You Can Say Goodbye to Sunshine, Sunshine

I have been so ready to start blogging about multiple episodes for expediency (I wanted to be caught up by now) but I keep finding so much to talk about after each episode that I can't force myself to condense anymore than I already am. Even grabbing screengrabs, there are so many highlights and excellent moments in each episode that it's hard to decide what to focus on.

Sid has been my favorite character so far, and it's no wonder that I absolutely was enthralled with this episode. There was so much going on, and yet it was handled with such cohesion.

For a show about a bunch of teenagers, I remain transfixed by the role of adults and parents, and Sid's dad was no exception. Of course, Sid's dad was a real asshole, but again, it isn't that simple. His constant repetition of words and use of short sentences ("Why are you speaking in such short sentences?; "You snook, you snook, you snuck out"), Mark is merely attempting to be a hard ass, rather than the weak and sniveling man that he really is. Besides the tough guy performance (including being an absolute klutz), there is the way that he seems overtaken by Tony telling him about his landfill project, as if aiming to please, and then the final reveal of Sid's mother leaving, Sid berating his father and him letting him get away with it, and then the way Mark has to ask Sid if he can enter his room to return his TV and stereo. You can almost see Sid's weakness's in Mark.



And then there was the romantic drama. Tony really is a manipulative, and even I found myself believing that he was going to do what was best for everyone and give Tony a shot with Michelle, but really he is so conniving that I'm not really sure what he's going to do. It's pretty masterful that at no time do I think that he is simply indecisive, but it's instead that he believes in his motto "That's the great thing about the universe. Unpredictable. That's why it's so much fun...Bang." Things can change in an instant, and Tony rolls with it. (Is this foreshadowing what a difference an instant can make from the spoilers I've accidentally come across about the season finale?)

And that motto of unpredictability and change was followed through the rest of the episode as Sid's relationships with both his father, Michelle, and Cassie took drastic and dramatic turns in an instant.

Other highlights (because the show isn't all drama and theme; it's damn funny):
-"And no Asian Fannie Fan"
-Anwar and Maxxie as Sid's angel and devil
-Sid's Me and Dog shirt
-"I'll kill you you fucking flat chested cocksucking spastic horse fucker."
-Sid getting beat up by a girl gang and then getting pissed on by a homeless man"
-"Don't leave me hanging, G"