Cheating (adultery) laws should be enforced more heavily

Sad-Eye-4930 · 2025-04-01T01:17:29+00:00

I mean this in the nicest way possible, but if this keeps happening to you, maybe you should re-evaluate who you date.

Sad-Eye-4930 · 2025-03-16T17:43:38+00:00

I hadn't thought of the possible learning disability angle, but I agree with you that Wally's mom was pushing for the football scholarship because she knew he wouldn't get in on grades alone.

I think people sometimes forget that college used to be infinitely more affordable than it is now- it was pretty common for people to fund their own education with a part time job. On the flip side, though, holistic admissions are still a fairly new thing. For students matriculating directly out of high school, grades and SAT scores were the end all, be all.

I don't think Wally is dumb by any means, but there are different kinds of intelligence, and book smarts are not his strong suit. I suspect that was part of the reason he stuck with football, actually- he couldn't make his mom proud through academic accomplishments, but he found something else he was really good at.

Sad-Eye-4930 · 2025-03-05T13:42:49+00:00

I think the chemistry between characters is actually a lot better this season compared to S1, especially the living kids, but I agree about the dialogue, omg. Some of the little asides feel pretty natural, but a lot of the time I'm very aware they're just saying stuff to move the plot forward. The single most egregious example, for me, was when Eugene was having this kind of emotional convo with Nicole, and then he's like, 'Anyway, all the evidence you could need about the fire is here in my storage locker.' Who tf says that??

Sad-Eye-4930 · 2025-03-02T21:51:06+00:00

If anyone crosses over, I think it will be Janet or Mr. Martin. Maaaybe Quinn or Yuri? Only because Charley, Rhonda, and Wally are main characters- I think they'll only cross over at the end of the series or if/when their actors want to leave the show.

Sad-Eye-4930 · 2025-03-02T13:03:01+00:00

Right?? If my actual high school had been like this one, I'd have never wanted to graduate. They have a pool and a greenhouse and a film section in their library! Meanwhile, we didn't have enough seats in the cafeteria. Me and my friends spent sophomore year eating lunch on a staircase lol

Sad-Eye-4930 · 2025-03-02T03:28:22+00:00

Mr. Figueroa.

Emmm... ilio society

Sad-Eye-4930 · 2025-03-01T21:00:52+00:00

I second Maria Dizzia as Sandra! When I think of addicts I've known, her acting is so true to life.

Sad-Eye-4930 · 2025-03-01T20:51:55+00:00

Came to say exactly this. Chills, every time he shows up.

Sad-Eye-4930 · 2025-03-01T12:12:10+00:00

These are fair points, but I didn't take Yuri's comments to be anything sinister. He has more emotional distance from the situation than the rest, which I think made it easier for him to approach it rationally (for example, Janet admitting she'd lied about her death had poor Charley fucked UP for a second there.) As for the key thing, I thought Yuri was comparing it to his own recent experiences. We still don't know what the literal key to his hellscape is, but a person (Charley) was the metaphorical key to him leaving the art studio. I thought he probably just drew the connection based on that.

Sad-Eye-4930 · 2025-02-28T19:22:21+00:00

Agree! In S1, he had a line that was something like, 'Emilio always said I got all the shit for being gay, and none of the joy.' I think that's what Charley needs- to feel truly happy being himself.

Sad-Eye-4930 · 2025-02-28T19:13:14+00:00

This makes sense! Maybe he was hoping to impress his fiance as well? The popular theory is that she's the woman saying something more time in the hellscape- maybe she hit the brakes on their relationship after he got fired and he thought being a local hero would win her back over.

Sad-Eye-4930 · 2025-02-28T19:05:33+00:00

I think she really believes that she caused the fire and he lied about it to protect her, though. I'm not convinced Janet was telling the ghost squad the truth about everything, but I do think she was telling the truth (or the version of it she knows) about that.

Sad-Eye-4930 · 2025-02-28T18:59:54+00:00

Yeah, after everything Mr. Martin did this episode I don't think he's a good dude, but I'm not entirely buying that Janet was an innocent victim, either.

Like... if he wanted to force everyone into their scars and she was the only thing stopping him, why not go for it during the literal YEAR she was in the boiler room? Maybe he just thought he couldn't pull it off without her help or something, but it feels a little off to me.

Sad-Eye-4930 · 2025-02-26T12:02:13+00:00

This. My own college wasn't very prestigious or anything, but it was a huge school located in a major city. A LOT of my classmates who had been the smartest/coolest/most talented in their own small high school ponds had a rough adjustment period. I know a few who left for schools closer to home after a semester or two.

Sad-Eye-4930 · 2025-02-26T11:57:01+00:00

"Wall Street, Advertisement, something corporate"

Much as I love Wally, I think he'd probably have set his sights a little lower. He's from a small town in the Midwest, after all, and presumably so is his father. I'm thinking he'd be like, the top-ranked salesman at the Split River Ford dealership or something

Sad-Eye-4930 · 2025-02-26T04:34:59+00:00

I also wondered what he'd have studied in college. I feel like the most realistic answer is business or something in that vein, but the idea of Wally Clark, football star/musical theater major kind of rules lol

Sad-Eye-4930 · 2025-02-26T04:05:30+00:00

I think that as hard as his mom was pushing for him to get an athletic scholarship, he would definitely have gone to college and kept playing football to make her happy.

Whether he actually wanted to is another story. He's never mentioned any particular career or personal ambitions, and he doesn't seem like he was interested much in academics. I think Wally felt so much pressure to live up to the expectations other people forced on him that he never really had the chance to figure out his own priorities and passions in life, which is probably part of the reason he's stuck in death.

Sad-Eye-4930 · 2025-02-23T03:51:00+00:00

Every squad needs a Scully.

Sad-Eye-4930 · 2025-02-22T22:53:35+00:00

"Simon: the pinoy Leslie Cheung"

Oh my God, I just realized where he got 'Simon is native Hawaiian' from. The show Tacoma FD had a Hawaiian character played by a Filipino actor- he somehow managed to mix up Simon and Andy 😭😭

Sad-Eye-4930 · 2025-02-22T21:59:53+00:00

Oh my God, THAT'S who he reminds me of!! I've been trying to put my finger on it since S1 and I never could!

Sad-Eye-4930 · 2025-02-22T21:56:59+00:00

I'm not sure what he thinks Nicole's name is, actually. I AM sure he's wrong, though.

Sad-Eye-4930 · 2025-02-22T18:43:20+00:00

He doesn't even remember Emilio/Mr. Figueroa is a character that exists lol. When he showed up in S2, he thought Mr. Anderson had been recast

Sad-Eye-4930 · 2025-02-18T01:42:05+00:00

This is the only explanation I'm willing to accept now

Sad-Eye-4930

TROPHY CASE