![]() Grief is a complicated subject, suicide perhaps even more so, and unfortunately the writing here just isn't up to the task. In contrast, A Million Little Things feels like a calculated ploy to get audiences to cry, like it's just ticking off all the boxes of Serious Issues Adults Deal With™. This Is Us succeeds because of the way it intertwines sadness and light, and the writing and performances make those relationships feel real - the show earns its tears. The cast is capable enough, but there's no real gravitas to the proceedings, as predictable as they are. Take the flashbacks, plot twists, and tear-jerking musical cues of This Is Us and add a healthy sprinkling of the flawed but mega-popular 13 Reasons Why, specifically its depiction of the bewildered loved ones left behind, baffled by their dead friend's dramatic and irrevocable choice. A Million Little Things is almost like something concocted in a laboratory - a pastiche of other, better-written shows. Gary attempts to plan a romantic date with Maggie with the intentions of getting her to open up about a secret she has been hiding Eddie begins to understand the. I think it was poorly done.Įxamining the way men express their emotions (or more problematically, the way they don't) isn't a bad idea, but at this point in the pop culture landscape, using a suicide to do so feels a bit lazy. Bias goes many ways, this definitely showed that this show's agenda is not to offer options - at the end of the show on suicide or depression they offered resources - at the end of this one only one choice. ![]() I think the show could have done a better job with this issue pointing out options, not just the one so called "choice". There are so many options for women including counseling to offer more that just that one choice to end a pregnancy and no one ever talks about the after effects of having an abortion on the person etc. Instead of directing her to help that could offer her choices, she counseled her to one specific organization - Planned Parenthood. She had a girl on the air that was contemplating ending her pregnancy due to her personal situation. Although I normally think the show is very good at addressing the topics of the day - suicide, depression, identity, last night I watched the most recent episode where Maggie told her radio audience that she had an abortion.
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