Hetero mainstream male audiences are not interested in male on male romance stories. Call it homophobic or whatever, it's not something that draws interest. Only a fringe minority of the population is really invested in this stuff. It's the harsh truth. If there was a man and a woman more interest would have been generated, and audiences more satisfied. Think of the tension and interest generated between the characters of Mulder and Scully in the X-Files TV show. Also the way this gay romance was handled was detrimental to the storytelling where a whole episode was devoted to it, where nothing else really happened. Hopefully the show is gripping enough and interesting enough to keep its audience. If this ends up turning into a woke, man-bashing, cringe fest even the heavily invested fans will drop it.
[Posted at the
SpookyWeather2 blog, March 2, 2023.]
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