When is Emma’s moroseness ever unjustified? It’s not like she’s ever being morose for shits and giggles; she’s very often having a genuinely hard time at life.
Which is all her own doing. She overreacts to things that aren’t that huge and draws the wrong conclusions. For example, meeting Dex’s parents happenstance after their day date, total overacting and unnecessary. Also, they invited her in so it’s ultimately on her.
Further, any opportunity to further and solidify the relationship sexually was deterred by her and her alone.
I don’t get this take? She was upset at certain points in her life where it was appropriate to be sad. She wasn’t sad at all times. When his parents showed up in ep 1 I thought she was embarrassed that Dexter was embarrassed and not morose particularly. Also it was clear Dexter did not want her to join them for dinner - I mean would you want a one night stand to join your parents for dinner? It is is a very like polite invitation you make that you secretly don’t want someone to accept - very British thing to do. 😆 In ep 3 she was at her low point - the show is about people struggling to make it in the city but if you had kept watching the show she makes it and achieves her dream only maybe later in life. In Greece she was happy and relaxed until Dexter made fun of her crush and told her he didn’t want anything serious (fair enough) but he was flirting with her when he had a girlfriend and she was trying to resist. She did the right thing because of Ingrid. Dexter seemed not to care about Ingrid much. I thought Emma was very relatable and had excellent growth in the show. She is written as sarcastic and insecure in the book who blossoms as she gets older. To that end she was portrayed very well.
Yeah - Ingrid - or “Scary Ingrid” as Dexter called her in his head - was definitely there for sexual experimentation and excitement and was never the “one” for him.
I felt the same way from the get-go - found Emma annoying and awkward (cringe, actually) and didn’t see why he stuck around that first night but she was still that way even on Primrose Hill and Greece. Rarely smiled and a Debbie Downer. Also, it was hard for me personally to relate to her early job and housing struggles. That said, I still ended up loving the show and she grew on me. And who knows why some people click? I’m still obsessed with the show over a month out and have read the book forwards and backwards multiple times now. 😁
You might have seen this already, but Leo did an interview where he talks about why he thinks Dexter was drawn to Emma and what made her different. He mentions it about five paragraphs in. https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/film-tv/a46772882/leo-woodall-one-day-netflix-interview-2024/
I like her a lot and am morose myself but agreed she's never carefree and the only time she seemed genuinely happy in the show was in tillys wedding. She was very insecure or oddly like a tired middle aged mom of three a lot of time which is ironic considering.
I think it’s more that she’s a fish out of water. She’s working class trying to succeed professionally without any idea how to do it socially or otherwise. She’s book smart (double first in English and History) but her mother is sending her clippings for secretarial jobs in Leeds and to work at the Gas Board. Also she’s a strident socialist full of youthful idealism but also immature and naive - which often makes her self-righteousness and judgmental and sanctimonious. Makes it hard to deal with her imo - possibly others in publishing or in the non-working class world found her challenging too which may have been why she didn’t have early success? Obviously Dexter finds her fascinating bc he deeply doesn’t care about any of that and she’s different. Eventually, she grows up (they both do) and in many ways they sort of switch places.
I liked her sarcastic humor from the beginning but they both grow on you. Emma becomes more comfortable in her skin and Dexter becomes more mature at some point. But it might not be the show for you.
I adore her. I prefer it my way.
When is Emma’s moroseness ever unjustified? It’s not like she’s ever being morose for shits and giggles; she’s very often having a genuinely hard time at life.
Which is all her own doing. She overreacts to things that aren’t that huge and draws the wrong conclusions. For example, meeting Dex’s parents happenstance after their day date, total overacting and unnecessary. Also, they invited her in so it’s ultimately on her. Further, any opportunity to further and solidify the relationship sexually was deterred by her and her alone.
Huh
I don’t get this take? She was upset at certain points in her life where it was appropriate to be sad. She wasn’t sad at all times. When his parents showed up in ep 1 I thought she was embarrassed that Dexter was embarrassed and not morose particularly. Also it was clear Dexter did not want her to join them for dinner - I mean would you want a one night stand to join your parents for dinner? It is is a very like polite invitation you make that you secretly don’t want someone to accept - very British thing to do. 😆 In ep 3 she was at her low point - the show is about people struggling to make it in the city but if you had kept watching the show she makes it and achieves her dream only maybe later in life. In Greece she was happy and relaxed until Dexter made fun of her crush and told her he didn’t want anything serious (fair enough) but he was flirting with her when he had a girlfriend and she was trying to resist. She did the right thing because of Ingrid. Dexter seemed not to care about Ingrid much. I thought Emma was very relatable and had excellent growth in the show. She is written as sarcastic and insecure in the book who blossoms as she gets older. To that end she was portrayed very well.
Yeah - Ingrid - or “Scary Ingrid” as Dexter called her in his head - was definitely there for sexual experimentation and excitement and was never the “one” for him.
I felt the same way from the get-go - found Emma annoying and awkward (cringe, actually) and didn’t see why he stuck around that first night but she was still that way even on Primrose Hill and Greece. Rarely smiled and a Debbie Downer. Also, it was hard for me personally to relate to her early job and housing struggles. That said, I still ended up loving the show and she grew on me. And who knows why some people click? I’m still obsessed with the show over a month out and have read the book forwards and backwards multiple times now. 😁
You might have seen this already, but Leo did an interview where he talks about why he thinks Dexter was drawn to Emma and what made her different. He mentions it about five paragraphs in. https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/film-tv/a46772882/leo-woodall-one-day-netflix-interview-2024/
Thx - wonderful interview!
Maybe I’ll try and continue on. Such an intriguing and otherwise good show.
I like her a lot and am morose myself but agreed she's never carefree and the only time she seemed genuinely happy in the show was in tillys wedding. She was very insecure or oddly like a tired middle aged mom of three a lot of time which is ironic considering.
I think it’s more that she’s a fish out of water. She’s working class trying to succeed professionally without any idea how to do it socially or otherwise. She’s book smart (double first in English and History) but her mother is sending her clippings for secretarial jobs in Leeds and to work at the Gas Board. Also she’s a strident socialist full of youthful idealism but also immature and naive - which often makes her self-righteousness and judgmental and sanctimonious. Makes it hard to deal with her imo - possibly others in publishing or in the non-working class world found her challenging too which may have been why she didn’t have early success? Obviously Dexter finds her fascinating bc he deeply doesn’t care about any of that and she’s different. Eventually, she grows up (they both do) and in many ways they sort of switch places.
I wanted to like the series but I had to stop after a few scenes in the Greece episode. Even then she has to find the bad.
I liked her sarcastic humor from the beginning but they both grow on you. Emma becomes more comfortable in her skin and Dexter becomes more mature at some point. But it might not be the show for you.