I mean we didn’t want to do something very typical and, ‘Which one is he going to pick?’ so we sort of focused on going deep in those relationships on their own. It’s more about Patrick and Kevin and what they understand about each other and what they don’t understand about each other and their conflict there within that. On the other side, how are Richie and Patrick feeling about each other after what happened in the first season?
It’s not quite so much about playing off each other and the jealousy. It’s really about Patrick and his emotional world and just what those people activate in him and what choices he makes based on that emotional life. Love triangles are a classic way to talk about a character’s emotional world and the choices they make. We really tried to focus on going deep with Kevin and then going deep with Richie, and what does that mean to Patrick, not about the jealousy and the rivalry.”
— Looking creator Michael Lannan in an interview with Towleroad
Cam
They didn’t want to do a typical story so they had a guy with a boyfriend sleep with his boss?
Um….isn’t that one of the oldest soties out there.
redcarpet30
They are trying to be “realistic” but no WAY richie would have put up with patricks bullshit for more than a month.
I want richie to find someone as down to earth as he is. Patrick isn’t the guy.
enlightenone
Creator Michael Lannan deaf and dumb; Jonathan dense; the show “silly,” intellectually insulting, emotionally repressed, and the sex ADOLESCENT!
lykeitiz
Gee, could the “Looking” creator explain how such a dull, underwritten waste of time show has managed to get so much publicity?
Yeah, we all want the next big gay show, but unless they’ve totally revamped it for Season 2, this ain’t it.
Will I watch? Of course…..we have nothing else.
This show is like going to a sweltering hot beach BBQ and the only beer in the cooler is Milwaukee’s Best.
pengwinofdoom
Ah yes, because TV shows about gays who cheat on their SOs and are incapable of commitment are SO atypical.