This show is strange. When I watched the first season I was convinced by ep. 3 that it was rubbish and would never live up to my expectations. But by the end it had become one of my favourite shows ever. Part of that was that the relationship felt like the first time I’d ever seen anything on tv that actually resembled my own relationship, and part of it was learning to appreciate the weird hyper-realism of the dialogue, with people actually having conversations that they would have in real life, full of wooden acting.
I’m four episodes in to this one and not sure how I feel. I still really enjoy watching it, and certain bits crack me up (his dad is always brilliant) but nothing feels as brilliant as the latter half of the first season yet. Certain bits really remind me of The Trip.