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The final season of "Atypical" continues to present an inclusive, loving and also a bit boring reality
As in classic six-plus sitcoms, "Atypical" also doesn't really have an antagonist, something that will leave viewers in a certain tension throughout the episodes.
In a series that is based on difficulty, the constant feeling that "atypical" gives is "it will be okay", which is nice, but also does not really make it a fascinating TV
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Ben Byron Braude
Monday, 12 July 2021, 09:00 Updated: 09:15
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"Atypical" Trailer - Season 4 (Netflix)
Netflix's comedic drama, "Atypical," which depicts a young man's experiences on the autistic continuum, ends its television life cycle on a track that is - and excuse the cliché - anything but typical. After three seasons that garnered beautiful viewing figures but did not make it a cultural phenomenon 'and without being nominated for any significant award, Netflix chose to give it one last season and a chance to close all the plot lines. Which should not be taken lightly at a time when the streaming giant and its competitors are canceling series very lightly and without unnecessary sentiments.
So what's the reason for this?
After watching three seasons and a significant portion of last season's episodes, it can be stated that if the "atypical" has a 'secret component' it lies in the fact that although her protagonist suffers from communication difficulties, the series about him is overall very communicative and caressing.
The plots of the Gardner family and headed by Sam (Wall Gilchrist), his sister Casey (Bridget Lundy-Payne) and parents Elsa (Jennifer Jason Lee) and Doug (Michael Rapaport), have shown viewers in each episode anew that there is more hope for humanity.
Precisely in a series that is fundamentally about difficulty, with an emphasis on the integration of different people in society, the feeling has always been of "in the end it will be okay".
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The series is not like the protagonist.
"Atypical" Season 4 (Photo: Greg Gain, Netflix)
After a relatively long hiatus following the Corona plague, the series continues from the point we left it - Sam (Gilchrist) takes the biggest step toward independence and detachment from his embracing, not to mention suffocating, family cell, he moves into college dorm along with good friend Zahid (Nick Dudani).
Even the relationship with Page (Jenna Boyd) who started out as the best friend and became his partner, takes on a new form and tries to answer the question: Can a relationship where one of the spouses on the continuum work?
After the "atypical" first season gave screen time almost exclusively to Sam, in recent seasons the sub-characters also get deeper and become more round and interesting.
Casey (Lundy-Payne) Sam's younger sister, gets almost equal screen time and we closely follow her self-acceptance process as a queer young woman and her blossoming relationship with Izzy (Fable Stewart), while on the way she also tries to get accepted to the college running team.
Elsa and Doug's marriage is still in turmoil, which intensifies as the children leave the nest, and the question arises as to whether their love is strong enough.
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"Atypical" Season 4 (Photo: Patrick Weimar, Netflix)
"Atypical," created by Rubia Rashid, is by no means the first series to feature a hero on the autistic continuum. Please note our "Yellow Peppers", which came up almost a decade ago and even won a British version called "The A Word". But also the successful "good doctor", which began in parallel with the "atypical" and deals with a young genius who is on the autistic continuum, or in the more common term today - the communicative continuum. And that without even mentioning Sheldon and the "Big Bang Theory."
The uniqueness of "Atypical" was that it wanted to present the world to us through the eyes of its protagonist, who strives to lead a completely normative life, and less in the challenges of his family and friends (although these too were present). The fact that the main role is cast as a non-media actor, provoked a lot of criticism towards her in the first season, which led to the fact that starting from the second season the series gave not only roles to the actors on the media continuum,But also added people on the spectrum to the writing team.
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Came out victorious or at least smarter.
"Atypical" Season 4 (Photo: Greg Gain, Netflix)
Despite this, even in its final season, "atypical" presents stereotypical moments that have criticized it in the past.
For example, the protagonist's insistence on putting the garbage in a certain place even when the tin is gone, or a phone call with his mother hiding in the bathtub in the frustration of his partner, after it has not paid the electricity bill.
However, there are fewer of them this time around, and the rest of the time Sam behaves like the most ordinary 'unusual' guy on screen: troubled by college success, his overly dependent company and his obsession with penguins.
In quite a few moments watching "Atypical" reminded me of a politically correct version of American family comedies from the 1980s and 1990s, the ones we saw on Channel Six Plus: "Growing Up and Overcoming," "Stepfather, Stepmother," "Family Packing" and more.
No matter how big and threatening the bumps facing our heroes, it is clear to all that in the end they came out on the other side victorious or at least smarter and stronger.
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The stereotypes are still here.
"Atypical" Season 4 (Photo: Greg Gain, Netflix)
Like those series, "Atypical" also doesn't really have an antagonist, some significant character who opposes the protagonist, threatens him and causes us to remain very tense throughout the series.
It can be said that Sam's communication difficulties play this role here, but he also learns to adopt them, to make lemonade from the lemons as it is said.
In an interview with TVLine at the end of the series, Rashid said that she already knew the ending scene of the series in the second season.
This is a rather poetic moment that deals with one of Sam's greatest hobbies and also incorporates his father, and manages to close some plot lines on the best side.
Not all the protagonists here get such a complimenting ending, and there is a chance that some viewers will be disappointed (especially Page fans), but the bottom line, at the end as in the beginning, "atypical" separates from us in a slight hug (but not too stressful please, it does not please us).
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