I'm only halfway through season one so my opinion isn't fully formed yet.
I wouldn't say Laura is a likable character--nor do I think she was meant to be. As others have pointed out on this thread, her neuroses and disorders were a very effective tool for the writers to highlight Paul's own foibles. I think in certain moments she can be charming and very attractive, but most of the time she is indeed manipulative and entitled. She is a sympathetic (in my opinion anyway) portrait of women who have these same issues--it's easy to judge people and cast aspersions on them for their behavior, but it's important to understand that there is a real human being there who is dealing with what can be a suffocating illness. She needs help and Paul doesn't seem to be capable of giving it to her, since he's going through his own crises in Season 1.
The idea that anyone could watch their episodes and think Paul and Laura could actually get together in a healthy relationship is quite alarming, and speaks volumes about what some people think love ought to be.
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"People either loved us or they hated us...or they thought we were okay."
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