Love Life, he inevitably turns to his gay sister, Ida, for advice. In a refreshing change from coming-out stories and messy queer characters, Punkie Johnson’s Ida is a happily partnered lesbian who lends support to her newly single brother, Marcus (The Good Place’s William Jackson Harper), as he wades through the dating pool.
As siblings can do like no other, she’s also at the ready with a solid familial quip when he screws up. Johnson, best known for Saturday Night Live, where she’s one of three out cast members along with Kate McKinnon and Bowen Yang, appreciates the non-trauma-based visibility Love Life affords her character as a Black gay person.