(spoilers for season 2 of "Everythings Going to Be Okay")
I've watched the first two episodes of the second season of "Everything's Going To Be Okay" and am just beyond furious. I can't believe I didn't encounter screams of outrage about this on Twitter. To create a wonderful relationship between two autistic people, actually played by autistic actors, and then destroy it with the most cliche of sit-com metaphor jokes -- Oh no! Matilida is STRAIGHT! -- is an absolute slap in the face.
It's not that it's inherently a bad storyline -- both characters are still quite young, it's easy to make mistakes with your first relationship -- but there's a sensitive and caring way it could've been handled and this was the exact opposite of that.
Then there's the fact that they haven't addressed how seriously her family let Matilda down in New York. There is a scene where she blames them for it, but it's mostly nonsense and is immediately called out as nonsense by her sister, "that's just from some show she's watched." (Paraphrased.) The real truth, that Matilda's family is fairly wealthy and not one person has thought to use this useful fact to get her help in achieving her goals, is infuriating and unaddressed. I understand not having the drive or skills, God knows, but money can solve a lot of problems!
Finally... it's just bad. Like terrible improv. The characters just stand around being goofy at each other. It's kind of cool that they chose to acknowledge the pandemic and lockdown (I don't know if I would've thought that if I'd watched it when it first came out) but it's still a television show. There has to be a sense of pace and movement and intention. There's absolutely none.
Edited to add -- I've done some further reading and it sounds like they get a lot better in how they approach this relationship, so maybe I'll keep watching. Episode two is just freaking unforgivable though.
