Finding this thread was tough.

Season 2 has dropped on Netflix! Good reviews on rotten tomatoes

Anonymous wrote:I loved the slow reveal that years of self-centered LIES (and thus manipulation) the parents to their kids, and then new lies (and coverups) those kids told each other, and then their spouses, their kids, their coworkers, etc was one of the base blocks of their distress.

And then the final two episodes drive this home and Alice comes clean to everyone, late Danny does, and then finally episode 10 reiterates it (but was unnecessary).

Paul never lied though.

They drive this theme home big time.

Lies destroy.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What was with the late in the series flashback to teenage or college years with the hotel sx prostitution or fetish? Are we supposed to believe overachiever Amy was a sx addict or fetish with strange men?

if you listen to Ali Wong comedy, she tells similar stories of random sex

As in the sexy petite Asian fetish trope? Or claims she was that and loose?

She was so short in the movie when standing the camera would be zoomed out.

Anonymous wrote:What was with the late in the series flashback to teenage or college years with the hotel sx prostitution or fetish? Are we supposed to believe overachiever Amy was a sx addict or fetish with strange men?

if you listen to Ali Wong comedy, she tells similar stories of random sex

I kept waiting for something dark or calculating to be revealed about George but it’s also funny that he’s just that basic

Anonymous wrote:So first Naomi was married to Jordan’s brother. They broke up and then Naomi married or was in a relationship with Jordan herself?

Yes

I loved the slow reveal that years of self-centered LIES (and thus manipulation) the parents to their kids, and then new lies (and coverups) those kids told each other, and then their spouses, their kids, their coworkers, etc was one of the base blocks of their distress.

And then the final two episodes drive this home and Alice comes clean to everyone, late Danny does, and then finally episode 10 reiterates it (but was unnecessary).

Paul never lied though.

So first Naomi was married to Jordan’s brother. They broke up and then Naomi married or was in a relationship with Jordan herself?

Anonymous wrote:I loved it until the weird lost in the CA wilderness scene. It was too crazy and weird for me.

I loved it all until episodes 7-10. The multiple time jumps were too much and the dark weirdness went from believable (or and plausible enough) to unbelievable. Maybe that’s also some of the tone change others are flagging that appeared in the end.

Great acting all around by the whole cast

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What was with the late in the series flashback to teenage or college years with the hotel sx prostitution or fetish? Are we supposed to believe overachiever Amy was a sx addict or fetish with strange men?

That was the weirdest scene in the whole thing for me. Was it meant to imply she was sexually abused as a child?

I took it to mean that her dad’s infidelity traumatized her in a way that showed up as sexual kink in her college years to work through it. But the kink they showed is pretty extreme for run of the mill dad issues/male affirmation issues.
And then I wasnt sure what to make of her saying her intimate life with her husband was vanilla. Was that because she was unhappy and without destressing outlets in general?
The one thing I did understand was the hookups with Paul - who among us would decline that beautiful man ha.

Anonymous wrote:What was with the late in the series flashback to teenage or college years with the hotel sx prostitution or fetish? Are we supposed to believe overachiever Amy was a sx addict or fetish with strange men?

That was the weirdest scene in the whole thing for me. Was it meant to imply she was sexually abused as a child?

I loved it until the weird lost in the CA wilderness scene. It was too crazy and weird for me.

What was with the late in the series flashback to teenage or college years with the hotel sx prostitution or fetish? Are we supposed to believe overachiever Amy was a sx addict or fetish with strange men?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I didn’t find it comedic and am pausing on the Vegas episode cause it’s stressing me a bit. Will continue tomorrow. I also did not find the Bear to be comedy (well maybe a bit more than this so far).

Both Beef and The Bear are intense shows. I had to be in the right frame of mind to watch episodes.

PP. I loved loves loved the Bear and didn’t need to be “prepared” to watch it. I didn’t feel stressed about it. I just would characterize it as a drama not a comedy.

Beef is stressful and deals with negative energy and people who are acting-out and engaging in deviant and criminal behaviors. Who have mental illness in my opinion. Couldn’t watch and go to sleep and also can’t stop watching it to know how this ends.

Agree

So much destruction. Real life would have had a fraction of that.

Anonymous wrote:The character Isaac (David Choe - had to look him up) really made it for me. He is straight comedy. The two leads are fantastic too, but he steals the show - well his lines do.

Such bad acting tho.