Unlike Simon Spier — the young, gay closeted hero of award-winning novel Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, and its appealing film adaptation Love, Simon — high schooler Victor Salazar isn’t sure he’s gay.While Simon had to contend with coming out before a blackmailer outed him to their entire school, Victor is still figuring out whether he likes boys or girls — or both.
All he knows is that he’d like to be “happy and normal,” and, if he can, remain his family’s golden child.Hulu’s spinoff series Love, Victor (★★★☆☆) takes advantage of its ten half-hour episodes to play out Victor’s coming-of-age as an affecting exploration and discovery.
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