The Gay Tease of "Adulting: Year 1"

I was drawn into the Canadian webseries Adulting: Year I  by this clip of fitness guru Bolt Jackson,  And by a clip of two men hugging and touching faces.  So the main characters must be gay.

Wait -- only heterosexuals have "mid life crises" at age 25, when they find that life isn't as easy as they anticipated.  Gay people are busy yelling "It gets better!"

But there were only 11 episodes, each 6-12 minutes long, so it wouldn't hurt to check it out.

1.  It's Luc's birthday, and he and his boyfriend Landon (played by Luc Trottier and Landon Doak) get drunk, hug and touch faces but don't kiss, and decide to move to Toronto to pursue their dream of becoming actors  But the only apartments they can afford are horrible or frightfully expensive.

That's the experience of every gay person who abandons a homophobic small town for the City.  Living in Gay Heaven is expensive!

2. Luc looks for a job, but the only jobs he's qualified for require someone just out of school with four years of experience on a computer system that was just invented last week, and a bachelor's degree is required but makes him overqualified.

Aside from being frightfully expensive, Gay Heaven lacks jobs.  You'll probably work 2-3 part time and temp jobs to make ends meet.  But who cares?  You're in Gay Heaven!

3.  While watching a commercial for Bolt Jackson, Julie (Jessica Gallant) tells Olivia (Sarah O'Brecht) about a "perfect" date (maybe with Bolt -- I'm not sure) ruined by embarrassing noises from her lady parts during sex.

Ok, um...lots of gay men have female friends.  And tere are some nice beefcake shots, so I'm not complaining.

4. Luc apparently isn't gay after all!   He goes on a date with Julie from #3, but they argue when each has represented themselves online.  He's not rich or sophisticated, she doesn't go to the gym.  But they bond over their shared interest in kung fu movies.

Ok, I'm really disappointed at the teasing "gay" relationship of Episodes 1-2, but dating was a big thing in The City, so I guess I can relate.

5. Luc and Julie go for a walk, but their attempt at bonding is always interrupted by other friends. I think.  Things turn surreal, and I'm not sure I understand.

6. Landon (remember him?) goes on an audition, but freezes up.

Landon hasn't mentioned any dates or relationships yet.  Maybe he's still gay.

7. Luc hates his job doing grunt work at a chemical waste company (do they produce it or dispose of it?).  His boss is a big, incompetent, work-stealing bully.

Dude, when I was doing grunt work, I would have killed for my own office, with a window.  Who cared that my boss kept stealing the credit for my work.  I lived in Gay Heaven!  What's to complain about?

8. Julie's friend Olivia from #3 (remember her?) tells her boyfriend, medical student Mark (Scott Farley), that she has to get pregnant now, or she won't be able to.  So they put on their costumes -- a furry and a fairy princess -- and prepare for sex. Followed by a friend-celebrating montage.

Yeah, um...having a family was not a major concern, or even a minor concern, in Gay Heaven.  It was implicitly assumed that gay people would never have children.  No one would let us adopt, and if we had kids through surrogates, the state would take them away.  This episode falls flat.

9. Luc and Julie tear up their tax forms and challenge their friends to play-fights with swords and water guns.  Everyone is really into "acting like a kid." so they do both summer and winter things.

I don't understand.  But at least we get Landon with his shirt off.

10.  Luc clashes with his horrible boss, who also happens to hate his horrible job.  Apparently it's "my job's a joke" all the way up the channels of command.

That's nice to know, I guess.

11. It's Luc's birthday again, and all his friends are there, including some who haven't had centric episodes like Rod Jackson (left) and two cute guys who might be a gay couple.

Clutching at straws? 

Luc smashes the cake and punches Landon in the face because "You lied to me!  My dreams haven't come true!"

Dude, you have an apartment, a job, a relationship, friends, and you live in The City.  What else did you want?

There are some fantasy sequences (I assume) about Luc asking Julie to marry him, killing Landon, and encountering himself as a scary clown.

From hugging and face-touching to fantasy homicide?  In West Hollywood, we had lunch with our ex-boyfriends, we didn't kill them.