Watching Single, Out is like being embraced by a diverse and loving Aussie found family, and that loving embrace makes season three tick from the first episode to the last. Lee Galea’s Single, Out (season three), starring Will Hutchins, is now available to buy on DVD and stream on Here TV.
The gang are all back for a third, electric, emotional, funny and fast-paced series of Lee Galea’s Single, Out. Following the energetic, bubbly, and sexually charged rollercoaster of the first season, season two took a far more dramatic path as Adam (Will Hutchins) and Gabe’s (Jake Hyde) new relationship hit a rough patch, friendships changed, and teenage worlds faced the reality of adult life. But amid the emotional turmoil and uncertainty as Adam’s relationship with Gabe came crashing down, we left season two with Adam in a better place, cooking a birthday meal for his brother, Clayton.
As we join season three of Galea’s addictive and enchanting gay drama, we discover that Adam moved to Sydney a year ago to work on the city edition of LGBTQ+ magazine Single, Out, but has just returned home to Melbourne to assist with an anniversary copy of the Melbourne edition that is way behind schedule.
It is a homecoming Adam has been looking forward to, but one that carries a nervous energy; after all, hometown visits have a sneaky way of reopening old wounds, and Adam finally feels confident in his own skin following the difficult break-up with Gabe. On the other hand, he gets to spend valuable time with Clayton and his mum, and catch up with the Melbourne team before returning to Sydney, which is all positive. He has also arranged a breakfast catch-up with his dad on his first day back. However, that breakfast meeting is about to become far more than a cosy chat about work and life over a flat white as his dad asks him to arrange some work experience for his nineteen-year-old half-brother, Ethan (Joel Nankervis), who desperately wants to get into writing.
Reluctantly, Adam agrees to take Ethan under his wing and introduce him to the Single, Out team in Melbourne, making clear that he is not spending his entire visit babysitting a boy he hasn’t seen since a Harry Potter-themed party when the boy was just six. Little does Adam know that he is about to become an unwitting mentor to Ethan, who isn’t just interested in exploring his potential as a writer but also his bisexuality. For Ethan, the Single, Out office is the best place to explore both, much to Adam’s exasperation!
It’s an office where love is in the air as Ange (Shamita Siva) prepares for her wedding day, and it’s not long before that love grows when Oliver (Oliver Thomson), introduced at the end of season two, catches Ethan’s eye. But does Cupid’s arrow also have Adam in its sights?
From the opening scenes of Galea’s delightful episodic LGBTQ+ show, Single, Out’s charm has come from its ability to capture the reality of gay dating, the power of friendship and family, the turbulence of new relationships and the struggle to balance blossoming new careers with individual needs as we enter our twenties and attempt to find a home. Galea’s gloriously vibrant and diverse yellow brick road through Melbourne has seen Adam build his confidence, bond with his brother, embrace his sexual self and lose Gabe, who might have been ‘the one’. Season three, the penultimate season of Single, Out, is the moment where Adam clicks his heels together and says, “There’s no place like home,” as he gains a third brother, accepts his past mistakes, and, yes, possibly finds the missing piece of the jigsaw in achieving happiness.
Once again, Will Hutchins is a pleasure to watch, thanks to his comic timing, energy, charm, and emotional intelligence —the glue that holds Galea’s comedy-drama together. But supporting Hutchins every step of the way, there has always been a truly awesome ensemble cast, with stand-out returning performances in season three from Steven Christou, Jake Hyde, and Julie-Anna Evans, alongside newcomers like Nankervis and Thompson.
Watching Single, Out is like being embraced by a diverse and loving Aussie found family, and that loving embrace makes season three tick from the first episode to the last. We know the end is coming, and for those who fell in love with this crowd-funded, beautifully written and performed passion project from day one, season four will be bittersweet. But I am confident that Galea and the Single, Out family will leave us with something truly memorable, even if it is accompanied by a tear or two.
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