Here's what makes this episode so bad. It's more of the same problem that's been a running thread in this show and it's Todd being... somehow worse than immature. It's not really childish. It's closer to the concept of arrested development. Todd is like a stereotype of an autistic child who doesn't understand how to do anything social and so they just talk when they want regardless of whoever is speaking and what they're speaking about. The other problem is the show, like Todd's mother, indulges this. I'm starting the see it's not just Margaret that's causing this huge disorienting issue. It's the nature of the show itself. The writing, the framing none of it criticizes Todd for being a moron and constantly inserting himself where he honestly doesn't need to be inserting himself. I don't mind Skylar Austin but I really hate his depiction of Todd combined with how Todd is written. It's a combination that somehow makes the worst of both worlds.
This episode involves a classic law issue. The firm has taken both sides of the case. Everyone knows what goes next "Chinese Firewall" or what I'm assuming is less offensive "Firewall". Todd, being the stunted person he is, is so confused by the concept of conflict of interest he assumes he can't use the bathroom at the firm for the duration of the case and has to "hold it for a few weeks". It's not funny or charming. It's frustrating and annoying and it's what I hate most about this show.
That said we're 13 episodes in and I'm still a fan of Marcia Gay Harden, even though she mad for a horrible Italian Mistress in Confess Fletch, and this season has done some things right. It's established the characters fairly well, at least the main ones. So this firewall does give Skylar and Marcia the change to imitate each other. Neither Skylar's Margaret nor Marcia's Todd is particularly good, effective, or interesting, but it was fun. This show works best when it is trying to be fun rather than trying to tell any sort of story. Somehow that's what keeps me watching in spite of how much I don't like any of the non-adult characters. (just Lyle and Margaret please)
Also that's clearly a MiBand and I'm pretty sure not even 4,5 or 6 has location tracking data. You'd need to pair it with a phone for that. Even then the data is on the phone not the band.
Sometimes the show has good cases, sometimes they're bad cases. This case was so bland I barely remember what it was about and I literally just finished the episode less than an hour ago.
Review by wolfkinBlockedParent2023-02-13T15:13:39Z— updated 2023-02-26T15:39:18Z
Here's what makes this episode so bad. It's more of the same problem that's been a running thread in this show and it's Todd being... somehow worse than immature. It's not really childish. It's closer to the concept of arrested development. Todd is like a stereotype of an autistic child who doesn't understand how to do anything social and so they just talk when they want regardless of whoever is speaking and what they're speaking about. The other problem is the show, like Todd's mother, indulges this. I'm starting the see it's not just Margaret that's causing this huge disorienting issue. It's the nature of the show itself. The writing, the framing none of it criticizes Todd for being a moron and constantly inserting himself where he honestly doesn't need to be inserting himself. I don't mind Skylar Austin but I really hate his depiction of Todd combined with how Todd is written. It's a combination that somehow makes the worst of both worlds.
This episode involves a classic law issue. The firm has taken both sides of the case. Everyone knows what goes next "Chinese Firewall" or what I'm assuming is less offensive "Firewall". Todd, being the stunted person he is, is so confused by the concept of conflict of interest he assumes he can't use the bathroom at the firm for the duration of the case and has to "hold it for a few weeks". It's not funny or charming. It's frustrating and annoying and it's what I hate most about this show.
That said we're 13 episodes in and I'm still a fan of Marcia Gay Harden, even though she mad for a horrible Italian Mistress in Confess Fletch, and this season has done some things right. It's established the characters fairly well, at least the main ones. So this firewall does give Skylar and Marcia the change to imitate each other. Neither Skylar's Margaret nor Marcia's Todd is particularly good, effective, or interesting, but it was fun. This show works best when it is trying to be fun rather than trying to tell any sort of story. Somehow that's what keeps me watching in spite of how much I don't like any of the non-adult characters. (just Lyle and Margaret please)
Also that's clearly a MiBand and I'm pretty sure not even 4,5 or 6 has location tracking data. You'd need to pair it with a phone for that. Even then the data is on the phone not the band.
Sometimes the show has good cases, sometimes they're bad cases. This case was so bland I barely remember what it was about and I literally just finished the episode less than an hour ago.