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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I hated the ending. Sofi had so many red flags. It also seems bonkers to me that Paul knew almost nothing about Jimmy and Sofi’s relationship, yet thought the solution to Jimmy’s depression was putting them back together.[/quote]

I agree that Paul forcing Jimmy and Sofi together is lame, but what were Sofi's red flags? She seemed flawed but fine to me, and I thought the way Jimmy dumped her for making one mistake (which she immediately owned up to) was reflective of his own immaturity.

I mostly just thought her character was underdeveloped and weird, but that's something this show does a lot.[/quote]

Jimmy needs a friend. His daughter and other friends are moving on with life and he was sitting there alone in his house moping. Sofi can be a friend, no romance needed to happen. They vibed on a friend level, we all saw that, getting each other's stupid jokes and whatnot. That's what I thought Paul was pushing him toward. [/quote]

I guess what I wish had happened is that Paul had flown back and surprised Jimmy, which obviously meant a lot to Jimmy, and then Paul had offered some of his tough talk, and then Jimmy had decided in his own to reach back out to Sofi. Having Paul do it seems manipulative and unrealistic.

But I guess the whole point was that Paul was "Jimmying" the situation. The thing is I think Jimmying is stupid and for sure malpractice when they do it with patients, so I hate it. And one think I like about Paul is that he seems to get that. You can't literally force people to do what you think they should do. You can love them, support them, give your opinion, express your concern, but at the end of the day, you have to let adults make their own decisions. Interfering the way these people do us actually really violating and a denial of agency for people who actually generally need to feel ownership over their lives. So Paul tricking Jimmy into breakfast with Sofi is just dumb to me, whereas Jimmy deciding after a tough talk with Paul to contact Sofi himself would feel like a proper resolution.[/quote]

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