Still, he gets sentimental when discussing "Looking," which received strong reviews but nonetheless struggled to find an audience over the course of two seasons. Saying the project "meant so much" to him as an actor, he finds some solace in the fact that HBO has announced plans for a two-hour "special" to conclude the series, and notes, "For me, the sadness was more based on our having found our stride in the second season and expanded our world. ...I am grateful that we at least get to come back and put a little closure on the experience. Because I didn’t get to say goodbye to the experience when I heard the news.