Anne's Arts & Activities Blog

 I watched the next episode of "How I Met Your Father" and the next two episodes of "As We See It." Both shows still get a thumbs up from me. "HIMYF" is cute and the characters are likable and relatable. It's not groundbreaking or anywhere even close to that, but if you just want to be entertained and not think about the world for half an hour, it's good. "As We See It" keeps getting better. I started out liking Violet and Mandy the best. Now I can't pick a favorite. They are all great, and for different reasons, and I have a variety of feelings for all of them. I'm definitely hooked on this one. I'm going to try to watch just one episode at a time now so I'll be able to look forward to it for a little while longer. Also, that'll be less time to wait for Season 2, if it's renewed.

 I wish I hadn't started Amazon's new series “As We See It” on a night I didn't have time to binge because I most certainly would have kept going beyond the second episode. The show centers on three 20-something roommates who are on the autism spectrum and their aide who are all try to navigate the world amidst its many challenges, some bigger and more complex than others, relatively speaking. One of the things I like best about the show is that the three main characters are played by actors who actually are on the spectrum. So far my favorite roommate is Violet (Sue Ann Pien), who works at Arby's, wants a boyfriend and has no filter. As she's working the counter at Arby's she propositions a customer (it's all innocent and honest as far as Violet knows), resulting in a tirade by he customer's wife and a demotion for Violet to sandwich technician. Later, she meets a man she found on Bumble. He doesn't know she's on the spectrum and ends up d...