Series Review
'Room 104' is light on sex but heavy on awkward
It's better than ‘Big Bang Theory’ reruns but not as good as a night at the pub with your mates
If hotel room walls could talk, we often assume they would tell salacious tales. They should surely whisper secrets that would titillate the Marquis de Sade. Well, according to the Showmax via HBO series Room 104, sex is not the only things walls speak about.
The 12-part anthology series takes place within the confines of a creepy little motel room. Each guest comes with their own story that unfolds with a kind of voyeuristic desire to explore the human condition and all the quasi-philosophical stuff that comes with it.
For example, there is a former tennis star whose war-torn childhood in Serbia and penchant for self-medicating with vodka lead to an interesting interaction with a cleaner. Or the mid-level cult leader and his increasingly desperate attempts to process a willing convert whose brain refuses to buy the snake oil he's selling.
WATCH| The trailer for Room 104..
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