To be honest, I came here for Zosia Mamet: somehow those eyebrows... I just don't know. Unfortunately, hers is not the main character, but still an important one.
As for the show itself... It's fine. It's not as funny, as one could want. They definitely try, but quite often jokes feel stretched out, forced and flat. There is not enough "soul" in it, I guess? Maybe it's done to seem like "dark humor", and I am missing the point, though.
But the story itself is relatively good, and has a strong message behind it. I would probably drop some of the moments, and compressed it to maybe 6 episodes at most to provide better dynamics, perhaps somewhat close to those raunchy romcoms from the 90s.
I also definitely liked, that unlike a lot of media recently, the main girl is not a "girl boss". Nothing wrong with girl bosses, but the way a lot of them have been portrayed recently is not good, since they are shown with "I do not need anyone, I can do everything myself" kind of attitude, which is actually toxic. Ruby, though is clearly not that. She is far from perfect, and she does need people to help her. In fact, it's kind of a theme here, too, since through-out the season she comes to realizations about herself, that somewhat humble her. Which may be another reason I though of 90s sex comedies
Does this need a second season? Well, since they got such a cliffhanger - definitely, I do know what will happen (especially to Richie), but it probably should have been 1 season with maybe 12 episodes. It's too stretched out at times. Like that signing in the car thing in 1st episode.
As for the show itself... It's fine. It's not as funny, as one could want. They definitely try, but quite often jokes feel stretched out, forced and flat. There is not enough "soul" in it, I guess? Maybe it's done to seem like "dark humor", and I am missing the point, though.
But the story itself is relatively good, and has a strong message behind it. I would probably drop some of the moments, and compressed it to maybe 6 episodes at most to provide better dynamics, perhaps somewhat close to those raunchy romcoms from the 90s.
I also definitely liked, that unlike a lot of media recently, the main girl is not a "girl boss". Nothing wrong with girl bosses, but the way a lot of them have been portrayed recently is not good, since they are shown with "I do not need anyone, I can do everything myself" kind of attitude, which is actually toxic. Ruby, though is clearly not that. She is far from perfect, and she does need people to help her. In fact, it's kind of a theme here, too, since through-out the season she comes to realizations about herself, that somewhat humble her. Which may be another reason I though of 90s sex comedies
Does this need a second season? Well, since they got such a cliffhanger - definitely, I do know what will happen (especially to Richie), but it probably should have been 1 season with maybe 12 episodes. It's too stretched out at times. Like that signing in the car thing in 1st episode.