Prime-time Series Screening: HBO presents ‘Looking’

“Looking” offers the unfiltered experiences of a trio of 30-something friends living — and loving — in San Francisco as they explore the exciting and often overwhelming options presented to contemporary gay men.

Friendship may bind them, but each is at a markedly different point in his journey: Patrick (Jonathan Groff) is a video game designer getting back into the dating world in the wake of his ex's engagement; aspiring artist Agustín (Frankie J. Alvarez) is questioning the idea of monogamy amid a move to domesticate with his boyfriend; and the group's oldest member — longtime waiter Dom (Murray Bartlett) — is facing middle age with romantic and professional dreams still unfulfilled.

The trio's stories intertwine and unspool dramatically as they search for happiness and intimacy in an age of unparalleled choices and rights for gay men.