It’s important for a series with an ensemble cast to take
time every now and then to ensure that its main characters are keeping in touch
with each other and haven’t become too separated or marginalised by their own
individual storyline. There no better time to do this than in a season
premiere, allowing both the characters and the viewers to take stock of what
happened last season and where they are now. Looking did this by having Patrick, Dom, and AgustÃn head to a secluded house in the
woods, owned by Dom’s now boyfriend Lynn, and it eventually resulted in a well
needed release for all of our characters.
I usually find Patrick to be the most relatable character,
early on in ‘Looking For The Promised Land’ he was a downright painful goodie
two shoes, wanting to visit a thousand year old trees, quite Walt Whitlam, and
play board games all weekend. I actually felt sorry for Agustin, who, while a
master of his own misfortune last season, Patrick had slyly planned the weekend
for to in attempt to cheer him up. All I can say is that thank god Doris
arrived to convince them to attend an almost mythical fairy party that Agustin
was brashly invited.
While there Agustin went skinny-dipping with Eddie (the
welcome return of Mean Girl’s Daniel
Franzese to our screens), the man who invited him, who works for a homeless
shelter that supports gay and transgender teens. It’s hard to say at this point whether this
relationship will lead anywhere, but I hope it does. I was half expecting
Agustin’s grief over his breakup with Frank to dominate his characters’
storylines early this season – but it might be more interesting to see him
exploring a new relationship after have being in one for so long.
At the other end of the spectrum Dom is staying at Lynn’s
house and musing over his baby photos, hoping to get more insight into him, but
is then going and having ecstasy-fuelled sex with random men. I like Dom, I
think he’s a refreshing take on the older characters usually depicted on
television, so I like that he doesn’t really have his life together because it
is so relatable – but I wasn’t really okay with this. He says he’s in an open
relationship with Lynn, which may be the case (although be haven’t seen him and
Lynn talk about their relationship so it’s hard to tell), but even if that’s
true it’s obvious he wants something serious, but is still messing around with
the relationship. Much like Agustin before him, if this keeps being the case
I’ll stop enjoying his character. Yes, people make mistakes, but it’s painful
to watch people purposefully sabotage themselves without good reason.
For example, Patrick is making mistakes too, but I’m
sympathetic towards him because he finds himself in new territory and doesn’t
know what to do. His liaison in the woods with Kevin turns out to be one of
several, and it must be intoxicating for Patrick to know that someone likes him
as much as he has loved in the past, most recently Richie. He seems to want
more with Kevin, but also seems to be acknowledging the ridiculousness of the situation
– that he’s cheating on someone with his boss, no less. It’ll be interesting to see how things unfold
throughout the season.
Rating: 3/5
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