Dearly beloved,
I write you today to share something — nay, someone dear to my heart. In my many journeys from streaming network to streaming network, embarked upon from screens large and small, I have met a great many souls. Some lovely, some wicked, some droll, and some ebullient. I met the man I speak of on Max (née HBO Max), on the wondrous comedy programme The Other Two. His name is Lance Arroyo (also known by the nomme de guerre Josh Segarra), and he is the most sublime himbo to currently grace our planet’s airwaves.
But what is a himbo? How shall I know that I’ve found one? Such questions may bring you anguish, but they needn’t. The phenotype of himbo, as many learned scholars have assured me, is quite simple to discern. There must be three primary traits: A himbo presents as masculine, they appear strong — pouring into their physique what they lack in wits — and most importantly, they are kind.
Lance is all of these things in spite of some extraordinary circumstances, namely his entanglement with Brooke Dubek (Heléne Yorke), one of the series’ titular Two. She, like her brother Cary (Drew Tarver), is a shameless, attention-starved striver who longs to be as famous as her younger brother, a pop star, or her mother, a talk show host. She is not, however, because she enjoys being mean, often to Lance, her partner, thus creating the perfect circumstances for him to exhibit his himbo behavior.
When one watches The Other Two, they will observe Lance moving through the world both handsomely and kindly no matter what invective is sent his way. His smile is a force of nature, a grin that can weather a hurricane while somehow uttering complete sentences. His eyes charmingly squint when he talks, perhaps because that is
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