![]() ![]() Ramping up the drama and steering clear of unicorns, Wanderlust follows parents Joy and Alan, who, beset by unresolved issues, open up their marriage, only to realize N+1 isn’t necessarily the magic formula they were hoping for. In Compersion - another superbly cast webseries crying out for a big-budget adaptation - a married couple with children navigate the tricky terrain of one partner wanting more than the other can give, starting with the daunting first step: “I wanna try polyamory … It’s something like, ‘You’re my husband, but I can have a boyfriend, too.’” In Unicornland - an eight-part webseries about divorcée Annie - the established straight and lesbian couples are clearly the dysfunctional ones, having squabbles in her presence over how to tie bondage ropes and, incredibly awkwardly, describing unicorn Annie as a rarefied being who “deigns to bestow her presence on mortals.” ![]() Which is to say, the monogamy narrative in TV land and elsewhere remains the default, with queer, non-monogamous, asexual relationships being the stuff of the increasingly accepted (thanks, world!) “other.” In falling hard for suburban Portland couple Jack and Emma, she allows ample space for the show’s writers to examine everything about coming out - to friends, neighbors and colleagues who just can’t understand why the loved-up “throuple” has lost its collective mind. Izzy, in You Me Her, billed as TV’s “first polyromantic comedy” is one such creature. Refreshingly, Ilana isn’t a unicorn - a lover who falls into a relationship with an established couple in just the way that couple would want and is named after a mythical creature for good reason. In a few short years, we’ve gone from the “Mormons only” polygamy storyline of Big Love, to the offhanded and non-defining non-monogamy of Ilana Glazer in Broad City. Given an estimated 20 percent of people have tried some form of ethical non-monogamy, around 70 percent have had an affair, and the rest of us are too scared to admit it, it’s no surprise multiperson romantic entanglements are becoming - albeit slowly - fodder for TV and filmmakers ![]() Sex doesn’t have to take a central role in screen depictions of polyamory and non-monogamy, but, as in real life, it certainly makes things more interesting. ![]()
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