![]() ![]() However, because this is the final season, Ethan was always going to be a short-lived character, which is a shame. He played pretty much the same character in both Senior Year and How I Met Your Father, though Ethan’s a bit more criminal in his tendencies.Ĭonsidering his work on Love, Victor, I was hoping that his character here would have more depth. Cimino is a good actor, but for some reason he’s been getting typecast as a loveable himbo of late. Devi gets a new love interest this season in the form of bad boy Ethan (Michael Cimino). Team Ben, it’s pretty clear that Paxton and Devi are no longer a romantic possibility after the previous season. So where does that leave Devi and her romantic storyline? While all the show’s promotion still teases Team Paxton vs. The show doesn’t do enough to make us care about her as a character, and it’s saying something when Margot’s father gets more character development than Margot herself. Not only that, his relationship with Margot is a mere plot device. While I can understand feeling insecure and getting into your own head about the whole situation, you don’t do things like this to someone you care about. Instead, Ben’s solution is to ghost Devi and get into a relationship with someone else, and if I were Devi, there would be no coming back from that. ![]() Losing your virginity can be awkward, and having sex for the first time may not be pleasurable, which is all okay if the characters communicate about it and deal with it. I understand wanting to ground the show in realism, which does work this season in some occasions, but absolutely fails when it comes to dealing with these romantic relationships. It’s especially disappointing to begin season 4 and once again have little to no development between Ben and Devi, after the teaser cliffhanger of the previous season. The show spent so much time on Paxton’s character arc, and developing Devi and Paxton’s relationship that Ben and Devi’s relationship momentum got left in the dust. While I was initially a Team Ben girl, it’s difficult to feel that way after Seasons 2 and 3. I’ve spent most of Never Have I Ever vacillating between being Team Paxton (Darren Barnet) and Team Ben (Jaren Lewison). Mature love stories need more space in TV and film, but is this really the time to do it, when we’ve spent 4 seasons with Devi (Maitreyi Ramakrishnan) and her friends, and are more invested in their arcs? ![]() I mean, I love Nirmala (Ranjita Chakravarty) as a character, but the whole storyline with her and her new white boyfriend Len doesn’t feel authentic to her character, especially when she was so difficult about Kamala (Richa Moorjani) and Manish’s relationship the previous season. Firstly, there’s introduction of plotlines that I have no interest in. ![]() Never Have I Ever resists the urge to go for the fairy tale, which is to its credit, but as a viewer it’s the season that has disappointed me the most. The writers may feel inclined to give these characters the absolute best send-off, with projections into the future that are hyperbolic – like Glee – or remain still so fixated on initial endings that don’t feel authentic to the show and its characters anymore – we all know I’m speaking of How I Met Your Mother. It’s definitely bittersweet, but wrap-up seasons are also immensely difficult to do well. This is the last leg of our journey with these characters, and my last review of the show after covering it every single season. As I watch interviews of the cast speaking about how emotional they were shooting the last season of Never Have I Ever, I feel it’s the same for us viewers. ![]()
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