Sort Of: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Sort Of is a big-hearted series about Sabi Mehboob, a fluid millennial who straddles various identities from sexy bartender at an LGBTQ bookstore/bar, to the youngest child in a large Pakistani family, to the de facto parent of a downtown hipster family.

Sabi feels like they're in transition in every aspect of their life, from gender to love to sexuality to family to career. When Sabi's best friend 7ven presents them with an opportunity to live and find themself in the "queerest place in the galaxy", Sabi instead makes the decision to stay and care for the kids they nanny after their mom has a serious bike accident.

Do they regret it? Sort of.

Series details

• Title: Sort Of
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Comedy
• Premiere date: 2021-10-05
• Final broadcast date listed: 2023-12-08
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: CBC Gem
• Network country: Canada
• Typical episode runtime: 22 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 6.2/10
• TVMaze ID: 55553
• IMDb ID: tt15221950
• TVDB ID: 407554

Cast and credited roles

• Bilal Baig — Sabi Mehboob
• Amanda Cordner — 7ven
• Grace Lynn Kung — Bessy Kaneko
• Gray Powell — Paul Bauer
• Kaya Kanashiro — Violet Kaneko-Bauer
• Ellora Patnaik — Raffo Mehboob
• Supinder Wraich — Aqsa Mehboob
• Aden Bedard — Henry Kaneko-Bauer
• Raymond Cham Jr. — Wolf
• Becca Blackwell — Deenzie
• Ali Hassan — Shehraz
• Varun Saranga — Ismail

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2021-10-05; final listed air date 2021-10-05; episode order: 8.
• Season 2: premiered 2022-11-15; final listed air date 2022-12-06; episode order: 8.
• Season 3: premiered 2023-11-17; final listed air date 2023-12-08; episode order: 8.

Source and licence

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