Not a single stable person in sight, eh? Well, maybe a peripheral character like Joe's assistant.
And I am also starting to question more and more why Joe even still wants Beck so badly, especially since she is obviously not in love with him. This "insta-love" thing doesn't quite work - the reality is he barely knows her, despite all the stalking.
yes they all are
shareThat's kind of interesting to bring up...like, the characters on this show are so vivid that I can't help but wonder if there's truly anyone who doesn't have at least some of the neurosis we've seen detailed here. All of Beck's friends were flawed, Beck, her psychiatrist, Joe, the family next door, Candace..
Maybe we're all pretty dysfunctional, there's no such thing as a "functional family" and we just kind of do the best we can. Seriously, maybe people are more messed up than you'd think, you know?
Because, shoot, you look at Joe from the outside...or Peaches, Beck, they all seem to have their crap together. If you were to see them gathered around a table at the Starbucks, chatting, they look like the epitome of well adjusted, beautiful people. Heck, even getting to know them wouldn't reveal the kind of dysfunction this show detailed so well. Its all so perfectly hidden.
Seeing how active many of them were on social media, the kind of image they were cultivating...it added a whole other layer of bullshit on top of their already strained identity. Peaches especially. I imagine there was something we were supposed to take away from this as well, considering how much a part social media played here...
Agreed regarding non-likable characters. To your question why Joe is still interested in her... That's because Joe is a psychopath, stalker and murderer, obsessed with her. He's not a good person, even TV show wants us to feel sympathy for him. Even Beck isn't a good character. She's changing guys left and right like a s**t. Only normal character in that TV show as you mentioned seems Joe's assistant and that kid (Joe's neighbor).
shareThis is esp. the case in season 2.
shareI find it hard to get into or take seriously for three main reasons
1. The guy was jacking off outside his crush's apartment in the FIRST EPISODE. Yeah, nice subtle build-up you got there.
2. He also gets access to all her communications just by picking up her phone. It's probably unrealistic (once she replaces the phone, I mean) and right away it gives the main character total "control" right from the beginning hence removing any tension.
3. Reason number 1 again. Seriously lol.
I see it as a comedy.
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