The queer community’s increased sense of anticipation for the release of The Ultimatum: Queer Love on Netflix this May 24th has been stoked further today with the release of a full-length trailer, more pictures, and information on the names, ages and pronouns of the cast.
In case you missed it, this season of The Ultimatum is keeping its initial premise — one person in a couple is ready for marriage, the other isn’t, and the ready-for-marriage human is not only ready for marriage but also ready to issue an ultimatum to their commitment-shy partner: marry me or it’s over!!!!!!! In order to test the strength of their relationship, all the cast members are allowed to date each other, enter into a three-week “trial marriage” with whomstever they click with the most (if the clicking feelings are mutual), and then participate in a “trial marriage” with the person they arrived with. At the end, they return to the table to face their partners and decide if they want to leave engaged, leave alone, or leave with their new activity partner. As the title suggests, the second season of The Ultimatum is focused on queer love, with a cast entirely comprised of lesbian, bisexual and queer women and nonbinary people.
I’ve already seen the first four episodes available to press, and I cannot tell you a single thing about them, but I can tell you that I am VERY EXCITED for us all to watch it together!
Netflix’s “The Ultimatum: Queer Love” Full-Length Trailer
We got a trailer two weeks ago but don’t worry we got yet another trailer today! Set to the dulcet tones of the Hayley Kiyoko / Kehlani tune “What I Need,” we get a little more info about what our new friends are facing in the season ahead.
Meet The Cast Of The Ultimatum: Queer Love
Lexi & Rae
First up we have Lexi (25, Pronouns: She/Her) (in the red shirt) who issued the Ultimatum to Rae (27, Pronouns: She/Her). In the trailer we see Lexi, at the age of 25, saying she is ready to start her life together with Rae, but unfortunately Rae is not quite so ready.
Lexi also says in a voiceover that now that she knows what a good marriage looks like, she needs to find out if she can have that with the person she came here with.
Sam & Aussie
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Next we have Sam (31, Pronouns: She/Her) (in the purple tank top), who issued the Ultimatum to Aussie (42, Pronoun: Aussie). In the trailer, we don’t see a lot of Sam, but we see Aussie expressing concerns about gender roles and meeting the parents.
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Xander & Vanessa
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Next up we have Xander (30, Pronouns: She/Her/They) (wearing a black polo), who issued the Ultimatum to Vanessa (30, Pronouns: She/Her). In the trailer, Vanessa boldly declares the show’s events to be a “shitshow.”
Tiff & Mildred
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Next up is Mildred (33, Pronouns She/Her), who issued the Ultimatum to Tiff (32, Pronouns: They/Them). Mildred is the one in the red dress. “You’re the most masculine person I’ve ever been on a date with,” Tiff says to fellow cast member Mal in the trailer.
Yoly & Mal
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And then there is Yoly (34, Pronouns: She/Her), who issued the Ultimatum to Mal (36, Pronouns: She/Her/They). I believe it is within my rights to inform you that Mal is my favorite cast member of The Ultimatum: Queer Love!
In the trailer, we see Yoly describing Mal as her “person” and asking Mal if they’ve started saving for IVF, which she describes as “a very real possibility.”
The first four episodes of The Ultimatum: Queer Love drop on May 24th, and Autostraddle will be covering the season in depth, so stay turned for more!
“She’s hot, but I’m also into her ex-girlfriend” Wow.
It’s giving Fletcher vibes lol
Oh it looks so messy love it
Butch for butch????
yeeesssss!!!!!!!!!!
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For anyone excited about this show I HIGHLY HIGHLY recommend season 8 of Are You The One; it’s an MTV dating show that is normally very straight but season 8 they had every contestant be open to dating all genders, and it has trans and POC contestants. Don’t get me wrong, it’s messy as hell, and like almost all media very low on the butch representation, but if you’re looking for the queer version of the trashy dating shows straight people get to have, that one is a true gem. My partner and I have been watching it while we wait for queer Ultimatum to come out and we pause every 5 minutes to talk because we have so many opinions on everyone’s tea, it’s really fun for the most part.
I LOVED that show! I started watching it because of a review here on AS and surprised myself by becoming obsessed with it. I hope they do another bi+ season.
tyvm for this rec! adding this to the queue IMMEDIATELY
AYTO Season 8 was truly a pinnacle of reality tv achievement
SO EXCITED FOR THIS SHITSHOW
Watching the trailer made me 100x about this show (which I guess is the point of trailers)! And I’m very excited to see queer Asian people in here too!
I thought it was just so funny/ironic how Tiff said during speed dating that their “ex” was passive-aggressive, and not them. Ha! Not much later, Tiff is behaving super passive-aggressive towards Sam, and also becoming aggressive in a way that is not passive anymore.
Tiff was right about Mildred, though – she is also both passive-aggressive towards Aussie, as well as super-confrontational and loud.
I feel sorry for Mildred’s child who is subjected to her and Tiff’s fighting, breaking up and coming back together.
Tiff is correct that they and Mildred have bad communication styles and I understand that they don’t want to go into a marriage with that. But I also feel that they match in their confrontational conflicts, unlike Sam who is dealt a shitty hand in the “trial marriage” with Tiff.
My apologies, I posted my comment underneath the wrong article
I think Xander was enjoying the notion that two women wanted her at the same time. Mildred was cray, so was Tiff. Lexi and Rae..totally mismatched. Vanessa… bubbly and fun. Yoly, also enjoying the two women wanting her thing. Aussie, hopefully gets better. Sam..the best of the best.