Now available on DVD in the UK is the second season of Australian LGBTQ+ drama series, Single, Out. Written, directed and produced by Lee Galea, the series stars Will Hutchins, Jake Hyde, and Steven Christou, and picks up a short while after the events of the first season, with student photographer Adam in a relationship with Gabe.
However, while Adam and Gabe have been dating for a while, things aren’t running as smoothly as they could. Unbeknown to Gabe, Adam still has feelings for his ex, and this is weighing heavy on his mind.
Adam attempts to put these feelings to one side, so the pair can move forward with their relationship, but this is easier said than done. Problems occur, tears are shed, and everything starts to get significantly more complicated.
Meanwhile, Adam’s brother, Clayton is struggling to make ends meet. Keen to earn some cash, he takes up a new job as a plaything for a wealthy woman with a kink.
Now, as a quick reminder, Single, Out is an independent Aussie show. As such, it is a low budget affair with a young, fairly inexperienced cast, and it is a bit rough around the edges.
If you go into this show with expectations of high production values, you will be disappointed. Single, Out has been put together with limited financial resources, and mostly exists due to a passion for storytelling, rather than a desire to make bank!
However, if you take it for what it is, and look at what is being delivered on a shoestring, there’s much fun to be had. As with season one, this second helping of Single, Out is likeable, enjoyable stuff, packed with humour, heart, and a bit of horn.
Leading the series is the ever delightful Will Hutchins as Adam. Cute as a button, Hutchins continues to deliver the goods as a young gay guy looking for love in all the wrong places.
Watching him navigate his way through the ups and downs of a relationship is interesting, entertaining, and somewhat familiar. There’s something about Single, Out which strikes a chord, and feels very reflective of what it is like to be a 20-something gay guy balancing various emotions relating to life, love, the universe, and everything in between.
Your 20s is a time when you believe you should have it all figured out, but truth is it’s really a period of growth, where mistakes are made, and things often go a bit ‘tits-up’. Single, Out understands this, and uses Adam’s journey to highlight the various bumps and stumbling blocks which occur.
If season one was about Adam working his way into a decent relationship and possibly finding his ‘ever after’, this second season is about him realising that relationships still require work. Nothing is final, love can be cocked up, and life goes on regardless.
The story this year is split across seven episodes (it was six last year), with each running around 20 mins a piece. Similar to before, this season is an easy watch, which can be polished off in an afternoon or ideally when you’re hungover on a Sunday morning.
In fact, for those who live in the UK and who were around during the early ‘00s, Single, Out feels very much like the sort of show that would have played on a Sunday morning on teen television block, T4. Sadly it wouldn’t have been allowed to air on T4, as there are one too many shots of Adam in his pants, but it certainly has that kind of vibe.
It’s rough, ready, and it taps into the youth market. If this sounds like something which tickles your pickle, then grab yourself a copy on DVD now!
Oh, and for those wondering, Single, Out season two is currently only available on DVD in the UK, but if it’s anything like season one, a digital release may follow.
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