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"The Perfect Couple": Sin, sleaze, murder, and beefcake among three ultra-rich brothers, with frontal nudes of two


I was recommended The Perfect Couple, a Netflix tv series, for the beefcake, not the gay content.

Scene 1: A lot of people and whales frolicking on the beach in Nantucket.  "You are invited to Benji and Amelia's Rehearsal Dinner," held in a white tent on the estate. The photographer asks Mrs. Rich Lady how she feels about losing her son -- he means because he's getting married.  She's ok with it, but insists that her teenage son never get married.  Creepy clinging mom.

Top photo: Google says that this is Sam Nivola, but My New Plaid Pants says it's Tom Holland, and the file name is Sam Vartomelos. 




The three sons are Benji, Thomas, and Will, played by Billy Howle, Jack Reynor, and Sam Nivola, but I'll call them the Groom, the Teen, and the Other Guy.

Their dad is Tag, played by Liev Schreiber.  Tag? Did he have a brother named Yahtzee?


Next the Maid of Honor discusses how much she loves the Bride, and her girlfriend looks forward to their wedding in the future .  Aww, a lesbian couple.  Then the girlfriend's boyfriend asks what will happen to him.  They joke that he can look after their seven kids.  Oh, they're just pretending to be gay.

The girlfriend's boyfriend is Shooter, played by Ishaan Khatter.



Next a Halloween witch complains that her hotel room is dégoûtant, but she won't stay with them because she likes her privacy.  The Groom asks about the champaigne and touches her hand...wait, he's cheating on his wife with a Halloween witch?  Or maybe he's just pretending, like the lesbian couple.

Lots more rich heterosexuals are introduced, but let's get on with the plot: Groom Benji says "I love this woman to death.  Hear me -- to DEATH!!!!" Dude, you might as well just say "I'm going to murder her."

Scene 2: Cut to a woman screaming "Help me," underwater shots, and dawn, with a snoring, elderly cop who looks like Captain Kangaroo getting the call. Deputy Carl -- guy's 80 years old, and hasn't gotten promoted yet?

He calls another elderly guy who is at home, drinking coffee beneath photos of his daughter to identify him as heterosexual. Chief Dan, played by Michael Beach.

Into his daughter's bedroom: "Your catering job is being cancelled.  Nobody's getting married today. Somebody died." 

Scene 3: Wedding Planner Roger, gruff Lady Detective, and the Chief at the crime scene -- a cabana chair on the beach.  Roger says he didn't know Miss Sacks well; he mostly planned through the mother.  Miss Sacks is the Bride!  Groom Benji killed her, like he promised!

Cut to the station, where Wedding Planner Roger, the Halloween Witch, and the Pretend Lesbian are interviewed.  Roger: "They're rich.  Kill someone and get away with it rich."

Intro: The family and wedding guests performing a dance, like from a Bollywood movie.

Scene 4: The Bride, Miss Sacks, being interviewed, in her wedding dress even though the wedding was scheduled for later in the day.  Wait -- I thought she was victim.  They said "Miss Sacks" at the crime scene. That must have been a misdirection.

Cut to that morning. The Bride awakens to a note from her fiance: "Good morning. I love you."  There's a ladybug on it, so she walks out to the beach.  This sequence has no purpose other than to show us the Bride's boobs.

Mrs. Winbury is running the wedding preparations with an iron fist; everyone is cowering. The fam comes down to breakfast in identical blue robes and starts sniping at each other, taking drugs, and criticizing the Teen for getting dumped by his girlfriend. Pencil-dick?

More after the break, including frontal nudity