S01.E06: Solar Glow

[Guest]

Airs December 1, 2019

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While helping her friend Jane through a marital crisis, Eve is distracted by a series of flirtatious texts; Brendan and Chloe have a study date.

[scrb]

Well the bad old Brendan came out.

Eve and Julian continue their flirtation over texts, ignoring more viable alternatives physically in front of them.

One more episode left.  Not sure it matters how it ends.  If every character makes some meaningful connection, it would be a little too pat.  If none of them do, then what was this all about?

[DoubleUTeeEff]

6 hours ago, scrb said:

Eve and Julian continue their flirtation over texts, ignoring more viable alternatives physically in front of them.

Interesting. Who was Eve's viable alternative? Did I miss something? I get that for Julian it was the girl from where he worked. Was the son of the senior who recently died supposed to be a good match for Eve? I definitely wouldn't date him after he'd unleashed his temper on me like he did to Eve at the funeral. Even if he did apologize. That is not something I'd want to deal with in a partner.

Oh, Brendan. I will be pleasantly surprised if Chloe doesn't forgive him for that. Or at least dumps him for good.

[Empress1]

Brendan has no idea how to have sex with women without mimicking what he's seen in porn. I don't know if he actually likes sex that way or if he just thinks he's supposed to. He doesn't take the woman into account at all - and this is someone he actually likes.

Julian should date his coworker and Eve should go out with Herc from The Wire. (Domenick Lombardozzi has made a career out of playing tough guys - he did a stint as a gangster on Power recently, and countless others.) I was really creeped out by their flirtation this episode - he just graduated from high school. He's too young.

[ZuluQueenOfDwarves]

Does Jen Richards have a daughter? The actress playing Julian’s coworker looks exactly like her. 

[scrb]

2 hours ago, DoubleUTeeEff said:

Interesting. Who was Eve's viable alternative? Did I miss something? I get that for Julian it was the girl from where he worked. Was the son of the senior who recently died supposed to be a good match for Eve? I definitely wouldn't date him after he'd unleashed his temper on me like he did to Eve at the funeral. Even if he did apologize. That is not something I'd want to deal with in a partner.

Oh, Brendan. I will be pleasantly surprised if Chloe doesn't forgive him for that. Or at least dumps him for good.

Yeah that guy who yelled at her.

They kept the character around for some reason.

[tennisgurl]

I do think they seem to be setting up the guy who yelled at Eve and Julian's coworker as more age appropriate possible romantic interests, for them to consider instead of getting with each other. I feel like they're going to have Eve and Julian hook up, and I am not looking forward to it. He is just way too young, I mean he just graduated from high school, he is literally the same age as her son. He is a legal adult, but at 18 or 19, he is at an extremely different place developmentally than Eve is (at that point your brain is still doing a ton of developing) and I feel like he hasn't had a lot of romantic relationships so far in his life, so them getting together just seems like a recipe for disaster. 

Oh Brendan, this is what you get when you get all of your sexual information about what women want from watching porn. I dont know if Chloe will forgive him, or she will ditch him and this will actually help him realize that his dickhead actions have consequences. 

[Panda Bear]

I can't figure out what the show is building to, and I say that as a person who's read the book. It's been so weirdly paced. I think they needed ten episodes, or twelve, instead of seven. I feel like Brendan's story went somewhere this episode, at least, but Eve's is still kind of meandering. I actually wanted her to kiss Julian or go into the massage parlor just to give her some kind of narrative momentum. 

Edited December 3, 2019 by Panda Bear
Typo!

[scrb]

11 hours ago, tennisgurl said:

Oh Brendan, this is what you get when you get all of your sexual information about what women want from watching porn. I dont know if Chloe will forgive him, or she will ditch him and this will actually help him realize that his dickhead actions have consequences. 

I don't think it's just porn.  The "hookup culture" of the youngest Millenials and the following generation is suppose to involve a lot more casual sex.

Of course these young people are modeling their expectations on what they see in porn.

Young girls too are growing up with porn.  Some of them, rather than being repelled by what they see, are looking to emulate some of it.

As for Eve, MILFs and young men getting it on is one of the staples in porn.

Maybe Perotta is trying to say something about how porn is influencing people these days.

But probably nothing that hasn't been said already.

[Joimiaroxeu]

Heh, Brendan dressed up to go "study."

Julian is kinda OCD. I'm thinking Eve shouldn't reward him for that behavior, especially given their age difference.

And then Brendan ruined it by treating Chloe like a porn star. Boy has he got a lot to learn--and unlearn.

Wait, what? Series finale! That can't be right. How can they not do a second season?!?! (For whatever it's worth, The Leftovers was only supposed to be one season and it went three. Come on, Perrotta, take the money!)

[Empress1]

14 hours ago, scrb said:

I don't think it's just porn.  The "hookup culture" of the youngest Millenials and the following generation is suppose to involve a lot more casual sex.

I'm on the older end of the millennial generation and I think this is true. The proliferation of dating apps means you can basically shop for people. If you want to have sex with three different people in one day, you can do that. If you live in a big city there's really no end to the number of people you can meet, whereas years ago you were limited to who you lived and worked near. I was at a party a while ago and someone I'd gone to high school with was there with her husband and I asked him how they'd met. He said "How does anyone meet these days?" and mimed typing (though really, he should have mimed swiping right, but I know what he meant). I know at least half a dozen married couples who met online. And on one hand that's good, especially if you (like me) don't like to mix business and pleasure so tend not to date people you work with. I've met men I never otherwise would have who turned out to be great. On the other, since there are so many more options, you might end up treating people like they're disposable.

It seems like Brendan doesn't really know how to like girls. I would bet he's hooked up a lot but never dated anyone, and he also probably doesn't have any female friends. I was reminded of the scene in Shame when Michael Fassbender tries to have sex with Nicole Beharie, who he's been dating and likes, and he can't get it up - he can only get it up when he's having anonymous sex. Brendan struggled in this area too, when Chloe was touching him. He knows he likes Chloe but he doesn't really know what that means or how he should act, particularly since his whole college experience so far has been showing him that how he acts is wrong.

[Dance4Life]

7 hours ago, Empress1 said:

I'm on the older end of the millennial generation and I think this is true. The proliferation of dating apps means you can basically shop for people. If you want to have sex with three different people in one day, you can do that. If you live in a big city there's really no end to the number of people you can meet, whereas years ago you were limited to who you lived and worked near. I was at a party a while ago and someone I'd gone to high school with was there with her husband and I asked him how they'd met. He said "How does anyone meet these days?" and mimed typing (though really, he should have mimed swiping right, but I know what he meant). I know at least half a dozen married couples who met online. And on one hand that's good, especially if you (like me) don't like to mix business and pleasure so tend not to date people you work with. I've met men I never otherwise would have who turned out to be great. On the other, since there are so many more options, you might end up treating people like they're disposable.

It seems like Brendan doesn't really know how to like girls. I would bet he's hooked up a lot but never dated anyone, and he also probably doesn't have any female friends. I was reminded of the scene in Shame when Michael Fassbender tries to have sex with Nicole Beharie, who he's been dating and likes, and he can't get it up - he can only get it up when he's having anonymous sex. Brendan struggled in this area too, when Chloe was touching him. He knows he likes Chloe but he doesn't really know what that means or how he should act, particularly since his whole college experience so far has been showing him that how he acts is wrong.

 

20 years ago it was the same. We all met online.

It was easier than Dating sites. 

You just got on AOL chat room. 

You just said....hey......I am in this city.....anyone going out here (famous club/restaurant strip) tonight?

Then people would reply and you met up within hours.

You just exchanged cell phone numbers, so people would not miss each other.

There was online porn, too! 

I never understand younger generation comments.   The 60’s, 70’s, 80’s....were supposed to be WILD!

Yea, maybe people slowed down a little bit in the 90’s because of HIV/AIDS.  

But, that happened because the previous generations were so freakin wild!

I think the only difference today is social media and camera phones.

I would not do half the shit I did back then....today!  

Privacy is gone!  The younger Millenials are going to learn the hard way.....when the excitement of Likes is no longer important.

Their kids today grow up without any privacy. Everything is online from the time their parents meet. 

If you are an older millennial......we are truly the last ones to enjoy our carefree youth!  We are lucky!

Did you watch that show Euphoria?  No way! 🤣

[HaaCHOO]

On 12/3/2019 at 9:29 AM, Joimiaroxeu said:

Julian is kinda OCD. I'm thinking Eve shouldn't reward him for that behavior, especially given their age difference.

Your last four words say it all.  Julian is a TEENAGER.  Little experience, lotsa hormones.  I understand and forgive him.  A teenage coworker was "in love" with me when I was married with kids and thirty-five.  It was sweet and, treated correctly, will pass.

[jeansheridan]

Maybe my TV is crap but I could not read those texts! Gah.

She was wise not to send a photo. 

I feel this current generation of teens is actually wising up to controlling.their online lives. 

And I love Chloe for putting her foot down and ending an uncomfortable interaction so firmly. That young lady has a spine. 

And yes Brendon is an ass but he did leave relatively fast. He wasn't nice about it but he left. It probably helped they were both sober.

 

 

 

[mansonlamps]

On 12/3/2019 at 12:57 AM, scrb said:

I don't think it's just porn.  The "hookup culture" of the youngest Millenials and the following generation is suppose to involve a lot more casual sex.

Of course these young people are modeling their expectations on what they see in porn.

Young girls too are growing up with porn.  Some of them, rather than being repelled by what they see, are looking to emulate some of it.

As for Eve, MILFs and young men getting it on is one of the staples in porn.

Maybe Perotta is trying to say something about how porn is influencing people these days.

But probably nothing that hasn't been said already.

I don't think it's just porn, they've placed a lot of emphasis on the raunchy lyrics and blatant misogyny in the rap music this generation listens to non stop also.   It made me sad when that first girl at the party in episode one actually went back to purely pleasure Brendan after he treated her like garbage and that she accepted the way he talked to her during the act.