Just a reminder that friendship is just as, if not more, important than romantic love.
Nancy is struggling with her guilt from loosing Barb and befriending Robin is a huge step forward for her letting herself have friends again
Mike and Will's love is based on a strong friendship first that slowly evolved, and they will always be best friends no matter what.
Steve's entire arc is about realizing that romantic relationships aren't the only type of fulfilling relationships in life.
El's motto is literally friends don't lie, she values platonic love so much because it feels so permanent for her. Boyfriends fight and break up but friends will be there through everything.
Argyle was Jonathan's first real friend after a childhood of being alone and bullied.
The Party is a group of people who were lacking love in some aspect of their lives and came together as a found family to love each other. Platonic love, which is just as important as romantic love. It was Max's first real friend group, it was El's first real family, it was a party that Mike built from the ground up with all the people he loved













