alexvillage

Yes, there are two important issues - in the way freeform likes to introduce in their shows - but they were rushed. We know there are teachers who are fast to apply their biases and even bigotry when students are black or brown (or disabled). But the show never showed Davia as biased. Maybe a little clueless but she still needs to keep the discipline needed to teach. They rushed the whole thing, didn't show us any background on the kid, and kind of contradicted themselves becasue Davia seemed to be someone who is at least mild concerned about social issues, she knows all that happened to Malika and Malika's activism. It was messy writing.

She is also 16 - and maybe the writers didn't mean in the way I am reading the situation - all teenagers mess up somehow: drinking in parties, having unprotected sex (yes, still), sexting, and I bet a lot of other stuff that I am not even aware of. Lucia will mess up in different ways brought up by the current circumstances in her life. It can also be read as a need to have some control over things, to make sure everyone around her is protected and cared for because her family wasn't protected. And that's when she messes up, burns bridges, gets tangled in situations she didn't foresee because of her immaturity. In the first episodes it looked like the writers were going in the direction of rebel teen getting involved with the "wrong" crowd in school. That seems to have been dropped.

The writers have decided that Delilah is the one to be always forgiven, to be understood and all that. It is annoying and I don't care much about the character either. But that part didn't bother me. The conversation was private, as in two confidants trusting each other. I can imagine someone with a complicated situation like this one would attempt to "lighten up" the whole thing (even if the writers want to write everyone holding hands in harmony when it comes to Delilah). It doesn't mean that it is sensitive or right. It doesn't mean that it shouldn't be done/said. But it is human and it is actually the only reaction in the whole story that I don't find unrealistic. Having said all that, I think the writers would keep that line even if she was in public, with all her friends. It happens that, in private, it is something I believe would help anyone with processing the consequences of their mistakes.

Developmental Disability. The "disorder" term implies that it can be fixed. There is nothing to fix in a brain that functions in a different way.

Autism is nit a disorder. It is treated as such because the medical model still wants to "fix" people and turn them into neurotypical people. It does't work because it has been proven that autistic brains react differently (proven via fMRI). What happens is that there are several co-occurrent conditions that sometimes are seen in autistic people. Those are treatable. The only treatment for autism is respect the autistic.

It was a well done TGI, It did look like a seizure. I really like this version of the show. The actors continue to grow on me and even if Val is a little irritating sometimes, I can see more of her grief than I can remember seeing in Claudia, so that's another positive.

I agree with what you said and I would add that they rushed on the racial thing and it came out shallow and unfair. Yes, white fragility exists. Yes, white privilege is a thing. But even as white people can be considered what I will call "passive racists", it doesn't mean they don't care and don't have good intentions. It takes some learning and educating, and self reflection. The school to prison pipeline could have been done better if they hadn't rushed into Davia's realization that she should read the book. And by the way, when someone who doesn't yet understand what white fragility means, giving that book without an introduction is counter productive. Davia's initial reaction was expect, even if proof of her own "fragility". Malika should take the plea deal. Being in the frontlines is exciting but ultimately, it is also about ego. So many people do so much from behind the scenes, activism has many layers. Think disabled people and if you know the history that led to the passage of the ADA you know that there are may unsung heroes. Why is Sumi living in the Coterie? Did I miss anything?

Haven't watched the episode yet but agree with this so much. The actor is not bad, it is not like they can't have him acting.

That was my take too. They are writing the MOD as the bad guy, and the actress is not good at it, so she is relying on exaggerating cliches. And again, fraud is committed to help a patient who needs mental health counseling. As I usually complain here, the show comes up with important issues - lack of coverage, health insurance denials, lack of affordability - but with bad solutions. Although I have to say that I hate our Wealth System so much, sometimes I wish doctors are doing what Sharpe and Iggy did. On the other hand, the amount of our of pocket the woman would have to come up with would be impossible for her to have the surgery, so yeah, bad solutions.

She also solved hunger among the homeless in New York.

I wouldn't have minded Sophie lashing out so much if they hadn't resorted to cliches like having her dressed like an 80's punk, and staying out late, to show her rebellious self (although the punk movement was pretty rebellious). Or maybe I am just completely out of touch with how teenagers dress these days, or I don't remember her choice of clothing before the break. For once, I would like to see a more subtle rebellious teen on TV. I like Theo and the actor is cute but sometimes he seems too immature for his age. He is supposed to be what, 10? It is starting to annoy me. My nieces are 12 and 8 and I don't see anything that is even close to how Theo acts/reacts sometimes. Can't stand Gary. Or Maggie. Rome annoyed me. Katherine is way too understanding. Pretty unrealistic too. Everyone LOOOOOOVES Delilah again. Awwww. Cue Kumbaya. (yikes!)

This show and the actors are growing on me. I like the new setting and family situation - even if it is hard to watch sometimes - and I like that they are keeping some of the original plots but not completely copying it. Not sure is intentional, but it works for me. For example: Well, he is a teenager, his hormones begging him to do something, he doesn't think when he gets the attention of the girl. In the original Bailey worked at the restaurant and became an alcoholic. Kids drink all the time, they make mistakes and the point of the show, imo, is the growth a this family without the parents, just like in the original show. Don't some states allow (or don't punish) underage alcohol at their homes? I have friends whose kids drink in their parties or gatherings.

Even if we ignore that no doctor gives such a definitive prediction as Sharpe did - doctors don't really say the exact date and they don't come out and say that there is nothing that can be done in the way she did - she determined all this while he was still in the ER. The writers might be very unhappy with their job, creating all these impossible scenarios, to they are just bad at writing. I am still appalled by the NPD diagnosis. Narcissistic people struggle with empathy. Iggy can be a lot of things but he does not lack empathy. Why is that storyline even there?

I, too, thought Judge Wilson was having a heart attack. I can see where this is going and I don't like it: Callie helps him, he forgives Malika - or don't forgive her and then more drama unfolds because Callie was unprofessional, blah, blah I also thought that Callie's complete meltdown was over the top. I get it, the memories of her mother and all, but it came out of nowhere, and it was delayed. I don't buy it. The trigger of the memory was seeing the body, the police. But during those scenes her expression seemed pretty neutral, at least less "worried" then when she saw the judge almost collapse. Maybe they filmed the whole thing and needed a time-jump scene. The whole thing, and then Jude coming out of nowhere seemed out of place, hurried, not part of the original idea for the episode. Just weird. I guess that, for the first time, Gael didn't annoy me. I like him much better when he is not having sex or engaged on seduction games with other people.

This show! No comments on the "lockdown" that allows someone to go through. And all the rest of the plot. Boring. I liked the impromptu therapy session, I too can identify with some of Iggy's issues, low self esteem and all. But Narcissistic Personality Disorder? I use to live with someone diagnosed with NPD and it was't even close to what we know about Iggy.

Lucia is a teenager. Whatever the reason, or reasoning, she had to ask the teacher for a make up test doesn't really matter. The teacher is the one who turned it into a xenophobic rant. If she had any compassion, she could have said that she is very sorry the family is going through these hard times but she would not give Beto a second chance. She chose to be an awful person. And a teacher feeling insulted by a teenager who was - maybe - not very carful with her words is a from of gaslighting, considering the situation of the student. As I mentioned before, maybe this plot is intentional because PTSD due to forced separation, for any reason, is very real and the lack of compassion from some is equally problematic.

This is all correct and I hope the writers kept the whole thing somewhat subtle/without major repercussions for the teacher on purpose, because it happens and nobody ever does much to protect the students from this bigotry, or to make the teachers accountable. In the same way that we have seen racist teachers abusing black students, and how we know that students of color and disabled students are punished at much higher rates than white students, what the episode showed is the helplessness and the snowball effect on families when parents are deported. Hopefully all these messages will subliminally reach viewers that have the wrong assumptions about undocumented immigrant families. If that's the intention, kudos to the writers. I am not good at gentle approaches when it comes to bigots but it is a way and maybe it works.

I wonder if the writers will allow the parents to stay alive but somewhat unreachable to emphasize how hard it is on kids this whole family separation atrocity. It is hard to watch but it is a way to reach more people with a message. If so, I hope they go all the way in the subject, showing the effects in other kids less fortunate to have siblings and stay together. It is a reminder that while death is definitive, uncertainty can certainly cause trauma.

Claudia was the most insufferable character in the original but when the actress was young the (bad) acting was masked by some seemingly natural and spontaneous deliveries. As she got older the actor lost the novelty and the "talent" was gone. But the kid that plays Valentina is not good at all. If the show survives another two or three seasons she might improve, we shall see. I am not very impressed by the acting of any of the actors so far but will stick with the show and see where it goes.

I don't watch award shows and didn't know it was yesterday but just saw the speech and it was really good.

In the original Bailey was one year older than Julia, and Julia was 15 on the first episode. Lucia is 16

Well said. Don't forget the pity party, including by the judge, who I believe was eventually recalled (barely a comfort, but at least something) about how "the life of that young man, an athlete, would be destroyed by the conviction", and how he is "such a good boy". And the bias for appeal was that rape by "fingering" is not rape becasue it is not penetration, or some bullshit like that.

Yeah, she was the defiant teenager, and I guess Julia was more like the brooding type. She was defiant but what I remember the most was the angst. Neve Campbell was good as Julia and, if I remember well, she was believable, her reactions and actions related to all that was happening. Probably the best of all the actors in the original. Lucia, the character and the actress, still need to find her footing. Emilio was the weakest link, imo, in this first episode.

I liked it too. It is going to be hard to watch. Too close to reality. They are softening how immigrants are actually treated by the thugs but still heartbreaking. And the Valentina is way better than Claudia, so that in itself is a plus.

I thought so too for a while but the time jump was a little confusing because of Mariana's reaction to the condo's view (I think it was her). But she had been there before - which might have been "after". And also the way the parent's were kind of guiding the whole thing, the gift Callie gave them - maybe it is just me, but I don't take a house gift if the party is at someone else's party. Or maybe Callie saw that as a christmas gift? Thanks for the explanation. I know that this happens - I didn't know that it happens in the context of nursing students - and I wasn't implying that everyone should participate. And it is great that it gives relief to the people who need it, it might also give some emotional support to them. Touch, therapeutic though if you will, is important for human beings. Maybe it is my own bias. Even though this is a valuable experience, as you mentioned, it comes from a religious parable, and I have a hard time reconciling that. Maybe if this was done in a more regular basis (wouldn't that be great!), or not in the context of a religious holiday, it would have flown below my radar. But I will try to keep an open mind from now on, and try to see the good above the roots of the act.