I'm nearly at the end of the first season, and while it's been mildly enjoyable, I think I've finally been able to pinpoint why this isn't fully working for me.
The biggest issue is that the entire series is about Jessie, every scene is her, and, every single character is purely written to either support or be in conflict with HER.
At least up to this point that I've watched, there isn't a single character (aside from the leads, but even so it's mostly just Jessie) that has a character arc, or is given any amount of proper time or development.
Tonally, I would best compare this to Fleabag, but the biggest different in style is that Fleabag had a lot of really interesting characters that were fully fleshed out, and went through plots and subplots of their own that weren't entirely revolving around the lead!
I'm fine with the overdone storyline (even though Notting Hill did it better in almost every way), but this show could have been far more enjoyable and less one dimensional if it weren't for, what I would consider, extremely amateurish writing.
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