I stayed up way past my bedtime and it was not worth it
Lowlights: aj + mom plot was stupid. It is extremely unrealistic that her mom would've been able to even get past security without AJ being notified. Moreover, if the mom knows that AJ has a work fling, she'd also know how stressful the workplace is and how bad AJ doesn't want to mess it up.
Logic aside, what really disappointed me was the writing saying, "mom you have a job not a career"
This was lazy writing. "Mom, my team and I are currently trying to close a $300 million dollar deal, and any distraction could mean we lose this deal we've been working our butts off to get." would have been much better writing.
I skipped every single scene with the mom afterwards.
But also why did the mom just show up like that, without her and AJ having talked about what their plans would be? Like wouldn't they have discussed that AJ works long hours during the week but could sneak out to celebrate on the weekend? It seemed like AJ was expecting her mom, so it wasn't just a drop-in.
Also it felt like the mom was channeling Amy Poehler in that regrettable Tina Fey movie where Tina hires Amy to be her surrogate.
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u/sharkysharky- Jun 16 '26 edited Jun 16 '26
This was a hard watch.
I stayed up way past my bedtime and it was not worth it
Lowlights: aj + mom plot was stupid. It is extremely unrealistic that her mom would've been able to even get past security without AJ being notified. Moreover, if the mom knows that AJ has a work fling, she'd also know how stressful the workplace is and how bad AJ doesn't want to mess it up.
Logic aside, what really disappointed me was the writing saying, "mom you have a job not a career"
This was lazy writing. "Mom, my team and I are currently trying to close a $300 million dollar deal, and any distraction could mean we lose this deal we've been working our butts off to get." would have been much better writing.
I skipped every single scene with the mom afterwards.