HBO says “thanks, but no thanks” to Ryan Murphy’s Open
HBO no longer wants to be in an Open relationship with Ryan Murphy—presumably because he won’t stop talking about Jessica Lange, when all HBO is trying to do is reconnect over a nice quiet meal together. HBO has passed on Murphy’s “very frank” depiction of human sexuality after commissioning a pilot last summer. The pilot starred Anna Torv and Jennifer Jason Leigh as lesbian lovers, Michelle Monaghan as the gynecologist who threatens to come between them, Scott Speedman as her husband, Wes Bentley as an obnoxious self-proclaimed sexpert, and Cheyenne Jackson as the prettiest meth head this side of the Bakersfield Wal-Mart, with guest star Aisha Tyler playing a forward-thinking nurse in Monaghan’s practice.