Platonic Episode 6 Review
Platonic Episode 6: The Big Two Six – 8.5/10
More than halfway through Season 1, Platonic continues to be really solid. This week’s episode isn’t anything special, and definitely isn’t one of my favourites, but it’s still pretty good. The episode focuses a lot on Will and Peyton, with Sylvia becoming more involved as the episode went along.
The plot in episode 6 was actually pretty good, with a couple of surprise twists and competent story from start to finish. The show continues to hang its hat on making normal life events feel as awkward as they do in real life, and the plot of this week’s episode revolves around that idea. It’s weird, goofy, funny, and a blast to watch. Never have I gone from laughter to intrigue to uncomfortable more often than I have watching Platonic.
If Episode 6 does one thing, it convinces me that we are getting a season 2. The utter lack of urgent storylines coming to a close makes me think this is either going to be a very busy last 4 episodes, or Platonic is barreling towards a season 2. I like the style of the show, and I like the way we are building our characters, but the connective tissue over the course of the entire season is pretty thin. It’s a struggle to find a storyline other than Will trying to heal from his divorce, and maybe that’s the entire point of the show, but I really hope there’s more too it than that.
There are multiple major moments in this episode, but it doesn’t even hold a light to last week’s episode. It feels like we took our foot off the gas pedal, and that kind of sucks. I loved the high tempo last week, you can read that here, and Episode 6 just doesn’t do it for me. It’s great for our characters and their development, but as a viewing experience, it’s not the best this show has to offer.
I do have to say that even if this week’s episode revolved heavily around a few characters and their life events, making it a little bit boring and less fun than last week, Platonic is still really good. This episode was still really funny, and I love both Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne’s performances.
Will continues to develop as a strong protagonist who is such a weird dude, but he’s becoming more vulnerable as well. Sylvia is also developing, although her development is lot more of a mid-life crisis than Will’s. Charlie is gone from the opening scenes of this episode, and the boys at the bar play a pretty limited role in Episode 6.
I didn’t love this week’s episode, but it still had most to the things that make Platonic a lot of fun. The episode was still very funny, and oh so awkward to watch. Will and Sylvia are a dynamic pair that make most scenes better, and Peyton ended up being more of an airhead than I imagined. All in all, a good, but worse than the rest, episode.
