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A bachelor pad, two struggling actors (Jimmy and Bob), a bunch of women, a love quadrangle and secret men's business. A coming of age story of two 30-something-year-old "kids" looking for meaning and love in all the wrong places.
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Episodes
1 to 3 of 13
1. Cleaning House
30m
Bob convinces Jimmy to clean up their lives, and to get their acting careers on track by cleaning their bachelor flat, and by breaking up with their current girlfriends. Jimmy is to break up with Ding Ding, because her lack of personal hygiene drives Bob crazy. Bob is to break up with his low self-esteem suicidal girlfriend Lingual, but when he tries to break up, she locks herself in the bathroom and starts to commit suicide. Jimmy who can't even communicate with Ding Ding, tries to break things off, only for Ding Ding to misunderstand "Let's break up" for "Let's get married".
2. Sleep Where the Power Lies
30m
Jimmy convinces Bob that the only way to get a head in the acting business is to sleep where the power lies. Eager to get some acting work, Bob accepts the unglamorous advances of his talent agent, Agnes, only to discover she has a moustache! Although disgusted by her facial hair, the guys figure it must be a hormonal effect because of the power she wields. After hooking up, Agnes gets Bob a big film audition with the most powerful casting director in town, Karen Seah. The guys conclude that since she's even more powerful, she would be even more hairy. Bob sets out to find out, and everyone gets a "hair" full of the unexpected.
3. How Not to Say, I Love You
30m
Unexpectedly Jimmy becomes Lingual's (Bob's ex-girlfriend) new boyfriend. She also accelerates things by telling Jimmy she loves him. The guys' best friend Jane is going through the same thing as Lingual with her boyfriend Charles. Not ready to say "I love you" back to Lingual, Jimmy gets Bob's help, and learns the secret methods of saying "I love you" without actually saying it, as well as all the many work arounds in keeping a relationship status quo from over eager girlfriends wanting more. Jimmy manages to screw up all the techniques on Lingual, and when confiding with Jane about his screw up, they both realize Charles used the same secret techniques on her.
4. Make Them laugh and Clap
30m
Disgruntled with how slow his acting career is going, Bob seeks advice from their acting mentor Sir Rudolf. Much to his dismay, Sir Rudolf advises Bob to pander and be as over-the-top as possible to win over an audience. Bob starts to use this fakey behavior in his acting auditions and also to pick up girls, and it surprisingly works! Worried about the ethical issue of what Bob is doing, Jimmy has an intervention with Bob, only to find out Bob has used the technique to hit on their best friend Jane. Everything backfires on Jimmy when he's accused of pettiness and jealousy, and the fact that Jane is falling for Bob's act. Jimmy sets out to expose Bob with unethical techniques himself, and it all blows up when Bob finds out.
5. The Gay Seduction Scene
30m
Questioning Jimmy's sexuality, Jane and Bob convince Jimmy to film a gay seduction scene opposite Bob for his acting showreel. Jimmy can't keep a straight face playing Bob's gay lover, so Jane stands in. Everyone is shocked at the truthfulness of Jimmy's acting when he acts with Jane in a gay lovers speech. Meanwhile, Bob is dating an "Ah Lian", Jng Jng, who he has to text message in order to understand what she's saying. During ballet class, Jimmy and Jane catch Jng Jng kissing another guy, and everything gets a bit more complicated when Bob starts having sexual feelings for Jane, all because of the truthful gay seduction scene that she acted with Jimmy. Jealous, Jimmy confronts Jng Jng for cheating on Bob, and blackmails her to clean their flat, to Bob will be so impressed with her, he'll leave Jane alone.
6. Finding the One
30m
Jimmy is caught in a relationship with a much younger clubbing girlfriend, Patti. One day he is faced with a moral dilemma when he meets Patti's older sister Coral, and she and Jimmy instantly click. After a chance night of spending an evening swimming and bonding alone with Coral, Jimmy realizes that she is "the One". Seeking Bob's advice, Jimmy is warned not to go after the older sister. It's wrong, and everyone will end up getting hurt. Drawn by the mutual connection and desire for Coral, Jimmy ignores Bob's warnings, and gets himself into very hot water.
Extended Details
- SeriesWhat Do Men Want?
- Closed CaptionsEnglish