The Four Seasons - Netflix TV show

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Anonymous wrote:Would the gay black guy really have spent all his vacations with a bunch of boring white heterosexuals? Seems unlikely.

Some of his vacations.

The constantly allure to his better times with friends.

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I was so struck by the concept that some old dude literally killed himself for 8 months of sex. Now that’s some Karma.

Ginny is just one of those pathetic young girls who is too vapid to catch a quality guy and doesn’t have it in her to support herself so she gets pregnant by an older rich guy. Oops not oops.

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Anonymous wrote:Some nice moments but overall fairly mediocre with tired stereotypes and trite jokes. I give it a B-

Tina Fey is not a good actress.
Steve carrel as Nick was good but he’s sort of a one to two note actor. I would like to see him stretch more.
Ann was great and I think she was purposely made a little clueless about her bad haircut and older lady clothes.
Ginny was also a good actress but they sort of wrecked her character with her friends who were flat stereotypes

The gay couple- too campy and stereotype ish.

The play- ridiculous and they could have delivered that message in a funny but more realistic way.

In the original movie, Nick was kind of an aging hot guy clinging to his youth and his pregnant girlfriend was a sexy young woman who filled his need to be younger. They portrayed the pregnancy as an accident as kind of a cautionary tale of when older guys get with younger women and unintentionally get a second family.

In the original, Ann was a hippy dippy weirdo played by Sandy Dennis. She was portrayed as kind of stuck in life and unable to understand why her husband Nick was unhappy in the marriage. Even her friends could not stand her and barely tolerated her.

Thanks- people keep referencing the original and I'm never ever going to watch it, so thanks for the notes.

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Anonymous wrote:I was so struck by the concept that some old dude literally killed himself for 8 months of sex. Now that’s some Karma.

Ginny is just one of those pathetic young girls who is too vapid to catch a quality guy and doesn’t have it in her to support herself so she gets pregnant by an older rich guy. Oops not oops.

whoa. Someone's an Ann.

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Anonymous wrote:I was so struck by the concept that some old dude literally killed himself for 8 months of sex. Now that’s some Karma.

Ginny is just one of those pathetic young girls who is too vapid to catch a quality guy and doesn’t have it in her to support herself so she gets pregnant by an older rich guy. Oops not oops.

I was thinking the same thing. I’m Ginny’s age, and I’d lose a lot of respect for my friends if they did that.

Nick got what he deserved 🤷‍♀️

[Anonymous]

I binged it but to fair feel like I feel for Steve Carell's character based on my own marriage. When Anne wouldn't try to get back on the boat it gave me the same "ick" I get in my own marriage when I have to handle emotional stuff for my husband because he is overly anxious.

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Anonymous wrote:I binged it but to fair feel like I feel for Steve Carell's character based on my own marriage. When Anne wouldn't try to get back on the boat it gave me the same "ick" I get in my own marriage when I have to handle emotional stuff for my husband because he is overly anxious.

I also appreciate that sentiment in a long marriage, but grownups know those are temp feelings and the ties and bonds you’ve made building a life and family with one person far outweigh the little irritations. But Nick was too immature to see he had a wonderful, kind, devoted wife and family and friend group, and he blew it all up for temporary ‘fun’ with a sweet but somewhat empty younger woman, and for things like trying to rock climb onto a beach, where he ended up crying and screaming in pain.

I’m very curious about how truly happy he was about that baby. He did pick up a hat in the grocery store that said ‘happy new year, BABY’ and smiled.

But he also wrecked his car in a single car accident while sober on the way home. Was it an accident? Did he have a heart attack?

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Anonymous wrote:I binged it but to fair feel like I feel for Steve Carell's character based on my own marriage. When Anne wouldn't try to get back on the boat it gave me the same "ick" I get in my own marriage when I have to handle emotional stuff for my husband because he is overly anxious.

I also appreciate that sentiment in a long marriage, but grownups know those are temp feelings and the ties and bonds you’ve made building a life and family with one person far outweigh the little irritations. But Nick was too immature to see he had a wonderful, kind, devoted wife and family and friend group, and he blew it all up for temporary ‘fun’ with a sweet but somewhat empty younger woman, and for things like trying to rock climb onto a beach, where he ended up crying and screaming in pain.

I’m very curious about how truly happy he was about that baby. He did pick up a hat in the grocery store that said ‘happy new year, BABY’ and smiled.

But he also wrecked his car in a single car accident while sober on the way home. Was it an accident? Did he have a heart attack?

Oh!! I didn't catch that allusion with the NYE hat. Thanks PP.

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Anonymous wrote:I binged it but to fair feel like I feel for Steve Carell's character based on my own marriage. When Anne wouldn't try to get back on the boat it gave me the same "ick" I get in my own marriage when I have to handle emotional stuff for my husband because he is overly anxious.

I also appreciate that sentiment in a long marriage, but grownups know those are temp feelings and the ties and bonds you’ve made building a life and family with one person far outweigh the little irritations. But Nick was too immature to see he had a wonderful, kind, devoted wife and family and friend group, and he blew it all up for temporary ‘fun’ with a sweet but somewhat empty younger woman, and for things like trying to rock climb onto a beach, where he ended up crying and screaming in pain.

I’m very curious about how truly happy he was about that baby. He did pick up a hat in the grocery store that said ‘happy new year, BABY’ and smiled.

But he also wrecked his car in a single car accident while sober on the way home. Was it an accident? Did he have a heart attack?

Ice

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Anonymous wrote:I was so struck by the concept that some old dude literally killed himself for 8 months of sex. Now that’s some Karma.

Ginny is just one of those pathetic young girls who is too vapid to catch a quality guy and doesn’t have it in her to support herself so she gets pregnant by an older rich guy. Oops not oops.

I was thinking the same thing. I’m Ginny’s age, and I’d lose a lot of respect for my friends if they did that.

Nick got what he deserved 🤷‍♀️

The whole series shows him miserable with Ginny except when having sex.

He’s crying at the fire, he’s hiding in his bedroom, he threw away a perfect life sans sex for a more than miserable one with sex.

He even knows he made a mistake. He just can’t admit it.

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Anonymous wrote:I am on episode 4 - love this show! great writing and funny. highly recommend if you like other shows like Shrinking or Nobody Wants This

Hated Shrinking. Just a horrible waste of time. Stopped at episode 4. It couldn’t have been any slower or more mundane.

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Anonymous wrote:I was so struck by the concept that some old dude literally killed himself for 8 months of sex. Now that’s some Karma.

Ginny is just one of those pathetic young girls who is too vapid to catch a quality guy and doesn’t have it in her to support herself so she gets pregnant by an older rich guy. Oops not oops.

I was thinking the same thing. I’m Ginny’s age, and I’d lose a lot of respect for my friends if they did that.

Nick got what he deserved 🤷‍♀️

The whole series shows him miserable with Ginny except when having sex.

He’s crying at the fire, he’s hiding in his bedroom, he threw away a perfect life sans sex for a more than miserable one with sex.

He even knows he made a mistake. He just can’t admit it.

Wow, I didn’t interpret it this way at all (I never saw the original movie). I thought that Nick was clearly unhappy with Ann - yes of course after a long marriage there would he some regrets, and he still loved her, but he wasn’t in love with her nor happy with her. She really did seem a dud and in a rut. Nick also seemed genuinely happy with Ginny, more than just a midlife fling. I felt these sentiments were portrayed well by Steve Carrell.

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Anonymous wrote:I was so struck by the concept that some old dude literally killed himself for 8 months of sex. Now that’s some Karma.

Ginny is just one of those pathetic young girls who is too vapid to catch a quality guy and doesn’t have it in her to support herself so she gets pregnant by an older rich guy. Oops not oops.

I was thinking the same thing. I’m Ginny’s age, and I’d lose a lot of respect for my friends if they did that.

Nick got what he deserved 🤷‍♀️

The whole series shows him miserable with Ginny except when having sex.

He’s crying at the fire, he’s hiding in his bedroom, he threw away a perfect life sans sex for a more than miserable one with sex.

He even knows he made a mistake. He just can’t admit it.

Wow, I didn’t interpret it this way at all (I never saw the original movie). I thought that Nick was clearly unhappy with Ann - yes of course after a long marriage there would he some regrets, and he still loved her, but he wasn’t in love with her nor happy with her. She really did seem a dud and in a rut. Nick also seemed genuinely happy with Ginny, more than just a midlife fling. I felt these sentiments were portrayed well by Steve Carrell.

DP I agree with you to a point, but I also adamantly do not believe he wanted another baby. I think he loved Ginni because she was so carefree and he could feel young with all those adventures that were going on. And a baby would end that.

I now think it was rather ominous when his daughter said, you realize Ginni s mom in a younger body, right? I think it was their way of saying, you’re just going to run to the same issues. You’re going to be bogged down by wife and family that’s not what you want.

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Anonymous wrote:I was so struck by the concept that some old dude literally killed himself for 8 months of sex. Now that’s some Karma.

Ginny is just one of those pathetic young girls who is too vapid to catch a quality guy and doesn’t have it in her to support herself so she gets pregnant by an older rich guy. Oops not oops.

I was thinking the same thing. I’m Ginny’s age, and I’d lose a lot of respect for my friends if they did that.

Nick got what he deserved 🤷‍♀️

The whole series shows him miserable with Ginny except when having sex.

He’s crying at the fire, he’s hiding in his bedroom, he threw away a perfect life sans sex for a more than miserable one with sex.

He even knows he made a mistake. He just can’t admit it.

Wow, I didn’t interpret it this way at all (I never saw the original movie). I thought that Nick was clearly unhappy with Ann - yes of course after a long marriage there would he some regrets, and he still loved her, but he wasn’t in love with her nor happy with her. She really did seem a dud and in a rut. Nick also seemed genuinely happy with Ginny, more than just a midlife fling. I felt these sentiments were portrayed well by Steve Carrell.

I agree. I found Ann insufferable and Ginny was nice, fun, and loved him.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was so struck by the concept that some old dude literally killed himself for 8 months of sex. Now that’s some Karma.

Ginny is just one of those pathetic young girls who is too vapid to catch a quality guy and doesn’t have it in her to support herself so she gets pregnant by an older rich guy. Oops not oops.

I was thinking the same thing. I’m Ginny’s age, and I’d lose a lot of respect for my friends if they did that.

Nick got what he deserved 🤷‍♀️

The whole series shows him miserable with Ginny except when having sex.

He’s crying at the fire, he’s hiding in his bedroom, he threw away a perfect life sans sex for a more than miserable one with sex.

He even knows he made a mistake. He just can’t admit it.

Wow, I didn’t interpret it this way at all (I never saw the original movie). I thought that Nick was clearly unhappy with Ann - yes of course after a long marriage there would he some regrets, and he still loved her, but he wasn’t in love with her nor happy with her. She really did seem a dud and in a rut. Nick also seemed genuinely happy with Ginny, more than just a midlife fling. I felt these sentiments were portrayed well by Steve Carrell.

I agree that Nick was happy with Ginni and it wasn’t just the sex. He and Anne seemed truly mismatched. There was the reference that they were I no the same dorm and met then and just kind of never broke up. I was struck by a couple things — first, he had no family at the vows renewal. Second there was the story about shopping for art and he tells Ann he wants whatever is classiest. He seems like maybe he was a really smart fun guy but came from a not great background and didn’t really know who he was at a young age. Anne represented some kind of stability and kindness and classiness and he glommed onto that. Fast forward a couple of decades and it is clear they have nothing in common and are a bad fit. But he has a kid and she’s a SWHM and he doesn’t want to blow that up. He’s not perfect but I don’t think this is just midlife crisis. They truly seem badly matched. And she seemed like she seriously needed HRT.