BONDING
COMDEY / DRAMA
USA
2018-2022
BONDING (stylized as BONDiNG) is an American dark comedy television series that premiered on Netflix on April 24, 2019. The series stars Zoe Levin, Brendan Scannell, Micah Stock, Theo Stockman, and Nana Mensah. On January 16, 2020, the series was renewed for a second season which was released on January 27, 2021. BONDING consists of 15 episodes of 17 minutes.
STORY: Tiffany "Tiff" Chester (Zoe Levin) is a psychology student moonlighting as a dominatrix. She enlists the help of Pete Devin (Brendan Scannell), her best friend from high school who is gay, to be her assistant. The semi-estranged characters reconnect in Manhattan, where Pete works as a waiter and as an aspiring stand-up comedian with stage fright. Tiff struggles as she balances her personal life with school and her job, as well as Pete's exposure to sadomasochism and BDSM and how it gradually helps him become liberated in his life.
GAY COUPLE STORYLINE: Peter "Pete" Devin (Brendan Scannell), a young gay man who becomes an assistant to Tiff. He initially chooses the alias "Carter", but is later referred to as "Master Carter". Josh (Theo Stockman) is Pete's boyfriend.
Pete Devin (Brendan Scannell) & Josh (Theo Stockman)
BRENDAN SCANNELL (2018-2021) June 20, 1990, Chicago, IL, USA
THEO STOCKMAN (2018-2021) , December 17, 1984, Brookline, MA, USA
SPECIAL: After the release of the first season, the series suffered several criticisms by the BDSM community for containing a high level of inaccuracy. According to BDSM workers, the series' humor revolves around mistaken stereotypes and does not accurately portray the reality of BDSM. Shortly after the first season's release, one of the series' creators, Rightor Doyle, responded to negative criticism by stating that he would listen to the BDSM community to fix the inaccuracies shown in the series so far. With that, they hired as consultant Olivia Troy, a writer who has worked with BDSM for 15 years, to assist them in the script for the second season. This caused most of the negative points pointed out in the first season to be corrected, making the series closer to the reality of BDSM.
AWARDS: 'BONDING' Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy award. 1 win & 3 nominations
7.1 IMDB
