springsteen

7mo

Really hate Apple’s practice of only renewing shows after each season finishes airing
Still though I’ll bet good money we get season two of this before season 3 of Severance
Love what I’m seeing so far. There are so many ways this could go and I have full faith that Vince will nail it
Carol cracks me up lmao her Karen-ness is definitely intentional even driving around in a cop car like come on hahahaha
So many other shows end up suffering because they’re run by essentially the TGI Fridays pilot girl.
Very excited for Lakshmi to become either a full on villain or Carol’s top partner

Kr0niic

7mo

It was ordered for 2 seasons before they even started filming. Season 2 is already confirmed

Vicko77

7mo

they would love the character if it was the exact same but a man instead😂

Oblivion X

7mo

I'm not really seeing the "she's so miserable" argument some of ya having in here considering her partner just died and the world pretty much ended she's actually pretty normal.

Granted they did show she was hard to please during the ice hotel scene but present day I don't see whats so miserable about her

Jim Halpert

7mo

She’s not unlikable she’s just unhappy

Shown by her 100k vacation at the northern lights where she whined the entire time.

Everest

7mo

sometimes people say stuff like this and its the friend thats too woke meme but i feel like if carol was played by a guy, he would be the 'hes soo me...' comfort character. people would love him because hes the biggest hater and say thats how it really is sometimes.

Babaláwo

7mo

You gotta be Vince Gilligan in disguise or something

Gosh

7mo

This isn’t a hot take but I do believe Carol and the Hispanic dude will team up and figure some s*** out together

I bet he’s watching her videos

BnBallinToo

7mo

I wonder if the hive dumb enough to actually send these to the people and even translate it lol

Babaláwo

7mo

I think she’s generally unpleasant company. For me though, I just don’t find her all that interesting. I find myself not caring if she has some introspective growth about personal happiness etc. She is a plain Jane white woman. My investment is her unraveling the mystery of the aliens/virus. I’d rather the show focus on the Mauritanian guy, and that Indian woman with the turned family if they explore that route. That’s a more interesting introspective dynamic than a cranky, depressed and lonely white woman.

Babaláwo

7mo

What male character comes to mind?

Everest

7mo

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Can’t think of characters specifically but I can think of actors who could’ve played a complete male replica version of Carol and not gotten half of the likability discourse, and probably would’ve been seen as more empathetic, and someone easier to connect to and understand as a character

Imagine if this show was lead by someone like paul giamatti, john turturo, Jeffrey wright, jason schwartzman, mark ruffalo, bill murray, john c Reilly or even Bryan Cranston or Bob Odinkirk. I feel like people would be more open and charitable to the material, and more receptive to the characters a******ish, corny standoffishness and cynicism.

Babaláwo

7mo

I think she’s generally unpleasant company. For me though, I just don’t find her all that interesting. I find myself not caring if she has some introspective growth about personal happiness etc. She is a plain Jane white woman. My investment is her unraveling the mystery of the aliens/virus. I’d rather the show focus on the Mauritanian guy, and that Indian woman with the turned family if they explore that route. That’s a more interesting introspective dynamic than a cranky, depressed and lonely white woman.

Babaláwo

7mo

What male character comes to mind?

Villainous B

7mo

Honestly who cares if she's likeable? The show itself is good.

Oblivion X

7mo

Im guessing we gonna see with the one Paraguay guy that seems similar to carol.

But off the top, just because the opening episode kinda reminded me of it. Joel from the Last of Us was an infinitely more unlikable character at the start but was very loved

Everest

7mo

Can’t think of characters specifically but I can think of actors who could’ve played a complete male replica version of Carol and not gotten half of the likability discourse, and probably would’ve been seen as more empathetic, and someone easier to connect to and understand as a character

Imagine if this show was lead by someone like paul giamatti, john turturo, Jeffrey wright, jason schwartzman, mark ruffalo, bill murray, john c Reilly or even Bryan Cranston or Bob Odinkirk. I feel like people would be more open and charitable to the material, and more receptive to the characters a******ish, corny standoffishness and cynicism.

tippy

7mo

I would love to hear your take on why focusing on the Mauritanian guy would be a more “interesting dynamic”, because he is by far the most one-dimensional character in the whole show

flootures

7mo

Corny standoffishness needs to be in bold letters. Kinda getting tired of the WELL THAT JUST HAPPENED interjections from carol, I know Vince can write better than that. It doesn't ALL have to be sardonic What The F***kk?? 🤪 in response to all the crazy stimuli she sees

Like she's 2 seconds away from "derp" atp