‘Sort Of’ Comedy Series To End With Season 3 At Max
05.10.2023 - 17:07
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The upcoming third season of Bilal Baig and Fab Filippo’s Max comedy series Sort Of will be its last. Co-creators Baig and Filippo announced the news Thursday on Instagram.
Baig and Filippo stressed in their statement that it was their decision to end the series, saying that they made the third season knowing it would be the last. “We set out to tell a story about a kind of transition in Sabi’s life, and how those around them also change — and we feel in this coming season that story came to an end in a way that felt right for us,” Baig and Filippo wrote.
“We’re also aware that this show is ending at a time when trans communities continue to be targeted and trans rights are being constantly attacked,” they added. “Our hope is that this series can continue to affirm lives and spark conversations well after the final season drops.
The final season will premiere in Canada on the free CBC Gem streaming service beginning November 17th and in early 2024 on Max.
The critically praised comedy about a gender fluid millennial in transition in every aspect of their life was renewed for Season 3 following the conclusion of its second season in December.
Sort Of followed the journey of Sabi Mehboob (Baig), a gender-fluid millennial who straddles various identities from sexy bartender at an LGBTQ bookstore/bar, to the youngest child in a large Pakistani family, to the de facto parent of a downtown hipster family. Sabi feels like they’re in transition in every aspect of their life, from gender to love to sexuality to family to career. A coming-of-age story, Sort Of seeks to expose the identities and labels that are no longer applicable…to anyone.
The show was a co-production of CBC and Sienna Films, a Sphere Media Company, with the
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