Vanessa Quintanilla

*spoilers below* I did not read the book. My friend watched the show and said she cried. I shed a tear once and that was when (older) Tully was looking for her dad. Honestly, I’ve never been a Katherine Heigl fan and was a Sarah Chalke fan so I was a little biased watching the show. Ended up the opposite by the end. The characters: The young Kate and Tully actresses I absolutely LOVED! I connected with Tully more but can feel the connection with Kate and their relationship made sense. Their mistakes, made sense, the dynamic made sense. Adult Kate was annoying. She never evolved, never took accountability for her part in any relationship, extremely insecure about her relationship with Johnny and never grew from it, even till the end. Her reaction to her fathers death was kind of bland. I thought I would feel extremely sad at the end, instead, I was like: well, she fulfilled her spot in life. Never seemed like she truly appreciated any of the relationships around her. I felt like I wasn’t allowed to connect with her. Sarah’s acting had some good moments and some really questionable moments which helped with the disconnect for me. Her family dynamic was believable and made sense. Adult Tully was easier to relate to, although a tad annoying at first but she was able to take her own tragedies (for the most part) and learn from them, grow from them and really tried to make a change. I actually liked her acting and certain parts seemed extremely genuine. I understood her, how her story was written allowed me to get her. The rest of the cast I enjoyed watching. I loved watching Ignacio Serricchio (Danny) as I’ve seen him in a bunch of other things and has never disappointed. I agree with another reviewer, the wigs were horrid and distracting (to me at least) and the forcing of the 20s version of them were not as believable as I hoped. And the aging of Tully’s mom?! I chalked it up to the use of drugs. Eesh. I did like the music! I love Barry Manilow and there were a few other songs that made me appreciate their moments. I watched both season because I won’t lie, the first season had me wondering why they stopped talking (good job writers!!). But I was hoping to get a good cry in like my friend said so maybe I just have a different kind of heart. I can appreciate good writing and acting (like hating an actor for playing a villain which means they did their job perfectly) but the writing could’ve been better, and the delivery even more so.