothers or boyfriends? And whose d*ck is that?

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

Love is a Poison: High-power attorney falls for cute con artist in contemporary Japan

Lucifer: A hetero-horny Miles Burgess, gay/bi erasure, three butts, and a dick

M-O

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

The Mick: Strong gay subtexts and ample beefcake do not save this gloomfest.

Mid-Century Modern: "Golden Girls" with gay guys. Plus Bomer's butt, Adam's cock, and Tommy's bj

Modern Family:

Episode 5.6: Gloria's crush on Adam Devine, Phil's three-way, and a nude Matt Risch

Episode 5.13: Jay acts girly, Mitch and Cam butt 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 nude Dylan bonus)

Mosaic: A children's book, murder, James and Kelton Dumont, and a dead alligator

My Friend Dahmer: How did they avoid the myth that all gay men are murderers?

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.

Nobody Wants This: Rabbi and "bad date" podcaster fall in love, with a gay dad and lesbian best friend.

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

Northern Exposure: Progressive homophobia, three guys in a sauna, and much ado about toilets.

The Other Two:

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

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

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 penises.  Yes, I show a few.

Paradise: Gay-subtext President and Secret Service guy, annoying cliches, murder, a silly plot twist, and James Marsden

Pernille: Norwegian angst comedy with a gay dad, a bi nephew (probably), a gay wedding (almost), lots of funerals, and n*de Vikings

Has Phineas and Ferb gotten more gay-friendly since 2007? With bonus Adam Devine butt and Malcolm McDowell dick

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

The Prince: The actor claims that his flashy-femme Turkish prince is "just sensitive." See for yourself. With gay-subtext homies and Turkish d*cks

Population 11: Ben Feldman trapped in an Outback town, with aliens, meat pies, and dicks, doesn't display any interest in girls.

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 penis, a Berchtold butt, 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 and dicks

Rescue Hi-Surf: Lifeguards rescue surfers, have soap opera adventures, and one of them is hung

The Residence: Murder at the White House, with a gay President, suit guys' dicks, and a nude 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 dick, and Andy Favreau just because

Ripley: A slow, artistic version of the gay subtext con artist/murderer, with Tom's bum and Dickie's dick

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 Phung penis.

S-U

The Santa Clarita Diet:

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

Episode 1.9: A Medieval Serbian book, daddy/twink porn, a gay subtext, and maybe a Skyler dick

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

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

Scream Queens: Glen Powell and John Stamos compare dicks in a sinister hospital

Sherlock & Daughter: A late Victorian red thread case, with gay actors, a lesbian subtext, Dougray bum, and Kasper cock

Siblings, Episode 1.1: Dan falls for a guy who uses a wheelchair, so he pretends...with real n*de wheelchair guys

"Single, Out": Aussie teen crushes on his brother's mate! Plus coming out to Mum, a gay car wash, and Joel's junk

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

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 dicks

Solar Opposites:

Do Korvo and Terry act like a married couple?  Do they call each other "husbands"?  Do they have sex?

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 3 nude men.

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

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

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

Teenage Bounty Hunters: Two girls at a high-power Christian academy get a side gig.

That 90s Show:

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

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

Episode 3.6: Ozzie dates, Theo gets groped, and the Human Erection gets dumped 

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

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.

Unstable: Father and son Lowes are grieving, the Pilgrim Twins have small dongs, 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

Wellmania: Gaz cheats on his boyfriend, Chad shows his dick, and Liv has a meltdown

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

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 penis

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

Workaholics:

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

Episode 1.10: Adam would suck a man's cock 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 having sex upstairs might be gay?"

Episode 5.1: Blake becomes a porn star, Ders is into kinky 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 dicks

Episode 7.3: Blake sucks a...Adam sucks on...well, there's lots of gay sex jokes, 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 a gay porn star?