![]() For contrast, I absolutely felt that in the finale of “Sex Education,” which teased the possibility of Otis (Asa Butterfield) and Maeve (Emma Mackey) all season but ultimately saw them parting ways and grateful for their time together. But I feel like Tom and Jessie and many viewers left that hospital chapel with a sense of resolve that I don’t share. Look, I do think this was a good season, and a series of creative choices that I will definitely remember. To the same end, Liam is perfectly solid and charming, but I would have loved to spend more time watching that relationship evolve instead of Tom sending Jessie the most chaotic texts on Earth for reasons he can’t explain even to himself. Feels like we glossed over their different stances on parenthood way too quickly, or Jessie’s inevitable spiral over being single over 30 (a rite of passage), or how Tom and Clem (Constance Labbé) met and what makes her so special other than being conspicuously kind, attractive, and successful. It’s merciful for the viewer to not stew in these characters’ immediate heartbreak, but we also miss out on other necessary points of evolution during the two years that the show skipped. We’re supposed to believe this epic romance fell apart because someone was spending too much time at work? That’s a symptom, but it’s not the whole problem. I remember Netflix’s “Something Great” doing something similar that fell completely flat for me. It’s one of those facts of reality that I think really doesn’t translate to fiction, maybe because it hits too close to home and doesn’t pack the necessary narrative punch. I realize that that’s sometimes what happens people drift apart, communication suffers, goals don’t align. But “Starstruck” 301 doesn’t offer much in the way of explanation for why Tom and Jessie’s relationship fell apart. ![]() I watched too much “Lost” in my formative years to not succumb to an emotive musical mashup of clips that advance the plot and emotionally torment the viewer. I’m proud of them but ow! The ending wasn’t just bittersweet, but left me feeling empty, and I think there are a few reasons for that.įirst: The montage. That said: This season hurt me! We get a bummer summer montage, time jump, and then watch these two move toward either getting back together or at least having an affair only for them to be mature adults. Not putting Jessie and Tom together is a huge risk for a show literally named (so cleverly) for their relationship, it’s definitely complex and realistic, and it was a huge shock. Proma Khosla: I’ve seen a lot of critics praise this season of “Starstruck,” and I do get it - to an extent. Millie Bobby Brown Says ‘Stranger Things’ Was ‘Preventing’ Her from Projects She’s ‘Passionate About’īelow, IndieWire’s Proma Khosla and Ben Travers unpack what did and didn’t work in the six-episode installment. The season has an admirable 100 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, but has sown discord among IndieWire’s TV team. It’s the surprise move pulled in “Starstruck” Season 3, which begins with Jessie (Rose Matefeo) and superstar Tom (Nikesh Patel) back together - only to quickly break them up, jump ahead two years, and pick up with Tom engaged and Jessie casually dating Liam (Lorne MacFadyen). Sometimes there are outside factors (“Cheers” comes to mind), while other times it’s simply a more desirable story development. In recent years, the trend has skewed toward getting a couple together and keeping them together Jake and Amy, David and Patrick, Janine and Gregory (OK, not yet but we’re rooting for them).Īnd then there is the Secret Third Thing, the rare and difficult move where a show pairs its lead character or characters off with someone who wasn’t the original plan. A lot of sitcoms spin that into classic TV romance Ross and Rachel, Cory and Topanga, Jess and Nick. That’s changed over time as audience and narrative priorities shift, and as television dove deeper into the rom-com game along with film, finding ways to unite, separate, and permute every pairing while filling out hours and hours of story. Time was that in a romantic comedy, the leads always ended up together.
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