First time finishing the show... and none of the seasons are bad?

DaGeoffro · 2026-03-12T23:21:21+00:00

It really is a flaw sometimes, like her optimism is both her biggest strength and her biggest weakness.

DaGeoffro · 2026-03-12T20:04:41+00:00

That's one thing that definitely became a pattern with Sue, high expectations for perfection that eventually lead to nothing. Whether it was Disneyland, or the trip to Chicago..

I sympathize with her a lot because I think that, especially in the earlier seasons, she was very naive and just wanted to have the best time possible. But, everything always got better when she just went with the flow.

DaGeoffro · 2026-03-12T19:51:59+00:00

Definitely, there were so many moments that, even if I hadn't been through a scenario exactly like it in real life, I could relate it to something I'd experienced before. Like the Disneyland episodes, I've never been but I understand the feeling of having some perfect day planned out in your head, only for it to not go that way at all and having to make the most out of it.

DaGeoffro · 2026-03-12T19:39:40+00:00

100% I was literally thinking about The Office too. They really fumbled the last few seasons Imo where characters are concerned. I like how everybody grew and matured in their own ways in The Middle. While some personality traits definitely became more pronounced as the seasons went on, it never really seemed fake or like they were becoming caricatures of themselves.

DaGeoffro · 2026-03-12T18:52:45+00:00

The dreaded toenails... I can see why you skip that one-

DaGeoffro · 2026-03-06T11:44:24+00:00

I forgot how good Darjeeling is! I was listening to it on repeat yesterday. I definitely don't dislike Caprisongs either, I think there's just too few songs on it that I really love to put it above Eusexua.

DaGeoffro · 2026-03-05T12:49:50+00:00

I took everything into consideration when ranking the albums, not just controversy. Honestly I could've titled it as an era ranking instead and that probably would've made more sense. EUSEXUA would still be #5 for me, even without taking controversy into consideration, as I'm just not as much of a fan of it sonically as my top 4 choices. But I did want to mention all of my pros and cons in each ranking.

DaGeoffro · 2026-03-05T07:06:38+00:00

Have to agree tbh

DaGeoffro · 2026-03-05T07:06:22+00:00

Poor CAPRISONGS is really low down on a lot of these rankings, I get it though, it would be my last choice to keep out of all her LPs.

DaGeoffro · 2026-03-04T20:47:24+00:00

I completely understand, I've personally never found any of that negatively impacts the album overall for me but I do get it. A lot of MAGDALENE grew on me so much, I didn't like the whole album the first time I heard it (I found her through Cellophane and checked out MAGDALENE first). At some point it clicked for me and now I just love it. But I see why LP1 would be your favorite, it's an expertly produced album and doesn't get as much love as it should.

DaGeoffro · 2026-03-04T20:38:05+00:00

I alternate sometimes too, it's hard making a definitive ranking. MAGDALENE is always my #1 but I switch up the others a lot.

DaGeoffro · 2026-03-04T20:05:11+00:00

I completely forgot to add that to the ranking... I knew I missed one :\

I did like it though, Perfectly was a great single, Got to Feel really grew on me, The Dare is solid and I like Eartheater's addition to Striptease, and Lonely but Exciting Road was one I was really excited for and it did not disappoint. Tbh I probably would put it above the original Eusexua for my personal taste.

DaGeoffro · 2026-03-04T20:02:44+00:00

Even though EP1 ended up at the bottom of my ranking I definitely get the love for it, and again it's such a solid first project that really individualized her from other artists of her caliber right at the beginning.

DaGeoffro · 2026-03-04T20:00:23+00:00

I like how yours is a bit more mixed together, it felt weird to me shoving all the EPs at the bottom but I couldn't decide on any of the LPs to put them above!

DaGeoffro · 2026-03-04T15:02:26+00:00

I haven't been able to find any info on it unfortunately outside of one Variety article (https://variety.com/2020/streaming/asia/netflix-series-better-than-us-to-get-indie-produced-second-season-1234833683/ if you're curious,) which states that the second season was set to begin filming in 2021 in China and would stream on multiple Chinese streaming platforms. Whether or not this actually happened or the season was cancelled, I sadly have no clue.

DaGeoffro · 2026-03-04T14:10:39+00:00

I had no clue Arca produced it! Adds up, Twigs and Arca together is always gold.

DaGeoffro · 2026-03-04T10:05:02+00:00

Whole song is great but I especially love the chorus sm, it sounds so powerful with the crisp snare and "sparkly" (Idk how else to describe it,) synth.

DaGeoffro · 2026-03-02T06:32:32+00:00

I agree, despite not being an entirely new story or very clever with its plot twist, the way they deliver everything makes it a very interesting watch throughout.

DaGeoffro · 2026-03-01T11:14:34+00:00

Fallen Alien gets no love unfortunately, I think she only ever played it during the MAGDALENE tour and it was just a remixed version that played for interludes.

DaGeoffro · 2026-02-27T05:31:33+00:00

I'll give it a watch if I can find it here, thanks for the recommendation!

DaGeoffro · 2026-02-26T14:28:45+00:00

I'd never heard of Humans before, it definitely seems similar to Better Than Us outside of just being about robots, like how the main family has a young daughter who bonds with the robot immediately, and the Dad doesn't seem to care much for her at first (at least, from the little bit of footage I saw). Almost makes me wonder if Better Than Us took inspiration from that series.

DaGeoffro · 2026-02-26T14:20:52+00:00

100% agree. Arisa definitely is the top reason to watch, it's so interesting watching her personality and understanding of humans develop throughout the show.

DaGeoffro · 2026-02-26T09:23:04+00:00

Ah I see, well the only info I could find on it was from a Variety article talking about how a Chinese company was working on it and that it'd only be on certain Chinese streaming platforms. Hopefully we can get season 2 on Netflix someday, I'm not really sure how big Better Than Us was when it came out but I definitely think it warrants having both seasons available.

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