No tomorrow

With an average viewership of only 750,000 per episode, No Tomorrow is yet another comedy that didn’t survive the commercial TV race of 2016. While as of now, the series hasn’t officially been cancelled, it didn’t receive a renewal decision either, so this, plus the almost-constantly declining ratings pretty much guarantee it’s not coming back.

Why am I dealing with a TV show on a sex-positive blog? Well, one thing that I found particularly alluring about this show is the character of Kareeme, played by actress Sarayu Blue. Blue plays a grumpy and cynical customer service rep on the show, but the fun part is how the character seems to be a proud sex-positive BDSM practitioner, who blurts out multiple reference to our culture in every episode.

For example, in Episode 6 of the show, Kareema’s brother says he doesn’t like strangers touching him, to which she responds with “where is it is the foundation of my social life”. Later, she says to another character “I’ve been into plenty of people, sometimes 2 or 3 at a time”, suggesting she’s polyamorous.

A few episodes later, in the Dec 6 episode (#9), she says to another character “wake me up when you do something that requires a safe word”. In addition to this, both herself, and Marta Milans, who plays her lover Sofia, wear sub collars in most of their scenes.

Considering the fact that the show happens (but not filmed) in Seattle, and Kareema’s specific reference to the “foundation” (possibly referring to the Foundation for Sex-Positive Culture), I have some suspicion that one of the show’s writers may have been involved with our sex positive community. If so, that would be fun to learn!