surprise it's exactly what you thought it was: jax abstraction + backstory double whammy
the narrative really wants you to feel bad for jax, and i almost do, but the way it's executed is so eeeh. i've met people like jax. you care about them, want them to get better, but some people just refuse help. at some point, it's out of your hands. they aren't good for you, and you have to let go.
oversimplifying:
literally this time. they had to pry pomni off him.
what the fuck? did all that merch money go towards getting the rights to play stevie wonder?
life's a bitch and then you die. sometimes life's a bitch and then you keep on living. except for jax he's dead for real this time.
free cafe wifi saves the day
caine is a rare instance of giving an ai unsupervised internet access going right
SURPRISE! SOMA THEORY WAS RIGHT. let's be honest this was the only way it could've ended. i actually kind of liked it in concept. i think you can do something neat with it.
the cast gets a slideshow presentation of their socials and what they did post-brain scan. my personal worst nightmare to be honest. it's cute seeing what they ended up doing with their lives though.
kinger for dad of the year. real name: grant best. nominative determinism strikes again.
they're either in st. louis or chicago, neither of which i expected (chicagooo…chicagoooooooo)
there's a rabbit at the gay bar
abstragedy is real but at what cost
and then they all lived happily(ish) ever after without jax. the end!
this somehow could've gone a lot worse, but it also could've gone a lot better.
oh and stinger guest star: the down with cis bus
biggest takeaways: never answer tumblr anons ever, lest you set unrealistic expectations for your quirky indie show. it's good to have beta readers sometimes. and maybe do background checks on your cast and crew. also someone working at a theater chain in brazil is probably in big trouble.
really like the fresh angle knights of guinevere takes as a disney critique. it's not so much "fuck you disney lmao" like everyone was expecting, it's moreso "there's value in the stuff disney makes, it's just reduced to mush by people that don't value it". i mean shit, guinevere is the representation of this show's thesis -- an entity that's still treasured dearly by frankie, and it had to escape being held hostage by its makers that were literally ripping its insides out for profit