In ‘Dying for Sex,’ Men Are Eternally Disappointing

By The Free Press | Created at 2025-04-04 23:16:37 | Updated at 2025-04-05 04:32:12 5 hours ago

In ‘Dying for Sex,’ Men Are Eternally Disappointing

Michelle Williams appears in Dying for Sex, which dropped on Hulu on April 4. (FX)

Underlying the much-hyped, brand-new show is a deep pessimism about heterosexual relationships.

Produced by ElevenLabs using AI narration

Molly, the heroine of the new show Dying for Sex, has stage IV breast cancer and a bucket list with just one item on it: to have mind-blowing sex, for the first time in her life.

“I’ve never even had an orgasm with another person,” she tells her hospital therapist, after learning that she has about five years left to live. By the next scene, she has left her husband.

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