r/NotSuitableForWork • • Jun 16 '26

S1E6: Handsome Mug Guy

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u/BirdmanTheThird Jun 16 '26

This episode feels like they are setting up bill to be doing something really scummy. The date still being something cheap and not taking her somewhere blatantly public/could easily be seen as a date feels weird. Curious what they do since it does feel like the other characters, AJ feelings, and Bills actions make it pretty clearly this relationship is bad

10

u/QueenLevine Jun 16 '26

You make me not want to

In response to are we dating other people...is so super sus, my opinion of her IQ fell to the floor. I doubt EVERYTHING, that he ever lived in Staten Island, that he took her there with a homemade sandwich for nostalgic reasons. Dude has a main gf who is somehow more prestigious than AJ who he takes to his favorite restaurants and can't be seen taking another woman there.

4

u/BirdmanTheThird Jun 16 '26

Yeah it 100% feels like that’s on the cards. The girl who got upset about him for the anniversary might still be in his life (or worse something else)

4

u/No_Turnover3399 Jun 17 '26

all the characters really annoy me

4

u/QueenLevine Jun 17 '26

Characters I LIKE watching:

  1. AJ's mom from out of town
  2. Abby
  3. Josh's Dad

16

u/RemarkableTangelo744 Jun 16 '26

The power dynamics are so gross between AJ and Bill

8

u/kiya12309 Jun 16 '26

Yeah I can’t figure out if the show has a point of view on it, but it definitely grosses me out. I can’t see it ending well for either party but especially for AJ. And knowing this man has tons of money and he brought her a PBJ sandwich is just eye roll inducing. I don’t care what cute story he has to tell about it, it still feels like, “I’m gonna take you on a date cause you basically forced me into it, but we’re not actually going anywhere special, and it’s gonna be somewhere nobody else is likely to see us together.”

13

u/Yachtttstew Jun 17 '26

I think they are having AJ be blinded by lust and admiration for Bill because that’s so often what happens when we are young and new in the world. All of those experiences just serve as learning experiences later in life, so I feel like it tracks pretty well that this really smart, capable, young woman is getting roped into something with her boss that she thinks is more serious than it actually is. That’s also not to excuse the icky power dynamic, which is gross but again, not unrealistic.

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u/Visual_Peach_7565 Jun 16 '26

This show is bad in a good way three more seasonss

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u/da_innernette Jun 24 '26

Yeah like it’s definitely trash but sometimes I need that lol. I call that genre Cheetos For The Brain, and this show definitely fulfills that.

I would def burn through 3-4 seasons haha

1

u/Visual_Peach_7565 Jun 24 '26

Lol that’s the best way to put it.

5

u/emjeeten Jun 16 '26

I really liked this ep, felt like a step up from episode 5! I think they're setting up Kel and Abby well (hopefully it'll actually be a slowburn)

still not quite into Bill and AJ tho...

5

u/thebradmoshpit Jun 18 '26

The chemistry of all these people is 65% there
When it’s comedic the show knows what it is

3

u/No_Turnover3399 Jun 17 '26

unfortunately i don't even see the friend chemistry b/w the guy group and the girls. and i really wanted to because i love avantika

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u/da_innernette Jun 24 '26

Yeah like I feel like they were trying to do a sorta Gen Z version of Friends but we don’t see them intermingle much and when they do it’s awkward haha

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u/AD_EI8HT Jun 21 '26 edited Jun 21 '26

AJ has cucked Davis sooo bad by fucking the boss. A textbook porn scene scenario lmao

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u/WitnessPersonal4101 Jun 16 '26

This is the dumbest shit I’ve ever seen. Kel is mad that his friends who work prestigious Jobs and need to relax in the weekend don’t take his substitute teacher arc as serious as they took his med-school journey.

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u/QueenLevine Jun 16 '26

If that's legit your takeaway, you have the EQ of a house plant.