Disappointed in Ethan's character, but that's mostly for the writing aspect of it, which can be blamed on the writers. Do I like Magnum and Higgins' dynamic? Yes. Do I want them to get together? Perhaps - the chemistry is definitely there, and I enjoy their scenes together... But setting Higgy up w/ a guy just to have him do a 180 on their relationship, to give another reason that the main 2 characters are meant to be together is... Kinda tacky, ngl. And don't get me wrong, I absolutely LOVE a slowburn and all, but I genuinely also thought Ethan was a really great guy up until this episode, so there wasn't any need for him to be this way at all. When you can sum that down to the writers just bringing in someone who doesn't last to stack up the reasons as to why the other pairing would be better... Yeah nah, it's not the best way to demonstrate the point, imo. I'm thinking Ethan leaves by the end of the next episode ( season finale ).
There's also something to be said of normalising women and men being co-workers and not being in a relationship w/ each other, but that's clearly not happening here, either. Slowburn is done well when the pining is mutual, so it feels wrong that Juliet was already in a stable enough relationship. Should've seen this coming w/ just how J+M were looking at each other at the end of the previous episode, and how Bernado was trying to push the idea of the two being a thing in this episode.
Review by KiBlockedParent2022-04-27T12:53:48Z
Disappointed in Ethan's character, but that's mostly for the writing aspect of it, which can be blamed on the writers. Do I like Magnum and Higgins' dynamic? Yes. Do I want them to get together? Perhaps - the chemistry is definitely there, and I enjoy their scenes together... But setting Higgy up w/ a guy just to have him do a 180 on their relationship, to give another reason that the main 2 characters are meant to be together is... Kinda tacky, ngl. And don't get me wrong, I absolutely LOVE a slowburn and all, but I genuinely also thought Ethan was a really great guy up until this episode, so there wasn't any need for him to be this way at all. When you can sum that down to the writers just bringing in someone who doesn't last to stack up the reasons as to why the other pairing would be better... Yeah nah, it's not the best way to demonstrate the point, imo. I'm thinking Ethan leaves by the end of the next episode ( season finale ).
There's also something to be said of normalising women and men being co-workers and not being in a relationship w/ each other, but that's clearly not happening here, either. Slowburn is done well when the pining is mutual, so it feels wrong that Juliet was already in a stable enough relationship. Should've seen this coming w/ just how J+M were looking at each other at the end of the previous episode, and how Bernado was trying to push the idea of the two being a thing in this episode.