For months leading up to the premier, the series was hyped as "from the creators of Will and Grace"...which was code for "another gay-themed sit-com". Yet despite every episode having to do with gay double entendres, gay comparisons, homoerotic story-lines (one of the most cringe-worthy being the episode where everyone starts ogling Todd Grinnell's character in the gym when it is revealed he has a supposedly large member) none of the actual characters were gay. The series sought to blur the lines between "metrosexual" (every male cast member was apparently done up by the "queer eye" crew) and being gay, especially in NYC. Yet at the same time, we were supposed to have some sort of schadenfreude relationship with the Seth Green character for being a borderline obnoxious alpha-male, and laugh/cheer when he received his inevitable embarrassing comeuppance every episode...which didn't work since he is 2 feet shorter than everyone else in the cast, so it simply came off as sad and a bit cruel. I can't remember if this show lasted 3 or 4 episodes, but either would have been too long.
Review of Four Kings
