@sophiefilo16 I totally agree with you. Season 1 and 2 was good but this season felt like a big WTF moment, they clearly didn't know what to do with the characters at this point and I guess the idea of Tara going back to college was the worst. Why she had to go back to college just to give us an idea that she was seeking a professional help?! While they could EASILY made her doing that, it would be more realistic than a teacher crossing his boundaries limitlessly until he got to the point of almost dying - and got really mad about it and did not exchange a single word with Tara after that? Although he knew what he was doing. I really enjoyed the show but now I know why it got cancelled. They even killed Lionel for Christ's sake, right after his relationship with Marshall ended (faster than a blink of an eye) and suddenly Marshall had another boyfriend, totally out of the blue and I was like "wait, what?". Oh! And don't get me starting on Kate! She's just like a character in Dungeons & Dragons, although she tries so hard to escape from her own family she always ends up going back to the exact same point where she started... I'm also glad that Max found his voice in the middle of this chaos but I always thought a whole episode from his point of view could fit the best. I mean, they could've give the title "United States of Max" and present a deeper look inside his mind and thoughts. Get out of his comfort zone, cause this season had so much changing of alters that I couldn't stand this situation anymore, it became quite boring. Now I'm wondering what season 4 would be about...
@peuxr "She's just like a character in Dungeons & Dragons, although she tries so hard to escape from her own family she always ends up going back to the exact same point where she started."
Clear sign she's in an abusive relationship with her family and is too mentally damaged to recognize it. She now feels "safe" in the insanity because that's her association with "home". It will be very difficult for her to feel truly comfortable in a relationship that isn't destructive unless she gets copious amounts of therapy over the course of years.
Max has been an enabler this entire time and continued endangering his own children while acting as if the DID was amusing. I don't remember which character said it, but they were right when they said Max allows it so he can feel like a knight in shining armor coming to save Tara after a breakdown. Disgusting.
Marshall has abandonment issues, first from his mother and then from Lionel's death, which he never received help dealing with. I think his relationship with the other guy is him desperately trying to latch onto someone who will love him and help him escape the horrors of his real life for a little bit.
The sister's a mess, but everyone's known that since day 1 so no need to elaborate.
Tara's parents never took her condition seriously, which allowed it to get worse.
Literally every character in this show is garbage, and it's all because of the selfishness and narrow-mindedness of all the parents. It's a ripple effect of how poor parenting gets passed down unless someone consciously chooses to break the cycle. It's truly tragic...
Review by SophieFilo16BlockedParentSpoilers2021-01-24T01:44:39Z
"Even though I'll be missing a few weeks, my grades are so good, this girl gets to graduate!"
It's official. These writers don't know anything about college. Last we saw, Tara was getting ready for her midterms. Meaning, she never actually took them. Imagine being able to pass your classes without taking the midterms AND the finals AND whatever homework/participation/projects/etc she'll be missing while away. What absolute horse crap.
WTF kind of finale was that? I mean, at least we finally get to see Max say what's really on his mind, but still, WTF? This entire season seemed to only exist to make everyone miserable. We didn't even get a "5 years later" or anything. It just ends with everyone seeming ready to kill themselves. I stand by what I said prior. Every child in this show deserves better. I'm sorry, but Kate and Marshall should have been put in foster care years ago. No child should have to grow up in an environment where they don't feel safe around their own mother.
That's one of my biggest gripes with this show. Tara tries to believe that she's a good mother and blames her mother for temporarily putting her and Charmaine in foster care. Well, guess what, Tara? Sometimes, that's what you've gotta do to be an actually good mother. Literally every one of her alters has abused her kids, her husband, or her sister except Shoshana and Chicken. Even Alice assaulted Kate in season one (canonically 3 years ago). Tara has endangered her family time and time again. She should have sought professional help long before this. The moment she had kids and knew she had DID, she should have sought help and kept seeking it until she was better. It'd be one thing if her only alters were Shoshana, Chicken, and Alice. But Buck, who has a stash of weapons in their home and verbally abuses her family? T, who encouraged Kate to do drugs and steal and picks fights with any stranger she doesn't try to sleep with? Bryce and Gimme who are active threats to both Tara and those around her? Tara had every opportunity to take getting help seriously before now (and not just harassing her mom until she discovered the truth but ACTUAL professional help). She chose not to. She made the CHOICE not to. Instead, she spent money going back to college and snorted her medication. It's not like she's the breadwinner in the family. It's not going to financial hurt them if she's not around. Max is the only one with a stable income. If they can afford to send her back to college, they could've afforded to get her professional help at ANY TIME before now. Out of all her alters, Tara is the worst. She actually has the power to do something and chooses not to at the risk of her own family. And then has the nerve to say she's doing all she can, and she tries to be a good mother, and she just needs her family to support HER as though they haven't already given up their own lives, happiness, and sanity for her time and time again...
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~SophieFilo16~