Looking: The Movie

Tomorrow night's movie Looking: The Movie brings an end to a two-season series that exposed the lives of three gay friends in California, warts and all. HBO should be commended for following through on a promise to bringing fans closure to this excellent yet short-lived series. Of course, I recommend you watch the series before the movie so you can get the full effect. 

Here is the synopsis of the movie from HBO:

Starring Jonathan Groff, Frankie J. Alvarez and Murray Bartlett, Looking: The Movie wraps up the story of three close friends living in San Francisco who explore the options available to a new generation of gay men seeking fulfillment in love and life. In the film, Patrick returns to the city for the first time in almost a year to celebrate a momentous event with his old friends. In the process, he must face the unresolved relationships he left behind and make difficult choices about what’s important to him.

As I said, "unresolved relationships" will not make much sense without the context of the earlier episodes. Also, I am not worried that this is a horrible follow-on movie of well-liked characters such as the Sex in the City film (I cannot remember the name and who cares anyway).  Nor could Girls do this since no one really cares if they fall off the edge of the world, though that would be a movie worth seeing.

No, instead I expect HBO to do as it promised and bring a satisfying end to a great show. That will be more than enough (that, and a third season, mind you).