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One Day (2024)
Beautiful
I don't think I could have loved this more. A beautiful story. So touching and so very well acted. Bravo!! I fell deep into the beautiful relationship and enjoyed all of its ups and downs. Casting was perfect and the two main characters shared a beautiful bond that everyone should be lucky enough to find. I'm glad I hadn't read the book or seen the movie. Moving through the story a chapter at a time and watching it unfold was so enjoyable. The locations were quite lovely too and added greatly to the beauty of the story. I will absolutely watch it again, often I think. I'm so sad it's over and now need to dry my eyes.
A Million Little Things: Lesson Learned (2022)
Finally, something funny
If you want a good laugh, make sure you watch this episode. Gary the tough guy is the funniest thing I've ever seen, although I think I saw it in another episode as well and laughed just as hard. The worst written character ever. Which is a shame because other than that character's part, the rest of the story is pretty good. How do they make someone who is so emotionally abusive to women be the hero? And he takes credit for things that aren't even real that happened in other episodes like when he told Darcy that it was his idea that she have another child because he always said her son would be a good big brother when in fact, her concern was not about whether he would be a good brother but whether he would be OK with her having a baby with another man and her son feeling left out.
A Million Little Things: Time Stands Still (2019)
Gary did it again
So the big argument in this episode is that Maggie doesn't want to get married. She said she was all in when she had cancer, and now that she doesn't have cancer the all in that Gary interpreted as staying with him forever isn't good enough without wanting to marry him. He doesn't care that she now wants to take some time to figure out her life now that she knows she's not going to die anytime soon hopefully. Simply loving him and staying with him until she figures out what she wants to do with this second chance suddenly isn't good enough. However, Gary has admitted to only offering her the ring when he wasn't sure if she was going to live. And that's not an issue at all. Of course it's not. Then he kicks Maggy out. He's abusive, narcissistic, and histrionic, to name a few of his issues. The character really says a lot about the writers, producers, directors. He's all those awful things but they make him a hero.
A Million Little Things (2018)
Maybe if Gary had been the one...
The character Gary is THE worst. He believes, truly believes, he's in charge of everyone's life decisions based on what he wants. He doesn't take a second to listen. Even if he did, he doesn't care at all about what the person wants because he thinks he knows better and actually gets offended when people don't change their minds just for him. He shames, guilts, bullies, and tries to get others to do the same. And they continue to build on this bullying through multiple episodes. And this is supposed to be what makes him great. There's not a single endearing thing about him. He's seriously the WORST type of human. And he yells far too often. He's Too bad he wasn't the one to depart early in the series. Why would anyone want him to be part of their friend group?
A Million Little Things: Unexpected (2018)
Gary needs to get a life
Gary is written as one of the least sensitive men who is supposed to be portraying a sensitive person. Seriously. It's a bit creepy. He needs to pay attention to what the women in his life are going through instead of constantly pushing his own agenda. His good friend has just walked out of a clinic after almost having an abortion and he is instantly talking about dating pregnancy, weight and eating foods related to pregnancy cravings. Ridiculous. Give her a minute there, Gary. Clearly, you didn't want her to have an abortion. Clearly, it's none of your effing business. If you want to put on a few pounds, do it without saying you're doing it in solidarity with your friend who has a huge struggle on her hands.
A Million Little Things: The Game of Your Life (2018)
Seriously?!
I don't mind this show, but this episode is just horrible. She is the one with cancer and she is the one facing the horrible treatment. Why does he think that 'they' are fighting this disease and not her? Why does he think that his desires are more important than hers? Is he listening at all to her? Does he think that because he is a man he can help her to win this battle that she has decided she doesn't want to even fight in? How exactly does he think he can help her to win a battle with cancer. The best he can do is support her, including her decisions. Expressing his sadness about her situation is fine but respect the tough choice that she has made What a dumb episode.
The Rig (2023)
Could have been so much more
I was very anxious for this series to begin because I have seen the cast in other shows and enjoyed them very much. Sadly the story doesn't really draw the audience in because it's all over the place and the characters are not well developed (and don't physically appear like they're on an oil rig) and you kinda have to guess at their relationships and what they're doing in general The story is confusing (not cohesively developed) and the characters are mostly uninteresting (and the fact that they speak in hushed voices doesn't make sense). The acting is very stiff. And I have so much trouble with shows that have things happening that are just plain stupid - someone (female) using all her strength to try to turn a big ship's wheel-type door opener that has a metal bar(?) shoved through it to stop it from turning and then another character (male) comes along and removes the object and easily opens the door. That's when I couldn't watch any further and that was just one such incident. I'm quite surprised there's a second season and I hope someone watches it but I wouldn't recommend it.