So, you’re not entirely wrong there. They filmed the entire series of 10 episodes and Apple ordered 2 more. So that ep with the Christmas episode was what’s called a “filler” episode.

Apparently it was an homage to a Scorsese film that I haven’t seen and it was meant to provide some backstory to the mysterious Beard because I feel like he was always a stock character. But it’s definitely a divisive episode.

I snagged some cheap tix for Friday! I’m so excited to go.

Incredible

Ugh. He’s dead wrong. The lines about her breaking his stuff and stalking Keely and feeling threatened by Ted is her exhibiting abusive behavior. And it’s played for laughs.

Jane Paine. I didn’t find her funny or endearing and I hated that Beard ended up with her. It became clear later that Beard has an addictive personality and is drawn to toxicity as we learn more about his background (that’s my interpretation anyway). I loved his stand-alone episode but her at the end kind of ruined it for me because we know how she is IRL.

It’s soooooooo funny 😂😂😂 I was not expecting it at all.

My mind is jumping to the scene where Roy and Keely have their first onscreen conversation.

• Frames up the season’s conflicts (Roy and everyone is irritated by Ted, Roy is irritated by Jamie tenfold)
• Keely is shown as the voice of reason and subverts the ditsy girl stereotype
• their love story is a big draw and this scene kinda sparks it
• Roy is shirtless

My only con is that Roy goes the goofy imitation of Ted and that was the scene that sold me on Roy as a character and they wouldn’t see the stoic jerk Roy was introduced as.