Stumptown Rewatch
I rewatched Stumptown! Mourning the loss of our four season minimum timeless classic and the loss of one of the hottest characters Jake Johnson has ever played. (But all the main cast was hotif we’re being honest. The big three if you will!)
The episode where Hoffman and Gray fight the whole time? Giggling and twirling my hair around my finger. Angry Jake just does it for me. As soon as he frowns or makes that one face, I’m gone. Don’t talk to me, don’t touch me, don’t nothing. I’m with him now.
His hair? Immaculate. I’ve paid vivid detail the the slightly different swoops or gel patterns to an unhealthy extent. Because when are we ever going to get that again? He keeps making jokes about going bald. ( which by the way is not a deal breaker for me. I love him)
Also, Jake Johnson is not the only reason I love this show. Just a very small part actually. I just tend to get carried away when I start talking about Jake Johnson.
The show has such good writing. It has that old mid 2000s magic, or 2010’s if you will, feeling where lots of people get obsessed, it has a big fandom, and it ends up with a lot of seasons. Every box that can be checked is checked, except it got canceled due to COVID or whatever reason they go with.
Grey is Nick Miller, if he was smart. . . And a criminal, but that’s in the past! He has a bar now and son like figure through Ansel. (That’s his MF’n son and you can’t tell me it isn’t.)
I love Dex and her dynamic with everyone. Her little brother is just so charming and a joy to see on screen. Every minor character is just as fun as the main cast. The world and the process of being a private investigator is so fun! Like each random case is just as interesting as the characters relationships with one another.
The finale??
Ben finally being put to rest. Dex opening a new arc of finding out who she is without the grief, shame, and despair. Then the cliffhanger where ‘so and so’ pops up out of the blue??
Gray’s dad still being a piece of shit and leaving him in a compromised position. He showed up and acted like he wanted to meet his son. The whole time he was doing dirt and shit behind his back and then hauls ass in probably the most turmoil moment in Gray’s life. Almost losing his new and “real” family.
Hoffman’s good cop bad cop struggle. While not the most interesting arc compared to the other two but, this whole time he’s known as the cop friend. We don’t know who he is without his badge and maybe he doesn’t either. While I don’t believe he would walk away from it forever, it does bring up interesting questions in terms of what is he going to be doing while he’s not a cop? Is going to be Dex’s full time sidekick?
And we might never know the resolution or answers to any of these questions and dispositions. I might have to go read the comic.
Stumptown you will be forever missed!
Thank you for reading if you made it this far!!
