Published May 1, 2026, 9:30 a.m. ET In this week’s episode of Half Man , the boys are growing up – but they’re not quite growing apart. Half Man stars Mitchell Robertson and Stuart Campbell , who respectively play younger version of Jamie Bell and Richard Gadd ‘s characters, continue at the helm of HBO’s riveting new drama in Episode 2. After years of living together under the same roof, Niall moves to Glasgow to attend university on his own, where his mother drops him off with a stern warning not to contact Ruben. But uni proves to be more overwhelming than expected when he meets Alby (Bilal Hasna), who challenges him to try and accept – or at least explore – his sexuality. But in his moment of panic, Niall retreats to the only person who he’s felt protected by: Ruben. “It is a real turning point,” Robertson recently told DECIDER in a chat about Half Man Episode 2. “It’s funny, like you sometimes will choose potentially what’s bad for us just because it’s familiar.…