This is the second vertical AI BL drama I've sat through, and honestly I went in knowing better. I had it on while I was doing cardio at the gym, and what struck me was just how much the plot echoed the last one I watched. Same step brother romance angle, same mystery girlfriend showing up near the end, same extra guy pining after one of the leads. Genuinely the only thing going for it was the runtime, the whole thing wrapped up in forty five minutes flat. The setup kicks off with Finn moving schools because his mom just married into money. He finds out his new step brother Aiden goes to the same place, and he's warned to keep his distance from him. Their first run in at school is rocky, just like you'd expect, but there's this odd pull between them neither can shake off. Finn keeps telling himself not to read into it because Aiden's straight and openly homophobic. Things shift when some kids start bullying Finn and the student council president, Ryan, steps in to ...
This one according to me is yet another one of those series, where the primary idea is to show some soft porn , so a story is built up around a wafer thin idea. Get some amazingly hot looking actors, who can do a decent job and i am sure makers think they will find some audience at least.
Ayden and Brent have been together for about 3 years. Brent is the more mature and older of the two with a stable job, meanwhile Ayden is impulsive and likes to party. Ayden's best friend is not a huge fan of Brent, so when Brent refuses to bottom for Ayden, his friend instigates him against Brent. But sanity prevails and Ayden suggests having threesome since he cannot just be a bottom. They try it but then as expected Brent has fun and Ayden gets even more jealous. But the constant bickering from Ayden is starting to get over Brent who ends up cheating when a male client of his hits on him. Ayden also has opportunity to cheat in the meantime but he controls. The couple splits eventually, hoping to figure out whats is store for them and how they will end up eventually.
I am not sure what was the whole idea behind the series, like I have already mentioned above. The plot is basic and the entire story could have been told in a 20 minute short story rather than 10 episodes of 15-20 minutes each. Some scenes just go on forever. The guys are all very hot and muscular. Brent can at least act, but all Ayden does is lick his lips constantly and complain. They have absolutely no chemistry. Their relation is more like what they show in porn: meet, seduce and get to business. Signal23 TV shows are starting to disappoint me very much. There is so much more that can be shown about black gay love stories, instead the makers try to stick to the same old. (3.5/10)

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