Blanca Rodriguez (Mj Rodriguez) is an HIV-positive trans woman who decides to form her own House, the community's term for a group of dancers, and she quickly finds herself with a new family. Still, at its heart, Looking was always meant to be a romance about the unlikely relationship that blossomed between Patrick and Richie (Raúl Castillo), and luckily, HBO gave creators Andrew Haigh and Michael Lannan a final chance to wrap their stories up with a surprisingly poignant feature-length film. Pose is a series about the Black and Latino LGBTQ ballroom culture of the 1980s and '90s. But unlike shows of similar ilk ( Queer as Folk, for example), Looking did make room for differing perspectives - such as that of Agustín, a Latino man experimenting with polyamory, or Dom, an older man facing irrelevance in his community. Following Patrick (Jonathan Groff, in a deliberately annoying role, that was still somehow charming) and his group of gay friends in present-day San Francisco, the series was rightfully called out for centering a young, able-bodied white man. In an ideal world, it would have stood alongside similar HBO series like Insecure and Girls, taking its time to find its groove.
Looking is the perfect example of a show that was canceled way ahead of its time. Looking, Seasons 1-2 (Plus Looking: The Movie ) on HBO Go
