The web series Husbands gained a lot of fans in its first season online, including it seems Buffy creator Joss Whedon, who’s thrown his support behind the upcoming second season, saying “Husbands is full of the kind of whip-smart remarks you wish you’d written yourself.” Season 2 starts on August 15th, after a successful crowdfunding campaign allowed it to happen.
Whedondoes have a bit of a connection to the marriage equality series, as the show is headed up by Buffy the Vampire Slayer writer Jane Espenson, as well as Brad Bell. The series is set in a fictional America where gay marriage is legal everywhere, and two celebrities – one an openly gay actor and the other a newly out baseball player – drunkenly get hitched in Las Vegas. Despite the fact it’s all happened a bit quick, their worry about scandal and disgracing the hard won right of gays getting married means they decide to keep their secret and try to make the relationship work.
The series is directed by Jeff Greenstein, who produced episodes of Friends and Will & Grace, and stars Brad Bell as Cheeks and Sean Hemeon as Brady. The very first episode is above, and if you’d like to check out more before season 2 starts on August 15th, head over to husbandstheseries.com.
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