The Bisexual

This was just a really good, perfectly odd show. It felt so much like a slice of life, so intimate and honest. I really loved everything about Deniz for some reason. It's a bit bittersweet that there was only one season of this show, but I think it ended in a very real (if not slightly confusing?) way.

Top-notch writing without being pretentious or predictable. Great character development, it left me wanting more. Laugh out loud funny, heart-breaking and hopeful all at the same time. Can't wait for the next project involving Ms Akhavan.

I'm very surprised by the low star rating on IMDb. The critic reviews on Rotten Tomatoes are excellent. The acting in The Bisexual is great across the board. The writing is funny and insightful. It's raw and painful and funny. The subject is handled with sensitivity, but with a sense of humor, too. I loved it. I'd love to see more.

Somewhere, somehow, this show seemed to miss the mark in revealing what it is like to either explore feelings of bisexuality or what it is like when you identify yourself as bisexual. Leila simply comes off as an immature, insecure and awkward woman who is struggling to find a place in the world, which the later episodes reveal she never had. This is less about being bisexual and the questions and difficulties that come with it and more about a person who has no limits on needing and getting attention. There was so much potential, as Akhaven wrote some very complex supporting characters but none of them seem to be going anywhere.

Well-written and solid acting. Interesting plot and cast.