Dream Corps LLC (2016-2020), on Hulu, is an Adult Swim dark comedy about a run-down medical facility where a bumbling Doctor (Jon Gries) and his staff, notably Patient 88 (Nicholas Rutherford, left) solve people's problems through dream therapy.
Scene 1: A run-down storage facility. Technician Randy (Mark Prokbsch, who you may know from What We Do in the Shadows), looks for his vape, with the help of T.E.R.R.Y the robot. He loses his shirt and his hand.
Scene 2: The Doctor examines Patient 86, aka Brandon (Geoffrey Arend, left), who has hives due to relationship problems. His boyfriend is late (Brandon tricked him into coming, saying it was "hot yoga").
Forced to "lick the truth plastic", Brandon, reveals that he gets dressed for the gym, then just sits in his car and drinks lattes, he doesn't have any black friends, and he doesn't know if his boyfriend still loves him. Aha, the crux of the issue! A brief interview could have told you that without a gross "truth plastic."
Patient 103, AKA Rod (Dan Gill), arrives, angry because "You forgot your man again."
Scene 3: They need Randy to begin the procedure. Patient 88 finds him trying to re-attach his hand. Disgusting! The magnets he used push the hand into Patient 88's crotch and begin masturbating him. He tells TERRY "This is not what it looks like." Randy: "Yes, it is."
Patient 88 breaks away, and the hand moves on to masturbate Randy.
Scene 4: In their animated dream, the guys are riding penis-shaped dolphins. They reach land, and a golden staircase. The Doctor tries to warn them that they are going the wrong way: the staircase will kill them! But he was knocked out of the dream. Patient 88 tries to get him back in.
Scene 5: Uh-oh, he's back in the dream, but fighting the Predator! Meanwhile, the guys reach the top of the staircase. It turns into a hot air balloon, with Rod hanging over the side! He says: "If anything happens to me, I want you to know...." I love you? No: "This was your idea." Darn!
He falls, apparently to his death! Brandon screams and sobs.
Scene 6: The dream shifts: Brandon is rafting in a scary swamp. A giant catfish monster appears and starts yelling in a foreign language! Outside the dream, Brandon is flatlining! The staff discusses how to do CPR. He awakens and yells for them to go save Rod!
Technician Joey figures out that the murky water and foreign language signify a lack of communication. Ten minutes of couple's therapy, or a scary, possibly lethal nightmare? Your choice.
Scene 7: They put Brandon back in the dream, where Rod is running on a giant hamster wheel. Suddenly they are on a ferris wheel, and the Predator appears! Rod tries to run away, but Brandon stops him: "This is our life, and you always run away! You run away from me!"
Left: Nick Rutherford and friend.
The Predator suggests that Brandon takes Rod for granted. He picks them up and carries them home, where they kiss (disgustingly, with 6-foot long tongues). They wake up screaming. But at least their problem is solved. Wait -- was it lack of communication or taking Brandon for granted?
Rod admits that, when they were on the hot air balloon, he let go on purpose so Brandon would feel guilty. He proposes, but Brandon is in too much pain from being pounded on the chest by a robot. The end.
Beefcake: None.
Grossness: Lots. They appear to revel in it.
Gay Characters: They are treated like everybody else. The plot synopsis doesn't even mention that they are gay.
I watched a few other episodes to see if there were any other gay characters. Jimmi Simpson (left) as a guy afraid to fall asleep looked like a good possibility, but the moment he fell asleep, he met The Girl.
My Grade: The dream is sort of cool, but the grossness outweighs it by a ton. D
There are butts and dicks of Jon Gries and Nick Rutherford on RG Beefcake and Boyfriends
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