A to Z: A is for Acquaintances

October 3, 2014 10:37 AM - Season 1, Episode 1

The meet-cute start of Andrew & Zelda's eight month long relationship.

Favorite quote:
"These are programmers, alright, they only believe in logic and math."

posted by Margalo Epps (5 comments total)

I cautiously like this show. It seems like an anti-romcom, in the mode of (500 days of) Summer. (Right down to the "he believes in love" "she believes in control" characters.)
posted by Margalo Epps at 11:39 AM on October 3, 2014

I liked this a lot, but I don't know how much of my enjoyment stemmed from the show itself and how much stemmed from just seeing Ginsberg from Mad Men seem happy. It's like seeing a tortured soul loosed from the wheel of pain and ushered into a better world where he can text nice girls, because there is an internet, and where somehow the ghost from Being Human is alive again, too. And allowed to keep her real accent, unlike poor Karen Gillan...
posted by kittens for breakfast at 4:44 PM on October 3, 2014 [1 favorite]

but I don't know how much of my enjoyment stemmed from the show itself and how much stemmed from just seeing Ginsberg from Mad Men seem happy

Same here, but replace 'Ginsberg from Mad Men seem happy' with 'the mother from How I Met Your Mother seem not dead.'
posted by oh yeah! at 5:51 PM on October 3, 2014 [1 favorite]

It was a cute episode, but I don't know if it's meaty enough to be interesting for more than a few episodes.
posted by Aranquis at 6:00 PM on October 3, 2014

I didn't recognize Ginsberg at first. I mean, I knew I saw him in something I cares about, but the different era really threw me for a loop.

And then it clicked and I couldn't help thinking about the valve and the gift and what it meant for this couple.
posted by [insert clever name here] at 11:05 PM on October 4, 2014