WATCH: After losing his mom, a gay man finds love in the unlikeliest of places in this dramedy series
For Years To Come is built around a meet-cute we’ve certainly never seen before.Grieving the loss of his mother, Johnny (James Patrick Nelson) isn’t necessarily in the right headspace to be meeting any cute guys.
But then he’s introduced to his mom’s hospice nurse, Edward (James W. Wong), and he’s surprised to feel some butterflies in his stomach.Is there actually a connection here, or is Johnny just grasping at the memories of his mother?Related: Here’s all of the queer, must-see movies and TV shows headed your way this fallThat’s just one of the many questions at the heart of For Years To Come, a new romantic dramedy from creator and star James Patrick Nelson.
The series explores the nuances of loss and love, and the complexities that come from welcoming someone new into your life while saying goodbye to another.Nelson’s Johnny is going through something of a midlife crisis, grappling with the loss of a parent and contending with his own life choices up until this point.
