Sadly, the showrunner seemingly confirmed that next season will still have Paxton in the love triangle. Which is sad because this was the perfect sendoff of a more mature Paxton onto greener pastures.
Still, I love this show very much. There's something very honest about how it portrays the emotional and mental health journey of Devi (except for her psychologist not being.... good at all, even if Niecy Nash is amazing) and her relationship to her family and friend group. And all of that always centered and focused towards her grief and the ways she deals with it. Poorna Jagannathan as Devi's mom is, of course, always amazing too. I just love the two of them and every heartfelt scene that they have.
Also, the Ben focused episodes are always highlights for me (in part, but not exclusively, for Andy Samberg-as-narrator. I've been re-watching Brooklyn Nine-Nine and I can't help but feel that he was bringing a lot of Jake Peralta affectations, though that might just be Samberg being comfortable with his own comedic style?). The show falls in very easily into the way Ben perceives the world and how that contrasts with Devi's perspective. It definitely helps that Jaren Lewison is extremely attractive.
We also know that next season will have Michael Cimino as yet another love interest, which I'm curious to see.
Overall I like NHIE, but it suffers from the same problem of too many shows: Writers who either have zero idea how to write a story about two people in a relationship, or who simply don't want to. Once characters are together, they inevitably must be broken up. Which leads to this endless cycle of breakups and get-togethers and will-they-won't-they's and we-don't-work-or-do-we's. I'm not even talking about the main triangle here. Ben and Aneesa. Fabiola and what's-her-face. Fabiola and Aneesa. Eleanor and Trent barely count as a real relationship as it exists mostly as comic relief. And Kamala and Manish is interesting but framed entirely through comedic attempts to get the grandmother's approval (with nary a nod toward how strange this must be for Devi while ALSO completely ignoring all other aspects of Kamala's life).
I've been screaming BEN since Season 1 so I'd say things are looking up except I *guarantee* they're gonna break up at some point in S4. If they even get together. S4 could easily start with them not cashing in that boink coupon. (Though, kudos on using such a funny word.)
Meanwhile, my raging jealousy over Dr. Vishwakumar's dining set goes unabated. It's beautiful.
I love this show for all the reasons you state here with regards to the characters' individual growth patterns being responsible for the relationship back-and-forth and those ultimately not being as emotionally potent as the ongoing story of grief that the show's handled so well over the years.
Sadly, the showrunner seemingly confirmed that next season will still have Paxton in the love triangle. Which is sad because this was the perfect sendoff of a more mature Paxton onto greener pastures.
Still, I love this show very much. There's something very honest about how it portrays the emotional and mental health journey of Devi (except for her psychologist not being.... good at all, even if Niecy Nash is amazing) and her relationship to her family and friend group. And all of that always centered and focused towards her grief and the ways she deals with it. Poorna Jagannathan as Devi's mom is, of course, always amazing too. I just love the two of them and every heartfelt scene that they have.
Also, the Ben focused episodes are always highlights for me (in part, but not exclusively, for Andy Samberg-as-narrator. I've been re-watching Brooklyn Nine-Nine and I can't help but feel that he was bringing a lot of Jake Peralta affectations, though that might just be Samberg being comfortable with his own comedic style?). The show falls in very easily into the way Ben perceives the world and how that contrasts with Devi's perspective. It definitely helps that Jaren Lewison is extremely attractive.
We also know that next season will have Michael Cimino as yet another love interest, which I'm curious to see.
Overall I like NHIE, but it suffers from the same problem of too many shows: Writers who either have zero idea how to write a story about two people in a relationship, or who simply don't want to. Once characters are together, they inevitably must be broken up. Which leads to this endless cycle of breakups and get-togethers and will-they-won't-they's and we-don't-work-or-do-we's. I'm not even talking about the main triangle here. Ben and Aneesa. Fabiola and what's-her-face. Fabiola and Aneesa. Eleanor and Trent barely count as a real relationship as it exists mostly as comic relief. And Kamala and Manish is interesting but framed entirely through comedic attempts to get the grandmother's approval (with nary a nod toward how strange this must be for Devi while ALSO completely ignoring all other aspects of Kamala's life).
I've been screaming BEN since Season 1 so I'd say things are looking up except I *guarantee* they're gonna break up at some point in S4. If they even get together. S4 could easily start with them not cashing in that boink coupon. (Though, kudos on using such a funny word.)
Meanwhile, my raging jealousy over Dr. Vishwakumar's dining set goes unabated. It's beautiful.
I love this show for all the reasons you state here with regards to the characters' individual growth patterns being responsible for the relationship back-and-forth and those ultimately not being as emotionally potent as the ongoing story of grief that the show's handled so well over the years.