POSE

2021
4.8
447 reviews
TV-MA
Rating
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Season 2 episodes (11)

1 Acting Up
6/11/19
Convinced Madonna's "Vogue" will lead to mainstream acceptance, Blanca encourages the House of Evangelista to follow their dreams despite putting her own on the backburner. Meanwhile, Pray Tell joins an activist organization fighting for the rights of HIV positive people.
2 Worth It
6/18/19
Determined to be an example to her children, Blanca launches a business venture with unexpected results. Meanwhile, Ricky's travels have unpredicted consequences for his relationship with Damon, and Elektra shocks the ballroom community with a bold move.
3 Butterfly/Cocoon
6/25/19
A fatal mishap with a client leads Elektra to seek out the counsel of Blanca and Candy. Meanwhile, moving from friends to lovers proves to be a challenge for Angel and Lil Papi.
4 Never Knew Love Like This Before
7/9/19
The Ballroom community is shaken to its core when a valued member is brutally attacked.
5 What Would Candy Do?
7/16/19
Competition gets the best of Damon and Ricky as they audition for a spot on Madonna's Blond Ambition tour.
6 Love's in Need of Love Today
7/23/19
After falling ill while organizing his annual AIDS Cabaret, PrayTell lands in the hospital leading to a series of unexpected visitors.
7 Blow
7/30/19
The House of Evangelista plan a large prank to antagonize Frederica. Meanwhile, Angel is introduced to the unsavory side of modeling.
8 Revelations
8/6/19
Relationships are irreparably damaged when Damon reveals the secrets others have been hiding.
9 Life's a Beach
8/13/19
With Blanca reeling from an unexpected loss, Elektra organizes a girls trip to the shore.
10 In My Heels
8/20/19
After a medical set back, Blanca struggles to reassemble the House of Evangelista. Meanwhile, Pray Tell confronts old traumas when an exciting new category is proposed.
101 Season 2 First Look
6/3/19
Pose spotlights the legends, icons and ferocious house mothers of New York’s underground ball culture, a movement that first gained notice in the 1980s.

About this show

Set in the 1980s, Pose is a dance musical that explores the juxtaposition of several segments of life and society in New York: the ball culture world, the rise of the luxury Trump-era universe, and the downtown social and literary scene.Mj Rodriguez plays "Blanca," who forms a "house," a self-selected family that provides support to LGBTQ youth rejected by their birth families. Ryan Jamaal Swain plays "Damon," a dancer who joins Blanca's house. Together they compete in the Balls-where house members challenge each other in various categories and are judged on their outfits, attitude, or dance skills-against Blanca's former house mother, "Elektra," played by Dominique Jackson. Billy Porter plays "Pray Tell," Godfather to the children who compete in the balls. Indya Moore plays "Angel," a streetwalker who develops feelings for a new client, "Stan," played by Evan Peters. Kate Mara plays his loving wife, "Patty." James Van Der Beek plays Stan's boss, "Matt."

Ratings and reviews

4.8
447 reviews
AdaMint
August 20, 2020
Horrible acting. The premise and show itself may be saying something that we should all see and hear, but the acting is so bad that it runs anything they are trying to do. I dont understand why the rating is so high. I assume just because its full of trans people and we must like it or else we don't like the trans community. Its awful.
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Gregory Amadeus
June 15, 2021
Pose tells us that happiness lies in marriage and raising a child. So much for celebrating our difference from hetero conforming values. Still this season was so much better than season two yet not as good as season one.
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Daphne McKee
December 19, 2020
This show has some great moments, and I'm extremely happy for trans/ballroom communities to get this opportunity. Also the acting is often bad. There are some *big* plotholes. Overall this is a decent, very glamorous soap opera about a very violent, intense moment in time. Just don't pretend that it isn't basically a soap opera though and enjoy it for what it is. :)
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