Love Life
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Did anyone elses heart drop when they realized this was going to be a pandemic episode?
But thats the problem with trying to be the first.
What can you say without the hindsight needed to fully comprehend how the pandemic era has affected the world?
How can you define this moment in time when it isnt even over yet?
Unfortunately, Marcus Watkins isnt going to be the definitive cultural artifact of the pandemic.
Though if people in 100 years want a CliffsNotes summary of 2020, this could probably do the job.
Was it necessary to make multiple jokes about hoarding toilet paper???
The point is that Marcus had the same year as all of us, I suppose.
The episode transports you right back to the paranoia of the first weeks of isolation.
Angelie is dismissive of the viruss severity, taking socially distant yoga classes over staying indoors.
Her hand washing routine is certainly shorter than Happy Birthday sung twice.
Hed rather be single than catch the rona.
If the pandemic has forced Marcus to reprioritize his relationships, its also caused him to rethink his career.
But what really sets me off is that I dont think you even actually care to.
And Marcus has had enough, so he quits with a ceremonial slam of his laptop.
A surprise phone call from Mia finally finds closure to the cheating debacle with the TaskRabbit.
When youre in the middle of a global crisis, those things seem less consequential.
So he agrees to meet Mia for lunch (Outside, naturally).
So they meet each other halfway, literally, as they walk back on their good-byes.
I always want to be there for you, even when youre being an asshole, Marcus says.
But I dont want you to be anything other than what you are because thats who I love.
Its not a grand, poetically composed confession of love, but itsreal.
Its laced with the understanding that he wont bail the second things get tough because they will.
Hes happy with Mia the way she is.
Its been a whole fucking saga for Marcus and Mia.
It feels strange to describeLove Lifeas a rom-com because it lacks the markers of that genre.
And now the time is finally right.
Eat the rich includes you, Kian; sorry, bud.
Ida, when Marcus says he broke up with Angelie: Oh, good for you.
I didnt think you had it in you.
