well, his first name is Daniel

just like the show's premise did!
and that turned out great!

Idk, man, he treats his mom really well. Maybe a subversion of the momma's boy trope is that "Actually, that's just a guy that respects and admires women"

It was always like creepily chipper, and now in retrospect… wow, it's going to creep me out at the beginning of each rewatch, fuck. "BLAM (I'm gonna light your house on fire.)"

I feel like the tone was more chipper in the pilot than they thought based on the 4 season description so I think weren't sure they could pull off dark with that shiny layer on at all times. Apparently, they can.

They would always call it a "dark romantic comedy" in interviews, especially between s1 and 2

I am 100% in for Valencia/Heather. They are the perfect comic duo.

I rewatched the camp episode from last season and there was a great paralleled moment about this too. It's where he's reading the letter and he says "You were so dramatic and like weird back then" and then she says something and tries to mean it "Yeah, I'm sooo glad I'm not like that anymore" and then runs aways crying

Blood, sweat, and tears. Literally (Period Sex, Let's Have Intercourse, and Tell Me I'm Okay)

I just think he really loves Paula and wants to spend time specifically with her. And he legitimately wants to support her with the Scott thing and she was kind of shutting him out of it.

Yes, they are certainly attempting to ride a fine line with Nathaniel. From one perspective, he's a bitter and cruel person taking out his frustration on others. From another point of view, he's just a no-nonsense character with a penchant for brutal honesty. He's ultra-practical/logical to the point of being cruel.…

I think the relationship between Nathaniel and Rebecca is interesting because Rebecca rejected Nathaniel's work-obsessed lifestyle and traded it for a love-obsessed pursuit. Conversely, Nathaniel rejected love beyond physical relationships and fills it in with a work-obsessed existence. They both are missing the…

With all of this, we have to remember that the show runner made her career on writing rom coms. This is not a person who's sole interest is to poke fun at and dismantle the romantic comedy. It's a pastiche—it appreciates the form while critiquing it. I think for me what the show achieves is that it allows us to…