The drama series opens with a series of events: New Yorker Laila, who lives a perfect life with her friend in London, seems to have a dangerous secret that she's bisexual. On the other hand, Laila tries to reconcile a double life that seems to be with her, and Gabi tries to break up his girlfriend, and Laila and Saadi try to be civil, but perhaps something is hidden.
It's earnestness shines through as it educates us on how people often misunderstand bisexuality. However, as a six episode dramedy, The Bisexual feels a bit thin.
Far lighter than, say, Fleabag, but sharing its arch humour, the miniseries hones in on the difficulties of apparently betraying a group you've long felt part of.
As Leila, Desiree Akhavan, is dry, subtle and hugely funny, her light New York accent barely rising above a monotone and yet, somehow, expressing eloquent emotion.
It's rather good, in its way, Desiree Akhavan and Maxine Peake as a broken lesbian couple exploring their options, but the last taboo... for whom, exactly?
The Bisexual is really a show about people who set out to carve themselves new, pioneering alt culture identities in their twenties, then find themselves deep into their thirties with no clear roadmap for what comes next.
