'Now Apocalypse' episode 1: This Gregg Araki show is off to an abstract, absolutely bizarre and sexy start
'Now Apocalypse', the Gregg Araki directorial had piqued our interest with its trailer, which was psychedelic, sexy and fluid - the first episode of the show follows the same pattern in addition to being bizarre. The show begs not be taken seriously but also contains pearls of wisdom cloaked under that humor. We meet Ulysses (Avan Jogia) for the first time and he is having sex with another man. Just when they are about to hit a climax, the other man's husband comes home and Uly is forced to jump out of the window with his clothes barely on. He seems unperturbed about almost being caught but is unusually aware of how 'fu**** up' his actions are. So why does he do it? Just for the heck of it.
He vlogs to understand his thoughts, "download the sh** that goes on" in his head and during vlogging, he introduces us to his life. He lives with his best friend Ford, who he loves. He also says that if Ford "had a molecule of ambiguity in regards to his sexual orientation" he would be married to him by now. He also tells his followers that recently something strange has been happening in his life. He has a strange dream that gives him the feeling that we are all "teetering on the brink of total annihilation". And then we cut to Uly talking to his other best friend Carly about this dream. She tells him, "Maybe you should smoke a smidge less pot before going to sleep". This abruptly cuts and we go back to it later on throughout the episode, which in parts sets up the mood for the entire 30-minute long episode.