So many great episodes, but the 6th, 8th, and 9th ones were the clear standouts for me. Loved the scene with kid Dev eating bacon, Brian's dad being indecisive over two women (+1 dog), the first episode being in black and white, etc.
- Loved getting to see other people's perspectives outside of Dev. I enjoyed the deaf woman and the African men the most.
- Thanksgiving episode was real as fuck. Loved how they gave more background on Denise, as well as showing that her and Dev really have been friends for a long ass time. Loved her family and their reactions to basically everything Dev did (Nipplesandtoes23!) And of course, the whole deal about black families being more "intense" when it comes to finding out a family member is gay was spot-on. Even if they don't disown you, it'll often have some kind of caveat like not being "disrespectful" at family functions. That being said, goddamn, Denise has good taste in women.
- Dev and Francesca, ohh man, the feels. Shipping Dev and Francesca is sooo awkward, because I swear this is like the first time I've ever wanted a someone to cheat so damn badly (in a TV show). Awful thing to say regardless, but damn, they were really cute together, even surpassing Dev and Rachael for me. That being said, that was an initial feeling. As the show progresses, you see that Pino doesn't really have any glaring flaws or red flags, and Dev goes from a guy that pretends he doesn't want her to actively conspiring with Arnold on how badly he wants this to happen. Went from being something I wanted to me slowly feeling quite uncomfortable about it, especially that whole "You used me" monologue later on. That being said, Francesca is not in the right either of course, girl knew damn well what she was doing inviting him to hang out all the time. Either way of course, it's quite complicated with them genuinely loving one another, she not being really happy with Pino, not being realistic for her to just dump her old life for Dev, etc. etc. Like Arnold said though, it'd be a shitshow if they genuinely enter a relationship. (I'll probably still root for them though...) Not to mention Mario would miss her...
It's a TV show, so one hand it's kind of easy to just be like "Fuck Pino, I want these two together at all costs, they're so perfect, blah blah blah", but even I had my limits. Though I would be completely fine with them pursuing a relationship if Francesca broke it off with Pino beforehand, which did not seem to have happened.
But uhh, seeing the last shot, it seems they are together, so... I'm going to let them be my guilty pleasure. Whatever happens with S3, I think we can all agree that this cliffhanger is fucking brutal.
