to give people more of a sense of what this show is:
Adapted from a comic book (DeadEndia), 2D animated. The first season has 10 episodes, the second (and final, due to it being cancelled before it was over) has 10 as well.
The main characters are both older teens who get summer jobs at a theme park, which is basically Dollyland if Dollyland was shittier and also had a portal to hell
The trans man (Barney) gets a job as a security guard there, and also begins sleeping at the park due to his home life; while his parents are generally affirming, it is stated (although not directly shown) that his grandmother, who lives with them, is transphobic and verbally abusive to him and that his family does not stand up for him. He also brings his dog with him
The autistic girl (Norma) gets a job as part of the security as well. Her major special interest is in Pauline Phoenix (the evil Dolly Parton mentioned above). She is extremely excited to work there, but struggles with social interaction and has panic attacks when overwhelmed.
The third main character is a demon named Courtney, who is working for some demonic royalty trying to get him a human vessel and is hiding out at the theme park. She has been banished from hell and this demon king has promised to get her back if she helps him. Courtney uses they/them pronouns in the comic, although this was changed for the show to avoid the "non-human nonbinary" trope, although tbh as a nonbinary person I wish they would've kept her clearly nonbinary. But I'm still happy the intention is there!
In the first episode, Courtney tries to get Barney as the vessel, but his dog jumps in front of him and he gets possessed instead. Through Norma's knowledge of Pauline's films, they trap the demon king in a photograph, but the dog (Pugsley) is left with the ability to talk to humans and use magic.
The first season continues from there, with Courtney continuing to try to find ways to return to Hell, and Barney and Norma deal with various supernatural threats on their job while also uncovering a deeper mystery revolving around the many women who have gone missing while working at the park as Pauline Phoenix impersonators. Pauline herself is rarely seen in person anymore....
And yes, the second-to-last episode is a musical episode (diagetically; the characters are under a musical spell cast by Pugsley) and the songs are written by Patrick Stump and its really fun
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