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Single, Out: Season 3 (Australia) (Web Series)

By Golu
It is a shame to see a series that started out so well has now become almost painful to watch and sit through with its latest season 3. Season 2 was also average, at best. The show, primarily about Adam, tried to mix humour and some heartfelt moments navigating through Adam's everyday life as a gay man. The writing here in season 3 has gotten weak, and some of the newly introduced characters were pretty bad actors. The dialog is long winded and often pointless, and the actors are clearly untrained and inexperienced, making many scenes difficult to endure. More on that later. This season has 7 episodes of about 18 minutes each.

Season 3 has Adam has moved to Sydney for his work he does for Single, Out magazine. He is now visiting back home for few days. We are introduced to Ethan, Adam's 20 year old half brother who is an aspiring writer. The father asks Adam to see if he can get him some work at the magazine office. Surprised with the ask, Adam manages to get him a job, silently enjoying being a big brother and also unsure about Ethan's sexuality. And this is where a series of disconnected events happen in every episode, which are just not fun to watch. We have a story of stolen laptop,  a colleague's birthday, some group trying to shoot a film etc. At the core, we are mostly focused this time on Ethan, who considers himself as bisexual and how he starts to fall for a colleague Oliver. Ethan enjoys companionship and not random hook ups, but since Oliver has just come out of a bad breakup, he is not ready for anything serious, despite the fact that he also really likes Ethan. Over the course we see how they fall and eventually grow in love. We also see how Adam and Clay stand together for their younger half-brother whom they did not know at all. Sometimes blood is quite thick. And finally we also see how Adam and Gabe are navigating their life in Sydney, taking one step at a time and trying to make it work.

There was literally nothing in this season that was decent. The jokes were poor, settings pretty basic adjust no storyline. Had the show focused on just how Adam's life is a continued mess would have been fun. The problem is that the lead character of Adam is just not fun anymore. Bringing in Ethan was a good idea. It added a new synergy and the chemistry between him with his brothers and awkwardness was well handled. His love with Oliver was also nice. But in trying to cover all spectrums of LGBTQ+ characters, the show goes all over the place. There is this crew of 7-8 people trying o shoot a film or something. All of their acting is so bad that I cant even begin to tell. I missed seeing more of Clay in this season. He was there for just a few scenes here and there. The editing of the show is also not the best and can use some learnings. I know that I understand Aussie humor but there is just no such thing is Season 3. I can't believe I am saying this, but I think they just need to stop the show. In first season , at least it was fun to see a goofball Adam. He has become just so boring now. (4/10)
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