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I think the second episode ruined it for me


The first episode was alright, it was shallow, but kind of funny. I liked the acting and the characters were humorous. So I continued.

I couldn't sit through the second episode at all. They took every Vegan stereotype and tried to be serious with it. Then they made one of the worst couples ever, and the girl that tries to talk like a dude is just annoying. It was like having a politician try to shove political correctness down my throat. I honest skipped the entire episode.

Then the third one was back to being alright, but due to the second episode I was being super critical of everything. I couldn't sit there and enjoy it at all because the second episode made me hate everything. For example in the third episode the writing is horrendous. They say "like" ever other word for EVERY sentence and it annoyed the hell out of me. The conversation between the two girls in the coffee shop was one of the worst dialogue sequences I ever sat through.

It was from that point I started thinking this was written by some high school kids and put together as a school experiment. I couldn't bare it anymore. I personally gave up, but do the episodes get any better?

This is by far the worst Netflix original I watched.

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The series was okay overall, but probably not something I would ever seek out to watch again. I didn't think there were really any standout episodes. Ep 2 with all the Vegan stereotypes was kind of annoying, but I disliked Ep 4 (I think) with Marc Maron the most, trying too hard to be relevant with social media.

I liked "Drinking Buddies" but I didn't find anything particularly compelling about this series.

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I liked episode 7. I find it really meaningful and artistic.

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Since there isn't much activity on the message boards about this, I'll ask on this thread since you mentioned it.

I found episode 7 to not be as straight forward as the rest of the episodes that were pretty much cut and dry. What was the significance of dedicating at least a minute to the very last scene with that piece spinning around knocking over 5 pieces?

Any idea? What's your interpretation? I was left surprised and perplexed by ending the episode with that shot...

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Well I think the whole episode was about the unsureness of Sophie's. She breaks with her boyfriend although there is not a real reason for that and we are suggested that she's thinking about a reunion. Also she's in doubt about her career, she's looking at friends that are married and getting pregnant and she is starting to feel the pressure of her age, but at the same time she is very lonely and has no idea where and how to start a new life or make a plan, because she never learned to be on her own.
There is also a very beautiful scene in an astronomical museum where she is immersed in this big screen of stars and planets, distancing from Earth, suggesting how small and insignificant she feels, looking to "orbit", looking for stability, but there is just to much distance between her and something to grab on.
The last scene i thought was the same, the spinning piece being her life (or anyone's) kicking obstacles and bouncing walls, falling for a bit and then spinning again, until it stops. I liked that line before she starts spinning the piece, when the guy says something like "you may think it's lucky, or random, but it takes skill". I guess it makes you think if what happens in your life is just random or it takes talent, power or smarts to succeed or to be happy.
Also that song in those scenes was very haunting.

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I took it as a follow up symbol to what the character was thinking about, which was whether or not to go to LA and chase this life, or to realize that she only has so much time on her biological clock. She spins the game piece and it knocks over a few pieces but not all, illustrating our life courses. We have these goals and aspirations, but rarely do any of us hit them all, and life itself is such a random series of movements that even though we think we're aiming for the targets, we can get totally blown in another direction and find ourselves somewhere else. The guy who shows her the game says, "It may seem random, but there's actually a skill to it." He's essentially saying, you might think we just arrive at our fates by coincidence, but you're the one making choices, you have some control over where you end up. I don't know is this is right or now, but that's what came to mind when I saw that scene, she is the game piece bouncing back and forth, Chicago to LA and back again, trying to achieve and also realizing that she has a life, friends, an ex- back here, and she won't be young forever. Having kids, as the actor from episode 1 says, is a young person's game.

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i find episode 7 was really boring.

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Episode 2 kinda connected with me, since my ex-girlfriend has a tendency to latch onto spirituality and movements. Except in my case it was the new-age spirituality and movements that she saw on Facebook or a YouTube video.

So when I had to hear about chakras and there being no right or wrong, or no objective truth in the universe, or that the calcification of the pineal gland was a conspiracy caused by fluoride, my choices were either to nod my head and say "Oh, yeah?" if I wanted to have a chance at having sex, or call *beep* and be accused of being an apologist of the establishment and not having the right mindset.

She has a lot of great qualities. I loved her a lot, and I still love her, but the situation was a no-win scenario. It was my own personal Kobayashi-Maru.

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Been there too. I had a GF in college who believed EVERYTHING that wasn't Western, pro-Christian or pro-American. No matter how good the sex is, you just can't win.

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dspino: I couldn't agree more, especially when you point out the high school kids writing. Very well written.

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I like you, hahaha. I stopped watching Easy exactly in the coffee shop scene. Worst conversation between two girls in a coffee shop ever made, the girl that talk like a dude was almost hilarious.

Felt the same about school kids written this.
I didn't even give it a chance to episode 3, episode 2 ruin Easy.

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Judging by your grammar, I don't think I'll take your advice when it comes to good writing.

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I really liked the second episode. it was about being young and finding yourself and figuring it all out, who you are in a relationship...but what do I know? I'm in my 40's. I thought it was playful and great.

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What are the vegan stereotypes you are talking about? The whole vegan stereotype is that vegans are angry, annoying and preachy. The lesbian girl was super mellow

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I agree about the vegan topic. I'd never be vegan and that's my choice. I'd also never lie just to get someone. Topics like this one immediately make me roll my eyes cuz I know it'll be ridiculous

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You're right. Ep 2 is annoying from the beginning to the end, especially that short haired vegan lesbian... its like the full annoying package. Horrendous, fully PC episode.

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