Crewman Number 6

You know, I really want to hate Jason the most. I really do. But Effie drives me freaking crazy. So phony, so consumed with her own position and ego. So very Hollywood. Eh, they're both awful. Two things!

I'm too deep in denial to even recognize that this show might be ending. NO.

Radioactive babies! And, it turns out, shrooms do not enhance one's talent in physics. Another late-in-life dream banished. Also, way to be a stand-up husband, Charlie.

I'm in, I think. Maybe a bit too many square, clenched jaws uttering comic-book urgencies (the main character seems especially prone to declarative sentences followed by dramatic exits), but I like the occasional quirks and the emotional grind of doing such secretive and stressful work.

Damn good recap.

I feel like I may be missing the point by asking, but%u2026is it any good?

I have to say…I loved the first season of this show, it seemed to hit so many emotional notes without hammering at them or finding the easy answers, but god, it's practically unwatchable now. So much forced drama. I'll hang for another couple of episodes, hoping it gets better, but yikes. (Still love Jude, though.)

I really truly love this show. I love the apex-Parks & Rec style of heart without schmaltz, and how even the characters played just for laughs are allowed to be real people. I even found myself being moved occasionally--the "Do I lie?" moment with Bobby Moynihan was weirdly compelling. Everybody commits. And, while I in no way want to get burned out on him, can Keegan-Michael Key be in everything? I was going to watch this even if it was middling, out of support for St. Clair and Parham (as an old podcast whore, it's fun to hear little throwaways like "moveon.org"), but it's really become a delightful, funny, warm show. Bums me out that it will probably fade away from neglect, while lesser shows sit on life support on network tv. Yeah, they have great chemistry, but I think they work best with that love/hate thing creating the tension without actually pursuing it. It would really skew Mark as a character if he suddenly became someone who would cheat. Leave him as a foil, bring in occasional love interests to keep things interesting for the leads and then get rid of them before they settle. The only OTP on the show is Maggie and Emma, and that needs to continue to be the center on which it spins.

Yeah, you know a show has really gotten under your skin and muddled things up a bit, when you find yourself feeling sorry for a guy because his sister won't have sex with him anymore.