Looking For Alaska
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Their own dramas and emotional swings are totally normal, but adults?
Asking them to follow the rules?
Or just make a phone call at the appointed date and time?Unreasonable!
The adults in this show are uniformly good eggs.
Pudges parents are gigantic squares who plainly adore him.
Hows anyone supposed to formulate sick burns based on these decent people doing their jobs well?
Oooooh, you establish healthy boundaries!
And enforce them daily!!!
isnt going to devastate anyone.
Its just … a description of a best-case scenario.
Thats pretty much the thesis of this episode, which is the best of the miniseries so far.
First up in the Teens Gonna Teen category is Pudge.
A very cute conversation with his parents (Cranberry sauce!
The Halters cant wait to see their boy!)
Again: super on-brand for Pudge.
A little on the nose?
Still, he wouldnt trade a moment of it away, not even the suffering.
The teens faces as they walk back to campus telegraph whats to come.
All we can do is wait.
Were at 21 days before.
rang out over Pudges hopeful walk to Alaskas room following his conversation with Jake.
But thats a joke that only works one time.
Can we take a moment to praise the set designers?
Of course Dolores room is a shrine to the Colonels accomplishments.
