What I’m Watching: Love Life

Love Life: Season 2, Episode 8 “Yogi and Kian” (B+)

It was probably for the best that Marcus didn’t have any contact with Mia in the aftermath of their breakup last episode aside from a rambling voicemail, but he did see another ex in a surprising context. Kian was understandably nervous to reveal that he was dating Emily, but Marcus’ expressed frustration with the fact that Kian might have always had a crush on her wasn’t very well-founded given that he was the one that actively broke up that relationship by building an emotional connection with someone else. The two of them seeing each other when she came to save them and pick them up was an interesting and unexpectedly comfortable moment, which also makes sense given that the strong feelings he has are for another woman. Marcus’ initial reaction was far more serene to the news about Kian and Emily, but he followed that up with a major trip with all the chocolate mushrooms that he ate. Throwing his bike in the lake was just the start of a wild ride, which included panic that he was dying and that no one would find him because he looked like a tree. That was certainly an improvement over the opening scene at his workplace where he got a lot of people very mad at him for the inappropriate and extremely impolite comments he made when he wasn’t in the mood for the active shooter training content that he was being forced to endure along with everyone else in the office.