7 shows I'm watching in June

Multiverse murderer, lightsabers, stripper poles, Julia Roberts and Kate Bush.

7. Queer as Folk (Peacock)
My score: 60/100

The Queer as Folk reboot technically has all the raw materials for a successful series: strong acting, a solid writer’s room (which includes Roxane Gay), a contemporary perspective, and a budget adequate for bustling party scenes and drag performances. Ultimately, the series gets weighed down by the pilot’s Pulse nightclub-inspired shooting and the PTSD fall-out, and never quite finds its footing, despite the creation of interesting characters. It’s almost there.

It might just be my own gay trauma exhaustion, though. I just feel like the series would have thrived embracing the lighter angles to the show that we don’t get nearly enough of as it is—queer friendship, love triangles, queer parenting. I did at least appreciate the commitment to telling representative stories, including a lens on disability rarely seen on television (see my interview with Ryan O’Connell for more on that). But it feels like the series might have taken on more than it really needed to.

6. Stranger Things 4 (Netflix)