Special (2019)

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Living. Laughing. Limping.

A gay man with mild cerebral palsy decides to rewrite his identity as an accident victim and finally go after the life he wants.

• Released: 2019-04-12
• Genres: Comedy
• Seasons: 2, 16 episodes
• Episode length: 25m
• Network: Netflix
• Status: Ended
• TMDB rating: 6.4/10 from 74 votes

Created by Ryan O'Connell.

Top cast

• Ryan O'Connell as Ryan Hayes
• Punam Patel as Kim Laghari
• Jessica Hecht as Karen Hayes

Full cast & crew

Where to watch Special

• United States: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
• United Kingdom: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
• India: stream on Netflix; watch free on VI movies and tv
• Canada: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
• Australia: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads

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