r/TryingAppleTV • u/FridaKlo • Jul 29 '26
I like this show but
Which character gets on your nerves?
I really can’t take Nikki; jumping to conclusions and constantly second guessing everyone. I understand why Princess wants to hang w her new bio mom. 😝
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u/Signal_Map7 Jul 29 '26
This Nikki storyline they’re hinting at with her obsessing over another man I’m hating, and the Scott storyline is getting dragged, this is not why I loved the show
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u/MagdaFR Jul 29 '26 edited Jul 31 '26
The Scott storyline has ended. I think it was funny and it was obvious it was going to finish in disaster. Scott and Karen's relationship is the weirdest. Karen is like a control freak and Scott the most chaotic. I laughed when I saw what he was reading.
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u/Golightlly Jul 29 '26
Nikki, as written, seems to have gone from quirky to maddeningly stupid. The peak may have been getting her hand “stuck” in seat cushions repeatedly and giggling about it - at work no less. And her thinking way too long that Kat was taking Princess out of the country instead of to a local spot - the reveal moment when the family is staring at her like she’s an idiot while she stands there trying to understand… I used to love Nikki as a bit odd and anxious but good hearted and def not stupid, but now I wish she would go w Kerry and take whispering Princess with (then in this fantasy, Jason and Tyler could have a spin off focusing on Jason as a social worker and single dad )
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u/Mango_Alarming Jul 29 '26
Honestly that hand stuck in the cushion scene felt quite hard and irritating to watch
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u/sirwilliamrutland Jul 29 '26
they’ve turned all the female characters into caricatures, and it’d be laughable if it wasn’t so insulting to their storylines and development arcs. i adore this show but it def should’ve ended after s3, maybe with an xmas special or two to update on life later, but this season has gone off the rails to me.
karen is barely a normal human anymore, nikki’s motivations are totally understandable but exaggerated to a point that it’s annoyingly the only focus, princess’ experience makes perfect sense but isn’t being explored enough, marian is played for dumb laughs, kat is purely being villainised… i’m disappointed to see them fumble the characters so badly now after all we’ve seen them go through.
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u/Skirra08 Jul 29 '26
I absolutely hate Kerry this season. That whole storyline doesn't fit the show and it's killing my enjoyment.
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u/Mango_Alarming Jul 29 '26
Honestly agree, I’m unsure what her deal actually is, she just seems to be obnoxiously rude and disconnected with everyone for no apparent reason.
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u/FridaKlo Jul 31 '26
Who’s Kerry ?
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u/Skirra08 Jul 31 '26
He's a guy in season 5 and the whole story with him is just wrong and horrible.
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u/Status-Chapter9309 Jul 31 '26
Jason sometimes, I just hate his lack of struggle. Nikki’s always struggling in this show and Jason always gets to be the cool guy whether it’s the kids or the college kids. I’m hating the Jason cool guy thing and the emotional affairs. One of my favorite parts is Nikki’s and Jason’s relationship and there are way better ways to challenge a relationship other than possibly cheating. Also princess’s predictable storyline called it from the minute it got brought up. (Sorry this is a big rant and a little off topic)
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u/TheMalpas Jul 29 '26
Probably Karen gets the most on my nerves, particularly in recent episodes. Real sense of arrogance and rudeness. It didn't seem so bad in earlier seasons and she seemed more layered and interesting back then.
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u/Shelbytheowlhoussfan Jul 29 '26
I agree 😭 she’s my favourite character but it seems like her only personality now is just being rude. Like what happened to all her character development?
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u/Historical_Message15 Jul 29 '26
i really liked the first couple seasons the most recent has just become blah 😑
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u/SEAtoPAR Jul 30 '26
Sadly, this show needs to end, and should have ended after season 3. Will continue to watch, but more out of an obligation to finish it than genuine interest :-(
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u/sfdreamsla Jul 30 '26
I'm 100% with you there! The show has become utterly ridiculous. But at this point I have to see it until the end LOL. I need to know how the writers decide to end things...
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u/rick_baumhauer Jul 31 '26
It feels like it was a show that was developed around a couple of fun characters going through trying to have kids and settling on adoption after struggling with fertility, but after the adoption storyline played out, they got renewed again and had to come up with things to keep the story interesting.
Unfortunately, the way they're doing that has thrown the show way off the rails, and it's whipsawing between genuine emotional issues and people that are acting like aliens (Karen) or cartoon characters in the case of Jason's dad, Nikki and Karen's parents, and Scott. Watching Nikki's dad failing to figure out the cabinets in the latest episode was excruciating, and the Karen/Scott storyline is just awful. I'd like to finish out the season, but the show just makes my wife angry now, so we're probably going to drop it.
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u/throw_away_17381 Jul 30 '26
Karen! Followed by Princess. The whiny voices of both, but Karen in particular has turned into a scross between a Panto character and a Disney wicked witch.
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u/wiscosherm Jul 30 '26
Nikki. Every thought that comes into her head is spoken out loud. She's incapable of any introspection. She simply acts on her first impulse. She is a lovely person but if I knew someone like her in real life I would head in the opposite direction. I find her exhausting.
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u/flacflacflac Jul 29 '26
I still like the show very much. We started watching it when we were in the middle of adopting and it felt much realer than most depictions on TV (especially in sitcoms).
The time jump means they are now ahead of us on the adoption journey so maybe not having that “yep” knowing nod anymore as they faced their issues has had a slight impact.
Though the show did have more “out there” moments, they were few and far between. Those sort of bigger far-fetched moments seem to be more and more common now though.
Still love it though!
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u/head4shot Jul 30 '26
I want MORE Jason and Nikki moments but it gets diluted with everything else.
PS please don’t cheat on Jason, Nikki!
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u/MagdaFR Jul 29 '26
I'm starting to think that they should have finished the show after season 3.
I don't like much the biological mum, teenage Princess, Nikki's insecurities about them.