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[DavidCroquet]

its like you hate good shows.

it was cute! they obviously spent a lot of money on it. 

But it often feels like they don't spend enough time with the characters AND don't spend enough time with the "cosmology" of the severed world. It's like the show itself fears commitment.

Aside from that, I think Benji said something about modern shows just being a series of coincidences because modern writers don't bother with good writing...not sure if I agree with that entirely, but I certainly felt it applied here.

I mean...

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the "overtime" protocol initiating specifically when Mark is talking to Cobel in the 'real world'...who was only there because she insinuated herself as a lactation consultant to his sister....and outie-Mark went out of his way to encourage her to attend the party while she was clearly having some sort of life crisis and not planning to attend...give me a break. And then telling on himself because Cobel--uniquely among all characters in the entire show--uses a different name outside of Lumon.