Honestly I can't believe we're still getting BL series this bad in 2026. This mini series runs about 7 to 8 episodes with a total runtime of just about an hour and it is so boring that I genuinely struggle to find the words. The actors are awkward, the story is as basic as it gets and there is almost nothing about this show worth saving. The makers do try to stir up some drama here and there but even that falls completely flat. Ho Won is a 23 year old university student who spots a man sitting alone at a gay bar and gets attracted to him. The man is Min U, a 33 year old who brushes Ho Won off immediately saying he's too young. Ho Won lies about his age and since he's made a bet with the bartender that he'll get this man home before the night is over, he switches tactics and eventually the two end up at Min U's place and sleep together. Despite being complete opposites in every way there's some kind of pull between them and they go on a couple of dates. But t...
The story is about how difficult is to find a place to rent in New York. Three young artists: a trans DJ, Tariq, a middle eastern performance artist and Eddie, a gay film maker share a tiny apartment but they struggle to meet ends. They can barely afford rent. They scrimp and save to survive in the city and come up with the idea of putting the apartment on airbnb. We see a few instances where they make money from the rentee and then with Eddie or Tariq seduce them and steal their money. Soon, their scam is exposed. Meanwhile Eddie is in love with Tariq, who is also being hit on by a fellow actor friend. As expected the rent soon increases and now the trip need to move on from this cozy place.
The film made no sense at all. As a short film, citing story of how young struggling artists manage to survive in a monster city like New York would have been a good one to tell but rarely you see such lazy film making. The trans opera actor was so bad, that I can't begin to write and so were the other two. The lines were completely rehearsed and came off as amateurish. Its a guerrilla style film making, where a good 10-15 total minutes of the film are used in showing a squirrel run from one place to other. I guess, the meta symbolism is that artists in NY are also running from one place to another to make ends meet. Also, in no good conscious can you justify their action of scamming people. I was fine with them renting their apartment, but stealing from them is not something to be proud of or to glorify it. Just stay away from this film. It's not worth anything, except maybe just the good looking Tariq. (2/10)
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