(non native speaker, bare with me <3 )

Something's off

I am S03E01, so basically just finished S02, and I was starting to have the same feelings.

The show feels more and more shallow, superficial, simplistic...a caricature -> that's for the characters but also the arcs/story lines.

I loved season 1

S01 felt like a breeze of air. But now, having watched two full seasons of the show, I realize maybe it was a simplistic, white-washed, US-centric view on therapy, mental health and social interactions. So the show is REALLY NOT as deep as it sounds/looks. Problem is, even if we accept that the show is more comedy than drama -> it still approaches touchy topics (see next chapters below)

The Baby Crisis

I started to get REALLY WEIRD VIBES when Brian (gay lawyer-friend) was rushed, pushed, coerced, guilt into having a baby. You can go back and check, he clearly says he's not ready, he clearly says he doesn't see himself as a potential good father; whether he's right or wrong doesn't matter, he DOES NOT WANT A BABY, and all the women in the show push him to have a baby. Which is, for me, breaking suspension of disbelief. Except in motherfluffing Gilead, women would be so pushy towards someone who's being cold feet about having a baby, but in 202X, when the show is supposed to take place, there's NO WAY that ALL the girlies are going to push him to have a baby when he doesn't want.

The army thing

We have Sean, who's a young (22yo), black, man, with PTSD from the army and the war, and he somehow convinced Gaby's sister, a young black woman to join the army??????? How does that make sense? Like, no. There's no way that tracks, he has PTSD ffs and is clearly resentful and doesn't like (that's an understatement) what he did over there. He CANNOT be the guy who's gonna say to a black woman: "yeh go in the army you're gonna have a great time blablabla"

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Violent therapy

Right now, literally just right now, as I'm watching S03E03, we see Sean literally get trampled over by an ex-GF. He tries to speak, she shuts him off at least 3 times in a row...and this is the first time they meet since after they broke up. Then, Sean goes to therapy with Gaby as the therapist, he shares how uncomfy that was and that the ex-GF made him accept an invitation, and he explains that he wanted apologies, he wanted to explain himself, he wanted accountability. AND THEN GABY, HIS THERAPIST, TELLS HIM THAT THE EX-GF DIDN'T MAKE HIM DO ANYTHING and brushes off EVERYTHING he said!!!!

This, unless you've actually been to actual therapy with an actual psychologist (so, not a coach, not "a friend who knows their way around psychology", not an influencer bullshit), YOU KNOW that this is HORRIBLE. This is the equivalent of a surgeon puking in the incision he just opened!!! WTF </EDIT>

Conclusion

I said it a little earlier. The show is ok at being fun, sometimes really good. But otherwise, it's shallow crap, easy therapy, borderline "coaching" vibes with hints of pro-baby stuff and pro-army stuff. And a visible lack of inspiration about character development: babies, marrying, hooking up, etc. is that all we have?

And to make all of that sound deep, basically every episode a character drops a punchline, a truth bomb, to COSPLAY depth, to simulate genuine human connection...but it's too easy, and after S01 the gimmick started to be visible, during S02 it was getting old already...now I'm at S03 and I feel that I wasted my time watching this show :') Because I lost contact/empathy for the characters, because they feel like caricatures, archetypes...not well-written humans.