The first and second seasons were flat-out hilarious. Then it went downhill.

I hate watched this entire show recently during a stretch where I was up late 3-4 nights a week finishing up work because, yup, I’m a “working mom” and there are not enough hours in the day.

My favorite characters are anyone who calls these women on their BS. They are mostly bad moms, questionable at their jobs, and mediocre friends. The only thing they are consistently good at it supporting each other when the screw up.

I’m a deeply imperfect mom and I struggle with balancing work and home but I don’t handle it by being a jerk to everyone.

I also felt like they had the main character’s DH have the affair with the nanny specifically to help justify all her egregious behavior afterwards. Like we never even see him with the nanny except maybe once. Otherwise he’s a decent husband and partner. It felt shoehorned in so they could show her sleeping around and it would seem okay.

I usually like complex characters but these women aren’t complex. They are selfish jerks, full stop.

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone else think the shows creators are literally obsessed with masturbation? It’s brought up like two times every single episode. The purse scene? Wth

IKR.

Yes. So over-the-top and forced. I believe the woman who plays Kate is the creator/writer, so she clearly thinks this is what her audience wants to see. No thanks.

Exactly. Does anyone remember the scene where Frankies young girlfriend? finishes watching the baby and says she needs to excuse herself to masturbate. Ummm like WTH 😬 something about “having macaroni in the pot”. I cannot exactly remember the euphemism she used, but that was completely weird and honestly questionable considering the context.

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So gross and completely unnecessary. It wasn’t even funny, it was just stupid.

Can you imagine if it was a male character? That was horrible, horrible writing.

Totally agree. It felt like they used masturbation as a space filler in every episode. I think Catherine Reitman goes way overboard trying to make women seem like they’re just like guys. Maybe she is… but no woman I know works masturbation into every conversation (or any conversation). She is so annoying.

Totally agree re "one of the guys" / "but I'm a cool mom" vibe that's just gotten worse each season.

YES - I am watching the new season now and I can't stand it. They just look down on all the other moms and the schtick is getting old. Basically anyone who has any interest in, you know, being a parent, or spending time with their actual kids, is viewed as a loser. It's also unrealistic how the little kids are basically houseplants/decor and never get in the way of adult conversation and adults having free time.

I’m still on Ep 2, but I’m so annoyed that it started out acknowledging Covid and then just ignored it- eating at restaurants, School in person, etc.