Celebrities go unnoticed all the time. This reminds me of when Henry Cavil stood under a massive Superman poster, featuring him, in Times Square, while wearing a Superman t-shirt and went unnoticed.

One subtle note I liked from earlier in the season is that Nate clearly felt a little threatened by Roy joining the staff, but Roy’s given him no reason to be at all— indeed, when Nate’s unconventional strategy worked, Roy made sure to throw all the praise to him when he spoke to the media.

To me, the first season felt like someone thought up a story, then broke it into 10 chapters. It had direction and a good flow from one episode to the next. It was like a good novel. Season 2 has felt more like an anthology, with tangentially-related stories written by various authors. What little connective tissue…

I see your point of view regarding Nate’s motivations, but I just disagree. This may simply stem from different definitions of “toxic masculinity”. I’ve always understood toxic masculinity to be when a man acts in an overly aggressive, hyper-macho manner because he feels pressure from society and/or his peers to act…

Just as the centerpiece of Season 1 was Ted winning over the team one-by-one, Season 2 should have been entirely Ted dealing with his shit and how he can never be enough for all of the needs of everyone around him.

I think for me, “trainwreck” is too strong, but I agree with you somewhat. Last season the episodes were tight. This season they’re bloated and messy. There have been many great moments this season, but a whole lot of head scratching moments also.

Correct, but Republicans gutted public broadcasting about 8 years ago and this is the result of that financial loss

One thing I’m with Sam on: stop calling that suit “the suit that Ted bought you [a goddamn year ago]”.  It’s belittling.

I really like that we don’t hear what was in it except for one word (and no context for that word) and her saying she addressed all his feelings. It made his selling of the moment that much more powerful.

That slipped in there so perfectly I think it was my favo(u)rite line of the night.

“To borrow a line from one of my favorite movies, L.A. Story, Nate is constantly “looking to the outside for verification that what he’s doing is alright.””

I keep thinking about his reaction to bantr when he set up and deleted an account because he’s picky and then said women are picky too. He clearly is struggling with his self-image and can’t seem to reconcile the way he sees himself with the way others see him.

Sure, let’s buddy people up on a show where they literally have to breathe in each others faces for prolonged periods of time, what could possibly go wrong????

I agree entirely. The funeral declaration from Jamie made a certain amount of sense. He’s getting to understand himself better, he always valued Keeley, at least enough that he wanted her advice after breaking up, and he has an established dislike of her and Roy’s relationship, although whether it’s the, together or…

i actually think we’ve seen trent grow fond of/respect Ted over the course of the 2 seasons--and i could see him sort of disrespecting the way he got the source (ie Nate’s betrayal) enough to give ted a head’s up.

This season has been such a trainwreck that I literally looked up who was writing each episode, because I was so sure that an entirely new writing staff had been brought in after season 1. Season 1 felt so much more focused, and the growth of the characters felt earned as the stories actually built on top of each…

Yeah, I took the bottles at her condo as meant more to illustrate that she hadn’t bothered to clean or decorate or socialize or anything since arriving, not so much that she’s a “problem drinker” necessarily.

Bizarre is the right word for it. As you say, the show’s previous approach to conflict in their relationship was fairly organic: a change (Roy working with Keeley) caused small tensions that forced them to reevaluate, and once they worked to communicate about it they found the mature resolution.

I agree. All of a sudden, they realize that there are other people that they might be attracted to, but surely they can talk through that like anything else. 

What is bad about Roy and Keeley’s relationship? What aspect of it isn’t working? The show has never even tried to answer these questions.