List of Looking episodes

Looking is an American comedy-drama television series created by Michael Lannan, based on his own short film Lorimer. The series, which is executive produced by Lannan, Andrew Haigh, David Marshall Grant and Sarah Condon, premiered on HBO on January 19, 2014. Looking focuses on the professional and personal lives of a small group of gay men living in San Francisco, California and stars Jonathan Groff, Frankie J. Alverez, Murray Bartlett, Raúl Castillo, Lauren Weedman and Russell Tovey.

As of March 9, 2014, a total of eight episodes of Looking have aired, concluding the first season.

Series overview

Season		Episodes	Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired
	1	8	January 19, 2014 (2014-01-19)	March 9, 2014 (2014-03-09)
	2	10	January 11, 2015 (2015-01-11)

Episodes

Season 1 (2014)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	U.S. viewers (million)
1	1	"Looking for Now"	Andrew Haigh	Michael Lannan	January 19, 2014 (2014-01-19)	0.33
Best friends Patrick, Agustín and Dom discuss the impending wedding of Patrick's ex when Patrick is invited to his bachelor party. Agustín, who is also Patrick's roommate, agrees to move in with his boyfriend, Frank, in Oakland. Dom, tired of serving younger, more successful men at the restaurant where he works, tells his roommate Doris that he’s thinking of reconnecting with old flame Ethan, now a successful realtor. Patrick meets up with a date from OkCupid but it ends badly. He rides Muni and is chatted up by Richie, a barber who also works the door at Esta Noche, a Latin drag club in the Mission. At the bachelor party, Dom advises Patrick to stop picking dates based on what his mother would think, and Patrick considers accepting Richie's invitation to his club.
2	2	"Looking for Uncut"	Andrew Haigh	Andrew Haigh	January 26, 2014 (2014-01-26)	0.28
Agustín moves in with Frank, with the help of Patrick and Dom. A reunion between Dom and his old flame Ethan does not go as planned. Patrick goes on a date with Richie but Patrick, having wrongly assumed that Richie is uncut, comes off as too promiscuous and makes a bad impression.
3	3	"Looking at Your Browser History"	Andrew Haigh	Michael Lannan and Andrew Haigh	February 1, 2014 (2014-02-01)	0.11
Attending a video game launch party, Patrick and his coworker Owen meet Kevin, who not only turns out to be Patrick's new boss, but is also gay. Feeling empowered after his encounter with Ethan, Dom shares with Doris his dream to start his own Portuguese chicken restaurant. Later, relaxing at a local bathhouse, Dom meets Lynn, an older man who is a successful entrepreneur. Stina fires Agustín after he tells her his opinion on her chair sculpture, but things start to look up for Agustin when he meets CJ—a sex worker.
4	4	"Looking for $220/Hour"	Ryan Fleck	Allan Heinberg	February 9, 2014 (2014-02-09)	0.44
Taking advantage of a "work free" day on a Sunday, Patrick and Kevin bond. Kevin talks about the difficulty of having a relationship in their line of work, which requires long hours, but is interrupted when he receives a call from his boyfriend. Later Agustín and Doris convince Patrick to join them at the Folsom Street Fair, where leather clothing is a definite must. Dom skips the Fair and goes to Lynn's flower shop to seek his advice. They have lunch—but it's unclear if it's for business or pleasure. At the Fair Agustín encounters CJ, and takes into consideration "hiring" him for an art project.
5	5	"Looking for the Future"	Andrew Haigh	Andrew Haigh	February 16, 2014 (2014-02-16)	0.50
Increasingly infatuated with Richie, Patrick calls in sick at work so that he and Richie can spend the day together. The two take in the sights of San Francisco, including Golden Gate Park, discover more about each other's past and talk frankly about their sexual boundaries.
6	6	"Looking in the Mirror"	Joe Swanberg	JC Lee & Tanya Saracho	February 23, 2014 (2014-02-23)	0.51
Patrick's nerves get the best of him when Richie meets his friends for the first time at Dom's 40th birthday party. Dom insists to Doris that he and Lynn are just friends, but maintaining this position proves more difficult after Lynn arranges a meeting to introduce Dom to prospective investors in his restaurant. Agustín invites CJ to the party, where he and Frank finally meet and react to each other in a way Agustin did not expect. Things start to go south when Agustín makes a snobby comment in regards to Richie to Patrick.
7	7	"Looking for a Plus-One"	Jamie Babbit	John Hoffman	March 2, 2014 (2014-03-02)	0.43
Anxious about how his family will react to Richie at his sister's wedding, Patrick allows his anxiety to affect their budding relationship. Dom is not sure whether business or pleasure is at the heart of his relationship with Lynn, and dismisses Lynn's advice on the eve of his restaurant opening. Failing to achieve his goals with Frank and CJ's photo shoot, Agustín abandons his own art exhibit.
8	8	"Looking Glass"	Andrew Haigh	Michael Lannan and Tanya Saracho	March 9, 2014 (2014-03-09)	0.42
Patrick tries his best to reconnect with Richie, feeling remorse about his own behavior at the wedding. Frank doesn't hold back and tells Agustín his feelings about his art—and their relationship. Patrick and Agustín attend Dom's restaurant opening. Dom is stunned by the guest Lynn brings along. Kevin makes a startling admission.

Season 2

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	U.S. viewers (million)
9	1	"Looking for the Promised Land"	Andrew Haigh	Andrew Haigh	January 11, 2015 (2015-01-11)	TBA
10	2	"Looking for Results"	Andrew Haigh	Michael Lannan	January 18, 2015 (2015-01-18)	TBA
11	3	"Looking Top to Bottom"	Ryan Fleck	John Hoffman	January 25, 2015 (2015-01-25)	TBA
12	4	"Looking Down the Road"	Ryan Fleck	TBA	February 8, 2015 (2015-02-08)	TBA
13	5	"Looking for Truth"	Andrew Haigh	TBA	February 15, 2015 (2015-02-15)	TBA
14	6	"Looking for Gordon Freeman"	Jamie Babbit	TBA	February 22, 2015 (2015-02-22)	TBA

Home media releases

Season		DVD and Blu-ray release dates			Special features
		Region 1	Region 2	Region 4
	1	January 6, 2015 (2015-01-06)	January 12, 2015 (2015-01-12)	December 10, 2014 (2014-12-10)	Digital copies of all eight episodes, six audio commentaries with Jonathan Groff, Frankie J. Alvarez, executive producer/creator Michael Lannan, executive producer Andrew Haigh and others.

External links

• Official website
• Looking at IMDb