HBO (Max) releases the new comedy and drama series “I Love LA” that features Rachel Sennott, Jordan Firstman, Josh Hutcherson, Odessa A’zion, and True Whitaker as the show’s main characters on Nov 2. The series follows a close-knit, diverse friend group in Los Angeles as they navigate their ambitious, chaotic lives and encounters.
The first episode “Block Her,” follows the main character Maia as she overthinks the state of her life in L.A as she tries to get her boss to promote her to a junior manager. Also, she gets surprised by the arrival of her chaotic “best friend” Tallulah after expressing her dislike for her to her friends.
I liked how the first episode of this series set the tone of the show, displaying Maia and her friends’ personalities and somewhat even their objective in the series. To add to that, the comedic humor throughout the show is perfectly curated and relatable to the audience watching the show.
Now, out of the first five episodes, my favorite is episode five, “They Can’t All Be Jeremys.” Maia and her boyfriend Dylan get invited to a last-minute dinner with her boss Alyssa. Before and during the dinner, Alyssa expresses to Maia how amazing a husband she has, just for Maia to see how much of a “power couple” Alyssa and her husband are not. Despite Maia accidentally seeing Alyssa’s real husband for who he actually is that night, she chooses not to tell Alyssa and just goes home like nothing happened.
I currently favor this episode because of its unpredictable and humorous plot twists and episode cliffhanger.
I also enjoyed the part of the episode when Charlie reflects on his friend group’s dynamics and realizes that the way they treat each other may be unhealthy after talking about it with his new acquaintance Lukas and his friends.
I love the direction this show is going in so far. Usually, when I am watching modern young adult or teenage drama series, it feels like the characters are trying too hard to be relatable to the audience, which is Gen Z.
Yet, when I’m watching “I Love LA,” everything seems to be there: the humor, the relatability, social issues, work issues, etc.
After finishing this series, I hope to see a renewal for a possible second season.
