In terms of sheer weirdness, it falls perfectly into the gap between cult hit show This Country (indeed, one of the show’s producers, Simon Mayhew-Archer, is also behind this) and Derry Girls – although Derry Girls would likely blush at some of the stuff these boys come out with.
As the boys bumble from one scenario to the other – discovering their inner git, debating the power of caffeine (“Had a Tetley’s once and felt like I was on crack,” Callum proclaims at one point) or simply excavating the nuances of their interdependent, toxic relationship – their character arcs lurch from the heartwarming to absolutely bizarre.
Three boys – Callum (Ryan Dylan), Jordan (Rian Lennon) and Lorcan (Lee R James) – live in the tiny Northern Irish town of Ballymacnoose.
In another scene, one of the characters is given a handjob on a floating swan boat on the dirtiest, most depressing looking lake you’ve ever seen – only for his date to immediately get “post-nut depression” and dump him for his friend.
In fact, the entire show has the air of a series of sketches stitched together with the barest of plot to connect them, but that’s not a bad thing when the comedy is this potent.
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