Ron Does Stuff

It’s the final season! It’s fair to say that, right? Since the next one after this is a movie. Let’s get into it!

In the season finale, both Nick and Charlie are totally open and vulnerable with each other, and it’s a well-shot scene that I really liked. That goodwill and love carries over into the start of this new season, with the opening scene showing Charlie practicing how to say I love you to Nick. He doesn’t quite have the courage to do so, though, even with the prodding from his sister.

He’s going to have an opportunity to do so during the gang beach outing, where we find out that Darcy has been living with Tara ever since getting kicked out of her house. At least the lesbians are having fun!

At the beach, we get a shot of Kit Connor taking of his shirt because this is a show for homosexuals, after all. There’s some sunscreen rubbing and some…anxious thinking? from Charlie. It’s the only way I can describe it, since I don’t know the proper psych term for it because there’s probably a correct psych term for it. But it stops him from telling Nick that he loves him.

Meanwhile, token heterosexuals Tao and Elle are being sappy and ridiculous and in love, doing all of this while Charlie is stressing over how to tell Nick that he loves him. Homophobia! The homophobia in this show is rampant. It’s only Isaac the Asexual (and Aromantic) that offers Charlie any support. Sahar, the militant queer woman, punctures Tao’s summer of romance plans by saying that pretty soon, the honeymoon phase between Tao and Elle is going to be over. You can always trust a queer woman to lead.

Speaking of queer women, it’s Tara who finally gives Nick a little boost when it comes to confronting Charlie about his eating disorder when she says that “When someone you love’s in trouble, you’ll do anything to help them.” They both try to prop each other up, and they’re at least doing it at a beach that looks so much better than the one in season one, but the water still looks horrible. Sorry not sorry.

After some cajoling, Nick convinces Charlie to get into the water, and they do some frolicking and…well, I wouldn’t have done it, even if it was a hot shirtless dude asking me to do it. Sorry, I really am a beach snob, that beach does not look good!

It’s in this…beach…that Nick finally tells Charlie that he thinks Charlie has an eating disorder, and you have to give props to Joe Locke here because the slight tremble in his voice as he tells Kit not to worry about him? Great work. It’s also a little heartbreaking to see Charlie once again miss the opportunity to tell Nick that he loves him.

At the very least, Charlie eats a sandwich after the beach trip, while Nick is packing his bags for the family trip to Menorca, where the beaches are much better. Or as the British would say:

Over at the lesbian domicile, Tara finally tells Darcy that she’s just not ready to be living together like they have been since Darcy got thrown out. Darcy is outwardly receptive to contacting her gran and moving in with her, but is she just saying this to keep the peace?

Meanwhile, Tao is trying to cook a romantic dinner for Elle and while I’m no gourmand or chef, I can at least make something edible. I can’t even discern what it is Tao’s cooking. Elle suggests just ordering pizza again, and I’m like, again? Surely there’s other takeout food in England. It doesn’t have to be pizza. But at least the heterosexuals are having relationship troubles as well.

Over at Nick’s place, Charlie finally gathers the courage to tell Nick that he loves him, but when Nick doesn’t immediately respond, Charlie overthinks and starts to walk home by himself. Babe, Nick was in the shower. You could have at least waited a little longer. Fortunately for Charlie, Nick is a big golden retriever of a man who chases after him and tells him he loves him back.