‘Please Like Me’ seems a bit needy, as titles go. But it’s not hard to like this Australian series, which is a dramedy with bit of romance attached to it. The lead is Josh (played by Josh Thomas), who gets dumped by his girlfriend in the first few minutes of the first episode. Things haven’t been working out, she says. ‘Also – you’re gay.’ Josh slowly comes to terms with this and he doesn’t really feel like coming out because the concept is ‘so 90’s’.
That’s our series leads Josh with his best mate and roommate Tom!
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Other cast includes Josh’s anxious, ineffectual and caring dad with his new wife, Josh’s ex-girlfriend Claire and his roommate best friend Tom. (who is very bad at making any kind of decisions let alone expressing himself clearly with his emotions).
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The other character who plays a central role, especially during the second season onward, is Josh’s mum (Debra Lawrance), who is suffering from depression. Josh and his mum relation cum adventures are shown more often in later seasons with sometimes being funny and sometimes immensely heartbreaking.
Please Like Me is a very thoughtful dark comedy. The writing is amazing. From a first glance, this show might appear to be about gay life in Australia, but it’s just a really funny show about life, generally, with the main character and many side characters who happen to be gay. It can be dark and depressing at times, and sometimes silly, but always very insightful without trying too hard, being pretentious.
Over four seasons, ( that’s just 24 episodes with runtime 30 minutes) the series deals with all kinds of topics such as homophobia and racism, depression and workplace harassment, breast cancer and STDs.
All in all, Josh is an interesting character. He is sweet, honest and mostly tries to stay the same avoiding any conflicts that come his way.
These characters are all real. Relatable in each of our lives and surroundings. very well-portrayed and dealing with relatable crises.
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