The Other Two: Season 1 (TV Series)

Creating satire is never easy. You never know what joke may fall flat v/s when you may go overboard or end up hurting someone's feelings. To that extent, I believe that the makers of this sitcom have done a very very good job at keeping the jokes and funny situations live, funny, real and scathing. At 10 episodes of 25 minutes length, this was such an easy breezy watch.

The summary is pretty straight forward. The show is about a pair of siblings Cary and Brooke, who live in New York and what happens when their 13-year-old brother has become a Bieber-sized pop sensation. Cary is struggling actor, gay and very much in love with his straight roommate who doesn't leave any opportunity of flirting with Cary. Brooke on the other hand is a former dancer with no goal in life other than to “see 50 dicks this summer”. The sibling duo is a bit envious of sudden fame by their younger brother, but they also clearly love their little brother and are protective of him in the face of a showbiz, where people chew and spit you out as quickly as they put you on their head.

All episodes focus on one aspect of the life of the sibling dup in the wake of their brother's success. With characters like their mother, who initially may comes out as someone living her life through person but has something more deep to her, to Scooter, a manager who is willing to go to any lengths to do the right for the young pop star. The show has enough sex and more than enough focus on the sibling duo; which obviously means that there is plenty of gay contention the show courtesy Cary. In a surprising episode , when the young brother makes a new song and video of how his brother is gay and he still loves it; this sitcom shows us the stark reality of sudden internet fame and how everyone has an opinion of it and whether that's good or bad keeps constantly changing. The show also shows the perils of social media in today's time. This is just one example, and each and every episode talks about something different, while keeping the whole things amazingly funny. Into the show’s conversation about fame comes the bigger question about life, and what contributes to that sense of purpose and happiness. Balancing comedy, character development, love/hate relationship, quirkiness and sass is something that this show does a great job off. The actors are just perfect for their part. I wish, the youngest brother's part was better developed, but I guess as the title suggests, the show is about the two older siblings; so that's ok.

Given the times we are living in these days, I would definitely recommend a show like this, which is very very gay friendly and high on gay content (+1 in my books), and at the same time, it is delightfully funny, witty, sharp, sexy, weird and most importantly feel-good. (8/10)