Stupid “People of Earth” fanart.
(spoilers) The main character Ozzie doesn’t understand why his boss Jonathan, who is (apparently) younger than him, acts so weird around him. He makes Ozzie drink stuff because it’s healthy, makes him fancy coffee, and eventually stalks him all the way to another state when Ozzie quits his job, and even buys the new company Ozzie ends up working for. Ozzie tries really really hard to show Jonathan that he hates him, but Jonathan just does not get it.
At first Ozzie wonders if maybe Jonathan is in love with him, but he eventually realize Jonathan isn’t a stalker with a crush. He is in fact an alien who is several hundred years older than Ozzie and he has been protecting Ozzie from the alien agenda ever since he was a child. He is basically acting like an overbearing mother who won’t let Ozzie out of his sight, fearing that he might be hurt. Jonathan’s actions are still weird, but as the shows goes on they become more understandable.
What’s really interesting about their relationship is that Wyatt Cenac, who plays Ozzie, had a somewhat similar relationship with his mother who didn’t understand that he hated her and kept showing up unannounced despite him trying to keep her away.
So I first thought Jonathan was supposed to be a father figure of sorts, but it turns out he’s more of a mother figure. Shit’s getting deep.
