That's life. A portion of the people you're going to meet in this world are immature, poorly socialized and so lacking in self-awareness that you sometimes just need to leave the room or risk barking at them, dashing what little self esteem they might have collected in their petty, tragic lives. (I'm not talking about the main leads, btw. Simmons and Spacek do a fine job.) Sometimes you can get along alright, even form healthy relationships with young souls. -The ones who are earnestly trying to learn and explore and deal with their mistakes. In fact, those are often some of the best people. None of us are perfect, after all. But this story features a couple of extraordinarily annoying people who you just want to smack. And you'd think that would be fine, I guess. Some stories need villains, even if their villainy stems from being awkward and broken. It's good to perform character studies on such people so as to prepare yourself for dealing with them in real life. But god... It's tiresome! My favorite stories are those where such characters don't make it into the final draft. (Or the first one!). There's plenty of stories which work just fine, where we get to see excellent people being their best and we don't have to cringe through the antics of petty, bumbling morons being awkward and creepy. On episode 4, I find myself compelled to bow out, (leave the room) simply because I don't want to spend another minute with idiots during my (supposed) down time entertainment. There are enough awkward creeps in the real world, thank-you. That being said... This show is quite well done and deserving of a good score. Just be prepared to grind your teeth at times.

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