I love the show. My sole complaint always has been that it was hard, at times, to keep up with the suspension of disbelief. There's this group of teenagers, and almost everybody turns out to be the poster boy/girl/being of being sexually special.
Also, it takes away a huge part of the reality of being special - having to deal with the fact that most others are NOT.
But hey, it's fiction, I loved the characters and the stories. No problem...
And then THIS episode happened.
Everything I described above, amped up to 20.000.
The scene with the "specials" - as the dominant group(!) - excluding the "normal" girl... feels, aside from the blatant irony, like a revenge fantasy. And it seems like they only have "positive energy" for those who "are like them".
That's not inclusive, that's just reversing the power balance.
Oh, and I didn't really like how Otis handled the competition. What's worse: he made himself look very bad, and not mature enough for the job - being awkward about (verbal) sexual misunderstandings...
Lastly: Being a counselor is not about giving "good" advice. It's about asking the right questions. Which was exactly what his "enemy" did.
I liked her way more than I liked him, in that episode.
Also, it takes away a huge part of the reality of being special - having to deal with the fact that most others are NOT.
But hey, it's fiction, I loved the characters and the stories. No problem...
And then THIS episode happened.
Everything I described above, amped up to 20.000.
The scene with the "specials" - as the dominant group(!) - excluding the "normal" girl... feels, aside from the blatant irony, like a revenge fantasy. And it seems like they only have "positive energy" for those who "are like them".
That's not inclusive, that's just reversing the power balance.
Oh, and I didn't really like how Otis handled the competition. What's worse: he made himself look very bad, and not mature enough for the job - being awkward about (verbal) sexual misunderstandings...
Lastly: Being a counselor is not about giving "good" advice. It's about asking the right questions. Which was exactly what his "enemy" did.
I liked her way more than I liked him, in that episode.