Lauren Weedman Redeems Everything That's Wrong with HBO's Looking

Lauren Weedman's thrilling performance resulted in not only the strongest episode of Looking, but also one of the best moments on TV in years. JOHN P. JOHNSON
It's no secret that Looking—HBO's half-hour comedy/drama about a trio of gay male friends in San Francisco—is boring. The show's been widely identified as such since its 2014 premiere. "In Looking, gay men get to be boring on TV at last," wrote Gawker's Rich Juzwiak, giving a grudging nod to the progress that'