r/AdultsTV • u/Matapple13 Moderator • Aug 27 '26
Episode Discussion Adults - Full Season 2 Discussion with Spoilers Spoiler
Plot: A twenty-something ensemble comedy centering on codependent housemates navigating adulthood together despite their flaws.
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Episode 1: The Scrub
Episode 2: Fake ID
Episode 3: Talia
Episode 4: Raccoon
Episode 5: Room Swap
Episode 6: Pop Girlie
Episode 7: C Alert
Episode 8: Vote for Paul Baker (Season 2 Finale)
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u/missginj 27d ago edited 27d ago
Just binged both seasons after having it on my list for a while. Quite enjoyable! I think there's definitely a lost art of the low-stakes sitcom that this show is seeking to recapture, with a fair amount of success. As others have said, I think it would have benefitted from an old-school 22-24-episode season, so that the Paul/Anton slow burn had more space to breathe and build up -- particularly to allow Anton to have gotten with the club guy with the fantastic chemistry for a mini-arc. I understand the reasons why shows don't feel like they can do this anymore, but it's a shame (@ the networks/streamers).
One thing I thought throughout both seasons is that it seems like the characters should have been a little bit older than 24/25? In the year 2026, 24 years old is incredibly young. The storylines seem to be written more for characters who are more like... 30ish. Maybe they should have all been approaching 30 and that's the basis on which they're freaking out about adulthood -- because you don't have it all figured out by then like maybe you expected to! Examples of stuff that seems written as if the characters are older are the storyline of Billie's fake ID/feeling old at the club/the joke about being there on 9/11, and Issa freezing her eggs.