Hello, I hope you are doing well in these insane, horrible times. Hopefully, things get better soon.
First of all, if we don’t get a season two of this show I will be SO sad. Second of all, this will have spoilers. Lots and lots of spoilers. So if you haven’t watched it and don’t like spoilers I would not read past this gif of Sharon Horgan who is incredibly hot! And if you haven’t watched it, you should, I love it so much. Here is a daily motion link to watch in HD! Each one links to the next episode.
Ok. Spoiler time!
I don’t even remember what episode this is? There’s only like six, but this is the moment, I just knew… that she was playing someone who was NOT STRAIGHT. I am 1) personally upset that they don’t SHOW the thigh slap????? 2) the drama of not seeing it might be saving me. 3) the glasses!!!!!!!! 4) how she’s holding the pen!!!!!! It’s too much for me.
Sharon Horgan is one of those actors that I never really knew where she was from? I am horrible at recognizing every accent ever, no matter what it is. But I remember her from Game Night (another great movie, honestly. Like truly the movie itself plotwise and all of that is excellent, but it also features Sharon, Kylie Bunbury (PITCH!!!!! But Mike/Ginny was awful) and Rachel McAdams (I think she’s my OG like, crush, you know? Her and Sophia Bush, how exhausting)). That last sentence had too many brackets and I’m sorry for that, this is basically just me ranting in word form instead of inside my own brain. If you’re reading this, I probably love you already. My wifi also keeps dying as I write this so I don’t know if it will save. We will let fate decide. I watched this show in two nights, even though I easily could’ve binged it in one sitting because it’s only 6 episodes and like maybe 3 hours total. TOTAL! It is so short but so perfect and I am so highly impressed by it! I feel like the second season cannot actually be bad. I honestly didn’t know of Ainsley Bea before this but wow she is talented. I think TV shows for some reason rely so much more on acting than movies? I don’t know if that makes sense or is controversial at all, but for example, Succession is not a show I would ever choose to watch by myself? But I think everyone in it is so, so talented and great at acting that it just seems like a good watch anyway? Impressive. Same with this show.
I don’t know how or why it seems so, so much more genuine and real. The way they portray relationships between friends, parents and children, siblings, girlfriends and boyfriends, and exes, and literally every relationship, small and big was so, so lovely. It felt so real in a way I don’t think a lot of shows manage ever? Maybe it’s because I related a lot to the subject matter and that it feels so accurate to me. Self-centered, that’s fine. But anyways. I definitely have a crush on Sharon Horgan and watching her in this, in her cute little jeans and sweaters and camping t-shirts and PINK PANTS was so, so good. I think she has one of the best voices ever (shout out to Laura Fortino, if you know, you know) and she’s a great actor. I even tried to watch Catastrophe for her? Even though that Rob dude is really annoying. Back to this show, the main relationship is definitely Aine (which yes, I obviously did not pronounce it right in my head until I heard it) and Shona (which yes, I did not know that’s how to spell it), who are sisters. Aine tried to kill herself and went to rehab and Shona is her older sister who constantly worries about her. This relationship is obviously super important and lovely and it was so heartwarming and genuine and breathtaking to me, but I am not going to talk much about it.
Because I am SO overwhelmed with Sharon Horgan KISSING A WOMAN!!!!!!! Hell yes. I always feel like weird, about sexuality? Because I don’t know if I’m a lesbian or bisexual and I don’t personally think it matters (for me) so, you know. So like saying that Shona is a lesbian is probably wrong but maybe not but I hate the world bisexual? I don’t know why. Sometimes I’m like wow if the term for bisexual wasn’t that I would probably be more comfortable saying that? This makes me feel absolutely INSANE you know, but it’s fine, anyway. Sharon Horgan playing a gay woman is like a dream come true to me. Especially as a SURPRISE. I don’t like get storytelling in tv or movies well, like I forget that people introduce characters for like, a purpose? But in the first episode when Charlotte and Shona are sitting outside and smoking together and Charlotte calls Helen (A WOMAN) her ex? I was so, so, so hopeful. In that way that is way too strong for what it should be and would be devastating if I was wrong. It makes me feel silly, that I get THIS excited for gays in shows, but whatever, I am leaning into enthusiasm.
There are only six episodes of this show so far. I think in total, there’s like 9 minutes of screen time for Charlotte and Shona together. I doubt they get to double digits. But somehow, in that little screen time, they managed to paint what I think is a really sweet and meaningful relationship with character growth and all of that. Insanity. It’s definitely not sudden. It’s subtle enough that I assume if you’re not gay you might not be like oh 👀.
There’s dinner dates and meeting dates (because they work in economics? I think, don’t really know honestly, but they’re starting some like union I think, for women in the business) and Vish (Shona’s boyfriend, I actually like him a lot? That’s shocking and more proof at how impressive this show is) whining (kind of) about them being together so often. I think the show contrasts Vish and Charlotte well, without painting them as being opposites? Or not saying, Charlotte is better and Vish sucks. They make it clear that Shona loved (loves, maybe, but not romantically anymore) and she could love Charlotte. At least to me? I really need season two to put some more clarity on this.
I honestly don’t think this has made any sense unless you have seen this show and care deeply about lesbians. Maybe. I don’t know. I just can’t get over how effortlessly they made this show seem. Effortless might be too demeaning. Real is accurate, but doesn’t seem strong enough.
Now, we know Charlotte is a lesbian since we met her. We know that Shona is with Vish and that he clearly wants to get married and have kids and do all that but we don’t know if Shona wants that. It doesn’t seem that she really knows for sure, only knows that she is unsure, and that she doesn’t think that marriage is proof of a relationship.
I like Vish a lot, which sucks because I think Shona/Charlotte is so much better, but I think the show puts so much intimacy in so many scenes. Vish, Shona and Aine watching a horror movie about nuns on a couch together was so, so sweet. His hand on her leg and them all cuddled together made me overwhelmed. I think this pandemic is making us all crazy which is an obvious statement, but I miss my friends and part of me wishes that I had relationships that seem that easy and meaningful. I think I do, but so much is online right now, and I know it has to be because of safety, and I’m not going to go against it because I’m not an asshole or insane, but I don’t know. There’s just something so endearing, calming, and sweet about this show.
One of the scenes that made me feel insane was when they’re celebrating Vish’s dad’s birthday and Shona leaves the table to go call Charlotte and accidentally facetime her. This coupled with how Vish’s parents have a picture of him and his ex-wife still, seems like a strong hint of what’s to come. I’m not mad about that!
The other is when Shona is going to do the speech for their women’s club thing. She’s getting ready when Vish proposes and she definitely doesn’t say yes but she doesn’t exactly say no. In her speech, she basically says yes, calling him her fiancé and that’s why it is so bat shit crazy to me that after this speech, when they’re alone, Charlotte kisses her!??!??!
I truly, truly thought that Shona was going to push her away but NO they just STARE AT EACH OTHER, and the fact that Charlotte keeps looking at her eyes while Shona stares at her mouth made me feel insane.
AND THEN SHONA KISSES HER BACK!!!!!!
God. It really happened. I’ve seen some people think that Charlotte was like, this is my last chance, I’m expecting it to be a good-bye and for her to never want to see me again. I think that’s right? But SHONA KISSED HER BACK!!! God. I really am so excited for season two but if they don’t like continue this relationship I will pretend season two does not exist.
I didn’t read this over at all, so I hope, if you read this far, it made a little bit of sense and was somewhat enjoyable!
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