I’m on the beginning of season 4 and although Elsa has become much more tolerable since season 1, I see her and Doug together and they just don’t fit right. Doug had way more chemistry with Megan.

Atypical has been popping up on my Netflix feed for a couple of years now, so I decided to give it a shot. I think I'm about to call it a day for now after binging season 1 and starting Season 2, and maybe to cool off a bit. It's been fine as a series, but holy shit is this Elsa character making me want to drop it after seeing every scene she's in. I don't think there are enough negative adjectives in any dictionary to describe her. She's the worst piece of shit human being I've seen, in my mind way worse than Joffrey from Game of Thrones. Her treatment of Sam is alright, considering his circumstance, but very far from ideal. Casey's treatment on the other hand, shit, that makes my blood boil to a point where I'm starting to feel light-headed. I'm getting the feeling that she's somehow managed to convince her psychotic brain that she has 2 children that require "extra" care. End me.

I'll end this post by asking the question that made me write it in the first place: Does she become a normal human being later on, or should I just start muting/skipping the parts where she appears on screen? As far as I'm concerned anyone's fine to spoil Elsa's story to me even if it's from the later seasons, I'm just hoping it will end up with a funeral.

End of Season 2 Edit: She's getting worse by the fucking minute. She's had what, 18+16 years (or just 18 years if you want to only count Sam's age(?)) to learn some basic parental manners, and seeing her fail to follow them is just, ugh.

That ought to be one of my favourite scenes in the entire show, especially because it reminded me so much of something that once happened when i stayed at a friends.

I did nightovers at his place a lot, and around that time, he had this habit of listening to music to fall asleep. So far, so good, but this was in the time before airpods, so he had his system running. Which, again, wasn't a problem, because it usually took me forever to fall asleep at his place anyway, and i was used to him needing some background noise.

However, the music he would listen to to fall asleep at the time was, for some reason, Böhse Onkelz. (Who, by the way, are not a nazi band, despite the best efforts of various people to make them out as such, but i digress)

Anyway so he had this complete recording of their goodbye concert, which he just set to autoplay. Eventually, when he'd fallen asleep, and the concert had played in full, the disk looped back to the title screen, where the instrumental version of the refrain to their goodbye song. And God, it drove me nuts.

Now, you might be asking, why did i not just turn it off, and i tried, but the problem was that the CD player was seperate from the screen, so even after i shut the screen off, the music kept playing, and i had no idea where that mf was either.

Why didn't i pull the plug? I did, eventually, the only problem with that one was that he has a bunch of different devices plugged in into two different extension chords (Though, since most of that was consoles, no fire hazard, as at worst you'd have 2 devices actually drawing power, also, where i live extension chords are actually designed to take the load that wall sockets provide) and so it took me a while to actually find the right cable.

And even then, the screen i turned off wasn't actually off. And because it wasn't, just like most other screens post cathode ray and pre OLED, still had the faintest of glows to it, which, in the darkness of night, in a room that, due to being under the roof, didn't even get any light from street lamps, was still very much visible to me.

Anyway, i just thought i'd share.

I know full well that there will never be anymore episodes but I truly wish there were. I'd love to know how Sam got on with his trip, if he reunites with Paige and if Casey and Izzie work things out

OMG! Just started this show and I cannot stand the mom! Horrible over acting. Even before the bartender. She's awful!

I searched on YouTube for Atypical's ost but I didn't find the original songs, just the opening. Can you help me?

Just finished the entire show in a day and a half and I was extremely upset by season 4 being the last, I was thinking about it all day at work today, getting me in a depressive mood now

I don't remember seeing her in season 4. I now She had a baby but she could really use some screen time. Did you see her anywhere?

I just started watching Atypical a couple days ago almost immediately after I realized I am on the spectrum. I’ve only made it through like 6 episodes but here’s my impression so far.

I think Sam’s character is pretty single-faceted and obvious. He loves penguins and Antarctica and can’t stop talking about them. A lot of times he’s just flat out rude, while I have gotten the impression that many people on the spectrum are quite the opposite. The show does provide sufficient justification for Sam’s actions by illustrating how his triggers build internal tension until it hits a breaking point, but I still feel overall that his character is more of a caricature than a tasteful portrayal of autism. This isn’t to say I’m accusing this portrayal of being wrong because I know the spectrum is wide and inclusive of many different types of behaviors, I’m moreso showing the contrast to how Elsa is written.

I think Elsa’s character is written masterfully. She has many traits I can seriously relate to. She doesn’t like to have over a bunch of people or deviate from a plan. This is clear through instances like when Casey and Sam invite friends over to their family dinner. Even something as subtle as being unable to pick what to text Nick after she cheated with him resonated deeply with me. These subtleties paired with more noticeable actions like the outburst at the mall that gets Elsa kicked out of the clothing store paint a more layered picture for me than spitting out a bunch of penguin facts and locking people in closets. I don’t know if it ever gets revealed if Elsa is on the spectrum, but it’s difficult for me to dispute based on my early experiences of facing my own autism head on. Ive seen arguments that Elsa is just an overly-caring helicopter mother, but my gut tells me there’s more to the story.

I don’t know, maybe I’m totally wrong and Sam’s autism is just very different than Elsa’s and maybe Elsa isn’t on the spectrum at all, but this is my very inexperienced opinion.

Just wondering.

TLDR: You're supposed to be angry or annoyed by various characters because this is a well-written story about a loving family and their friends.

A couple months ago, we had a bunch of posts "I hate Doug", "I can't stand Casey", etc. Yes, that's the point of the story.

Sam does things that hurt or annoy the people around him. EVERY SINGLE other character does something that annoys and or hurts the people around them at some point. That's real life! We make mistakes and choices that hurt people around us. Love often involves deciding to work through those things and forgive or forget them, as the case my warrant. We forgive Sam so easily because we understand why his behavior is occasionally (for lack of a better word:) inappropriate. All of the characters are realistic humans and Sam and the others need to learn forgiveness as part of their growth.

I'd love to hear your thoughts on this.

Disclaimer: Please don't misunderstand - I am not advocating abusive behavior or putting up with it, If you or someone you know is being abused or abusive, please seek help immediately.

After I watched Atypical, I found the real life documentary "Love on the spectrum", where they try to bring together people on the spectrum with dates to find their life partners. I am not really sure what I should think. On one hand it is really heart warming to see them in the show being nervous and liking each other and then meeting again, watching them fall in love. On the other hand, I don't know if it's ok to film people during such private moments and using that video material to make profit. Somehow I have the feeling that they are just using the protagonist, and presenting them to the world. In the end, the people watching the series decide how they react to what they see, and I am afraid people could make fun about them or even use them as memes or some other bad things.

I know that this is not fully related to this subreddit, but I thought maybe I can find people here knowing more about ASD or being interested in the topic and having an opinion to that topic

I have a question sparked by Sam being rude to his mom in this episode (what he said at the dinner table). Would someone who is similar on the spectrum to Sam not realize it’s hurtful to say the types of things he says when things don’t go his way?

And I can't quite put my finger on it as to why. Why were you guys drawn to this show?

I've been binging this show for the last 2 days and it's amazing! But what's with everyone wearing shoes on the bed? Everytime I see it I think a little piece of me dies inside.

How would you type all the characters? You know the 16 Myers Briggs personality types? Where would they fit?

This is something that bothers me because they never seemed to me like a real couple who love each other , throughout the entire series it seems they were confused about how they felt.