I've read what the other reviewers here have posted and its true, the acting could be described in a negative way, so too the writing as somehow sub-par, and yes, the show does look a lot like other shows from the past, notably Sex and the City. And yes, the production values are excellent, the gloss and gleam of In Between Men make it appear as if it would be something you'd see on network TV.
However, what I don't think the other reviewers have taken into consideration is that this show isn't so much all those things I just mentioned that other reviewers have said, instead to me its a throwback to the days of Dynasty and shows like that where every character is over-the-top in some way and its not so much the writing of the show that is important, instead what was important in Dynasty was to entertain. And that was it, Dynasty entertained. Dynasty created characters that gave viewers a fantasy realm to enjoy where the viewers could imagine a world they could never live in, a world of rich people behaving as they pleased.
Thats what In Between Men does. It presents an over-the-top idea of how gay people might be living in New York City today. An for those of us who don't live there, and never will, nor who are rich or able to do whatever they might want in their own local gay reality - be it because they aren't as free to be as open about being gay or because they don't have the riches available to them to pursue ambition wildly with little restraint, this show is a delight. As a fantasy world that presents itself as something that arguably could exist in today's world, we the audience know that it' a fantasy. And with that we can let go of judging it by the standards of today's world and just enjoy it for the fantasy it is, a slice of cake in a bread-eating world.
As was Dynasty in its day, today when you watch In Between Men you may eat cake.
