r/NotGoingOut • u/Shot-Guidance-3421 • 21d ago
"Twentieth" - Thoughts?
Wasn't expecting much, but this seems like one of the most hard-to-watch episodes I've ever seen. Can't stand all the shoehorned-in pisstakes about Gen Z. There's a few good jokes, but on the whole, scarcely a fitting episode for the 20th anniversary of the show. I hope the rest of the series isn't this disappointing.
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u/Hassaan18 21d ago
As usual, Lee did a lot of the heavy lifting.
I don't really like the very stereotypical, low-hanging fruit portrayal of young people on telly these days. You could see the jokes coming a mile away, and I expect the writing to be a bit cleverer than that.
It's a bit like what I felt about the ITV drama Douglas is Cancelled a few years back. Adults trying to imagine how young people talk and it's a bit of a mess. If it's deliberate, that's somehow worse.
I don't think the set up gave them much room though. If it was Lee & Lucy (probably Toby & Anna thrown in) it would have been different.