I won't say the spoonful of comedy helps the medicine go down in this episode, and if there is no Season 2, it would truly be a downer of a series finale, so let's proceed hoping the stars align for another season of this lovely, moving and often hilarious show. Molly grows on us more and more as her character develops, which is why the twist ending was particularly disheartening. And though there is some basis for this whole show, and the general public normally gets no inside glimpse into how these people live and how they decide where to give their money, if this is a true representation, maybe we don't need to see that. That being said (and I'm not a big Maya Rudolph fan), Maya is way more fun to watch than Melinda Gates and MacKenzie Scott, for example, and nobody wants to see more of Gates/Buffet, even if we're glad they've vowed to give away their billions. That is to say, billionaires ARE kind of gross, and it's only the staff that make the medicine go down at all. Particularly when Molly and her cousin seem to crave partners who use them pretty cruelly and that's also not popcorn fare. It doesn't seem like the foundation or the leads made enough progress by season's end to really feel satisfying. It's like how disappointing it was that the Wrexham club didn't get promoted a year after Ryan Reynolds bought it. Life doesn't always have happy endings; this is NOT a light comedy, so it doesn't either. But it's also lacking that ever-present hope that Ted Lasso has. The cast has enough chemistry to turn this around in S2...*if* they hire a better writer/editor to add a bit more realism to the nitty gritty foundation work, what it takes to make real change, and to allow greater character development for all the lead cast. Step it up, showrunners, writers - your cast deserves a bit better.
On a final note, those this was a drastic change of pace for Olivier Martinez, this charming Adonis was wasted here.
On a final note, those this was a drastic change of pace for Olivier Martinez, this charming Adonis was wasted here.
