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Pose · Season 1 · FX

Pose Season 1

Pose Season 1 is a MUST-WATCH, BollyMeter 9.0/10. 8 episodes on FX from 3 June 2018.

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BollyMeter9.0/1096% Tomatometer from 84 critics; the show broke records as the largest cast of transgender actors in a scripted series, and critics called it both culturally necessary and emotionally devastating in equal measure.

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What BollyAI Thinks

Pose debuted June 3, 2018. The show featured the largest cast of transgender actors in any scripted series, with the casting decision shaping the series into something both historic and dramatically necessary. It also works as an engaging portrait of dark days met with merriment, where pain and perseverance are stitched together into something humble yet fabulous and long overdue. The show’s 1980s New York ballroom setting, with Houses competing for trophies while the AIDS crisis devastated the community around them, gives every emotional beat a historical weight. The series places a deep, beating heart beneath the vogueing, ensuring the drama feels earned rather than exploited.

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The Room

96%critics positive · n=848.6/10IMDb audience
  • “This revolutionary LGBTQ show about New York's 1980s ballroom scene slays in every category.”
    VODzilla.co
  • “Beneath all the vogueing, a deep, beating heart and a soul in pain.”
    The Times (UK)

Standout Episodes

The hours worth arguing about - premieres, finales, and the turning points. BollyAI reads the room episode by episode.

  1. E1Pilot8.8

    The pilot immerses the viewer in New York's 1987 ballroom world with immediate confidence: the House of Evangelista, Blanca's diagnosis, the competition structure, the world of chosen family. It is generous with exposition without ever being mechanical about it.

    The moment: Blanca's decision to found her own House after her HIV diagnosis - the founding act that gives the entire series its emotional spine.

    Full review of E1 →
  2. E6Love Is the Message9.5

    The episode set at a community dance in the AIDS crisis became the season's emotional centre - and one of the most acclaimed single hours in the show's run. The dance sequence was cited repeatedly in year-end criticism as television that justified the medium.

    The moment: The ballroom floor filling with people dancing in the face of epidemic loss becomes the year's most moving television moment.

    Full review of E6 →