Season 3, Episodes 1-2
When I first started writing about Happy Endings, I decried the show’s
basic premise, claiming that rom-com histrionics like “man being left at the
altar” didn’t fit with it’s fast-paced and emotion-eschewing humor. And when
the rom-com heart reared its head halfway through last season, I was skeptical
of the show’s ability to tell a tale of something so pure, and was later turned
off by its inability to engage with what seemed like a serialized plot. By
those standards, the idea of a continuing romance between Alex and Dave (which
was introduced in the season finale back in April) would seem like a total misfire
for the show. Over the first two episodes of the third season, however, it’s
been proven that maybe that’s not such a bad idea after all.
