Moving to and fro among real time and flashbacks and fantasy can induce a kind of psychic vertigo, asking the viewer to constantly consider what on earth is being watched. This is particularly so where the watcher must guess what is flashback and what is fantasy and then, of course, what is real.
But! It does not matter. And that is the point. Not that shows need a point. But perhaps the pointlessness is the point which, when combined with loneliness, compels the protagonist into a life of adultery and lies, which definitely spices things up. Maybe.
There is no indication why the protagonist lands in such a spot. No before that would precipitate a loveless marriage, notwithstanding the great efforts of a bright child with special needs who is a charmer and an entrepreneur/psychopath in the making.
Mum is still...what is mum, anyway? In need of a man? Why sign up to be the brother's keeper (of a sort)?
The show is successful in some measures, as it illustrates how devastating loss can be, even if the loss is the death of something that was never real. Now this would be a topic for a great show, whether comedy or not, but the characters, while well acted, are so annoyingly stupid and amoral that it is hard to wish for anything other than the show's finale.
But! It does not matter. And that is the point. Not that shows need a point. But perhaps the pointlessness is the point which, when combined with loneliness, compels the protagonist into a life of adultery and lies, which definitely spices things up. Maybe.
There is no indication why the protagonist lands in such a spot. No before that would precipitate a loveless marriage, notwithstanding the great efforts of a bright child with special needs who is a charmer and an entrepreneur/psychopath in the making.
Mum is still...what is mum, anyway? In need of a man? Why sign up to be the brother's keeper (of a sort)?
The show is successful in some measures, as it illustrates how devastating loss can be, even if the loss is the death of something that was never real. Now this would be a topic for a great show, whether comedy or not, but the characters, while well acted, are so annoyingly stupid and amoral that it is hard to wish for anything other than the show's finale.