The dog narration ruins the entire episode and massively downgrades the show. It's too saccharine and out of place, making a mostly grounded show feel like one of those sickly sweet wholesome daytime dramas that aired in the 90s and 2000s.
Without it, it would be a somewhat decent episode about trying to avoid your feelings and how grief affects people differently. I'd give anything for a no-narration cut of this episode.
It also features one of the worst tropes ever, an uwanted pregnancy where no one can say the word "abortion" or even allude to it. It seems really out of character that an SA survivor who is adamant about not having children would not try and find some way to take control of the situation and regain her bodily autonomy, aside from hoping "it would take care of itself". Plus the fact that abortions were illegal and very unsafe would have made for an interesting subplot.
But, y'know, talking dog.
Without it, it would be a somewhat decent episode about trying to avoid your feelings and how grief affects people differently. I'd give anything for a no-narration cut of this episode.
It also features one of the worst tropes ever, an uwanted pregnancy where no one can say the word "abortion" or even allude to it. It seems really out of character that an SA survivor who is adamant about not having children would not try and find some way to take control of the situation and regain her bodily autonomy, aside from hoping "it would take care of itself". Plus the fact that abortions were illegal and very unsafe would have made for an interesting subplot.
But, y'know, talking dog.