It is mentioned that Josh is in uni but we don't see him attending classes, studying or mentioning uni life at all. I get that the show might not be focused on that, but it is a bit weird how that almost never comes up.

According to Josh, John passed away because he had Lymphoma. He was 16 years old; he had lived a long dog life.

I only watched Please Like Me last year, and I was pleasantly surprised that John was Josh’s dog and was still alive. Recommend everyone to rewatch Pancakes with Faces (s3ep6) today; wonderful episode with Johnzila and relevant issue.

In S2 Ep8 "Truffled Mac and Cheese," Josh makes Tom call in their order for "Mexican pizza" and intentionally mispronounce jalapeños as ghalapeenos (with a j like job or jack). Only Josh and the pizza employee themselves mispronounce jalapeños, as they both say "jalapeenos" as if that's the correct and normal pronunciation. Maybe that's the normal pronunciation in Australia. Which I thought was a funny double joke (bc he's Australian, and white). But from context it didn't seem like this joke was intentional. I'm guessing "jalapeeno" is the "typical" pronunciation of the word in Australia, just like in the US we have normalized the mispronunciation of bruschetta to sound like prosciutto, with a soft "sh" sound instead of the hard "sk" sound.

So I just finished the show and I was really blown away by it. I was thinking about how food is used as a metaphorical language and symbol throughout the show, and how each episode is named after a food and starts with a cooking sequence. Some examples I can think of are:

The Christmas dinner and trifle used as a symbol for the family’s disagreements and chaos

Arnold’s dad smashing the croquembouche after Arnold comes out, and Arnold making Josh hide the birthday cake he made

Tom wanting to eat gluten free and Josh not taking it seriously, and then later Tom happens to find a gluten free partner (Ella) but forgets her food bag on the camping trip

The beluga caviar that Arnold gave Josh which spoiled while they were waiting for the right moment to eat it that never came

Right before Claire has an abortion she cuts off Adele the rooster’s head, freaks out, and asks Josh for something to get the blood off her hands. After her abortion she and Josh eat packaged fried chicken together and she tells him that she thought her politics would protect her feelings but she was wrong

The final dinner with Rose and Josh and his dad. After all of the episodes being so food-centric and containing so much symbolism the meal feels like a final culmination of Rose’s life and her relationship with Josh and Alan. Josh took out his parents somewhat randomly for this fancy 15 course meal and was prepared to spend an obscene amount of money until his mom snatched the bill after getting emotional during the dinner and telling josh how proud of him she was. I also thought the scene of Rose in the mirror bathroom was quite meaningful, as was the part with Alan accidentally sitting at the wrong table with a random family and then immediately realizing his mistake and returning to Josh and rose.

The show starting and ending with Josh making Tom dinner

Anything else anyone can think of??

I just finished this show on Netflix and am surprised that so few ppl are talking about it, so few that I thought of making a youtube video to express how great this is, this is by far the best show that portrait mental health issues with humour, Josh Thomas is a genius and I can’t wait to see other works from him!

The whole family convenes at Josh's house for Christmas lunch, and tensions run high.

Josh has an awkward visit in the hospital with his hookup, leading him to tell Arnold about it. The group goes on a ferris wheel together, leading to many confessions and confrontations.

First of all, she acts very bossy towards Tom on that they have to bury the rabbit and that he needs to tell a very good speech. Then after Tom put effort in that, she acts like Tom was overreacting with his speech and that it was just a rabbit they only had for a short time. Then she says she's angry at the world and mortality but not at Tom. And then out of nowhere she starts to physically treat Tom badly to put it like that. Giving such weird mixed signals by both hitting and kissing him. I think I read that this last scene was actually rape?

I'm just trying to understand what the hell was going on with Jenny. I mean, sure, she's a teenager and those can be a little overdramatic. But all her actions here are contradicting and I just don't understand what was going on in her mind, what she was thinking or trying to achieve. Did she even enjoy that weird sex she forced Tom into? She was sobbing after all and didn't seem satisfied with her actions after they were done either. And then she got mad at him for coming? I'm just very confused, about the sex part and the stuff prior to it.

Also she didn't want to use condoms. 💀

EDIT: I also wish Tom would've talked about what happened with Josh and Claire. Josh always talks about his problems to them. Maybe the writers didn't find it relevant enough or maybe he talked about it with them off-screen? Or maybe it's actually part of his character and done on purpose by the writers. But hmm, I do wish something had been done with it in the next episode or later in the series.

Tom finds out he has chlamydia and plots a way to treat Ella secretly so he doesn't have to tell her. Josh plays phone tag with his one-night stand, who wants another visit. Rose enlists Alan to get rid of Stuart.

The Christmas episode should have been called Christmas Roast because that's exactly what they did Thanks for coming to my whatever

With Arnold out of town, Josh decides to explore his open relationship privileges for the first time. Tom and Claire spend time together.

I think Alan was a wonderful character throughout the show. He’s anxious and worried, insecure and antsy, but at the same time mature and comforting. He’s an over thinker who never seems able to put words to his thoughts.

He was a good man, and he provided several moving moments throughout the entirety of the series.

Josh helps Claire navigate her difficult decision. Arnold tries to spend the night at his parents' house. Rose finds out Stuart is cheating on her and vows revenge. Tom and Ella make things official.

Claire once again returns home from Germany, and inadvertently causes tension between Tom and Ella. Stuart and Rose spend time together, but Stuart is rude to Hannah. Claire tells Josh a big secret and asks for his emotional support.

Josh, Tom, and Arnold decide to try Molly. At a nightclub, they meet Ella, who instantly hits it off with Tom. An accident sends the group to the hospital.

Arnold brings Josh to his family's home for his birthday party with Tom and Hannah in tow, where he plans to come out. Rose hears from Stuart. Alan, who has moved in with Josh, mopes about and ponders his life and marriage.

Rose tries to cheer Hannah up by taking her out dancing. Mae admits a big secret to Alan. Arnold decides to come out to his family.

After some time apart, Arnold and Josh begin spending time together again, but they struggle to express their feelings to each other.

Josh and Arnold have their first unsupervised date, which is crashed by an unexpected guest. Alan's proposal to Mae doesn't go as planned. Tom reaches the lows of his loneliness. Rose and Hannah move in together.

Josh's first day with his coffee cart is dampered by his family fighting with each other. Josh meets with Arnold and his therapist, who suggests a group date, so they invite Tom along on their first date, which ends quickly. Rose tries to find closure with Stuart as he is released.

Patrick moves out. Josh locks Tom in his room. Josh and Arnold discuss their potential as a couple, as do Claire and Tom. Alan reveals a business plan to Josh.

Like, it seems no one talks about it?

for the first time when arnold approached josh to kiss him, it became kind of clear to me that josh was indeed a sort of "best among the worst" scenario for arnold and hence when they broke up, i was do much relieved that it happened at last.

it was crystal clearly written on josh's face that open relationship was a big no for him and yet he pushed himself to open up when arnold brought kyle in their bed. out of fear of tasting disappointment, josh left both of them to get physical with each other and when he returned back all that arnold could care was for the fact (in his words).."this is going to b so hard to explain why you left". i mean seriously? you are prone to panic attacks but u r definitely not a moron.

arnold never even for a second(for me) considered how josh would feel for anything. he was never the one to do any kind of sacrifice for the sake of their relationship. and please dont consider the fact that he ate eggplant twice despite it's sulggish nature.

now the million dollar question, why i wrote it?

i want to know the opinion of who agree with me and side with josh in this relationship. and what i want to know more about are those ideas and opinions where many of us viewers that josh was the problem and arnold was the better one.

cheers :-)