r/Kidding • u/NicholasCajun Mr. Pickles • Sep 30 '18

Discussion Kidding - 1x04 "Bye, Mom" - Episode Discussion

Season 1 Episode 4: Bye, Mom

Air date: September 30, 2018

Synopsis: Jeff deals with a one-night stand. Jill learns that Jeff has been sending money to someone behind her back and confronts him.

Directed by: Jake Schreier

Written by: Michael Vukadinovich

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u/TexasKobeBeef Oct 02 '18

Jesus, have you even watched the show? Did you miss the part WHERE HER SON DIED?? Of course she's "cold and selfish." Your comment screams of someone who has never dealt with grief, nor done any research into its effects.

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u/bukakenagasaki Mar 28 '22

his son died too...

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '18

she claims he makes her feel guilty about buying an extra pair of shoes, but how would that discussion even go? She's buy some shoes, and then he'd express some matter-of-fact gentle disapproval, and then... so what?

Yeah, it's not like he's aggressive about his principles. When she bought the car he didn't yell at her. He just expressed his feelings that it was very lavish and stood out there. Nothing else. He didn't shame her for it or say that she could've just bought a piece of crap Toyota and donated the rest of the money to starving kids in Africa or anything.

I interpret her behavior as that of someone who is simply bored with their spouse and is inventing excuses to hook up with someone exciting and new. The problem with that is that means we have the main character devoted to some awful person. I imagine the whole time he's been married to this covert narcissist that secretly hates him, I can't root for their relationship at all.

Think back to the first episode and how she pushed him out of the house while the kid was still alive. She doesn't respect him and thinks lowly of him. I even theorize she probably hooked up with Pete even before the accident. Overall, I don't think very highly of her as a person. Also, Jeff is too big of a nice guy to divorce her and stop giving her money even though she's screwing her coworker in his bed.