A General Blog

Ingrid & Nick - never was going to work, he was nice and did not deserve to be cheated on but he rushed it, and there was just no spark for me; basically, it’s a he’s perfect, but his not perfect for her sort of situation. 

Ingrid not making partner - of fucking course not, someone who has to jump through that many hoops always gets taken for a fucking ride. They were just looking for an opportunity to not give it to her. 

Green Crop vs Green Tech - Lemme get this out of the way ‘Z’ was the best male character in the entire show hands fucking down and I look forward to seeing him in the second season. 

Rachel & Justin - I liked them, didn’t love them. Rachel was an okay character for me, but I didn’t connect to her as well as I thought I would.

Tyler (& Anthony) - Again I don’t condone cheating but THANK FUCK, Tyler choose to break up with Anthony I was livid during the NY Times scene, like LET THE MAN FUCKING SPEAK. Also good for Tyler for standing up for himself. Btw was I the only one who hoped Todd was secretly gonna be closeted gay cause him and Tyler had crazy chemistry.

Ingrid & Rachel & Tyler - love this friend group, where do I get a friend group like this? 

Ingrid & Lina - I would like to see Lina get her shit together next season and maybe finally find her own path? 

Ingrid & ‘Z’ - Um endgame anyone? Idk there is something there and I wouldn’t be surprised if it was explored either in the second season or the season’s afterwards.

Dan - Oh fucking Dan, seriously as true to life it was for him to get zero fucking consequences next season he needs to be taken down. 

Now the kicker, Murphy & Ingrid, god that ending was painful. I love Dominic Sherwood so throughout the entire show I keep giving Murphy chance after chance and I still think there is potential for him to be the good guy in the end, that final scene still broke my heart. Yes all the characters have done questionable things, I don’t personally think it’s unforgivable but I think Murphy is just too underdeveloped. 

I know they were trying to make him “mysterious” but I needed more than two very short conversations alluding to him having had a difficult life. If there is a second season I need them to really flesh him out whether Ingrid forgives him or not. I still stand by Murphy being the least developed character, which is a shame considering I watched the show in part for DS as well as Adren Cho. I also wish we’d gotten more than just a two second flashback two them having sex. All this “history” they have; show us the full flashback scene of how they meet. 

Now, I feel there’s a need to go deeper into Murphy, just like you said we know basically nothing about him and his life which raises a TON of questions.

Here’s some stuff i thought about regarding the finale, i’d be happy to know what you think.

(basic TLDR at the end)

First of all here’s the main point: it doesn’t make any sense to me, and let me explain why (this might be long).

From the little we know about Murphy’s background we can assume that: as he said he promised they would never be poor again. He’s not against sleeping with clients which grant him some benefits, he seems like a though guy but as we saw with the plane turbulence, talking about his family, and him plain saying « you don’t know anything about me » at one point he can also be a softy.

Now here’s why i think the finale doesn’t make sense. At least in a « Murphy is a dick and he did it on purpose to destroy your hope of being partner and securing the position for him » kind of way.

- why keep it going with Ingrid AFTER he got partner?

If his whole agenda was to secure the position, once that’s done there’s no point in keeping face and staying with Ingrid. What would be the benefit? She’s not Victoria, she doesn’t have much to offer him.

- you’re telling me he’s being a cutie poe for what? Pity? Guilt?

The dude throws her a thanksgiving dinner at the office when he doesn’t care about the holiday, and ultimately he does it to make her happy because she’s missing dinner with her family.

Now that’s already after jail so presumably he could have already told Marty, in which case why bother? If you only want the job why throw a dinner together?

And that’s basically the question for all the scenes after.

Why break up with Victoria and move into an apartment? Why go to her house and cook for her after her « mourning period »? Why tell her that you love new york? Aka you love her.

You can’t tell me that the guy who remembers the wedding 6 years ago, is being considerate, nice and all that would keep the charade up.

If he’s really a fuckboy, he would have dropped Ingrid the minute he made partner, it’s logic.

I mean i could really go into detail of their interactions but that would take ages and be boring for some people.

From what they’ve shown us it just doesn’t make sense to me. I could see him telling Marty about the jail sure, but first of all, it was Lina, Murphy knows that he’s the one who told the cops to check the prints, second of all and i gotta insist on that one, what’s in it for him to keep it going with Ingrid?

Maybe he hoped she’d never find out? Possible

Maybe he realized after that he truly cared about her and it was too late? Probable

But why insist she would make partner and for sure get the job if he knew damn well she wouldn’t? You can’t tell me he thought that telling Marty about the jail wouldn’t cost Ingrid the partner offer.

I just feel like there’s a HUGE chunk of info missing to make sense of it all

TLDR: considering Murphy’s moments with Ingrid I feel like there’s no way he would have stayed with her, and cared for her if all he wanted was partner. He would have bailed the moment he got the position. Huge piece of the puzzle missing in my opinion, to make sense of the situation apart from « he told us you went to jail »

Pineapple Marzipan. Rosecliff. Him remembering everything.

Getting Ingrid lunch from the Jury Box when she wanted to power through until the work was done.

"After you Mrs. Murphy"

How hard he celebrates when Ingrid wins on Thanksgiving

"We have to stop meeting like this."

"I can do dirty but I promise it won't be quick."

His little smile when he thinks she's too intense but he's charmed anyway.

Also the crow's feet I can't.

The Casablanca references.

Brilliant. And bonkers

That little forehead kiss as he walks away to take Marty's call.

"You look better in my sweats than that dress."

Him blatantly pretending to go in for a kiss as he picks up the scotch.

Thanksgiving dinner,

Oh no you ruined Marty's shower

Pride and Prejudice 2005//Emma 2020//Bridgerton 2022

The study’s windows looked out over Grosvenor Square, however, and so he had been amusing himself watching the carriages arrive and the guests alight. When Kate Sheffield had stepped down, she’d looked up at the facade of Bridgerton House, tipping her face up in much the same manner she’d done while enjoying the warmth of the sun in Hyde Park. The light from the sconces on either side of the front door had filtered onto her skin, bathing her with a flickering glow.

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