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Too Much – Season 1 Episode 10 Recap, Review & Ending Explained

The Idea Of Glue Too Much has been quite the ride over these 10 episodes, taking us from the bad to the worse, to the insufferable and back again. However, episode 5 does dive into exactly what happened in Jess' past, which is important for context in this finale. What happened between Jess and Zev? Back in Brooklyn, Jessica was abandoned by her friends who left a bar and moved on without her. However, she's more hung up over the pizza that the waiter takes away. This gets her talking to Zev, and the pair hit it off. Much lie with Felix, the pair kiss on the first night and have sex too. The pair do eventually move in together, but he doesn't want the place to be completely pink. Jess though, has a hard time compromising. Zev eventually calls out Jess for her insecurities and attention-seeking, not wanting to be a power couple. He just wants her to be happy for them to be together. He doesn't think Jess is willing to put the work in, and the turning point comes from her bringing a dog in and refusing to train it. Eventually Zev forces her to let the dog go given her lack of training. This is when Zev meets with Wendy and the pair hit it off immediately. Jess is jealous and knows the pair aren't connecting anymore, which is the beginning of the end. Jess cheats on Zev with a random guy and she ends up pregnant. It's not clear whether the baby is this random guy's or Zev's but that night, she guilt-trips him into thinking the child is his. She doesn't tell him about her cheating and decides an abortion is the right way forward. He agrees. What happens to Astrid? Episode 10 then begins with things tense at work. Boss is not happy that one of his old videos from his straight chavvy days has surfaced. It's here we learn that his real name is Gary and the group laugh about it, which worse to break the ice a bit. The real tension here though stems from Jess and Felix breaking up. It's almost as if getting in a relationship with someone you've just met after two days isn't a good idea. Go figure! While Felix is packing his stuff, he notices that Astrid is having trouble breathing, and he rushes her to the vet. Unfortunately, he's too late and when Jess shows, she's beside herself with grief. How does Jessica get a new perspective? Jess lashes out at Felix, calling him selfish and blaming him for what's happened. He owns up that he's not a nice person but has always been honest with her about this. He calls her out for issues she has too, including how hung up on her ex she is, but Jessica refuses to take accountability. She won't own up to her mistakes and the pair eventually part ways. Jess receives a message from Wendy though, asking to meet. She wants Jessica's help. She admits that when she and Zev first started dating, he mentioned how they'd been split up for six months. He is truthful about how she wanted to split with him but the timings seem to be off here. Wendy brings up how Zev is horrible and also messed her around too. Jessica admits she doesn't want to cling to the past anymore and is ready for a fresh start. It gives her a new perspective, shakes free some of the baggage she had and decides to go and chase down Felix and win him back. How does Too Much end? On the way, Gaz confesses his love for her but Jess lets him down gently. They do eventually track down Felix while he's doing a protest on the road. The pair confess their love to one another and while police show to arrest them, Felix decides they should get married. We then cut forward to Felix and Jessica's wedding, where everybody is joined together to celebrate their marriage. She's also wearing her old shirt that Wendy has dropped off, as the pair have obviously patched up their differences. The Episode Review So in the end Too Much lives up to its name, as it's way too much in both story and dialogue. The comedy feels overdrawn and has this try-hard energy to it that fails to resonate. The entire thing feels painfully dated and unfunny, like someone took the Ghostbusters 2016 script and decided to make it even less funny. It also doesn't help that Jess doesn't really learn anything across the entirety of this show. It turns out she's not an asshole for lying to Zev and guilt-tripping him into aborting a baby – a very likely result of a one-night-stand where she got pregnant. This alone is a shocking lack of accountability on Jessica's behalf but then Wendy shows up and affirms everything she's saying by agreeing that Zev is awful, so it's okay. In the end, Jessica doesn't have to say anything and Jessica never faces her own insecurities or why this relationship didn't work out. It feels like a self-insert from creator Lena Dunham, and not in a good way. This is only made worse by the fact that for some reason every straight guy in this show is just in love with Jess. From Gaz confessing his love to Jameson and Felix etc. Of course, we do get our little 'happily ever after' at the end with Felix and Jess but it comes at the expense of poor comedy and a terrible character arc. Lets hope season2 doesn't get green-lit for all our sakes.