A Revry original, Unconventional is a really well-liked queer dramedy that feels totally different from the usual stuff. The heart of the story is about two pretty eccentric queer siblings and their partners trying to build a family that doesn't follow the traditional rules. It takes a super raw and unfiltered look at queer life, diving deep into things like mental health, addiction, and how complicated identity and relationships can get. It’s not afraid to get messy or show people at their most vulnerable, and it really pushes boundaries while showing a lot of different queer experiences. The first season has nine episodes, and each one is about a half-hour long. The story centers on Noah, a grad student who’s been struggling for years to wrap up his PhD. He’s been with his husband, Dan, for nine years, and they’ve recently gotten married and moved to Palm Springs. While they're trying to figure out how to start a family and have a baby, they decide to shake things up by in...
One day in a street gunfight, an innocent bystander Night gets shot. His attacker is Time, whose friends make him feel guilty about the attack. They explain that Night is a poor orphaned child who can barely support himself. Time’s friends encourage him to apologize for the accident. Time goes to meet Night, apologizes to him and insists on taking care of him while he has a cast on his hand. He shows up regularly at his place helping him to go school and with food. Slowly they both start to gradually get used to each other and out of the blue, Night even gives him his home keys. Clearly there are unspoken feelings between them and after the one night that Time spends with him, he disappears for a few days. Turns out he had a girlfriend and now he needs to be true to himself.
This was a short little indie drama, so part of me does feel bad to just pull down someone's efforts, but come on, this series is just too weak and bad from every single angle. Story, acting, direction; the absurdity of it all. Who thought of the fact that one could hand over your house keys to a total stranger, in fact, the one who actually shot you. I was like WTF! And only days afterwards, you finally learn what his name is. It just keeps getting worse. The shyness and the coyness that both characters display by looking here and there or biting lips or smiling is so damn annoying. I am also so tired of most of these series bringing in the cliched girlfriend angle out of nowhere and now the person has to choose. The mediocrity of this show is at another level and I blame most o fit to the most nonsensical script ever written. The inadequate boring so called romance of the leads just doesn't connect with anyone. (2/10)
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