Surreal Estate (2021-23), on Hulu, appeared on Reddit about shows with "normalized" LGBT characters, not struggling to come out or fighting homophobia. None of the episode synopses suggest gay characters, and the icon shows a man and a woman, but here goes, Episode 1.1
Scene 1: Night. A man in a 1940s detective costume walks through a thunderstorm to a creepy house. The sign says "For Sale by Owner."
Inside, it's too dark to see much, but a woman in a bathrobe seems to be reading an antique book on human anatomy. She gets scared when the surgeon in a photograph seems to be grinning evilly at her. Suddenly the room catches on fire (at least we can see something now). She runs outside, but runs into the Old Fashioned Man.
Psych! He's not the ghost of a 1940s detective, he just dresses like one: Luke Roman (Tim Rozon of Schitt's Creek), interested in the house. So call in advance?
She hugs him: "The house wants to kill me!" That's every home owner's complaint, girl.
He can help with that. They gaze into each other's eyes. I'll be they start dating, and she joins the paranormal real estate team.
Scene 2: At Shirley's Diner, still too dark to see much, Homeowner Megan, says that her fiancé is coming to pick her up. Don't you hate it when they mention a boyfriend halfway through the date?
Luke shows her a video about his company, SMEP, Specialists in Metaphysically-Engaged Properties, those with a market value depreciation due a tragedy occuring there. Sometimes they are haunted, sometimes not, but the rumor makes it lose 37% of its market value and takes 317% longer to sell.
Megan's swishy boyfriend Brock (Matt White) flounces in with a teeth-click, a flamboyant wave of his umbrella, and a "What up, Girlfriend?" Shouldn't be too hard to convince him to be true to himself, so you can have Megan for yourself.
Matt White has nine acting credits on IMDB, including six shorts,and three walk-ons. This may not be the right one, but there are lots of other Matt Whites to choose from: a baseball player, a football player, an artist, a musician, a comedian, and a billionaire.
Left: Matt White d*ck
Scene 3: At the agency, Luke tells his scoobies, two men and a woman, about the case. Homeowner Megan is a medical student who inherited the haunted house from her grandfather. Swishy boyfriend lives with her (in his own room, I assume).
On to otheir other case, a house with a poltergeist. It came out clean: no entities. But Rita, the Evil Realtor who hired them, insists that things were flying around. Nobody wants to confront her because she's so evil, so they get the New Girl to do it: a ringer who got $10 million in sales at her last agency.
Introductions:
Father Phil (Adam Korson, right), a defrocked priest with nice biceps, does the background checks and due diligence.
More after the break