Special
Special Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 7.7 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 8.1 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.4 | 7.8 | |
| S2 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 8.2 | 8.0 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 7.9 |
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"Short episodes, disarmingly honest about disability and desire"
Special follows a gay man with mild cerebral palsy who lands an internship at a lifestyle website and starts fudging the truth about himself, letting colleagues believe his limp came from a car accident rather than his disability. Told in tight, fifteen-minute episodes, it moves fast and mixes cringe-comedy with real tenderness about sex, family, and self-image. It never wallows, but it doesn't shy from awkward or uncomfortable truths either. Breezy on the surface, quietly pointed underneath, it's the kind of show you can finish in an afternoon and still feel something from.
the unflinching, funny take on disability, identity, and self-deception rarely seen on TV.
you want longer episodes or slow-burn plotting rather than quick, punchy vignettes.
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