Ooof, yeah, bud, that was a blow. Yet another soap f/f couple being suddenly and completely and illogically wrecked. The way they were writing it, I wasn’t sure they’d commit, but at the same time, it seemed a story with effort, falling in love with art as a backdrop. But Maite wasn’t really embedded into the story… Still, I didn’t think it’d implode this quickly.
They definitely should have developed Anya more before this episode.
Right? I mean, what they’d shown before this was fine, if a bit self-centered, needing Safiya to smooth things over for her career, but she’s in the middle of a hotly contested and dirty election, it’s understandable she’d be stressed. Presumably they’d both agreed to her running and Safiya knew she might have to make some allowances.
But damn, what we saw last night wasn’t pretty. And the thing is, she does have a point, both with the school and Safiya, but the way she approached it showed how wrong she was, because she has the same privilege as her son and treats it as cavalierly. And if we’d seen more of her before, maybe we’d understand her better, but as it is, the audience would surely be on Safiya’s side.
Not only is Safiya one of the moral centers of the show, we spend time with her. Like when it comes to Aaron and Marie, we see Marie’s side of things quite a bit, so we sympathize with both and see her point of view too (although actually, she has been quite lovely and supportive in general). But Anya doesn’t get the benefit of that and her stance yesterday honestly came across like an antagonist’s. I really would not like to see them split up, for a variety of reasons, so I hope she apologizes or realizes she can’t be so imperious and dismissive.
Hey, do you watch Four More Shots Please? It’s quirky, cheesy and mostly silly but I really enjoy it for what it is. The new trailer dropped yesterday and season 2 begins on April 17.
You know, I wasn’t going to, I only watched TBT because I knew there was going to be f/f and I only watched Desenfrenadas for Barbara but that kind of female friendship (and their mostly m/f romantic relationships) show isn’t really my thing. I know Four More Shot Please has f/f too, but when s1 came out TBT s2 had just shown me why I don’t usually go for this genre. And I do sometimes hesitate when watching very desi stories, they hit so close to home.
BUT. I did see the new trailer come out and saw they still had the same f/f love interest, which is my very strong preference (second only to having both halves as mains) and went through some of s1 and I’m kind of into it. 😮