Cherish these Times

I think they might explore the harsh truth that Ted’s feeling of unease in his own skin won’t get fixed by moving to and fro across the world or by moulding himself into whatever shape the world tells him is right. Dotty Lasso did so much damage. Looking after himself first is what makes him the best dad he can be. Even if it's from afar for a while.

And who's back to brighten his life now?

THAT'S RIGHT THAT'S WHO

It has arrived!!! Told you something was cooking. Dinner is served, and on the day they announced season 3 no less! This is a good day.

This is a project with a deceptively simple concept: What if rutag was a movie? What would the trailer be like?

I think it’s a weaker series than it could’ve been because of their stance though. The Ted and Rebecca parallel journeys are the core of the show. I mean Roy/Keeley is a very lovely ship, but it’s a subplot, it’s not catalysing anything or driving other stories. Ted/Rebecca catalyses. But they had to artificially keep Ted/Rebecca apart on screen after S1 to prevent people reading it as a romance, and it structurally wrecked the show. You can feel the writers fighting against the natural course of things.

I’m also sorry to say it, but while I think Hannah W is just about the most beautiful woman on the planet, I think if she was 10 years younger and 5 inches shorter they’d have gone for it and I think it’s pretty blatant how his new love interest from the trailer is petite, younger looking, and Rebecca’s physical opposite.

Thanks Nonny. They really shot themselves in the foot with that first season, didn't they? And frankly, with the Bantr fake out, too. With the shots of them texting and smiling at their phone back to back. I didn't even ship them until then...... You can't do that and not expect the audience to, at the very least, entertain the idea and see the potential. Then cementing it with Rebecca sniffing out Ted's panic attack and September 13th.... Seriously, what were they hoping to accomplish here??? Seriously???? They barely interacted for the rest of the series after that so what was the point?? Where is the friendship and camaraderie and being each other's rock and adviser and companion?? The platonic soulmatism of it all... Nowhere......... I do not understand this show. AT. ALL. I really don't.

You can feel the writers fighting against the natural course of things.

That's it!!!! That's what the last two series felt like. The Tedbecca undercurrent was soooo strong and you could feel it and yet you could also feel that the writing was doing its level best to swim upstream to fight it. Madness.

What you're saying about Hannah W's physique is fascinating to me because you're right, she's not the conventional Hollywood leading lady, she has her own brand of beauty (and I defy anybody to claim that she is anything other than an absolute Goddess). So isn't that interesting that she's been somehow disqualified from being Ted's love interest?

She and Ted do not fit into the idea of what a lead romantic couple traditionally looks like. That is true. And doesn't that say it all about how narrow the window is for what is deemed acceptable in Hollywood? Even when both leads are beautiful people by any metrics. So..... I only have one question.