Season 1 Rewatch: 1x02 "Flying"

[sorchasilver]

Welcome to week 2 of our rewatch project. I'm posting this a little early as I'm very busy this week - unfortunately I won't get a chance to rewatch today but I'll catch up over the weekend. Thanks to everyone who joined in last week. Please watch the episode at a time of your choosing, then join the discussion in the comments.

Let's go flying!

Writer(s): Michael Schur (created by), Alan Yang
Director: Michael McDonald
Originally aired: September 19th, 2016

Synopsis:
Eleanor tries to prove to Chidi that she's worthy of his help; Tahani and Jianyu try to help Michael cope with a mysterious flaw in his neighborhood.

Memorable Quote:
Janet: Conjure an image that brings you pure joy. Some people think of their wedding day, or favorite vacation spot.
Eleanor: [concentrating hard] People puking on roller coasters... people puking on roller coasters...

Useful Links:
Episode Transcript
IMDb entry

Comments

[ahbuggrit]

Watching this ep after Queer Eye, Antonio reminded me of the man with the same name from the show, and Gunnar's beard then made me think of Bobby from the same show, lol. Really glad to see some same-sex couples on the show, however brief.

Honestly a pity that Eleanor's attraction to Tahani isn't taken more seriously, but the hate/frustration+attraction makes for a good fanfic base. Maybe they'll throw a surprise at us and have a poly soulmate situation by the end...

[kindkit]

I'm not very invested in any of the romantic relationships as such, but if there are going to be canonical ships, and apparently there are, it would be nice to have a same-sex relationship. Or, if not, at least some real exploration of Eleanor's bisexuality.

[ahbuggrit]

Yes to all of this.

Though maybe the show writers are making it so as Eleanor becomes more moral, she and Chidi are more deserving of each other/take a chance at happiness... I hope they don't go down this route though. I like them both, and don't mind them together, but that kind of a reward thing wouldn't be to my taste.

Though, it's probably the shared trauma of the bad place that's the strongest factor??

Regardless. The strength of the show is the shenanigans and the (non-romantic) interactions between the characters that I find most charming.