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New Guy (Alex Wolff) moves to New York City while his mom is in rehab, stays with his dad's old buddy, and gets involved in a lot stuff. This review will only cover the gay subtext scenes.
Scene 1: New Guy's first day in school. Skyler (Giulian Yao Gioello), hot for the new guy, befriends him and shows him around.
Scene 2: In algebra class, two stoner buds are playing a game involving fluttering their hands together.
Scene 3: New Guy is in the restroom, trying to get high with a bong made of a toilet paper roll, when the stoner buds come in, bickering like an old married couple and talking like "he got into my motherf*ckin' grill, yo."
One stands at the urinal; the other doesn't have to go, so he just stands nearby to get a peek at his bud's d*ck
They find New Guy and introduce themselves as Seamus and Russell (I'll call them Gay Guy and Straight Friend). They invite to a party Friday night.
"Wait -- will your girlfriend be there?" Gay Guy asks.
"Yes."
"Fuck! You never pay attention to me when she's around." To New Guy: "His balls just evaporate when she's around." That must make sex difficult.
Scene 4; The party was cancelled, so Gay Guy (Tommy Nelson, far left) invites New Guy to go to a club with him and his good buddy Skyler, who cruised Nick in Scene 1. Straight Friend and his Girlfriend will also be there. So when they go out, it's Skyler-his girlfriend and Russell-his boyfriend, get it?
On the way, Gay Guy and Straight Friend argue and break up. The Girlfriend tells New Guy not to worry: they break up all the time, but get back together again. "Honestly, I think they just secretly want to fuck each other." Ok, so it's not a subtext.
They end up partying on the roof. Gay Guy and Straight Friend kiss. Wait, I thought you had other partners.
Later, while the two are dealing with a drug overdose, New Guy and The Girlfriend bond.
Scene 5: New Guy has lunch with Straight Friend (Skyler Gisondo, left), who reveals that he cheated last night, before his overdose: he was with "someone." He doesn't say who, and neither of the guys use gender pronouns, leaving open the possibility that it was with a boy .
Scene 6: A roomful of guys hanging out. Straight Friend asks Gay Guy to rap about buttholes. Apparently everyone knows that he's a butthole expert.
He starts out: "This my boy Seamus, fucking on an anus." Tell me more.
"Young Russ, I'm reckless, I wreck chicks." He pauses. "No, that's not right." Of course not. You meant "wreck dudes."
Scene 7: The Girlfriend invites them to another party The four head out, engaging in youthful hijinks. On the subway, Straight Friend pretends that he is getting oral s*ex from Gay Guy. Everyone laughs.
They try to pick up some drugs for the party, but almost get shot when Gay Guy refers to the dealer (Quincy Chad, left) as "My N....." He tries to explain that it's a rap term, but the dealer pulls a gun and asks if Gay Guy would like it in his mouth. Ok, a reference to oral activity. Figures that it would be Gay Guy.
They run away, and divide into two couples to cuddle and recuperate: Gay Guy/his Boyfriend and New Guy/Straight Friend. So Russell and Skyler are like canonical boyfriends, and Nick and Seamus have a gay-subtext friendship? Or are they falling in love?
The Girlfriend and her friend arrive. Straight Friend tries to kiss her (because he feels bad about doing things with other people?) but she won't let him. She wonders why he's so interested in kissing, all of a sudden. "Since when do you care about that?" Yeah, kissing girls, yuck!
More after the break
Scene 8: The party. Straight Friend may not like kissing girls, but he's fine with doing stuff with a random girl while The Girlfriend is occupied. New Guy catches them.
Meanwhile, Gay Guy, his Boyfriend and a random bud played by Camrus Johnson (left) are getting high. New Guy joins them. They hug and frolick. Wait, I thought your gay-subtext boyfriend was Straight Friend.
Then he hooks up with The Girlfriend. They start an affair.
Scene 9: Straight Friend wants to know why New Guy has been ghosting him lately. "Well, um, I've been really busy...." "Well, hang out with me and my girlfriend later." Awkward!
Scene 10: New Guy is so upset over betraying his friend that he cries, hugs his uncle, considers suicide, and then comes clean. Straight Friend decks him, but then forgives him. The Girlfriend dumped him, anyway. Time to give Gay Guy a shot.
New Guy is moving away, but as a parting gift, he gives Straight Friend a book on dirty French phrases. "You always said you wanted to learn French, so..." Dude, that wasn't the kind of French he meant.
Scene 11: Another party, Gay Guy is there with his Boyfriend,, but then he starts arguing with Straight Friend, like they're long-term partners. I'm confused -- which one is Gay Guy dating?
Gay Characters: Gay Guy and his Boyfriend. Neither looks at or mentions a girl, and they are both hot for guys, especially each other. But neither is openly identified as gay.
Gay Subtexts: New Guy and Straight Friend are probably straight or bi, with a subtext romance mediated by their shared interest in the Girlfriend.
My Grade: B-. In 2019, why not just Say the Word?
See also: Tommy Nelson's Hot Photos, Part 2: Boyfriends, buddies, bromantic partners, crushes, and co* cks
Gemstones Episode 2.1: Junior likes dicks, Kelvin likes pecs, and f**k, yeah! We got both
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