So the last "Episodes"... um, episode managed to wrench a giant "urg" as well as an, "omg, no!" from me. Which... I guess is something? ( spoilers and also a rant )
Urg, that scene! When it began, I was all "nooo" and then she said stop and I was all, "phe--" and then she kissed him. :(
And the thing is, it just doesn't make sense! When you actively dislike someone as much as Bev dislikes Matt - I mean to the point where she finds his behavior repulsive - they stop being attractive. No matter the conventional handsomeness or charm. You find the thing that doesn't work (his nose is too pointy, or something), and the charm becomes off-putting and... This wasn't the time where that sort of turn from dislike to sexxy! would happen, imo. (If the scene had ended with her saying stop, I think it could have provided a foundation for some sort of unwilling-attraction down the road, but it came too quickly, imo.)
And it was even worse because she had already seemed to run out on her husband with not enough provocation.
Her certainty he'd cheated was incredibly flimsy. He'd told her about their "moment"!! (Which, I loved that Morning didn't actually see it as a moment at all.)
I could understand her storming out based on everything else and using the hug as an excuse (she was really miserable there and they'd obviously decided to not deal with that and just try and stick it through and that obviously wasn't working for Bev anymore), but not to the extent that she'd actually sleep with another guy out of self-righteous rage or whatever it was supposed to have been. Her anger was of the... drive off, drive in circles, pull over for coffee or french fries or whatever, then maybe call Shaun or answer his call and... Well, maybe not talk it all out at that moment, but at least talk about some of it.
Not even being at Matt's house should have pushed it over into sleeping with him. Especially as she was suddenly realizing Matt had tried to set Shaun and Morning up.
With Bev it just seemed to come out of nowhere and it made all her snapping at everyone for weeks shallow.
That's it, exactly. That moment you talked about, where Matt realized he'd screwed the show up -- it's been ruined now. Because the honesty she was bringing (and I think she's supposed to have had a clear view that the show really was becoming the same-old-crap of every other tired sitcom) has been ruined.
And for me, it ruined Matt's character, too. Before he was abrasive and selfish to a certain extent but there was something likable there as well. But that something likable was his becoming friends with Shaun. By sleeping with Bev he took away any sense of friendship with Shaun.
And the thing is, it just doesn't make sense! When you actively dislike someone as much as Bev dislikes Matt - I mean to the point where she finds his behavior repulsive - they stop being attractive. No matter the conventional handsomeness or charm. You find the thing that doesn't work (his nose is too pointy, or something), and the charm becomes off-putting and... This wasn't the time where that sort of turn from dislike to sexxy! would happen, imo. (If the scene had ended with her saying stop, I think it could have provided a foundation for some sort of unwilling-attraction down the road, but it came too quickly, imo.)
And it was even worse because she had already seemed to run out on her husband with not enough provocation.
Her certainty he'd cheated was incredibly flimsy. He'd told her about their "moment"!! (Which, I loved that Morning didn't actually see it as a moment at all.)
I could understand her storming out based on everything else and using the hug as an excuse (she was really miserable there and they'd obviously decided to not deal with that and just try and stick it through and that obviously wasn't working for Bev anymore), but not to the extent that she'd actually sleep with another guy out of self-righteous rage or whatever it was supposed to have been. Her anger was of the... drive off, drive in circles, pull over for coffee or french fries or whatever, then maybe call Shaun or answer his call and... Well, maybe not talk it all out at that moment, but at least talk about some of it.
Not even being at Matt's house should have pushed it over into sleeping with him. Especially as she was suddenly realizing Matt had tried to set Shaun and Morning up.
With Bev it just seemed to come out of nowhere and it made all her snapping at everyone for weeks shallow.
That's it, exactly. That moment you talked about, where Matt realized he'd screwed the show up -- it's been ruined now. Because the honesty she was bringing (and I think she's supposed to have had a clear view that the show really was becoming the same-old-crap of every other tired sitcom) has been ruined.
And for me, it ruined Matt's character, too. Before he was abrasive and selfish to a certain extent but there was something likable there as well. But that something likable was his becoming friends with Shaun. By sleeping with Bev he took away any sense of friendship with Shaun.
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