I really like this show because it is clever ... but

I have a couple things that really bug me about.

First, it is clever and has a lot of humor and pathos.

What I don't like is that, does anyone really pine away like that for someone once their spouse has died. As I watched the series the videos that he had of his showed him being a mean, callous asshole a lot of the time. His wife put up with his garbage, so maybe that is why he misses her.

Then there is the gratuitous inclusion of a lot of really disgusting "humor". Particularly coming from a psychiatrist, or psychologist - but with no real point or connection to the plot arc ... if there is a plot arc. On the one hand we are supposed to think this is a show that loves and respects women, on the other hand there are these what are really just caustic comments from men about women all throughout the show.

This is the first show that really got me thinking about how they basically do anything, project anything, as long as there is that hook to it that makes you nervously react or taught. It's like driving by a car-crash, you don't want to look but you don't want to miss anything either.

TV and media has gone from being something that used to be positive or socially reinforcing to something that is just all about mapping people's behavior so they can make better ads and manipulate us better.

Now that I have watched this show, I don't know what to think of it. I sort of like Ricky Gervais because he comes off as smart and funny ... and basically positive ... but that ... THAT is the real show, the fact is that everything we see at almost every level or media is planned and there for a reason - just like in the news.

We ought to all be getting really sick and offended by all this garbage. Still, there must be something we think of value because we watch the lousy stuff?