Catfish: The TV Show

Series Premiere. After a park-cruising experiment is derailed by a phone call, 29-year-old video-game designer Patrick meets up with his best friends, roommate Agustin (31) and Dom (39), to discuss the impending wedding of Patrick's ex. Later, Patrick meets up with OkCupid date Benjamin; after the date goes south, Patrick is chatted up on Muni by a cute barber.

While helping Agustin move his stuff to Frank's house in Oakland, Agustin and Dom (a frequent Grindr user) question whether Patrick is capable of a casual sexual relationship. Back in SF, Dom meets up with his LA-ified ex Ethan. Later, Patrick and Richie go out on a date, but a tipsy Patrick becomes a little too focused with personal details.

At a video-game launch party onboard an aircraft carrier, Patrick and his coworker Owen meet Kevin, a gay Brit who turns out to be Patrick's new boss. Elated after his verbal beatdown of Ethan, Dom tells Doris about his plans to start a Portuguese-chicken restaurant. Agustin is fired by Stina after opining that her chair sculpture is lame.

Taking a break from working in the office on a Sunday, Patrick and Kevin connect while chatting about relationships, but are interrupted by a call from Kevin's boyfriend. Later, Agustin, Doris, and Dom's coworker Hugo take in the leather-filled sights of the Folsom Street Fair, and convince Patrick to come join them. Dom asks Lynn to lunch.

After calling in sick, Patrick and Richie visit Golden Gate Park and other San Francisco sites, learning more about their pasts and plans for the future.

Patrick tries to hide his nervousness about Richie meeting his friends for the first time at Dom's 40th birthday party. Lynn has a dinner to introduce Dom to some potential investors; later, Dom insists to Doris that he and Lynn are just friends. Agustin, frustrated with the progression of his project, invites CJ to the birthday picnic, where he and Frank finally cross paths.

Already stressed that his parents will judge his choice of partner in Richie, Patrick reaches new levels of anxiety before his sister's wedding, and runs into an unexpected guest when he arrives there. Dom rebuffs Lynn's advice while in the throes of preparing for his restaurant popup. Unhappy with his photos of Frank and CJ, Agustin drops out of his art show.

Season One Finale. Patrick looks to mend fences after Richie's abrupt exit the day before. Frank tells Agustin what he really thinks about their relationship and his art. Later, Patrick and Agustin join Dom at the opening of his restaurant popup, where Dom is surprised by Lynn's choice of guest.