This Close

I first thought this was just a deaf version of Will and Grace but it is so much more. I binged watched the second season (I didn't see the first). At the beginning it really seams like a Will and Grace rip off. Gay best friend with a straight best friend and thier friendship ruining their romantic relationships but as you get deaper into it you realize that these characters have way more depth. As someone who wears hearing aids in both ears and has had hearing problems for 30 years I am happy to see deaf and hard of hearing characters functioning in society. Able to hold down jobs and live on their own. We need to see more "special needs" characters seen on TV and in movies the way they really live and love.

... Marlee Matlin appeared in Children of a Lesser God along with William Hurt thirty-five years ago... she looks incredible in this production... as does Shoshannah Stern... and she's the real reason to watch This Close... only very good actors can act as naturally on camera as she does

... showing as now being 'on-hiatus'... hope they do decide to bring it back for another season or two.

Are humans flawed? Yes Are humans needy? Yes Do most of us make the best of what we get out of life? Yes Welcome to "This Close". An intimate look into life when life itself has loaded you with challenges most others do not have to face on a daily basis.

The two main characters - Kate and Michael - share a friendship that reaches beyond love. They are friends first and always. Kate has a boyfriend, Michael wants one but in that is a stumbling point for him. Both Kate and Michael must manage their professional lives, their personal lives, and their relationship while dealing with a world that both accepts and rejects their disability.

I'm luv'n this series because it shows a light on being in the 21st Century.

Would you bleep out every other word of an actor? Would you mute and black out their mouth? No to both. Then why is it whenever someone decides to have a deaf character they decide to film their conversation by cutting off their hands in the frame. This is equivalent to silencing the deaf. If you can not see the frame in which deaf individuals speak in you are cutting off their words. I couldn't even watch 10m of this show without shutting it off. Why would they direct something with sign language leading and not honor the language and how it is communicated??? Disappointing!

It's disconcerting that this show isn't getting the attention it deserves. All actions are show so brilliantly and has top notch acting. I'm glad there is season two and it's brilliant as well. Can't wait to keep seing more.