Looking

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Television series
German title Looking
Original title Looking
Country of production United States
original language English
Year (s) 2014-2016
length 30 minutes
Episodes 18 in 2 seasons ( list )
genre Comedy , drama
idea Michael Lannan
production David Marshall Grant,
Sarah Condon,
Andrew Haigh
First broadcast January 19, 2014 (USA) on HBO
German-language
first broadcast		 September 10, 2014 on Sky Atlantic HD
occupation

Looking is an American comedy - and drama - television series of the TV channel HBO . The series is about a group of homosexual men in the metropolis of San Francisco who perceive the possibilities of life there. It first aired in the United States on January 19, 2014 after the launch of the series True Detective and the third season of the series Girls .

action

The three long-time friends Patrick, Agustín and Dom are openly gay and live in the very tolerant San Francisco , which is considered a gay stronghold. The 39-year-old Dom, who lives in a shared apartment with his best friend Doris, works as a waiter, but dreams of opening his own restaurant, just like his father used to have. The 31-year-old Agustín, who initially lived in a shared apartment with Patrick but then moved in with his friend Frank, works as an artist's assistant, but tries to be successful as an artist himself. 29-year-old Patrick works as a level designer in a video game company. He falls in love with the Mexican-born Richie, but also feels drawn to his new boss Kevin.

occupation

The series was set to music at Berliner Synchron . Frank Lenart wrote the dialogue books and directed the dialogue.

Jonathan Groff Murray Bartlett
Jonathan Groff and Murray Bartlett play two of the three central leading roles.
Role name actor Main role
(season) 		Supporting role
(season) 		Voice actor
Patrick Murray Jonathan Groff 1.01-2.10 Leonhard Mahlich
Agustín Lanuez Frankie J. Alvarez 1.01-2.10 Roman Wolko
Basaluzzo Cathedral Murray Bartlett 1.01-2.10 Alexander Brem
Doris Lauren Weedman 2.01-2.10 1.01-1.04, 1.06 Carin C. Tietze
Ricardo "Richie" Donado Ventura Raúl Castillo 2.01-2.10 1.01–1.02, 1.04–1.08 Nico Mamone (series) /
Nils Dienemann (film)
Kevin Matheson Russell Tovey 2.01-2.10 1.03-1.04, 1.06-1.08 Johannes Raspe
Frank OT Fagbenle 1.01-1.04, 1.06-1.08, 2.09 Claus-Peter Damitz
Owen Andrew Law 1.01, 1.03, 1.06, 1.08, 2.02, 2.04-2.06, 2.08 Max fields
Lynn Scott Bakula 1.03-1.04, 1.06-1.08, 2.02-2.04 Gudo Hoegel
Jon Joseph Williamson 1.06-1.07, 2.04-2.06 Alex Turrek
Eddie Daniel Franzese 2.01-2.09 Oliver Scheffel
Brady Chris Perfetti 2.02, 2.04, 2.06, 2.08 Tim Schwarzmaier
Malik Bashir Salahuddin 2.02-2.03, 2.06-2.08, 2.10 Christian Weygand

production

The broadcaster HBO ordered the pilot episode for the series in December 2012 , which was written by Michael Lannan and Andrew Haigh . In February 2013 two of the leading roles were cast with actors Jonathan Groff and Frankie J. Alvarez . The station ordered a first season of the series consisting of eight episodes on May 14, 2013. In August 2013, both Scott Bakula and Russell Tovey were hired for recurring guest roles on the series. Filming for the first season began in the San Francisco Bay Area on September 16 and ended just under two months later on November 7, 2013.

At the end of February 2014, HBO ordered a second season of the series, which consists of ten episodes. For the second season, Lauren Weedman , Raúl Castillo and Russell Tovey were included on the main cast.

In March 2015, the series was discontinued after two seasons. However, HBO produced a final television film that was shot in the fall of 2015.

In an interview in January 2014, Michael Lannan and Andrew Haigh stated that seven of the nine scriptwriters were homosexual and that there was a woman among the scriptwriters.

Charisma

United States

In the United States, the first season aired on HBO between January 19 and March 9, 2014 . The ten episodes of the second season aired between January 11 and March 22, 2015. The final television film was shown in June 2016.

Germany

The German-language premiere was the Pay TV transmitter Sky Atlantic from 10 September 2014. The second season was released on September 9, 2015. The broadcast of the final TV movie was on 14 October 2016. Found in Sky Atlantic.

Episode list

season 1

No.
( total ) 		No.
( St. ) 		German title Original title First broadcast in the USA German language first broadcast (D) Director script Odds
(USA)
1 1 Looking for Now Looking for Now Jan. 19, 2014 Sep 10 2014 Andrew Haigh Michael Lannan 0.34 million
2 2 Looking for Uncut Looking for Uncut Jan. 26, 2014 17 Sep 2014 Andrew Haigh Andrew Haigh 0.29 million
3 3 Looking at your browser history Looking at your browser history Feb. 1, 2014 Sep 24 2014 Andrew Haigh Michael Lannan & Andrew Haigh 0.12 million
4th 4th Looking for $ 220 / hour Looking for $ 220 / hour Feb 9, 2014 Oct. 1, 2014 Ryan Fleck Allan Heinberg 0.45 million
5 5 Looking for the future Looking for the future Feb 16, 2014 Oct 8, 2014 Andrew Haigh Andrew Haigh 0.51 million
6th 6th Looking in the mirror Looking in the mirror 23 Feb 2014 Oct 15, 2014 Joe Swanberg Tanya Saracho & JC Lee 0.52 million
7th 7th Looking for a plus one Looking for a plus one 2nd Mar 2014 Oct 22, 2014 Jamie Babbit John Hoffman 0.43 million
8th 8th Looking Glass Looking Glass 9 Mar 2014 Oct 29, 2014 Andrew Haigh Tanya Saracho & Michael Lannan 0.43 million

season 2

No.
( total ) 		No.
( St. ) 		German title Original title First broadcast in the USA German language first broadcast (D) Director script Odds
(USA)
9 1 Looking for the Promised Land Looking for the Promised Land Jan. 11, 2015 Sep 9 2015 Andrew Haigh Andrew Haigh 0.183 million
10 2 Looking for results Looking for results Jan. 18, 2015 16 Sep 2015 Andrew Haigh Michael Lannan 0.195 million
11 3 Looking top to bottom Looking top to bottom Jan. 25, 2015 23 Sep 2015 Ryan Fleck John Hoffman 0.324 million
12 4th Looking Down the Road Looking Down the Road Feb 8, 2015 Sep 30 2015 Ryan Fleck Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa 0.192 million
13 5 Looking for Truth Looking for Truth Feb 15, 2015 Oct 7, 2015 Andrew Haigh Tanya Saracho 0.150 million
14th 6th Looking for Gordon Freeman Looking for Gordon Freeman Feb 22, 2015 Oct 14, 2015 Jamie Babbit JC Lee 0.204 million
15th 7th Looking for a plot Looking for a plot March 1, 2015 Oct 21, 2015 Andrew Haigh Jhoni Marchinko 0.239 million
16 8th Looking for Glory Looking for Glory March 8, 2015 Oct 28, 2015 Jamie Babbit Michael Lannan & JC Lee 0.303 million
17th 9 Looking for Sanctuary Looking for Sanctuary March 15, 2015 Nov 4, 2015 Craig Johnson Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa & Tanya Saracho 0.312 million
18th 10 Looking for Home Looking for Home March 22, 2015 11th Nov 2015 Andrew Haigh Andrew Haigh & John Hoffman 0.298 million

Looking: The Movie

90-minute film to conclude the series.

No.
( total ) 		No.
( St. ) 		German title Original title First broadcast in the USA German language first broadcast (D) Director script Odds
(USA)
19th 1 Looking: The Movie Looking: The Movie June 2, 2016 ( Frameline Film Festival )
July 23, 2016 (HBO) 		October 11, 2016 (Filmfest homochrom)
October 14, 2016 (Sky Atlantic) 		Andrew Haigh Andrew Haigh & Michael Lannan 0.284 million

criticism

At Rotten Tomatoes, the film received a rating of 89% and a user rating of 90%.

The series was praised on the one hand by the Washington Post for freeing itself from the supposed compulsion as a series about gay relationships to deal with stories about the fight for gay rights. On the other hand, the series was simply criticized as being banal and boring.

Trivia

  • In episode 2 of the first season, Agustín wears a jacket with the badge of the hiking club Hui Wäller Bad Marienberg .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ HBO Sets Debut Dates For 'True Detective', 'Looking' & 'Girls' Season 3 . In: deadline.com . October 16, 2013. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
  2. ↑ Michael Ausiello: HBO Announces Dates for Girls Season 3, Jonathan Groff's Gay Dramedy Looking . In: tvline.com . October 16, 2013. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
  3. ↑ German synchronous index: German synchronous index | Series | Looking. Retrieved April 10, 2018 .
  4. ^ Nellie Andreeva: HBO Orders Comedy Pilot From Michael Lannan, David Marshall Grant & Sarah Condon . In: deadline.com . December 14, 2012. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
  5. ↑ a b Nellie Andreeva: Michael Lannan & Andrew Haigh's Gay Friends Dramedy Gets Series Order At HBO . In: deadline.com . May 14, 2013. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
  6. ^ Leslie Goldberg: He'll play the lead in the Michael Lannan project about a group of gay friends living in San Francisco. . In: hollywoodreporter.com . February 8, 2013. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
  7. ↑ Adam Arndt: Looking: Scott Bakula committed to HBO dramedy . In: Serienjunkies.de . August 25, 2013. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
  8. ↑ Thordes Herbst: Looking: Russell Tovey joins the cast . In: Serienjunkies.de . August 31, 2013. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
  9. ↑ Mission restaurant becomes set for new HBO series 'Looking' . In: ktvu.com . October 22, 2013. Archived from the original on January 15, 2014. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved November 17, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ktvu.com
  10. ↑ Amanda Kondolojy: 'Looking' Renewed for Second Season by HBO . In: zap2it.com . February 26, 2014. Retrieved February 26, 2014.
  11. ↑ LOOKING (HBO) . In: Thefutoncritic . Retrieved July 23, 2014.
  12. ↑ Looking: HBO Series to Have Bigger Second Season . In: TVSeriesFinale.com . June 20, 2014. Retrieved July 23, 2014.
  13. ↑ Mario Giglio: Looking: Ordered the 2nd season of HBO . In: Serienjunkies.de . February 26, 2014. Retrieved February 26, 2014.
  14. ↑ Nellie Andreeva: HBO's 'Looking' Gets Finale Special - No Season 3 . In: Deadline.com . March 25, 2015. Retrieved March 25, 2015.
  15. ↑ Mario Giglio: Looking: Final HBO movie coming out in early 2016 . In: Serienjunkies.de . July 31, 2015. Accessed August 1, 2015.
  16. ↑ Hope Reese: HBO's Looking: Not 'the Ultimate Gay Show About All Gay People' . In: The Atlantic . January 15, 2014. Retrieved February 20, 2014.
  17. ↑ LOOKING (HBO) . In: Thefutoncritic . Retrieved July 23, 2014.
  18. ↑ 'Girls', 'Togetherness' & 'Looking' Premiere Dates Set On HBO . In: deadline.com . November 6, 2014. Retrieved November 6, 2014.
  19. ↑ Bernd Michael Krannich: Looking: Sky Atlantic HD shows HBO comedy in September . In: Serienjunkies.de . July 23, 2014. Retrieved July 23, 2014.
  20. ↑ Looking: Season One Ratings . In: TVSeriesFinale.com . April 12, 2014. Retrieved July 23, 2014.
  21. ↑ Looking: Season Two Ratings . In: TVSeriesFinale.com . March 17, 2015. Accessed March 22, 2015.
  22. ↑ LOOKING: THE MOVIE (German premiere, opening film) + short films. homochrom , accessed on April 15, 2017 (German).
  23. ↑ Mitch Metcalf: UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 7/7/2016 . Showbuzz Daily. July 26, 2016. Retrieved September 10, 2016.
  24. ^ Illuminata. Rotten Tomatoes , accessed October 26, 2016 .
  25. ↑ Hank Stuever: HBO's 'Girls,' 'Looking' and the delicate balance of vignette . In: The Washington Post . January 10, 2015. Retrieved October 26, 2016.
  26. ↑ Justin Wm. Moyer: HBO ends 'Looking,' its 'boring' show about gay men . In: The Washington Post . March 26, 2015. Retrieved October 26, 2016.