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Kingdom
We couldn’t have been more excited when we found out Nick Jonas was going to play a closeted MMA fighter on this DirecTV drama. Even though Nick said it would be a “slow burn,” we didn’t realize it would be this slow. It took the entire first season to see Jonas’s Nate Kulina… what, get a back-alley blow job?
Season Two just wrapped and proved to be a wash for any plot advancement concerning Nick’s sexuality. In fact, other than being called out by his girlfriend for the Grindr-like app and photos on his phone, Nate seems further away from coming out than ever. In last week’s finale [SPOILERS], Nate was clearly still not ready to talk to his brother or his father about his sexuality.
Twenty episodes into this journey and the “slow burn” has pretty much been snuffed out.
How about, in Season Three, Nate actually falls in love with another MMA fighter, one who is fearless about who he is? (Casting suggestion: Skyler Maxon, who already played a gay fighter in Faking It).
Because, honestly, crafting such an interesting take on sexuality is a waste if you’re never going to address it.
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