I used to think he was great. Used to be a big fan after watching Eureka. I don't think he can come back from this in my estimations.

"It shouldn’t take a talking-to from Huck, of all people, for the usually
savvy Olivia to figure out that Eli and Jake must be up to something,
and we don’t need a background montage to figure it out either. After
all, we’ve seen the show before."

You are absolutely right. Despite all logic and self-preservation instinct, I have no doubt that I will either watch or hate watch this show until the end. God help me.

A bath, a shower and week long cleanse … and I still might not feel clean after watching that. I, for one, would absolutely unequivocally forgive any reviewer omissions from not being able to watch that twice. I don't know how anyone could.

Flash drives are exchanged at all hours of the day. It's a 24-hour world!

At the end of the "therapy" session when Stewart too easily acquiesced and said he was going to handle things by himself … I so wanted him to say that he was moving out, leaving all of these crazy people behind.

This is my favorite part of the show!

Agree that I'm watching because it's breezy and light. But I also can't get into these specific comparisons. This show is quality light television … a completely different animal from 2 Broke Girls.

I had serious problems with Dean Sr. in this one too. And Maya Rudolph's therapist inserting herself in there with an obvious agenda … totally inappropriate behavior for a therapist, and that's not even with the kiss at the end!

So what was that sex scene? I can't let go of how incredibly awful the entire scene, and relationship between Jason and Alicia, was. Since when is desperately grasping for a drink a sexy lead-in into meditation/fucking on the office couch? (Anyone else shuddering at all those glass doors? Anyone could have seen…

Thank you! It was truly horrible. I kept wanting to enjoy it, but it was not possible.

And it's fantastic that it says CANDY on it, in all caps … just in case we couldn't tell what it was.

Put a wig on him like Louie Anderson in Baskets!

I am baffled as well.

I thought about that before I posted. But in the actual scene from episode one, if I remember it correctly, he seemed lonely at that particular time. It was before they'd invited him to the party and before we knew any friends would come over.

I think "lonely apartment" would be more accurate. He is missing his gf and all by himself in a bland apartment. Possibly bemoaning his "shitty life" — but that's a different issue!

But it being their "time to unite" is awkward yet forgivable phrasing in this specific situation because we all know that the entire purpose of the show is for them to unite. In real life they could meet and go their separate ways, but that's not going to happen here.

Exactly. It's one of the biggest problems with the show, because no matter how they relate to one another, it makes the story not ring as true as it would if they'd gotten a hot actor to play Gus. He could still have the exact same personality, and it would work better.

I am also just about to episode 5, having just finished 4 last night. I hope I agree with you, because I think it started into the turn in 4. Not to get spoilery, but I started to feel much more appreciation for it, and all the scenes beforehand to get to that point, than I had in the first three.

This is a perfect description. I liked it and never considered not watching (I think "sadcoms" are my thing although I tend to call them "angst-ridden relationship coms"), but something was missing. It could have been better. Maybe season two will be!