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Swell (Web Series)

By Golu
I wont say that this show was bad, it was just silly in my opinion from every angle. Firstly I don't understand whats the point of making multiple episodes. There are 15 episodes of average 5 minutes duration and pretty much the episode starts where previous one left off. Could have as well released as a film. But even otherwise, there isin't really much that the makers are trying to show here.

Story is about 5 men living together on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii. All claiming to be straight, we slowly find out how every single one of them is living a so called DL life. We meet Swell, who is visited by his secret hookup Brett, who wants more. Brett is married with kids and Swell has a girlfriend and neither of them wants to be known to have any gay tendencies. Then we meet to other slightly older guys talking about blowjobs. One of them convinces the other to try to go for a website and try it out. A couple of failed incidents happen for both of those men and some strangers as masseurs. We have Robert, a very straight man, who likes to be surprised. When his girlfriend brings a gay co worker in an attempt to try a threesome, it freaks him out. And finally we have their chef, a houseboy, who is also struggling with his sexuality. After a random encounter in a club where he pretty much gets raped, he comes out as gay and Swell tries to hook him up with a local guy. Brett's wife eventually figures out secret between Swell and Brett who by now are having some sort of affair and the three of them meet to dicuss what future holds for them.

Beyond the very high-level and insignificant one sentence background stories on each character, none of them seem to be fleshed out enough to understand why they share such a bond, why are they living together when they hardly spend any time. The series just moves right now. Clearly all the actors were acting. No one was natural. The openly gay guy just moved from one man to another reminding them they are hot and only seem to be wanting one thing only. The two older men trying out men at this stage comes out of nowhere.And the whole episode towards end where Brett's wife comes into the picture is so unnecessary. The show could have just easily focussed on Swell, Brett and their romance and how they navigate through it, given they are "straight". That would have been much better. 

Besides the beautiful views of Hawaii, there is absolutely no reason to see this show. It offers poor acting and a very poor storyline. But it does offer some good penis shots :) (4/10)
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