I watched this Australian TV series and I enjoyed it, I think. It is called Please Like Me and the main character is gay. There were four seasons. The first episode opens with his beautiful female girlfriend breaking up with him saying that the reasons are because they have drifted apart and also he is gay. I thought ok that is a good way to begin and grab my attention. Honestly though as I was watching the first season I was thinking why am I watching this, the main character is so mean and tries to disguise it as being funny. Mean humor is not funny. I did keep watching though because I was intrigued they were in Australia and Australians. It never really says where they live and I don't know Australian cities enough to guess from the scenery. I just kept watching to learn more about Australians. It was difficult though as I have no way of judging if it was a real depiction of Australian life or not. For example - when Friends was on, it was not remotely realistic in its depiction of Americans living in NYC. The apartment alone, do you know how much that would have cost? So for this show I kept looking at their houses, accents, and words they use. It really intrigued be but again I have no clue how close or far away they are from reality.
I did keep watching it and then he went on a blind date and the guy actually called him on his meanness. During the blind date the other guy said that he was going to go as he did not feel they would be compatible since he wanted someone nice and the main character was mean. This startled the main character, as well as me that the show would be so bold to call him out. The main character then thought about it and did not do a 180 but he did become nicer which pleased me. There is also a whole group of insane background characters that made the show really interesting. His mother was bipolar and tried to kill herself a couple times. She was super sad but he was good to her. He rarely gets angry with her or her actions. He states that he understands it is an illness and who knows what awful reality in her mind she has created and lives with daily. I thought he was very compassionate. Judy made comments like this before and how it was harder to love a person with mental illness because of it. I have to agree with this. I am not sure how I could do with it if a parent was bipolar.
I watched all four seasons and read that there will not be anymore. It made me sad that the show ended but also because I feel like I lost some friends. How weird is that right? I asked my friend Loren if me feeling like that meant the show was good or that I am sad. He responded, "Maybe both but the same for all of us", How nice was that, it made me feel good. Overall I liked the show. I wish there would be more. The characters were super oddballs and just doing their best. Sometimes their best was awesome and sometimes it was awful. It made sense and felt real for me. I am super glad I watched it and had them in my life for a bit.
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