Neil Patrick Harris’s charming turn as a newly single gay man in New York can’t stop Darren Star’s slow, derivative and poorly plotted drama from feeling flat
ncoupled , the story of a suddenly single gay man having to recalibrate his life in New York City, is what happens when you make subtext text.
If you also want to save time, you can think of Michael as Carrie Bradshaw – he, too, is needy and self-centred, but possessed of enough spark and warmth to keep his friends and his viewers engaged. His friend Billy , a TV weather presenter with a different Grindr-sourced twink on his arm every night, is Samantha. His ex, Stanley , is Charlotte – a romantic, who helps keep alive Michael’s hope that Colin is caught in a midlife crisis and will soon come back to him.
Oh, and a decent plot and pacing have gone awol too. Everything is slow, derivative and signposted from a fair few miles away, be it Colin’s pre-party bombshell, the pair’s doomed couple’s counselling session, or Michael’s tentative and equally doomed initial forays on dating apps after nearly two decades out of the game.
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