Prime Video's animated series The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy has the cure for LGBTQ+ viewers on February 23, 2024. This wacky tale set in the future follows Keke Palmer as Dr. Klak and Stephanie Hsu voicing Dr. Sleech in their adventures in healthcare.
Showrunner Cirocco Dunlap is also the writer and executive producer for Galaxy. Other executive producers with voice work are Natasha Lyonne as Nurse Tup and Maya Rudolph as Dr. Vlam. Dunlap worked previously on Netflix projects with Lyonne for Russian Doll and with Rudolph on Big Mouth.
Singer Sam Smith stars as Dr. Azel and other queer identifying voices in the roster include Bowen Yang, John Waters and Abbi Jacobson.
Dunlap spoke about the LGBTQ+ representation on the series on a group call with Rudolph and Lyonne, “I grew up in San Francisco, which was a promising start. My mom is bi, my dad was gay and my sister was in polyamorous, three-person, female relationships. For me, this was just the norm and the baseline from where my life began. That is what I wanted to put in the show. I wanted inclusion, representation and I wanted it to feel normal for each individual, species, animal or planet. I was absolutely delighted to include everyone.”
The trio gushed over Smith's vocal performance and when a musical episode for season two was suggested, Maya joked, “Well, not to put too much pressure on them, but I hoped they can sing!”
