Gay hamsters. A litigious elf. A cowgirl toilet. Welcome to Julio Torres' 'Fantasmas'

Welcome to Julio Torres' 'Fantasmas' toggle caption Monica Lek/HBO The Greek hero Jason famously sought the fabled Golden Fleece. But instead of sirens and harpies, Torres' encounters, in no particular order: Gay cokehead hamsters, grasping social media influencers, a homewrecking alien puppet who in no way repeat in no way resembles ALF, a hilariously self-aware school bully, a toilet dressed up in cowgirl couture, the letter Q as an alt-comic who's way too niche for mainstream audiences, an elf suing Santa over labor violations, and really, trust me, just … so much more. And where Jason's quest for the Golden Fleece featured lots of celebrity cameos — Medea, Heracles, Orpheus, Zeus, Aphrodite – Torres brings his own pantheon of famous pals into the mix, both onscreen and off. If you've devoured Torres' work, as I have — he co-wrote the instantly and indelibly iconic SNL sketch "Wells for Boys,"co-created the series Los Espookys and wrote and directed last year's Problemista – you know what to expect from Fantasmas to some extent, both in its approach and in many of its particulars.