have stable jobs, and they generally seem content with their place in the world (this might be because they have jobs such as “artist’s assistant” and “wine waiter” that only seem to exist in TV shows). While the lack of neuroses in Looking is refreshing after two seasons of Hannah Horvath freaking out about her nonexistent writing career, it also lowers the stakes of the series, leaving the audience to wonder at times why exactly we should care about these people.
Watercooler Journal
May 2014
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