Looking

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Season 2
  • Network: HBO
  • Series Premiere Date: Jan 19, 2014
Season #: 2, 1
User Score
8.6

Universal acclaim- based on 69 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 62 out of 69
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 69
  3. Negative: 5 out of 69
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  1. PoeticDumpling
    Jan 12, 2015
    10
    There is something so sincere, honest, real, and extremely love able about this show and it's characters. I am always sad to say goodbye to them after each episode. Very authentic series. The chemistry on this one just works in spades for me. Looking forward to the rest of this S2 ride.
  2. OpinionatedGuy
    Mar 25, 2015
    9
    It’s sad that HBO has cancelled this show. The first season of Looking was okay at best. But the second season of Looking is pure gold and has to be one of the best, entertaining TV shows this year so far.

    One of the best things about this season was the plot arcs. It was executed excellently with great, realistic writing that we can relate and entertained by. Another thing was the    It’s sad that HBO has cancelled this show. The first season of Looking was okay at best. But the second season of Looking is pure gold and has to be one of the best, entertaining TV shows this year so far.

    One of the best things about this season was the plot arcs. It was executed excellently with great, realistic writing that we can relate and entertained by.

    Another thing was the character development. Every main character in the show has its fair share of character development. Also, this character development makes me easily support the characters’ decisions, even though some of them are not good ones and that’s what makes this show so real to watch.

    My favorite part of this season was the platonic friendship between Dom and Doris. They are the most realistic portrayal of a gay man-female best friend friendship I have ever seen.

    Lastly, I love how real the cast performance in this show. Honorable mention goes to Lauren Weedman who plays Doris so flawlessly that she is Doris for me. I just see her as Doris, not an actress. But, my favorite cast performance is from Jonathan Groff. When I see Groff on-screen, I don’t see him as Jesse St. James from Glee, I see Patrick, a character that I relate so much that even if those situations didn’t happen to me, I relate to him and that shows he is a great actor. That goes the same to everyone else in the cast who played their roles so brilliantly.

    The second season of Looking is excellent with its well-executed plot arcs, great writing, realistic yet entertaining character development and its excellent cast performances.    … Expand
  3. GiaccoU
    Jan 21, 2015
    10
    Everything about this series feels incredibly authentic. All the characters find themselves in the search of happiness through love and understanding. Second season improves the way they transmit the stories and continues astonishing with the elements that characterize the series.
  4. zepaulox
    Apr 22, 2015
    10
    Us gays are normal people, we can love, we can do everything, and this serie show all this, mudering the prejudice.

    lets try make them reconsider http://www.thepetitionsite.com/555/751/323/hbo-honor-our-stories-renew-looking-for-3rd-season/?hc_location=ufi
  5. j1train
    Jan 12, 2015
    8
    It's not as buzzy and contentious as some viewers want it to be, but it's still unlike anything on television. These are characters worth getting to know and a world worth sharing.
  6. Mulder75
    Jan 13, 2015
    1
    This show portrays the gay community in a most superficial and shallow way. It focuses on characters that can’t maintain intimate relationship and are consumed by a culture of drug, alcohol, and sexual addiction. Yes, the show does authentically reflect what gay life in SF was like during those years but what about balance. I also want to see gay characters that committed themselvesThis show portrays the gay community in a most superficial and shallow way. It focuses on characters that can’t maintain intimate relationship and are consumed by a culture of drug, alcohol, and sexual addiction. Yes, the show does authentically reflect what gay life in SF was like during those years but what about balance. I also want to see gay characters that committed themselves to political activism, human dignity, and just morally noble causes of the time.… Expand
  7. haw2991
    Jan 27, 2015
    6
    While I did enjoy season one immensely, three episodes into season two, I'm beginning to agree with the San Francisco Chronicle's overall take of this installment. The authenticity is still somewhat present in season two, however, I'm beginning to visualize what's about to transpire as the cliché writing is really beginning to shine through.
  8. Westside
    Jan 12, 2015
    10
    I loved season 2 but this season (i've seen 5 episodes in advance) are above and beyond. Exceptional. The feelings in this show gives me good feelings

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Metascore
77

Generally favorable reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. The Huffington Post
    Reviewed by: Maureen Ryan
    Jan 10, 2015
    90
    It's worth noting that Looking is one of the sweetest and most romantic shows on television, and one the best at depicting the complexity and curiosity that drives many sexual encounters.
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  2. Salon
    Reviewed by: Sonia Saraiya
    Jan 8, 2015
    80
    The result is a show that is lushly intimate, the second season building on the foundation of the previous.
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  3. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Hank Stuever
    Jan 8, 2015
    80
    Looking feels spot-on and real; it falters only when it occasionally pauses to let one of its characters gaysplain, in dialogue, a subject that it believes a larger audience might not get.
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