Tantalizing Television: Patterns

'There's something for everyone in Patterns.'

I started a list of memorable moments of nudity on television this year, but pickings were slim.  There were some of course, but with the writer and actors strike, there weren't many new seasons of shows on cable.  HBO is always slow with releasing seasons, but this year, there was hardly anything new to watch on Sunday Night.

Tayler Marshall

I decided instead to focus on Patterns, a British anthology season that just finished it's first season. Each episode tells a self-contained story, but they all take place in the same universe. A minor character in one story may reappear as lead in another and vice-versa.

Rufus Shaljean

You have to love a TV show where a few minutes into the opening episode, almost the entire male cast is shown fully naked in a shower scene.  Not all of the episodes have nudity, but they all have something special.  They are all like short films, and I wanted to see much more of most of them.

Jake Watkins, Shaljean and Marshall

In episode one, Reverse Catfish, we're introduced to a Rugby team whose players have complicated relationships.  We're introduced to a trio of characters featuring Tayler Marshall as Christopher, Rufus Shaljean as Foster and Jake Watkins as Kevin.  All three are really hot, but it was Marshall who I was drawn to.  I loved his character, and I love his incredible butt.  I'm guessing so did the director as we were treated to several scenes with his hot round rump.

More Marshall

All the caps in this post are from Episode One. Episode two goes in a totally different direction, no nudity, but was equally satisfying.  We do get lost of shirtless rugby player Ben Cohen.  Cohen plays up his status as a gay icon in a sweet story that was very well acted and told.