“Pose” Reveals First Look at Final Season with Trailer

Get out the tissues, folks. Last month, it was announced that the hit FX series Pose will be wrapping after its third and final season, and now the network has an emotional new trailer to tease the upcoming collection of episodes.

In the preview of the new season, the HIV/AIDS crisis is directly impacting the Pose family. HIV-positive Pray Tell (Billy Porter) confronts his mortality, “I always knew this disease would eat me alive, but I’m not going out without a fight.”

In addition, according to Metro UK, the third and final season “… will be set in 1994, and ballroom feels like a distant memory for Blanca who struggles to balance being a mother with being a partner to her new love, and her latest role as a nurse’s aide. Meanwhile, Pray Tell (Billy Porter) contends with unexpected health burdens as AIDS becomes the leading cause of death for Americans ages 25 to 44; while in the balls, the emergence of a vicious new house forces the House of Evangelista members to contend with their legacy.”

The show has been continuously praised for its groundbreaking portrayal of trans people and its diverse, trans cast and crew.

Co-creator Ryan Murphy spoke about the legacy of the series when the final season was announced. “From the very beginning when Steven Canals and I sat down to hear his vision and ideas for the show, it has been a passion project. To go from the beginning of my career in the late 90s when it was nearly impossible to get an LGBTQ character on television to Pose, which will go down in history for having the largest LGBTQ cast of all time, is a truly full circle moment for me.”

The final season of the boundary-shattering series will be seven episodes and premieres May 2 on FX; the series finale is scheduled to air June 6.

Watch the new trailer below:

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