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 ...
We are told that Pastor Eddie and his husband Quentin had some argument when the Pastor was exposed to be having an affair because of which Q burned down his church. But months after they decided to reconcile and move on. The show starts with their first day having moved into their new house. But it feels like there is a stranger who keeps locking doors or knocking on the door, making both of them a bit antsy about their new home. Q finds Sister Shannon (with whom the pastor has been having an affair) hiding in the closet in a mask trying to attack Q, but instead he attacks here, only later to find himself tied up to a chair. It turns out that the pastor had been secretly planning to murder his husband Q, so that he could start a new life with his new partner (their Latin neighbor) with the help os sister Shannon and the Deacon of the church. After some steamy scenes, there is another twist where it turns out that Quentin was expecting this all around and had somehow managed to convince all the other 3 members involved in this to actually turn back on the pastor and kill him instead, going them various reasons of power, infidelity etc. Pastor Eddie's confession is recorded and the show ends as badly as it started.
Even though not from the badly made Signal23 tv shows, this show could easily have been from the sane makers. There is absolutely nothing good about the show. The sex scene between two good looking black men and their intimacy feels so forced and fake. The story with its interesting twists had some potential, but screenplay was a big mess. It keeps going back and forth but very few explanations given. Sure Pastor Eddie came up with the whole plan and is clearly the bad guy but the others are no less saint. Also I do not understand why would a couple who have such a massive showdown would get back together. Clearly revenge is on the agenda. But even the other three characters are made to be just ver the top caricatures. Maybe the makes were going for a dark comedy kinda setup, but what ends up being is a badly directed show, with some over the top acting. The only saving grace is short episodes, small series and it ends soon after it starts. At least the makers don't demand 10 hours of your time to tell you a badly executed story. I'd recommend to not waste time, but this is a good example of a wanna be over the top dark (not) comedy (not) series. (2.5/10)
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