{"id":262299,"date":"2021-05-29T16:00:17","date_gmt":"2021-05-29T13:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/everythings-gonna-be-okay-takes-a-big-swing\/"},"modified":"2021-05-29T16:00:17","modified_gmt":"2021-05-29T13:00:17","slug":"everythings-gonna-be-okay-takes-a-big-swing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/everythings-gonna-be-okay-takes-a-big-swing\/","title":{"rendered":"#&#8217;Everything&#8217;s Gonna Be Okay&#8217; Takes a Big Swing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a33742abeb6b\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a33742abeb6b\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/everythings-gonna-be-okay-takes-a-big-swing\/#Other_observations_that_we_thought_made_this_episode_stand_out\" >Other observations that we thought made this episode stand out:<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#&#8217;Everything&#8217;s Gonna Be Okay&#8217; Takes a Big Swing<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div> <strong><em>Welcome to our weekly column <\/em>Can\u2019t Miss Episode of the Week<em>! Every Saturday we\u2019ll be spotlighting a different episode of television from that week that we thought was exceptional and a must-see. Check back every Saturday to see if your favorite show got the nod \u2014 or to learn about a new one!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>How do you tell an adult man that he might be autistic? That\u2019s how the Thursday, May 27 episode of Freeform\u2019s offbeat comedy <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/tvinsider.com\/show\/everythings-gonna-be-okay\"><em>Everything\u2019s Gonna Be Okay<\/em><\/a>, \u201cCalifornia Sphinx Moth,\u201d kicks off. The <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> follows Nicholas (series creator <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/tvinsider.com\/people\/josh-thomas\">Josh Thomas<\/a>), an eccentric gay man who moves from Australia to LA to be a guardian to his two teenage half-sisters, one of whom is autistic, after their father dies. And while the thrust of the show has always been that the younger sister Matilda (Kayla Cromer) is the autistic one in the family, fans have been wondering since the series premiere in January 2020 if Nicholas might be autistic as well. There was so much speculation that after Season 1 aired, Thomas decided to explore the possibility that he, himself, might be autistic.<\/p>\n<p>The fact of the matter is, that if you assume that Nicholas is autistic, much of his behavior and decisions suddenly make a lot more sense. This is exemplified best in the previous episode\u2019s final scene when Nicholas\u2019s boyfriend Alex (Adam Faison) breaks up with him. It\u2019s not exactly a surprise to viewers. Alex\u2019s frustration with Nicholas has been building all season long, as Nicholas is not very considerate in their relationship, and tends to get very defensive when called out on it.<\/p>\n<p>But <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> that there\u2019s trouble in their relationship <em>is<\/em> a surprise to Nicholas. As he explains, he\u2019s been trying very hard to show Alex how much he loves him, and thought he was succeeding. This episode picks up right where the last one left off, and it\u2019s Suze (Maria Bamford), Matilda\u2019s now-fiance Drea\u2019s (Lillian Carrier) mother, who finds Nicholas post-breakup and immediately diagnoses the problem. There\u2019s no great way to drop a bombshell like \u201cIt\u2019s starting to look more and more likely that you are autistic,\u201d but if there is, it\u2019s the way Suze does it, with an empathic anecdote about how Drea, who is also autistic, has trouble communicating her emotions. Nicholas loves Alex, he just doesn\u2019t always know how to show it, or pick up on the correct <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a> cues and expectations for how to behave in a relationship. His brain works differently.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1000631\" style=\"width: 2038px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1000631\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1000631 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/adam-faison-everythings-gonna-be-okay.jpg\" alt=\"Adam Faison Everything's Gonna Be Okay\" width=\"2028\" height=\"1622\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/adam-faison-everythings-gonna-be-okay.jpg 2028w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/adam-faison-everythings-gonna-be-okay-361x289.jpg 361w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/adam-faison-everythings-gonna-be-okay-713x570.jpg 713w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/adam-faison-everythings-gonna-be-okay-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/adam-faison-everythings-gonna-be-okay-570x456.jpg 570w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2028px) 100vw, 2028px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1000631\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Adam Faison as Alex (Freeform\/Liliane Lathan)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>At first, Nicholas thinks she\u2019s crazy, as does younger sister Genevieve (Maeve Press), but once they ruminate on it, they realize there might be something to what Suze is saying, and so they do what Thomas did in real life when he first decided to discover whether he could be autistic. While Matilda runs around planning her impending nuptials, Nicholas and Gen sit quietly among the chaos, going through online assessments. It\u2019s a sweet and sensitive treatment of a serious moment, something this show excels at.<\/p>\n<p>Between Seasons 1 and 2, Thomas got his answer: an official diagnosis of autism, and so, since much of Thomas\u2019s work tends to be autobiographical (see his beloved Australian series <em>Please Like Me<\/em>), the question became how they were going to work it into the show (as was laid out in this wonderful <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2021\/04\/12\/josh-thomas-comedy-of-self-diagnosis\"><em>New Yorker<\/em> profile<\/a> on Thomas).<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the episode, Nicholas sits down with Matilda and tells her that he thinks he\u2019s autistic. She\u2019s incredulous in the beginning, and even a little bit angry \u2014 \u201cIt\u2019s very offensive when people who aren\u2019t diagnosed pretend they\u2019re autistic to get away with their bad behavior,\u201d she says \u2014 but once Nicholas explains how much effort he has to put into the basic things that come naturally to everyone else each day, she understands. The episode ends with Nicholas sitting in a waiting room for an <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ointment to be evaluated. We will likely get an official diagnosis in the Season 2 finale next week.<\/p>\n<p><em>Everything\u2019s Gonna Be Okay <\/em>is a series where people can be their weirdest selves and be both loved and accepted for it, where weighty topics can be made funny and relatable, and that\u2019s especially true in this momentous episode. The show has been a trailblazer from the beginning with Cromer as the first autistic actor to play an autistic lead on an American series. Now, Thomas is the second. You don\u2019t see that on TV every day.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Other_observations_that_we_thought_made_this_episode_stand_out\"><\/span><strong>Other observations that we thought made this episode stand out:<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Suze and Toby\u2019s (<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/tvinsider.com\/people\/richard-kind\">Richard Kind<\/a>) friendship with Nicholas is adorable. They really get him, and as his only adult friends, he needs that.<\/li>\n<li>Alex has been living with Nicholas and his family throughout quarantine, but he reveals that Nicholas never even gave him so much as a drawer to put his stuff in. It\u2019s proof to Alex that Nicholas is a bad boyfriend, but we know that it\u2019s actually because Nicholas is autistic and needs things like this spelled out for him.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Everything\u2019s Gonna Be Okay<\/em>, Thursdays, 10\/9c, Freeform<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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