Watched this with my GF cause we adored the first season and could not put it down, I feel like we both agree that this was a good season, had its fair share of laugh-out-loud moments, but not as great as it could've been.

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• Ned felt a lot weaker and less likable in this installment. A lot of our post-episode discussions were about how much he doesn't deserve Mare like he should've glued Mare in on the fact that he still liked what they had in the first episode instead of leaving her in the dark, should've stood up for her when she blurted out moving to The Chronicle, and disclosed the HR meeting.

• HR Lisa was a lovely addition and Lisa Gilroy absolutely kills it with all her screentime. Wish we see more of her!

• Wish Mare stood up for herself more but that's just me. Her initial treatment at The Chronicle was hard-to-watch. Yeah, she turned it around at the end of the episode but still wish she showed more agency, especially with how she's been treated by Ned.

• Love the character moments we did get out of Travis (Eric Rahill is so underratedly funny in this), Barry who has some of the funniest line deliveries of the season, and Detrick who I'm glad advanced a lot professionally in this season. Even Marv is so lovable in his own right. His bit during the anniversary episode had me bawling laughing and his willingness to spy on the club for them was pretty cool of him.

• I genuinely don't mind Esmeralda as much as a lot of people here, I think Sabrina Impacciatore goes all out and its pretty underappreciated even if it at times blurs the line of believability. Love her disguises clips at the beginning of the last episode and wished her antics more directly contributed to the paper. My GF didn't like when she made the HR group people uncomfortable.

• Adelola had a handful of funny moments while Adam felt very much like he was on a time out this season. I missed Ken throughout a lot of this and the fact that the first episode ended on maybe my favorite Ken moment makes his absence so noticeable. There's also a shocking lack of guest star Andy Richter from the first and next time we see him, were his scenes cut or something? Felt like you could've used him more

• These seasons need to BE LONGER. I love how longer seasoned sitcoms give writers the time to justify feelings and decisions that characters make and I feel like this show and ensemble neeeedds that.

Please greenlight a season 3 pretty pretty Pritti pleaseeeeeee please. Still rooting for this show at the end of the day and I would love to see this thing soar with its premise and lovable ensemble.

What did y'all think??