u/Harley461616

okay when I say greatest I don’t mean that what happened was good by any means I just mean that it was the most brilliant episode in terms of acting and writing. especially with school shootings being such a serious and hard topic even to think about the actors did an amazing job conveying each emotion that one might feel. the most catharsis I felt was when jimmy kept pointing the gun at either Nathan or haley and how they so instinctively grabbed on to the other person really tightly and honestly you could rlly feel how much they didn’t wanna lose each other. even in the aftermath the way lucas and mouth had such different views on jimmy’s death and the way Nathan and Haley got so close because they’d realized how scared they were of losing the other person. idk i js felt all the emotions with that. thoughts?

personally I think season one was genuinely the best this show did. it dealed with actual almost relatable problems (I know they wernt realistic but it just felt more personal) and I loved that Haley had her own personality as this rlly smart girl who was like sticking up for her values. I liked Nathan’s character development and I actually was rooting for Lucas in the beggining yk like the underdog storyline. I also love the basketball vibe in the season whereas I feel like some other seasons sort of lack that vibe. it just felt like after season one everything just got a lot darker and it wasn’t like the teen drama I was expecting. Lucas and haleys friendship in the first season was also so wholesome and I wish they could’ve developed their bond more and shown the two actually acting like best friends throughout the rest of the show. But idk it’s js my personal opinion cuz im Also a big Naley fan and I think that’s when their chemistry was the best too so maybe I’m biased?

I wanna preface by saying I love nathan and Haley together but they had the most chemistry in season one. like seriously it was so much more interesting when Haley was her own individual person with like these big dreams and crazy grades and valued herself a lot. it just seemed like she got too reliant on nathan as the seasons went on. I wish she had more of an individual role and that was really hindered by getting her married so early. They could’ve easily moved in together without being married because it makes Haley seem so much more of a wife and Mrs Scott rather than Haley James yk. I also wish there was some more push and pull between the two like a will they won’t they storyline. I think it would’ve just made the show better if Haley was sort of treated at the same level as Nathan.

alright so in the beginning I was a full yoganksha shipper and everything but after seeing some of these recent lock up episodes after yogeshes re entry I think his fan following and fame really got to his head. the only reason I ever wanted yogesh back in the show was because I wanted him to be with Akanksha but after seeing the way he’s acting now with her I think he was just using her. as soon as Akanksha started getting fame after splits he left ruru and chose Ak. he had the option to choose her in splits too but at the time she was unknown so he didn’t. before lock up when she’s gotten so many followers he’s on Akankshas side so when he went out and saw that fans were supporting him and wanting him to come back it got to his head that he didn’t need Akanksha no more and that she’s been overshadowing him and he’s been letting her. even in today’s episode he made the comment that he lets her overshadow him. that’s not cute bro it’s actually minimizing everything she’s done in the show. Anyways I think Akanksha can do better. So much better.