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      pzhang519
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      Love "Looking", because this series shows us the really and normal gay love in our lives. We all have faced the situation about looking the right person. So say to hear this bad news. Hope the movie can give us a happy ending.

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        absolaurent
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        That's sad, I really like the show. I hate HBO…

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          antstorm
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          Im not really a big fan of US formats , i think the British Series runs are far better than umpteen US style seasons that usually jump the shark anyways ( QAF US vs the far superior UK original case in point)

          its getting a movie tie up as a finale , but do we really need to see season after season of one show ??

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            qwertylmoa
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            :cry2: Damn,  really like the show. I guess all tv shows have to end sometime..

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              pornofan
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              antstorm said: its getting a movie tie up as a finale , but do we really need to see season after season of one show ??

              Tell that to Letterman, Mad Men, The Simpsons, Breaking Bad, and Dr. Who– just for starters.

              Yes, naked Tovey is always worth looking at, as someone else pointed out.

              The show was VERY San Francisco, lots of local scenery and lots of realistic Life in the Castro. Was he original QAF as true a representative of the scene in Manchester? It took a while for the stories to develop from an initial multicharacter confusion, but there were a couple of older men-- including Scott Bacula from the old Quantum Leap and current NCIS New Orleans, among other popular and handsome actors. Story lines included rentboys, mass nudity on the Russian River, a POS player, non-whites, and a great big bear. Diversity!

              There is an online petition to HBO asking them to air a third season. They are looking for 90,000 signatures and at this moment need fewer than 800 more, so it is entirely possible that someone from this site will hit the magic number if you sign in and pass the word.

              http://www.thepetitionsite.com/555/751/323/hbo-honor-our-stories-renew-looking-for-3rd-season/?taf_id=13585212&cid=fb_na

              Personally, I'm not a great believer in online petitions, but they do sometimes work, just like crowdfunding. It might even turn out that
              Looking is still ahead of the curve. The original Star Trek did not last long before it got canceled, but a pre-Internet petition drive did score an additional season, followed– as well all know-- by movies and by years of sequels, the "sexybaldcaptain" of long-ago Usenet fame, and, inter alia, George Takei (taKAY not taKIE), the nearly ubiquitous gay activist. Fortunately, prime time science fiction got a second chance and perhaps this conspicuously gay series can have one as well.

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                antstorm
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                @pornofan:

                Tell that to Letterman, Mad Men, The Simpsons, Breaking Bad, and Dr. Who– just for starters.

                If you take one line out of my post and use it out of context yeah it looks like a snipe , however if you look at my post itself i clearly said "I " am not a fan of the season format , Dr Who stories are different in that they  run by story arc which last for 4-6 episodes maximum. so in essence  cant  really be used as an analogy , ive never seen Letterman and don't know what it is , we don't have that show, to my knowledge in Australia. shows that have non continuation stories , as long as they keep fresh are not the issue that i stated , it is the shows that have a cannon theme that drag on and on are ones that "I" ( as in personally do not favour)

                hope that clears things up .

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                  Patcub2
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                  Well it was a tad too serious for me - kinda like the 'L' word was.

                  Yeah QAF wasn't realistic - but it was fun to watch.

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                    rowee
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                    Is this worth catching up with now? I've seen S1 and found it interesting but haven't yet seen S2. Does it end in a satisfying way?

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                      antstorm
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                      @rowee:

                      Is this worth catching up with now? I've seen S1 and found it interesting but haven't yet seen S2. Does it end in a satisfying way?

                      they will be tying up the loose ends with a tv movie style  finale. it honestly was a great show so check it out

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                        bebekid
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                        @pornofan:

                        Personally, I'm not a great believer in online petitions, but they do sometimes work, just like crowdfunding.

                        pornofan, thanks for posting the link to the petition. I have seen things happen with these online petitions so it could do something. Besides, they only do like 6 episodes a season.

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                          kerr505
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                          😞

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                            Markovin
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                            Kinda sad news.

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                              rossoneri
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                              it wasnt a good show anyway  ::)

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                                Darkme990
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                                oh no! i'm so sad :cry2:

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                                  matwlep
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                                  That show was crap. Good riddance.

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                                    shynquietguy
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                                    @matwlep:

                                    That show was crap. Good riddance.

                                    Agreed. I don't like it.

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                                      arty618
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                                      @matwlep:

                                      That show was crap. Good riddance.

                                      I generally agree. Though it started out well and then just lost itself.

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                                        tospaga
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                                        it was a good show i think, is there any specific time for the movie stayle finale?

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                                          ColinTNM
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                                          Never thought it was up to much personally, very flimsy stuff. But we need more gay-centric shows on TV. even bad ones!  😛

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                                            cannonmc
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                                            Well, I enjoyed it. I'm not quite sure what the nay-sayers want from a series like that. Good job they weren't forced to watch  😄

                                            And I think the finale is due nearer Christmas

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