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Gwen Reed {Bloom} #1: "You're only young twice."
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12-05-2019, 04:56 PM
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Some of my thoughts about Bloom...
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It started out kind of slow but I did find myself liking it the more it went on. I thought the idea of what they were doing was interesting but I got to say I didn't always love the execution of it. I also think that while 6 episodes is not a lot they really could have cut that down and I think the show would have benefited from that.
Overall I like Gwen but sometimes there were scenes/situations where she pissed me off. I mean I get it. She gets a whole new chance on life and that could be exciting and etc. and she wants to live that out but some of the things she does to her husband is really ****ty. Like I get it the situation was frustrating but she could have went about it so differently. And I'm not saying that she had to stay with him if she didn't want to but I do think he at least deserved some respect and honesty from her in that situation instead of doing what she did and treating him the way she did. And even with all that her husband still helped when he could.
I also wonder why the plant didn't work for her husband. Hopefully they explore that in S2 more.
The triangle was very ugh. Also not even really sure of her feelings for the other guy. She seems to like him but going with him mainly seems to be about getting what she wants (a baby) and he is just a means to an end. And apparently he turned out to super obsessed and crazy.
Actually it seems a lot of the characters who got to go younger seemed to also have this same somewhat ****ty, selfish, and/or craziness. I wonder if there is more to that or if it's just they're own personalities. Or their own personalities amplified and mixed in with the fact they are younger and feel somewhat powerful I guess and then a desperation once they discover it doesn't last.
It's probably just their own personalities mixed in with all the emotions of getting to be younger and getting to have a redo at life. Then it becomes even more so when they realize it doesn't last so now they have to constantly find the plant again after some time.
I wish we had gotten more scenes with Gwen and Sam as I loved their interactions with each other. I thought Phoebe and the Sam actor played off each other really well.
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