This required a lot of scavenging-despite their shiny HBOGo and HBO Now ventures, a lot of the network’s older and more obscure TV movies and shows remain unattainable. I wanted to, in a way, put Looking in context by watching everything HBO had produced and aired that had tackled LGBT issues.

I began this project because, after watching and recapping Looking here, I became fascinated with the idea that, with that Andrew Haigh show, the cable network had somehow reached peak gay TV even as it also managed to alienate the very viewers it was trying to coax.

It's the final episode as Manuel has worked his way through all the LGBT-themed HBO productions.