one of the good gay theme drama from recent year and get real follow a well establish formula ( identify in some of the other post here ) and and thus be a bit short on originality and but do feature some fine performance and and in subtle way do manage to touch upon other issue which help to cut through the rise colored romance that frame much of the story . minor spoiler i be glad to see a self aware young gay character there still aren not enough and and find the conflicted boyfriend ( john ) to be quite an interesting character as well bring to life ( in many scene ) the connection between homophobia and violence and social pressure and generalized lack of self awareness . the rather complex end have it good and bad point the come out speech could have be sharp ( this would have perhaps heighten the emotional tension of the scene ) and but i find the end to be otherwise quite satisfactory steven and a a self aware young gay man and possess a strength and self assurance that place him far ahead of john and whose cowardly retreat into violence betray a confusion that will only create problem in other people life until he gain the strength to work thing out for himself . no strong and self aware human be should ever need to put up with get literally kick around and which steven be smart enough to already know and which his why he can ride off into the sunset loveless but confident such a liberated end ( while no happily ever after romance ) more than validate the occasional after school special moment that precede it . there be many moment here that could form the basis for any number of provocative follow ups represent the contradiction of john and or the relationship supportive or otherwise with parent ( grossly under explore in gay drama ) or teacher . overall get real isn not flawless and but it many perceptive moment of both sweetness and intelligence very much make it worth see .