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  1. Please don't give these writers any ideas!
  2. This show has basically become morbid slapstick comedy. People need to learn to stop delivering lengthy monologues with their enemies! The zombie power of characters on this show is impressive. Pretty much everyone on this show has been mortally wounded, only to magically regenerate by the next scene/episode. I loved Ronald going from on his deathbed to somehow murdering the doctor by Hulking out thanks to the Power of Love 20 seconds after being injected with tepid prop water. And Scarlett regenerates enough to escape after laying motionless and unresponsive for 10-15 minutes, but Ronald is (finally) taken out with the exact same injury? Okay. That banana peel shootout between Wolfgang/Lindor was basically the Dear Sister SNL skit. I...felt the worst for T-Locke? What is happening?
  3. What the FUCK was that with Nate and Maddy?! That was dark and traumatic even for this show. I'm struggling to see how they're going to end his arc this season in a way that doesn't involve suicide/homicide, which I feel like they'd never do because they'd never write off Jacob Elordi. No one who is that psychologically unstable can just go about regular life again, but I guess he...will? The writers seem to be trapping themselves in a corner for shock value. I thought he might kill Cassie in the last scene. I wish they had explored Jules/Nate more this season. It's the most interesting relationship he has and much more compelling than 80 scenes of Cassie throwing tantrums over him. This show has corrupted me so badly that I was convinced Nate and his mom would kiss, as well as Maddy and Minka Kelly in the pool. This episode gave me a sinking feeling that the reason why Fez/Lexi is such a slow burn is because the writers want to milk the Romeo/Juliet tragedy angle and kill Fez off at the end of the season. There just has to be a cynical reason why they're so wholesome because no one is allowed to be happy on Euphoria. Thankfully someone finally recognizes Gia has been on an emotional island for years. Ali's a good dude. Kat and Ethan are just cringey to watch. What a waste of excellent chemistry in a nonsensical storyline.
  4. "A freaking dad" is making me crack up. Sam Levinson is pretty blatant about his favoritism. He likes Eric Dane. I don't think it's any deeper than that. No one was really asking for Cal to be fleshed out. No one likes Cal. The show isn't about Cal. But Sam likes Cal, so for some reason he gets the B-plot of this season. Honestly, I think Barbie was cast for the tokenism of "the insecure big girl" and Sam either doesn't know what to do beyond that or isn't interested. Which is a shame, because she's a good actress. I thought she was great in S1. She's also fun to watch in Unpregnant. I read the same thing (in a YouTube comment, so big grain of salt lol). I'm with Barbie - it makes zero sense for her to spend the entire first season pining for Ethan and end on a super emotional declaration of love, only to be bored and embarrassed of him within the month in-show and spend the entire next season agonizing over dumping him...because he's too nice? Isn't that why she was attracted to him? I feel bad for Ethan's actor too. He's barely in the show now.
  5. Zendaya was excellent. Her speech to Jules also cut to the bone. Hunter was a great scene partner in that. Imo Elliot's presence was not needed and only served to hasten the Jules/Elliot sex revelation betrayal. The runaway/stealing hi-jinx felt a little too (darkest version ever of) Ferris Bueller for my taste. Can poor Gia please have something other to do than be abused by her sister? The idea that dopesick Rue could slowly jog away from her mom just because a few teens ran up the stairs is silly. Neither mom thought to block the door? Day 583 of me not really caring about Cassie/Nate/Maddie. Why does Cassie get 70% of screen time? Poor Kat is a glorified extra at this point. Why did the writers set up Lexi/Fez only to immediately abandon them?
  6. This has been bothering me too! Yet we get scene after scene of Kat whining about Ethan. I also don't understand why they gave Lexi her play subplot (although I love her codirector) when her chemistry with Fez is 1000x more interesting, especially when Cassie's entire S2 arc is banging Nate. I could care less about her organizing an entire play to vent about her sister. I had completely forgotten Lexi and Cassie were siblings.
  7. I agree that watching Rue's addiction is getting pretty boring. I get it, it's a real thing and the showrunner had addictions as a teen and they're using it as some sort of purgatory/existential dread metaphor, but it just isn't interesting watching her be zoned out every single episode. Jules' manic pixie dream girl streak continues. It was kind of mean to her to pressure Rue into making out with Elliot. I get that she was trying to get a threesome going, but imo Rue/Elliot have bro chemistry, not sexual chemistry. It's interesting that they've continued to imply Rue is more or less asexual. Who exactly is clamoring for all of this elaborate Cal backstory? And while cruel and hypocritical, him giving his entire family The Reason You Suck speech was kind of hilarious, if only because his sons are cut from the same douchey cloth. Not sure we needed the prosthetic dick hanging out the entire time, though.
  8. I really need to pay more attention to this show because I didn't realize until the post-show interview that the opening backstory was young Cal (and an apparently very intentional 90s flashback). I thought they were just introducing new characters, lol. I was disturbed how much Cal's gay crush looked like Nate. The creator said this episode was intended to give the audience empathy for him and more or less make us feel bad for previously disliking him. My guy, having repressed gay desires (or a penis fetish?) does not negate child abuse and sex with minors. Speaking of which, Jesus HBO, however ludicrous it is that these sleek, toned 24-year-olds are portraying high schoolers, at least keep it somewhat tasteful when all of your characters are supposedly minors. The uncomfortably long montages of them fucking in every position (in every episode, no less) are so incredibly creepy. So Elliot-Rue-Jules is obviously headed towards a threesome, right? I was actually much more interested in Jules/Elliot than Rue/Elliot. I appreciate moving away from the traditional love triangle. I could give a shit about Lexi's play. Get back to Fez flirting! I generally find Faye to be a pointless, annoying character, but the actress' delivery of "So do you and your son like...fuck people together?" was gold, as was Fez referring to Jules as Jewel. Kat and Ethan are painfully boring and it makes me sad because they were my favorite last season.
  9. moved to correct episode thread, sorry!
  10. Fez's and Lexi's actors have amazing chemistry. An interesting and unexpected pairing, but I love it. I thought they were going to have Lexi start crushing on Rue, but I like this way better. Angus Cloud brings such gentle sincerity to a hard character. He's one of my faves. Cassie just can't catch a break.
  11. Again, as a disabled woman, I'm excited by Alina's inclusion in the cast, but using her and Caleb's relationship to portray every single aspect of ableism and disability + sex is very performative and giving me whiplash. The producers' narrative makes zero sense. Two episodes ago, they wanted us to believe he wasn't attracted to her - now he's dicking her down on command? And their bizarrely lingering 5 minute soft core porn scenes feel like really disingenuous producer virtue signaling, as if they want. social justice points for showing (really showing) disabled sex. No one else has those scenes. I'm also perplexed that Caleb is cool with the show portraying his character and his (presumably) sincere relationship with Alina as 1) steeped in ignorance and ableism and/or 2) exploited and hypersexualized fetish fodder. And if I were Alina, I wouldn't be thrilled to be painted as lovesick, desperate, and guilt tripping my boyfriend into sex. Get that paycheck, I guess? (Watching him defend Alina's independence to her infantilizing friends was pretty hot, I must admit.)
  12. As a disabled woman myself, I think they're actually together and probably a loving couple, but the producers gave them a script like David/Annie and Libby/Andre. Putting them in an inaccessible hotel is a plot to sensationalize her dependence and exaggerate her disability. Claiming "Caleb booked it" and having Caleb initially friendzone her (supposedly...really unnaturally) is just a ploy to rile the audience up against Caleb's ignorance and encourage them to pity "poor disabled girl" Alana by painting her as at best lovesick and at worst woefully unaware of her "unattractiveness" (read: having visible disabilities). It's pretty gross and reeks of ableism. But hey, whatever it takes to get a disabled person on the 90 Day gravy train, I guess. You're not flying to Turkey to stay in the same hotel room with a friend whose attraction you don't reciprocate. They'll probably be on Pillow Talk next season.
  13. I don't really care about the Ronald Wolf Pack or Dollar Store Stranger Things B-plots, but I have to admit watching the two girls fall in love is very wholesome. I briefly thought initially that Lindor and Jeri would turn romantic because of how much time they were spending together, but then they introduced his (somewhat forced imo) thing for Cassie and I figured as a trans woman in primetime, Jeri would be relegated to the asexual sidekick role. As such, it was interesting to see the writers go meta and have Lindor get closer to Jeri for the sake of mining her for Cassie info, unintentionally leading Jeri on. As a disabled woman, I've been there many times. I just hope it doesn't turn into a "Lindor friendzones Jeri for being trans" situation. Do we really need to see Ronald in a heavily pup play/BDSM coded dom/sub scenario with the wilderness dude? Who asked for that? Clearly, the writer with the weird kinks stayed on for S2.
  14. I’m so embarrassed that I ever liked Johnny. This goes way beyond being a garden-variety fuck boy or refusing to try because you feel entitled to a supermodel (hi Ryan). It’s way past just feeling awkward or looking for an exit because you were matched with someone that you already friend zoned. This man has deep-seated issues on par with Jose and Michaela. The fact that he immediately goes red and his vein pops out whenever Bao does something he doesn’t like is scary. Similarly, the fact that he randomly yelled in anger in the back bedroom by himself is not only overdramatic and a huge overreaction to a fight that he picked, but evidence of real anger management problems. Bao's a champion. She’s one of the best catches of the season in my opinion. Yes she’s socially awkward and I am as creeped out by her sexy baby routine as everyone else, but I have to hand it to her for always being calm and levelheaded throughout all of his tantrums and outright disrespect. She never stops trying to find solutions. No matter how petulant or entitled he’s being, she always gives him the benefit of the doubt. He doesn’t deserve her. I’ve noticed that Johnny‘s strategy seems to be to pick fights (Particularly after Bao's cooked a meal or done something romantic that he claims she doesn’t do), storm off despite her complete undeserved receptivity to whatever bullshit he’s saying, and then immediately claim that they’re not compatible because they’re fighting. You started the fight and you’re the only one arguing, asshole! It was such a dick move for him to disinvite her to the family party in front of everyone when it was already in progress and then whine to his family about how she isn't catering to his needs. Wanting a fantasy high school relationship when you’re 35 is so bizarre. I have a feeling it all revolves around sex, given that's the only time he gets animated or even vaguely happy with her. But then on unfiltered last week he complained about her wanting sex multiple times a day, so I don’t know what the fuck his deal is. I loved the fact that his uncle said he wasn’t in high school anymore and his whole family basically said he was full of shit. Apparently full laundry service and meal prep isn’t a sign of love, who knew? He's a spoiled, self important manchild. Fuck Johnny. Meanwhile, Myrla and Gil are in complete bliss, have fantastic communication, and are downright adorable and able to calmly acknowledge each other's differences in a loving, playful way? She even is adjusting to being a responsive and dare I say attentive dog mom! What kind of bizarre twilight zone is this?
  15. This episode made me think about how Twitter was yelling for Abigail to be the Bachelorette after Matt's season, only for her to have the personality of burnt toast on BiP. Producers even teed her up for the engagement arc of the season if she wanted it, only for her and Noah to sulk on the beach like bored teens all season. She doesn't seem to be emotionally available at all. She showed more emotion about 80s prom than anything Noah has said or done. Her blank, silent stare into space after Noah said he was falling in love with her was bizarre. You could tell by the way he was crying during his breakup speech (which I totally wasn't expecting and found surprisingly moving) that he really cared for her. I think the whole "I realized you weren't my person" (bleh) excuse is him trying to be nice and blame himself, but also a reaction out of the sheer embarrassment of putting yourself out there for weeks with zero reaction. And appropriately, she just stares at him while he pours his heart out. A good example of 1) how edits aren't necessarily an accurate portrayal of someone's personality (look at ex-fandom darling Brendan, a fucking asshole, vs. "villain" Thomas, who turned out to be a pretty nice, normal dude on the wrong end of a bullshit clique war) and 2) why Twitter shouldn't dictate casting.
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