Sort Of's first season won three Canadian Screen Awards (Best Comedy Series, Best Writing in a Comedy Series and Best Makeup) and was nominated for 10 others. The show also won a 2021 Peabody Award and was nominated for at the GLAAD Media Awards. In Season 2, Sort Of continues its success by exploring love, forgiveness, identity ambition and intimacy.
The show follows Sabi Mehboob (Bilal Baig), a gender fluid 25-year-old who is navigating their friendships, family life and career in Toronto, all while hoping for a simple, Rachel McAdams type of romance with someone — but things are always more complicated than that.
Both quick-witted and heart-wrenching, Sort Of's second season captures the experiences of a queer 20-something in Toronto. Ostensibly a comedy series, it finds its real power in its dramatic writing, and the tone is frequently quite heavy. Baig — the show's creator, director and one of the main writers — gives a funny, charming and serious performance as Sabi.
Sort Of's second season is reminiscent of Girls and The Gay and Wondrous Life of Caleb Gallo, but is also something entirely new, because of the range of intersectional characters and the unique exploration of the struggles Islamic queer, non-binary people can face.
Notably, during the filming of season 2, production created a training program, which brought five trans and non-binary folks onto the set for a paid training opportunity. The purpose of the program was to help trans and non-binary folks enter the film industry.
The sophomore season of Sort Of is an excellent piece of Canadian dramatic television and queer media. And bring your Kleenex! The last episode just might make you cry.
(CBC)The show follows Sabi Mehboob (Bilal Baig), a gender fluid 25-year-old who is navigating their friendships, family life and career in Toronto, all while hoping for a simple, Rachel McAdams type of romance with someone — but things are always more complicated than that.
Both quick-witted and heart-wrenching, Sort Of's second season captures the experiences of a queer 20-something in Toronto. Ostensibly a comedy series, it finds its real power in its dramatic writing, and the tone is frequently quite heavy. Baig — the show's creator, director and one of the main writers — gives a funny, charming and serious performance as Sabi.
Sort Of's second season is reminiscent of Girls and The Gay and Wondrous Life of Caleb Gallo, but is also something entirely new, because of the range of intersectional characters and the unique exploration of the struggles Islamic queer, non-binary people can face.
Notably, during the filming of season 2, production created a training program, which brought five trans and non-binary folks onto the set for a paid training opportunity. The purpose of the program was to help trans and non-binary folks enter the film industry.
The sophomore season of Sort Of is an excellent piece of Canadian dramatic television and queer media. And bring your Kleenex! The last episode just might make you cry.
