WEIRD CITY
COMEDY / SCI-FI
USA
2019
WEIRD CITY is an American comedy science fiction anthology streaming television series released on YouTube Premium on February 13, 2019. WEIRD CITY consists of 6 episodes of 30 minutes.
STORY: Weird City is set in the near future in the city of Weird, which has been physically divided into two halves and segregated by economic class: Above The Line, populated by Haves, and Below The Line, populated by Have-Nots. Each episode follows different individuals as they navigate life in the city.
GAY COUPLE STORYLINE: Stu (Dylan O'Brien) lives Above The Line but was born Below it, and thus was never assigned a romantic partner at birth. He uses a dating service that claims to find perfect matches, and is paired with Burt (Ed O'Neill). Despite both men identifying as straight and their significant age difference, they form a friendship that quickly becomes romantic, they even get married. A year later, they are forcibly separated and assigned new partners by Dr. Negari (LeVar Burton), the founder of the dating service, who informs them their match was made in error. Stu and Burt decide to move Below The Line in order to remain with each other.
Stu Maxsome (Dylan O’Brien) & Burt Chund (Ed O‘Neill)
DYLAN O’BRIEN (2019) August 26, 1991, New York City, NY, USA
ED O’NEILL (2019) April 12, 1946, Youngstown, OH, USA
SPECIAL: Their 45-year age difference is stressing some people out….. but is brave from producers point-of-view.
AWARDS: ‘WEIRD CITY’ 1 nomination.
6.0 IMDB
