The chemistry she had with Toby was so much stronger. Kate and Philip feel so forced. I can't buy their love story even if Philip is a good guy. I can't buy that Kate loves him enough to marry him.
shareThey have ZERO chemistry.
shareThank you! Exactly! Any time I hear Kate say how much she loves Philip, I cringe.
shareI agree, no chemistry at all. Plus there is no real development to show us how or why they got together. It only makes me feel worse for Toby.
shareAgree. Although given the back story that Phillip gave for himself (i.e. with his 1st wife being blind), he seems to have an affinity with people who are disabled and Kate falls into that category. I can’t stand her.
shareThere's no way any guy would marry a girl that huge with no money. And she gets married not ONCE but TWICE on this show!? GMAFB.
shareI just don't like Kate and all she did with Toby was drag him down.
shareThat's why I wish he was the one to end it instead of Kate. They really villainized Toby.
shareI stopped watching last season, it all just got too much not just with Kate but everyone. Toby just wanted to be in love and enjoy his life. Kate always wanted something else to fill some gap inside her.
shareWhy did they even go there? Guess they ran out of story ideas for Kate to make her relevant for one more season. So they just threw in the old blow up the marriage chestnut.
Seems like this show always wants to show Kate and Kevin struggling as adults, while making Randall the most stable and grounded sibling.
Yes exactly! Randall has gotten everything he's wanted. Why, because it would look bad to show a black guy struggle while his white siblings thrive? Why couldn't they all struggle equally? And I hate that they dragged out the Toby and Kate fallout. I was hoping there would be a twist that Kate and Toby would get better together and that the wedding was her renewing her vows with Toby. But instead, they really did break up. There's no way I would be able to rewatch any of these episodes knowing the outcome. And you would think the writers would be smart about the pacing considering it was their decision to end the show.
shareYes— and the fact that Kate and Toby broke up was Kate’s decision. They could have worked it out. But the show focused only on the Pearsons getting to have NO LIMITs. Screw everyone else. I mean, Kate should have moved to San Francisco when Toby wanted to. He had a great job and wanted to make a life for the family there. What was wrong with that? Meanwhile, Kate gets to live her dream of creating international music schools for blind children. Guess that keeps her home to be with her kids—- NOT!
shareShe should have moved for Toby. But I guess she didn't love him enough.
shareShe was jealous because he lost weight and she could not. IRL, he was wearing a fat suit at the beginning.
You would think it was because she needed to be with someone who also struggled with weight-loss, then she goes and hooks up with a skinny minny.
They did show Randall struggling with anxiety in Season 1, when he quit his job and Kevin was there to comfort him.
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