There’s a new queer romance on Prime Video, wrapped inside a story about family secrets, first love and one life-changing summer on a Canadian island.
Sterling Point follows Annie Jacobson, a tightly wound 17-year-old from New York City whose carefully planned summer falls apart when she is rejected from her dream program. Soon after, Annie learns that she and her twin brother, Connor, have inherited a cottage from the grandfather they were never allowed to meet.
Annie heads to Sterling Point looking for answers about her family. Instead, she finds a close-knit group of locals, more secrets than she could have anticipated and Ramona, the free-spirited queer sister she never knew existed.
What Is the Queer Storyline in Sterling Point?
The show’s central queer romance develops between Ramona, played by Amélie Hoeferle, and her longtime friend Oona, played by Bo Bragason.
Ramona is beginning to realize that her feelings for Oona go beyond friendship, but Oona’s flirtatious reputation and their shared difficulty talking honestly about what they want make the relationship much messier than a straightforward friends-to-lovers story.
Their attraction is not pushed to the edges of the series or treated as a minor subplot. Both women are part of the main ensemble, and their relationship unfolds alongside Ramona’s larger story about grief, family and figuring out where she belongs.
Bragason has said that she appreciated being able to portray a queer relationship that is allowed to be as complicated as any other relationship. The conflict between Ramona and Oona is not about shame or whether two women should be together. It comes from two people who care deeply about one another but do not necessarily know how to communicate or build a healthy relationship.
Just How Queer Is Sterling Point?
Ramona and Oona are the show’s most prominent queer couple, but queerness is woven throughout the world of Sterling Point.
Annie begins the series in a relationship with a closeted gay boy, a friendship that has allowed both of them to avoid confronting what they actually want. She also talks openly about previously believing she might be asexual as she begins exploring attraction for the first time.
More importantly, the queer characters are able to know that they are queer, talk about being queer and make jokes about being gay without every storyline becoming a lesson about identity. Their queerness matters, but it is not the only interesting thing about them.
Creator Megan Park, who also wrote and directed My Old Ass, told Out that queer representation was part of the series from the beginning because it felt natural to the world she wanted to create. The result is a show where queer characters are not treated like additions to someone else’s story. They are part of the friendships, romances and family drama driving the series.
Where Can You Watch Sterling Point?
All eight episodes of Sterling Point premiered on August 5, 2026, and are now streaming on Prime Video.
The first season delivers plenty of romance, family drama and dreamy summer escapism, while leaving enough unanswered questions to make us hope there will be another trip to Sterling Point. Prime Video has not yet announced whether the series will return for a second season.
