2025 · 53m · english · United States
TRIGGER WARNINGS: Adult & Sexual Language; References to Negative Body Image & Substance Use SERIES PLOT: In this award-winning eight-part, proof-of-concept docuseries, three bachelors re-embark into the dating scene -- some for their first time, and others hopefully for their last! While receiving expert guidance on healthy relationships, sex, and vulnerability, the niches and experiences of modern queer dating will be tossed aside as our bachelors find themselves in the midst of personal growth while attending individual and group mental health therapy sessions.Along their journeys of receiving clinical coaching and support, they'll also receive tools to help unpack baggage and trauma from previous relationships so that they don't take them into the new ones they are starting to build. EPISODE SYNOPSIS: Chicago bachelors John, Marco, and Brandon meet each other in their first group therapy session with Prem. After creating their 'wish lists' of what they're hoping to find in a partner or relationship, they are set out into their first dates with eligible singles in hopes of finding a connection with their special someone.
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