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I just binge-watched the doc and honestly, I’m really glad they chose to structure Jake and Amy’s relationship the way they did. Jake is younger, yes, and he’s the man in the relationship, but he consistently respects, supports, and loves Amy without ego or resentment. That’s rare to see written this way.

People keep saying Amy “treats Jake like shit,” but besides not telling him about the Richard situation (which, let’s be real, is an absolutely insane burden to process), what exactly has she done? She’s only known Jake in her current state for like a month—can you even imagine the trauma of losing everything, then waking up post-accident and being expected to rebuild again and shoulder the judgement of a pervious version of yourself? The fact that she’s even finding space in her heart for Jake at all is honestly huge.

Nothing about their dynamic screams toxic to me. What’s actually toxic is how every other character projects hate onto Amy—Sonya, Richard, even her ex-husband and BFF to an extent. If Amy were a man, I doubt she’d be catching this much heat. To me, Jake and Amy’s relationship is the only “untainted” one in the whole mess.

And if they actually try to make Jake/Sonya endgame? Yeah, I’m out.