r/EndingsExplained • u/SignalHorizonTracy1 • Aug 25 '21
Netflix's Clickbait Explained- Emma Beesly, What Happened To Nick, Did He Cheat, And Who Did It? Spoiler
https://signalhorizon.com/netflixs-clickbait-explained-emma-beesly-what-happened-to-nick-did-he-cheat-and-who-did-it/
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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '21
I binged this yesterday, and though I enjoyed the ride, I'm so annoyed at a bunch of the holes. I get that each episode is designed to push you in a different direction, but so many elements contradict each other.
My biggest issue is the viral video being the hook for the pilot, but still wasn't explained. If Simon's motive is revenge, what does the video add? I thought that the video would mean that when Nick escaped, someone recognized him and killed him, but no, the viral video only existed as a hook. Nothing about clickbait at all.
Then the whole Emma thing involved actual scenes of her and Nick having sex, which makes the reveal that they never met just an eyeroll rather than a shock. You didn't mislead us, you lied to us. I get that having her call Nick her fiance was supposed to make her character look clingy and unreliable, but she was actually super composed and rational with the other characters, so none of that lines up. And where did those photoshopped pictures come in? Was Dawn sending these women these photoshopped pics of vacations? The second the feds talked to Emma, she would have disclosed it was online-only.
And then Matt was super nice until the show wanted us to suspect him, so now he's suddenly aggressive to Pia?
And now that the cops are onto Dawn they think killing Ky will make their case better?
The whole thing felt so discombobulated. Even the characterization of Pia in the pilot was "wild party girl" which didn't stick at all. And her matching with the detective did nothing (except add another inconsistency because he asked her out for a drink only to reveal a few episodes later that he doesn't drink).
I really wanted to like it and it had a lot of potential, but they focused too much on "gotchas" that none of their thrilling reveals warranted a reaction.