The final episode of Looking’s inaugural season ends not with a bang but with a quiet fade to black, preceded by Patrick, lit up by the glow of his laptop, watching an episode of Golden Girls. But the series’ first run also ends with many unanswered questions and potential pitfalls for its main characters to trip into during a promised second season, just like any good comedy/drama should.
The 24 hours depicted in the episode were eventful ones for all three of the main men of the show. Only one, though, has a positive evening. Dom finally gets a chance to show off his peri-peri chicken at his pop-up restaurant, and by all accounts, it’s a raging success. As great as it is, he’s thrown for a loop when Lynn arrives with a friend in tow. A surge of visible jealousy takes Dom over and by the end, he is planting a passionate kiss on Lynn.
What remains unclear is what Dom’s intentions were with that lip lock. Moments before, he was talking about trying to do something more “permanent,” in reference to the restaurant. Even though Lynn insists that it would be the end of the working relationship, there’s the question of whether Dom’s feelings are romantic or if he is desperate to keep Lynn and his money around for his dreams of a restaurant.
For Patrick and Agustin, things are more uncertain than ever, especially for the latter gent. After spending the night at the apartment, Agustin does his best to try and reason with Frank. What he gets instead is a huge slap in the face: “Let’s be honest. You were never going to be an artist. And if you do follow through on something, it’s going to be mediocre at best.” Ouch. It’s enough of a blow to somewhat justify his decision to wash a couple of pills down with a swig of kombucha and spend the rest of the day in a drug-induced haze.
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